‘”It’s just hard,” said Whitner, choking on his words. “I know how hard these guys work. I know how hard I work. I know. Nobody else is there when we’re working and it’s just hard to lose like this. We did exactly what we expected to do in the first 3 1/2 quarters. And we didn’t do what we expected to do in the fourth quarter. We wanted a win, we needed a win, we had a win, and we let it go.”’