Satisfied with a loss? Never. Why is a loss satisfying for you?
Expectations? To have a sustainably winning program. We’ve lost 21 of our last 23, including 16 by double digits. I liked our stretches of improved play, but we fell apart at the end.
A question for you: What other part of the University do we achieve at a level where we’re considered one of the “worst” among other universities, and where we would consider the equivalent of 2-21 “satisfying”? I assume you’re an alumnus, friend, fan, benefactor, employee (or some combination of those) of IU, and that you genuinely care about the University. If I’m correct, would you tolerate something even close to our historical or present day ineptitude in football in any other aspect of the University? Academics? Libraries? Student services and counseling? Fund raising? Financial integrity? Physical plant? Food services? Diversity? Leadership? There are literally hundreds of aspects of the University where most of us wouldn’t tolerate mediocrity, let alone abject failure, yet you wonder why, in spite of this, I and others aren’t satisfied because we lost by fewer points?