I have not been a Butch fan from the very beginning of his time as our coach. But I have supported our team. The good, the bad, and the horrible! I even made all the trips and spent the money during the Dooley era. Now is not the time to turn on the Vols, the ones that will be wearing Tennessee Orange for the last time, deserves to see a packed stadium of crazed Vol fans! They came here in an ugly time, when some of them could have gone anywhere they wanted, and gave us there all! They got our great program out of the dark ages (even though we want even more) and asked nothing in return. I don't believe support is too much to give back to them.
Our coach is on a very hot seat, and unless he makes a ton of changes to his personal coaching abilities, not including staff changes, he will be gone soon enough. No need to punish a bunch of kids that came here with an uncertain future and made the most of the opportunity. Let hope with a month to prepare that Shoop and come up with a way to somewhat stop the opposition and send these young men off...celebrated!