Wrong.
People were optimistic, but needed more details. Some of this stuff simply won't work well on their own without other additions that weren't initially announced. For example, what difference does team-building and scheme-constructing make if the #1 way you acquire the players, the draft, doesn't have a scouting system that goes beyond "We'll tell you his top three attributes"? Now it's even MORE difficult to get a good grasp on the talent level for a receiver because there are more stats you're never going to be privy to until you draft him.
So yeah, there is a shift in tone. But just because you don't understand the reason for the shift doesn't mean it's unreasonable. If EA had just released this article and said "This is what you get," we'd still have a lot of questions and concerns.
Maybe I'm wrong, because I clearly don't have the most negative outlook compared to others in this thread, but for me there was still some stuff that needed tweaking that apparently isn't going to get tweaked at all. Hence the mild disappointment.