Here is the question that anyone hyperventilating needs to ask themselves: does a coaching staff matter, or not?
If it doesn't, this game should scare us, but we should have kept Dooley and Sal to avoid the buyout. Half time adjustments? They dont matter because it is a system and players, not motivation, inspiration and constant adjustment.
If coaching does matter, we actually should prefer that Cincy gets beat like a drum. That suggests that Jones and his staff could coach a ball game, motivate, and make adjustments to beat a team.
EDIT: to be clear, as someone else mentioned, the outcome of this game is irrelevant to the future of Tennessee football.