At the possibility of irking some of you, if Dooley goes 7-5, goes to a bowl and wins, being a lawyer by training he'll argue for a contract extension and prolly get it based on this year's progress over last. He'll also tout the rankings of the teams he has lost too. Lastly, he'll stroke the fires of the dismantling of a promising recruiting class in '13 if he's replaced.
Ask yourself bout this 2-year run and substitute another coach/school and ask yourself - would you fire the coach? To go from 5-7 to 7-5 with a bowl win? I believe most would say "No". Given him another year to get to 9+ wins.
You may not agree, but remove the emotionalism and look at it objectively. We ALL want to win - yesterday. Being a Vol fan since '74 I certainly understand.