As for Gard and Davison's Wisconsin teammates, I suppose this whining is what they think they are supposed to do. OK, Gard is beyond frustrated because what was essentially the same team that won the B1G regular season last year just finished .500 in the conference this year, and tied for 6th with mighty Rutgers.
But I have less tolerance for his teammates, who quickly said, "That's not who he is." I tired ages ago about hearing about dirty teams and players that are involved in questionable practices on and off the field/court, and all we ever hear is, "Well that's not who we are." "Well I can tell you that's not who he is."
After about the 14th time something like that has happened, it's time to change the script. If you want to say things like, "Brad is just a super-competitive player who is working as hard as anyone ever can to help us to victory," and then just leave it at that, so be it.
But don't give me this crap about that not being who he is. This is EXACTLY who he is. And even if we never hear about it, it's time for his teammates to be talking to him in the locker room saying, "Look, pal - all you are doing is costing us games - and it's got to stop!" Trust me - it would if somebody had the cajones to do that.