When you go 2-10 two straight seasons then it's kind of hard not to improve. Candy has had the benefit of one of the easiest schedules the last two years. Hell, any team with a pulse should've won 6 games with those schedules. The only SEC team with an easier schedule has been UGA and they've made the SECCG two years in a row. Then they got the benefit of drawing a team today whose coach has been fired. You couldn't hand pick a better schedule.
Yes, they're not as pathetic as they were, but what is that really saying? They're beating the sh*t and mediocre teams now and still can't beat the good teams. Yet, some of their fans think they'll be competing for the SEC East. The only way that happens is if UT, USCJr, Fla and UGA are all on probation.