Let's not pretend that 75 percent of the fans wouldn't have had the same question/thought/reaction as the guy who asked the question after the game 2 loss if we'd been eliminated by Evansville last night. Please. There would have been a ton of negativity if the No. 1 ranked team/1 seed had gotten booted by the lowest rated team in the Supers. It is what it is.
After the win, of course everybody changes their tune. Fact is, there /was/ a lot of pressure on Vitello going into last night's game, and so the coach was understandably blowing off that buildup of steam. I liked what he had to say--he's right about success, everybody measures it differently--but it's also true that when a program reaches a high-level, and reaches it consistently, expectations will rise. It's natural--and there is no getting away from it. It comes with the territory. I get it all---the expectations, the pressure, what he said. It's part of sports. I especially liked what he said about prospects who expect to get paid to play: That's a response that I'd like to see resonate around "college" football and basketball--ha.
