So where did the Mumbai Indians fall short?

So what really happened to Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians?
1. Poor team selection: but enough about that in a previous post

2. Its the bastmen stupid: The bowlers actually did a fine job with an overall economy rate of 6.83. Funnily enough the Mumbai batsmen scored at exactly the same runs per over at 6.83. The other teams had a far worse economy rate with Delhi (7.31) Deccan (7.37) & Chennai(7.48). And clearly the batting is where they fell short. The comparables were Chennai (7.71), Deccan (7.46) and Delhi (7.21). A closer look also reveals that apart from Duminy no other batsmen really fired with Tendulkar barely crossing an average of 30 (each of the other teams had at least 4 batsmen averaging greater than 30). The youngsters never really clicked and Jaysuriya didn't fire.

3. Nerves & temperament:a. Lost to Punjab by 3 runs chasing just 119 b. Lost to Rajasthan by 2 runs needing 4 in the last over.

Am trying to be positive now. Good news is that the last year the Mumbai Indians had a poor team on all counts, did not hold their nerve and the youngsters didnt fire. At least they got the bowling right this year. Perhaps next year we'll get the batting right and the year after the youngsters wont be be young anymore....