It's not a valid question anymore, the "Would you still move on from Fulmer if you had it to do over again?" business. Tennessee is now back in the championship conversations it last enjoyed under Fulmer's watch to the credit of its current coach. And more than just a one-year upswing, Tennessee's recruiting has returned to form as well over enough years for us to believe 2016 won't be the last word on Butch Jones.
Some of the words in the space between as they related to Fulmer have always bothered me. The certainty of some arguing Tennessee would have been better off without its coach of 17 years - even if we hadn't hired a one-and-done in Lane Kiffin - never meshed well with Tennessee's 35-40 record in the first six years after his dismissal.