If lovie sits his starters and loses after the bye, he is blamed for sitting starters and losing his momentum. if he plays them and he wins, and his team loses the first game after the bye, he gets criticised for not giving his guys enough rest. if he sits the starters and he wins and the giants get in instead, then the giants wind up going into chicago and beating them, he gets criticised for breathing life into NY.
the point is, there was almost no way he doesnt take criticism here, and there was probably a thread coming from someone about whatever way he carried it.