Is it? The dudes basically won nothing at Tennessee without Golesh and Hooker. He’s made some super questionable decisions in coaching retention and promotion. I’m not saying I’m giving up on him but there’s no reason to be blind to the NUMEROUS faults.
Don’t want to hear anything about Joe or any excuses for him. The guy isn’t ready and if it’s not clicking by now, it’s over. Move on and build for next year and beyond.
Heupel took over a program on life support, brought in some key pieces that fit his system really well which created premature expectations in the fan base of a program that in reality is still in the middle of a major rebuild.