Yes, it has to be. We heard many reports, rumors, call them what you will that the locker room was toxic earlier in the season. Losing is hard on the soul, and when you don't believe in your "leader" it has to make you feel a bit helpless. I am really hoping these kids get to experience a change in leadership. I think we have some great, talented young men - and a change will really spark them.
For all the chest puffing on here and in the local news over the billboard backfiring for that group (via team rallying and Mooney rallying), it was all talk. Much like Mooney's last several years, talk, talk, talk, no change, except to get worse.