Anyone who took an elementary economics course heard it.  Young Americans growing up heard it.

In America you are given the opportunity to rise on your own bootstraps.  Achieve success and you are rewarded.  

Failure?  Well there is no room for that.  If you fail you need to pick yourself up by your bootstraps and try again.

Try and tell that to justifiably angry Americans in the wake of recent events.  Yes, if you are a football coach in America, Britain, or Europe and you compile a losing record you will be fired.  After all, winning was a condition precedent to being hired.