I certainly agree with much of that, but I don't think that, at least for many, it's shock that we lost as much as its that once we got ahead by 4, we quit playing to win...with 5 minutes still to play in the game.
It was a difficult situation.
When your up big, you limit possessions so the other team basically has no chance of coming back. Cal has won a ton of games by doing this and while people hate it, it's the correct strategy.
Where he went wrong was he went to it too soon IMO. Then again he says they weren't trying to play stall ball so maybe we give a bit more credit to Wisconsin's defense on those possessions.