I can't speak for everyone so I will just speak for myself. I was not/am not a big fan of the Ben hire, not for any reason other than resume. He was an asst on 2 underwhelming teams, applied for other jobs, did not get them. There is nothing on his resume (short of being a former U bball player) that says he was/is ready for a B1G job. Do sometimes those things work, absolutely, but not very often. Since that day I have seen nothing to change my mind from a basketball perspective. I dont know how you could argue differently.
As a person Ben seems like a grade A dude, legit think I could be best of friends with the guy, humble, nice, good dude. It sounds harsh but honestly I dont care if the coach is a good person, I want to win. Some disagree and thats fine but thats just me.
As far as "criticizing does nothing so why do it?" Well I guess that is correct, a message board changes nothing, Ben wont read this and go ohh hey now i know what is going on! That is a true statement. But at the same time, I dont think just saying enjoy the ride who cares if we win or lose does anything either, its not like the kids are reading this and going yah hey i was shooting 40% from the FT line, now I feel better I will shoot 80%! So by that logic being optimistic is pointless too?
Its a message board people, quit turning it into something its not, I am sure we are all decent humans who want our program to win. This isnt a witch hunt or anything, we are frustrated fans, that spills out differently for people. /end rant