I wouldn’t be, either, if I had one of the preeminent organizations in Sprint Cup racing and am coming off a season that saw Roush’s five-man mechanical band play some pretty sour notes.And now, due to NASCAR mandate, that quintet just became a quartet, as Jamie McMurray has been released – and subsequently signed with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing – leaving the Cat in the Hat with the four team-limit that NASCAR chairman Brian France insisted upon.

Think about what happened to Roush Fenway Racing in 2009:* Carl Edwards, who led all Cup drivers with nine wins in 2008, failed to reach victory lane even once this past season. Sure, Cousin Carl made the Chase, but he finished a very disappointing 11th.* Matt Kenseth, who had made each of the first five Chases for the Sprint Cup, uncharacteristically missed it this season, even with winning the first two races of the year, including the Daytona 500.

* Greg Biffle, who won the first two races of the 2008 Chase, barely made a peep in the 2009 Chase. Like Edwards, he was also shut out of victory lane in 2009. Still, he managed to finish seventh in this year’s Chase, sandwiched between Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya.

* David Ragan, once considered the brightest star on the Roush horizon, and who just missed making the Chase in 2008, virtually disintegrated in 2009, finishing 27th. Even McMurray, who is no longer with the organization, finished higher than Ragan in 22nd position.

So, let’s see: five drivers combined for just two entrants in the Chase and three wins total between all of them – two from Kenseth and one from the now-departed McMurray.

Something is obviously wrong in Camp Jack and it’ll be interesting to see what takes place during the off-season to try and fix what ails everyone within the organization.

And Roush Fenway Racing’s affiliation with Yates Racing and Hall of Fame Racing didn’t seemingly have one iota of impact upon the sport, either.That, compared to Rick Hendrick, whose Hendrick Motorsports not only won its eighth overall Cup title and fourth in a row by Jimmie Johnson, but also saw three of its four drivers – Johnson, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon – finish 1-2-3 (the first time in NASCAR history that three drivers from the same organization have achieved such a feat). Oh yeah, and don’t forget how Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman performed, both making the Chase and finishing sixth and ninth, respectively, driving primarily in almost all-Hendrick equipment.

Mind you, I’m not picking on RFR solely. Virtually every other major organization had some type of fall-off in 2009.Richard Childress Racing, after having its three drivers finish fourth through sixth in 2008, expanded to four teams in 2009 yet failed to place even one driver in the Chase.Joe Gibbs Racing, after having all three of its drivers make the Chase in 2008 (even with a soon-to-be departing Tony Stewart), saw just one driver – Denny Hamlin – make it in 2009, as Kyle Busch failed to make the Chase and rookie Joey Logano wound up with a decent 20th-place showing in his first full season on the Cup level.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing saw Montoya have his best season ever, including making the Chase, although Martin Truex Jr. suffered terribly, enough to decide to leave the organization at season’s end and to join Michael Waltrip Racing for the 2010 season.

But no organization suffered the ignominy that RFR did – having such incredible resources and yet leaving the 2009 season with very little to be overly proud about.That’s why I’m not going to be surprised if Roush makes some major changes within his organization in 2010. He’s already moved Donnie Wingo into the crew chief position with Ragan, relegating Cup veteran Jimmy Fennig to a new role within the company.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Roush moves a few more bodies around, particularly in either the crew chief or car chief positions. For if there’s one thing the Cat in the Hat won’t stand for or tolerate, it’s mediocrity in an organization that should be so much better.And if things still don’t improve, don’t be surprised if some of those four drivers that will make up the RFR contingent in 2010 may not be part of that same contingent in 2011.