I'm willing to accept that there are different kinds of fans. I have bled orange my whole life and would never say the sort of negative things about our team that you do. There are enough fans of other teams who are all too happy to do that for us.
As for where we are now vs. four years ago, Butch has brought us back from the ruins. The program had been decimated. We literally had walk-ons starting. We've gone from 5-win seasons to 7 wins to 9 wins. And I believe we would have surely had 11 wins in 2016 without the injuries. All of the classroom and other off-field issues are better now than they were under our previous 3 coaches -- including Fulmer. So call me crazy, but I'm not ready to write-off 2017 seven months before the first kick-off.
But go ahead and ridicule the Vols, if it makes you feel better somehow. Just don't be surprised if a lot of Tennessee fans don't join you.
I dare you to find one post of me ever ridiculing a player, saying CBJ should be fired, ridiculing the team or any other nonsense you speak of. I think you will find that most of my team related post sound much like what you state above, acknowledging what CBJ has done, saying he has done enough to get another year or two etc. The only difference is i dont think CBJ is a good football coach in that:
- he always seems to be on the wrong side of a big game - fact
- he has an awful record against like or better competition - fact
- the teams for numberous reason never seem to be able to play fundatmenlly sound football with consistence - fact
- there is a problem with developing talented depth - fact
- there have been several issues with managing personalities that effect the play on the field - fact
- injuries played a role in our season, directly attributed to CBJ practice techniques - fact
- CBJ constantly says dumb things - fact
- we are a mediocre sec team with CPF potential talent - fact
And that my predictions for next season are not as rosy as others
That leads me to believe that CBJ time here is limited and that next season will be another mediocre season. If im wrong, great.