We have been thru the hiring & firing before. Plenty of times....
Please look at the list of candidates who turned us down.
Butch Davis, Lovie Smith, John Gruden, Bill Cowher, Gary Patterson, Will Muschamp, David Sutcliffe, etc, etc.
We passed on Kevin Sumlin and others.
To fire bUTch and have to pay him to leave then not get a much better coach makes no sense......
When I first began watching the Vols, in a young age, I was satisfied with an 8 win season and a bowl victory. I say 8 wins because we did not play 12 regular season games back then.
I am still satisfied with 8 regular season wins and a bowl victory.... Not every team can win a National Championship but we should strive for it. It takes good preparation, good recruiting, good coaching, good player development and some luck to win a championship. It is rare that that situation comes together.