I'm not troll, I'm a 43 years old life long vol fan from chattanooga. So again besides the moral victory, they played harder with more passion argument, I'm not arguing that. The offense is great but the defense is terrible. Tell more where all the improvement is. Serious question. Better tackling? Better coverage? Better 3rd defense ( which was awful) . Tell me. Honest question. I didn't say Heupel sucked, but to say there wasn't games this year where poor coaching decisions instead of talent cost us some key situations is asinine.
And to further I haven't once said Heupel wasn't the man for the job. He has to figure some defense out though.
Do you honestly agree when have the led over alabama late in the game that running 3 run plays right up the middle in hurry up offense for 2 yards running 15 seconds off of the clock with an already beyond gassed defense is the right thing to do?
Geez Us, dude. You are the king of the rabbit trails and red herrings. The question being argued is: "true/false, UT is a good team". You went on several childish screeds about UT fans "settling" and complimenting the coaches. You stank up the thread with your pity party about what you've been waiting for and not seen. You've used illogical, irrational arguments that don't even stay consistent from post to post.
Here's the brass tacks of it. I consider top-25 teams to be "good teams". Not necessarily "great", but "good".
UT played Pitt until the final seconds. The refs had to take a TD off the board and Kiffin had to have his players flopping to slow up down (and we still had a chance as time expired). We straight up beat UK and that was never in doubt.
UT proved itself as "good" against "good" competition. I think they proved themselves competitive, but way too thin, against great teams.
Now, the question isn't "Is UT a GREAT" team". It isn't "does UT have perfect coaches?" Nor is it "does UT lack the need for improvement?" The question is, "Is UT a good team?" So, your latest post is still just emotional whining, red herring.
Here's what you need to come to grips with. Every time we've fired a staff, we take at least one step back and reset the build clock. So, it doesn't matter what you've been begging for for 15 years. That's all water under the bridge. What matters is the current state of the program, its direction/trajectory, and looking for indications about whether we're doing the right things to continue on correct course.
Complaining that things should be great because you've run out of patience is illogical and rightly sets you up to be mocked mercilessly.
So, to simplify this again, which you seem to need done all too often: I think that UT is a good team, as shown against good competition this year. We still have a LONG way to go before we see greatness (if we ever see it), but it is what it is. We can either find the things that allow us to enjoy the process, we can stop following the team, or we can throw useless tantrums and be a joke fanbase.
Other than that... You do you.