If the fans stay away and the stadium is mostly empty, then Currie and Chancellor Davenport will be to blame. Their complete disregard of the fans, paying lip service and fiddling while Rome burns, and refusing to even address fan dissatisfaction regarding Butch should be a wake-up call to them. When about 1/2 of your entire AD revenue is based on fans buying tickets and donations, you cannot keep talking about the next game is the only thing that matters. Will it be a bad look on national TV when you keep boasting that 100,000 fans are always there? Yes it will. But do not blame the fans for expecting UT to put an SEC team on the field with a MAC-level coach. Put a competitive product on the field Tell the fans you want a winner on the field. Act like you care. Hell, act like you have a pulse.
"Fiddling while Rome burns" is such an overused expression - BUT - it is so appropriate in this case, isn't it? That is exactly what is happening. Some folks accuse the Fire Butch crowd of overreacting and being knee jerk, and I have to wonder....have they even been paying attention these last few years? I don't even consider myself a "Fire Butch" person, however it is obvious he is not going to work out. the signs of that have been there from the beginning - he has not improved his game - and this season really drives it home - HE IS NOT GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE, PERIOD.