I don't much care for Lyle Allen myself. I don't even blame him for his failure at the UT. I blame the AD director and school itself for being mental deficient and tightwads. Not having the sense or guts to value the program enough to hire a proven coach at a time we most needed one. Wrong as I might be, I blame them for not forward-thinking by keeping Fulmer one more year. I think the embarrassment of the team collapse and loss to Wyoming would have lit a campfire under his fat butt. In an effort to redeem himself, I think he would have fielded a team that would have been much more competitive. Either way, the Oh, the water is cold!" hire of a JUCO level coach for a storied SEC program was inexcusable. Butch eventually failed because he had no business being here to begin with, but our imbecile administrators brought him in anyway.
Now, with the above being said, you folks enjoying yourselves the opportunity of belittling a guy no longer here, hence irrelevant, have the guts if not the dignity to also acknowledge what little success he did have. He once led a team that came close to beating Bama. If not for a last minute fumble, they might have pulled it off. Not since the Kiffin led Mount Cody game have we made the Crimson Crude sweat so profusely. He even twice led teams to near wins over Florida teams, then finally beat them. We haven't sniffed such proximity with either Bama or Florida since. Show your nastiness by curb stomping the guy if you wish, but have the gall and strength of character to give some credit where it's due as well.
