Vol fans, the milquetoast AD and the boosters. I have pretty high standards for UT--meaning we should be winning an SEC title every few years (at LEAST once every five years). It's not been 10 since we did. And we should be AT LEAST 500 if not better with our SEC rivals--florida, georgia and bama, along with lsu.
Somebody posted it yesterday on another board: Since 2000 Fulmer is 10 and 21--or it may be 10 and 20--against florida, georgia, auburn, lsu and in bowl games. Throw in bama, which the guy should have (we are 5-3 against bama in that period, I think), and the record is 15 and 24 or 15 and 23. UT's got a losing record in bowls and against all those teams except bama since 2000--and, crucially, bama has been trending toward the L column recently, and who doubts that bama will be much tougher with saban now. If Hammy isn't aware of all this--and concerned about it--he should be sacked first, and then Fulmer.
And yet, knowing this, there are fans who think we can't do better than Fulmer! Talk about stupid. Can't do better than 10-21? or 15 and 24? That kind of defeatist attitude is nauseating. I'm about to write Hamilton and tell him to wake up and take a REAL look at the program, which he apparently does not want to do. The Ucla game was an absolute window on Fulmer and his teams since 2000. I don't want UT to wallow in mediocrity for 15 years because the money men think the school owes Fulmer lifetime employment for winning a national title a decade ago. It's appalling to see how psu and fla.state have put their old coaches ahead of their programs. Michigan didn't: Carr won a title too--and he got retired. Programs are more important than coaches.
