Fickell did very well this year imho. They were not blown out by any teams, all games were close. Maybe a couple mistakes cost them some wins, but thats not just his fault. He has a very young team who made alot of mistakes. Miller cost you the michigan game by wasting a down, fickell was telling him to hurry his ass up.
People need to ease up on fickell, could you have done any better with his situation? No, not many coaches could have either.