I believe most here will have to say one of our chief concerns is the advancement of UT Football. I feel certain that Coach Cut (or just about anyone else) will result in an improved UT Football squad in 06. I feel UT has adequate talent to compete for the SECE Title. Now at this point I strongly feel Fulmer's Football Staff has to be held accountable to: develop team discipline, fully use all the speed we pocess, better coach the o line to defend their position, DEVELOP our talent pool to be the best they can be, EXPAND our predictable, slow developing & boring o scheme to be more exciting & to fully utlize every morsal of talent this squad has in the barrel.
Above all, we MUST see game to game team improvement. I believe seeing game to game improvement is a very strong indication of just how well a coaching staff is performing his duties. In most instances.
Obviously everything I've mentioned is simple common sense for improving ANY squad. The frightening thing to me is those very same symptoms have been more than evident since 98 & our Head Coach just simply ignored them. He ONLY decides to make much needed changes after the heat became so heavy he had to! Totally inexcusable to fathom such needed change, from my view point, yet it appears he & his staff expected pay raises every season. WORSE yet many fans accepted this as "Tennessee Football" my friends let's get real!
For those that feel the scheme is sufficient...ask yourself did it do much for Ole Miss? Even beyond that, while Coach Cut was at Ole Miss, that scheme didn't appear to be much of a magnet to attract many top flight offensive recruits from neighboring states like Tennessee, Alabama (even during UA's NCAA investigations), Louisiana, Arkansas as well as nearby Florida & Texas. Could that have been part of OUR problem this year recruiting wise...think about it!