I think that there is truth on both sides of the argument. The reason that most people complain, including myself, after two poor performances is because of what we have been hearing.
In the past when the offense has underperformed it has BASICALLY been blamed on a shortage of talent. Now the offense is supposedly loaded with talent, and perception is that is still underachieving. This coupled with the fact that other OCs and HCs (Ky when Mumme was there, Louisville along with other examples have done more with arguably less talent due to scheme) leads the fire RS group believe that the Vols are in a pattern of mediocirity. We should be better than our 107th ranked offense in the country. When you have the Vols talent, and see what other coaches are doing with their talent it leads us to believe that replacing RS would make us NC contenders much more consitently, and attract much greater talent.