Nope.
Loved the rotation choices, and I don't give a shit about Gonzalez or Diaz at the end of the bench, because it should have never came down to one of them in the first place.
Every little bit of this is on the players, particularly our star players, and a bit of bad luck with Zimmer and Edwin.
Tito gets some blame to me. Here's my reasoning:
To me, Tito played not to lose as opposed to playing to win by having Kluber start Game 2 so he could get normal rest in a potential Game 5.
IMO, there was no need to start Bauer on short rest when we had 6 SP on the roster. I'm not advocating starting Tomlin and Bauer didn't allow an ER in the game, but IMO, Clev or Salazar could've gotten us through a few IP before going to the pen. With the off day following, it wouldn't have been a problem.
Game 3, Tito blows through his entire bench (minus E-Gon) at once and our worst hitter still hits in the inning.
Gio somehow gets 3 PA in a winner-take-all game? I mean hell, I'd have trusted Gomes over Gio in that situation.
Having your 2nd best SP only pitch once is disappointing.
It just seems like Tito over-thought the series.
However, ultimately, you're right, it came down to the players.
1-4 hitters: 9-79, 31 K
3-4 hitters: 3-39, 17 K
Hit .171 for the series. Minus the HR, we hit .145.
That's not on Tito.