It should. I had suspected Butch didn't truly "get it" for the last couple of years but this statement along with another Butch made and a statement Josh Smith made a few weeks ago confirmed it.
At SEC Media Days earlier this year, Butch said that the 2016 season "wasn't a disappointment." At least he was contradicted by Kendal Vickers later that day, who said it was a disappointment when asked the same question. But when Josh Smith said the week of the South Carolina game "We've gone from no bowls to going to bowls; what more can you ask for?" I almost threw up. It is like he has no concept of, is OK with, or is ignoring the opportunity they blew last year. And in 2015 too. If I was on this team, how the 2016 season ended would bother me every single day.
Butch is satisfied with 9 win seasons as the ceiling and that mentality has likely infected the whole team.