In his defense it wasn't just him. There were several here and other subs targeting that period. But can't fault them, the ens and tellies all looked good. It was actually refreshing, however, to see many regular posters learned from past experiences not to 'lock it up' wrt post day 10 patterns.
Eta: Maybe the mass hysteria hype train didn't leave the station due to it being late in the season? I'm giving the benefit of the doubt though, that most of us just learned from the past, so we'll stick with that story.