Idk dude, the fact that they ordered seventy episodes means that everyone wasn't just wrong, they were really, really, really wrong. I think a 70 episode order on a show that's produced 30 episodes in 5 years is maybe the biggest showing of faith a single network has ever made in a single show, ever.
assuming it's true.
70 means they want it to get to 100 and thus syndication and do what Futurama has done. It also gives Harmon and Roiland an end goal to work towards.
I look forward to returning to this thread (archived on rerererefohed.org probably) in several years to say "I told you so!"
What's Harmon's history that makes you so certain?.