I think I'm even meaner than Roy Hill. If so, they should sue for deception.
Most academic superstars know pretty early on just how favored they are.
If you're still sending out 50 applications five years after graduation, maybe you're just not that good and nobody wants to hire you. It's no big secret that graduate humanities programs are filled with students who shouldn't be there, people who may be smart but just really aren't that interested or dedicated. They should be told that they must go away and do something else, but there's a problem. The problem is that graduate programs desperately need to keep their student numbers up, both for entering students and for those who graduate. So they allow those students to remain, drifting to the eventual completion of the Ph.D., but lacking the gumption, the energy, and the true love of academic life to do whatever is necessary to get the job they want.