Harsh? I think not. You can sit with him in the cheap seats and ***** about Mac Kyle. I have no stomach for all the ******** and moaning that I hear every year in the stands questioning every call and acting like ISU is disappointed with everything less than perfection. I was just as heart broken by not taking that next step, but look what where we have come and where there is to go. You can't honestly tell me that Mac is an average coach and that just as many guys could do the same job.
Whooooaooaaaaaa, chill-ax dude. We were all disappointed in the losses, and we've all sit by guys who complain after every play. I sat by a guy that complained as a play was unfolding, he would just be whining as soon as the ball was handed off to Stevie, and still would have something to say about it even if he got a good gain off of it. I know, it sucks.
Mac has done a great thing in resurrecting ISU, and I don't think many people could have done it, you have to have Mac-esque optimism and enthusiasm.
All of that being said, he should have won one of those games against clearly inferior opponents. I can't point to one, two or even three things I would have changed in those games, because I'm not a coach, and I have no idea how to run an effective team outside of NCAA 2006.