If he's a good coach, and he does a good job, then I think he could win between 5-7 games. Honestly, that should be the expectation. Our roster is depleting, but it is still better than TN Tech, Bowling Green, South Alabama, Pitt, and Vanderbilt. Then we have legitimate toss up games with South Carolina, Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Missouri.
The bottom of the SEC is still bad. This past year's team, with even competent coaching, would have beaten Kentucky, Arkansas, and Auburn. We have had losses and defections, but who did we really lose that we cannot replace?
Eric Gray's talent will be difficult to replace, but I don't know that his production will be. He didn't have such a dominant season last year that our other runningbacks cannot replicate it.
Hank T - if he leaves - would be a big blow. He was the best defensive player we had last season, and we really could use him in an already thin LB corps.
Bryce is a tough loss. The guy has been a leader for several years now, and losing him stings.
Crouch? At no point has he been so good that he can't be replaced.
Wanya? He yo-yo'd with Jahmir all season because his play has been lackluster.
Jahmir? The coaches played him because Wanya continued to screw up, but it never seemed like they wanted to play Jahmir.
Keyshawn Lawrence could be a great player, but we don't know yet. He's gone, and we just have to make due in the secondary. I attribute him leaving pretty heavily to Jerm's refusal to play young players last year.
We could have used Deondre Johnson, I'll readily admit that.
I just think that there is likely more talent on this team than we are realizing, because they played so uninspired all of last season.