Hard disagree as far as how this team plays compared to recently. You don’t see any difference at all? Rocco’s teams were terribly unfundamental (is that a word?). It got to the point where I had to hate watch them to see how they’d bleep it up next. He had more talent and some of his teams were hard to sit through a whole game.
I felt like teams of the past often weren’t trying, or more politically correct “were going through the motions”. Once the bullpen couldn’t be counted on, and the risp went into the tank, this year was a wrap. They had a nice run. I don’t see it as a lack of effort and I would honestly be surprised if I were to hear many fans feel that way
The end results can be the same while the path is different. I don’t see the losses as a “vibes” problem. I see a below average team overall who overachieved, had a nice run and ran out of gas. Things don’t feel quite as hopeless as they did in 25. I enjoyed watching most of this year.