As we await paparazzi pics of the 7'1" on campus today or news of the unicorn "stretch four" I will weigh in and say that we all, including me, have the habit of saying..."it could be worse" or "you think your situation is bad...look what happened to so and so." it rather diminishes the other person's concerns or problems when we do that.
But for my part, I think the Zips ARE in a far better situation than the majority of mid majors but losing Ali Ali does bite.