You know what I don't get? How people still blame Fulmer 100% for whats happening now. You would think that in 2008, Fulmer was 100% to blame. The following year, He was the majority of the blame, but not all of it because Kiffin did recruit players and coached. (For instance, the awful special teams disaster that year. Fulmer had no bearing or blame tied to that.) So for argument's sake, Fulmer 80% and Kiffin 20%. 2010, I would still say Fulmer had the majority of blame but not as much as Kiffin and Dooley cause, once again, Dooley had to coach and recruit, and Kiffin did damage. So Fulmer 60%, Kiffin 30%, and Dooley 10%. 2011, I would say Fulmer had some blame but not the majority and Kiffin still has some blame to share, but Dooley's grew most of all. So Fulmer 30%, Kiffin 30%, and Dooley 40%.
If you can see what I am getting at, for every year's results, good or bad, Fulmer's blame and involvement and relation to the team goes down. However, some people on here what to blame Fulmer for recruiting failures, Kiffin for attrition, and Dooley for coaching failures. That can't be the case. Each coach has to do with all three of those areas and you can't single out one coach because he was worse in one area than the other 2.
In the end, I admit that I loved Coach Fulmer. However I may feel, time has moved on and we must live in the present and must support our current Vols and Coach Jones.
I'll hang up and listen!
