That 2019 team was always used as proof to show that Rocco knew what he was doing. Here's a thought, Shelton was the bench coach for the 2019 team. What if it was Shelton that really motivated the team as the bench coach? Shelton was also a holdover from Molitor's staff. I'm not suggesting that Shelton is the answer to all of our questions. It does seem early on that the swings aren't nearly as big as they have been in the last couple of years. Sure, there was the 13 game winning streaks, but there were long stretches of losing in between those streaks.