Once he was here he's here, you root for the team. I don't think anyone loved the hire. The second half of last year gave us some hope, you can say the schedule but you still have to win the games. This year's team isn't winning those games.
Not sure it really gave anyone all that much hope, but going 7-9 with last year's roster and Darnold's mono pretty much met expectations for me. It was uglier than I expected, but I don't like firing coaches unless I have to, and I didn't think last year was enough to fire him. If they fired him, I would have been fine with it, but I didn't think it was really deserved.