Well the man has proven that he can recruit, and without the hype and stupidity of Kiffin. For all the noise and flash about Kiffin's so-called recruiting prowess, Fulmer had a much better class in 2007 than either of the two Kiffin helped put together. Of course, Kiffin in a sense only had two "half classes", but I am getting off track.
Whether he can coach em up to be where we need to be remains to be seen, but so far, at the very least Butch is restocking the talent to a level not seen for at least 7 years.
And no matter what else happens, that's a good thing.