The World Cup disappointment :(

India's early exit from the World Cup was disappointing. Although it was amazing to see the hype around the event this time, one definitely felt that everyone was overdoing it. And that hype probably got converted to disappointment after the dismal performance.
But there is another subtle thing that came to the fore because of the early exit.

Just when the World Cup started, everyone seemed to talk about it. How this world cup was special, how India has chances of winning it, how India can learn from their previous mistakes, etc. Every Indian looked like a Harsha Bhogle or Geoffrey Boycott; armed with suggestions and statistics. But immediately after India's exit, you could hear criticism everywhere. "Cricket is a boring game", "The game is so long", "Its so passive...", etc.
It was really interesting to see how people's opinions change with events that happen around them. Or is it that people just see one side at a time. Initially they just saw the positives... the nail-biting finishes, the media hoopla, the big money in cricket, the flamboyant stars, etc... and after the world-cup debacle, just the negatives... the boring game, the scandals, wasted money, etc...! Why don't people realize that its just another game. Yes, one could really be passionate about it and want their team to win, but failure does not mean the end of the world :).
Yes, India's performance was extremely extremely disappointing...but people's 'Opinion-swings' about Indian cricket were equally fascinating!!