Starting with the bowl game against Iowa until we got steamrolled by Bama in 16 was the funnest (albeit VERY frustrating at times) stretch I had as a Vols fan since the Fulmer years (which provided their own frustrations). Yes, the way we'd lose to Florida and that gut wrenching loss to Oklahoma SUCKED, but damn the team fought. We beat Florida, the Dobbs nail boot, the win at Bristol, and we played Bama in 15 the toughest we played them since 09.
Now, after that Bama loss Butch looked like he was done. It was nice to finally beat Nebraska in a bowl after the times they hammered us, lol. How we managed to beat Georgia Tech that following year I'll never know. Butch had his flaws that were his undoing for sure. The "strength " program was a joke. Dudes never got stronger. He would not change things, despite bringing in new people. So he needed to be gone. No doubt. But between yesterday and losing to the likes of Georgia State let's me know this staff will never get us where even Butch got us. Never. We fire him at the end of next year and we'll get another bargain basement coach and we'll wallow in mediocrity forever.