I turned on Fulmer because we were getting left behind in the SEC with a coach that was becoming mediocre without David Cutcliffe on his staff.
In the mean time UF hired a winner in Meyer and Bama hired a winner in Saban. Fulmer would have NEVER beat either one of these and had a losing record against Richt.
People who were still supporting Fulmer were then and now supporting mediocrity. The problem is that he had never proven that HE could bring the program back once it was down. Especially without Cut. Majors handed him a gift in 1992 and he was able to take advantage of it about 5 years later. Fulmer also had problems with assistant coaches that were very competent. Mike Berry and Mark Bradley were excellent coaches and recruiters but had run ins with a stubborn head coach. He hired the only coach that Spurrier decided not to take with him to the NFL, Stephens. There was a reason that Spurrier left him behind. Pat Washington was another ineffective coach that Fulmer would not fire. Also, you might want to remember that we had an opportunity to hire the OC coming off the Michigan staff in 2007, but we chose a disaster named Dave Clawson and his famed Clawfense.
But I could see some non-analytical administrator at UT making this move to bring back "the good ole days." History always has a way of repeating itself for those who do not get it. Just remember that there were two sets of "good ole days" with Fulmer and the trend was all down hill in the new century.
