We can all get depressed and down on the program. We can all be nervous about “streaks” and other such statistical flummery. We can all get down on the coaching and start calling for heads, too. However, what we should be doing is finding reason to be optimistic. At the beginning of the season, we were pushing out warnings that Hokie Nation needed to stop having any expectations for the year. We were not being negative. We were attempting to make it abundantly clear that most programs in transition from long term coaching go through a serious hit starting in the third and fourth seasons.