Unfortunately, losing a lot of games is the only way to cleanse UT of Phil in a timely manner, so that maybe we'll be an elite program again within the next several years instead of just maintaining the status quo mediocrity. Mediocrity will allow Fulmer to stick around, so we need less than mediocrity to get rid of him. A growing majority of UT fans (including myself) believes Fulmer's exit is the only way back to relevance in the BCS picture, and such an exit can only be accomplished by losing more games than the powers that be can possibly accept.
I know it sucks for the players that are there right now, and it's not really fair to them. But players come and go in the span of 4 years. Fans and athletic boosters stick with the team for decades, and sometimes we have to "turn our backs" on the players today so that the football program can be better tomorrow. If we get a stud coach who gets back into the National Championship hunt within 5 or 6 years, then I promise you will not even think about the players that are here now. Our loyalties lie with the program and the university, not with the players. Am I making sense here? Are you willing to continue the quagmire of mediocrity that has become the theme of UT football for the past several years, just so that the feelings of some 18-23 year old college students don't get hurt? Don't get me wrong.....we always care about the men who wear the orange jerseys down on the football field, and we appreciate their hard work. But there comes a time when we have to stand up for something that is bigger than that. There comes a time when we must abandon our affection for the current students, and focus on what is best for the program and the students of the future. That time is now.
Call me a terrible fan and a bad person.......that's fine. Let me assure you, however, that I am not alone.
