And having just posted the unvarnished truth above, I look at my JS Online news feed and find a new "let's put some lipstick on this pig" column from Gary D'Amato, including this mind-boggling observation:
"Jordan has embraced the challenge of building a program from the ground up."
We won 20 games last year! We went to the tourney three years ago! We had three of the best players in the league coming back as senior starters this year! What the hell are we doing at ground freaking zero!!!!!?????? Why should we have to "build a program from the ground up" -- an almost impossible and undeniably lengthy project for a program like ours, when we were nowhere near the ground? Again, it isn't because of the new coaches, who I'm sure are nice young fellows. It's certainly not the fault of players like Cody who have every right to be proud.
It's because we have an incompetent administration that spit in the eye of the players, fans, donors and community. Gary, don't kid yourself: until the saboteurs are gone, so are we. Because until they're gone, we know this program can never reach its potential.