I'm wondering whether you might be confusing frustration with the athletic department (in many respects, but in particular with respect to baseball) with lack of support.
In my view, the University (not you) has consistently allowed its personal piques to obscure the fact that complaints (even unreasonable ones) reflect passion, and that apathy is far worse than frustration that reflects passion.
My regular reading of this board has revealed very little ire directed at players. The people who are posting here are the people who care most about the program -- aside from the players and their families.
And for what it's worth, the installation of the artificial turf was completely financed by donations from a small group of benefactors solicited not by University athletic department or advancement employees, but by the father of a Notre Dame player.