We were physically dominated in three out of the eight SEC games we played. Our best win was over a Georgia team that subsequently went on to lose to both Vanderbilt and Kentucky. We wrapped up the season with a totally lackluster performance against a team we should have handled easily, after which their mediocre running back crowed about how "we ran the same play over and over; they knew what was coming, they just didn't want to tackle me."
Last season was an improvement only if you compare it to the fiasco of 2005; by any other standard, it was a thoroughly mediocre season. I am not one of these guys who thinks that Fulmer is an idiot, or that he's lazy, but I do think it's absolutely justified to look at the changes in the SEC in the last half-decade, the mediocre seasons Tennessee has put up in that time frame, and then wonder whether Fulmer's best days are well behind him.
It's time for results, not more "improvement." We've got a senior QB; our division rivals all have at least as many questions as we do. Win the SEC or play in a BCS game this year, or find someone else who can.