Here's the difference between lady Vols "fans" and fans of other teams... UConn lost to unranked NC St. You think any of their "fans" are calling for the coach to be fired or that the season is over??? HIGHLY DOUBT IT! UT fans have to do better.
Not that I'm actually advocating for firing anyone, but surely you realize that only a handful of programs in this sport even have the level of interest and fan investment needed for those kinds of conversations?
If you don't believe me, go look at message boards for other programs and teams. Even some of the successful ones, like LSU, Texas, or Stanford. Go check and see just how many message board threads they have, to say nothing of how many active conversations about current topics you can find on those forums. It's not a pretty a sight, for the record. They're mostly dead, across the board. Coaches at most schools could be 25-5 or 10-20, and you'd find about the same level of conversation about them - which is to say, almost none.
Tennessee - and yes, that school with the husky logo - are massively atypical. The amount of conversation on here is greater than what you'd find on the women's basketball subreddit, for example. That's due to 30 years of sustained excellence, brought on by Pat legitimizing the sport here in the 1990s.
Anyway, I'm not saying people should be asking for firings, I just think people here have vastly skewed perceptions of how women's basketball is perceived. It's more widely accepted now, to be sure, but most places just aren't talking about it, regardless of team records or performances.