I do agree here. It's like when people yell at Rocco for putting certain relievers into high-leverage situations. What the heck's a reliever good for if you can't put him into a 4-3 game? Heck if you're only going to pitch Alcala in blowouts, pay me to do it instead, I'll do it for $80,000.
Rocco didn't put together this squad. Derek Falvey and the Pohlads did. Rocco can only do so much when his players aren't performing. And the players haven't been performing for the past couple of years. Period.
On the other hand, one can argue that it's Rocco's job to put a little fire under their arses, and I'll have to say that Rocco is about as fiery as a piece of Wonder Bread left out in the rain over night. He'd be a great manager for a talented team like the Yanks or Dodgers. But he's a bad match for an underperforming and unmotivated team.
So I think we're kind of looking at a failure on all levels at this point. Rocco's far from the only one to blame.