The Cal can't win another one crowd is maddening.
They will become the Cal can't win a third one crowd if/when Cal wins his second.
There's no way to reason with irrationality. The odds are long every year. The deck is stacked against every team. It's a hard tournament to win.
But the folks saying that Cal literally can't win, have no idea how idiotic they sound. They just don't get it, and they never will.
Cal can't win it, but we were one shot away from going to a Final Four with Oregon, South Carolina, and Gonzaga.
But Cal can't win it.
Some of these people are trolls, but many of them are real fans who simply lack a basic understanding of how things work.
They don't understand that if Cal coaches 10 more years and never wins another one, that doesn't mean that he couldn't. It would just mean that he didn't.
It took Dean Smith 11 years to win his second after a near eternity to win his first.
Took Pitino 17 years to get his second.
Keep knocking on the door. Keep getting into these games with great players who care, and the probability is that Cal gets another one. Or two. Or three.
But if you're a Kentucky fan, please find it in your heart to realize that he can. He could have this year. Or in 2015. Or the year before.
Stop being so fatalistic, and enjoy the ride. This is a special time.