How do you win over a fanbase?
By showing things have changed for the better. That whatever things went wrong with the previous group of players, coaches, administrators, whoever, have been addressed and things in that area of deficiency are getting better. Which is why Arkansas blowing yet another fourth quarter lead is especially deflating.
I could see it all week. After scoring 31 points against Alabama, there was optimism. You could see it everywhere, on social media, here in the comments, and even among the media. Still throughout that entire week of optimism, I couldn’t join in that.