That's because we've been there, done that. Those that remained [Redacted] wait-and-see were the same way...they supposedly had lines in the sand, but those were excused away. Manning's Y4 was the year for the longest time, and yet somehow being "ahead of schedule" in Y3, rather than raising expectations for success in Y4, has been made into an excuse, kicking the can down the road to Y5. When Y5 doesn't go as well as hoped, there will inevitably be an excuse to kick the can to year 6...injury, feelings, super phandom, tea leaves. Meanwhile, the program continues to suffer, another group of graduating alumni are potentially lost forever, and more and more long time supporters just stop giving a damn. The number of folks I graduated with around 2000 that once posted or lurked around here has shrunken to almost none...they just don't care anymore. It's unlikely they are coming back. Life has moved on. Their kids aren't going to grow up as Wake fans. But, by all means, let's keep holding out hope that men being paid millions of dollars a year are going to learn how to be coaches on the job.
