[SubjectToChange]

"They didn't showing up to practice. If they did show up to practice, they weren't practicing hard. If they did practice hard, they didn't have the commitment and drive to win. Trust us, we did everything right, it's the players (we chose) who let everyone down."

Yeah, this sounds like a coaching staff trying to prove that they don't need high-end talent bailing them out, only to find out otherwise.

[the_sleaze_]

Sounds a little like victim blaming. You had a proven formula which includes people whos job it is to make critical assessments, change 1 variable, then blame the variables you didn't change when the experiment goes poorly?

[pedalpete]

I disagree, I think what they are saying is that the now understand how that variable impacts the overall system in ways they weren't expecting.