I don't even really dislike BK. He's a football coach. They're all generally unlikable in some way.
The ceiling has to be higher, though, and everyone knows it.
I think the bottom tier of acceptability next year is a new years bowl game and we win. If we get to one of those marquee games and get blown out again I would hope he's gone.
We don't have an easy path to the playoff because of the committee's arbitrary "rules," and unfortunately we haven't been quite good enough the last two years to test how the committee would react to a one loss ND team.
10-2 or higher should be the goal but I would be willing to accept 9-3 if it landed us in a New Year's bowl game and we won.