Too busy to read all of this, but here are my two cents.
We are a young team that doesn't understand effort and intensity. These guys come from teams where they could just turn in on the last ten minutes and win by 15. Now they are realizing that even at VCU, the players were top-notch players in high-school. It is just a learning process.
If this game was 10 games into the season, I would be worried. But it is only the third game and the only game that was truly a test on paper. It is hard for Capel to convince the freshman of how hard it is going to be when they show up day one and look brillant. Now he has their attention.
His comment was just that. It was a, "See guys, I've been telling you every day that you aren't that much better than a lot of teams. If you work hard, we can get there. But if you are satisfied, you better be satisfied with only winning 19-21 games."