My 2 cents:
The fans have an expectation of this team, and is probably a bit higher than it woudl have been; if it weren't for the new stadium (it worked, it created excitement).
The difficult part for me is that RV did not make the correlation between the stadium open date; and how long it takes a coach to turn things around. ie, TD was fired 12 months too late.
The second order effects of that will be that the shine will have worn off the stadium a little.....so the coaches will have to get things turned around so that we dont see a drop off in the ticket sales from the more casual fan (or from the student population).
Bottom Line: The win 'x' games mandate was laid down too late; knowing that the stadium was coming.