Of course they're going to say that. What else do you expect them to say? Konerko and Ozzie aren't going to sit there and say "Kenny blew it! We needed a move, this team really sucks! We just so happen to be putting up a battle for first place, but we suck!"
It's Kenny who needs to be blamed for the moves that were not made. It's the manager and teams job to use what they got. This is just confidence building talk.