Congratulations to the Seattle Sounders FC, winners of the US Open Cup!The Sounders defended their Lamar Hunt US Opem Cup championship before 31,311 fans -- that's10,000 more people who attended the Seattle Mariners's prize-laden Fan Appreciation Night gala.
Interestingly, the Sounders' US Open championship occurred on the same day that Seattle Mariners Chief Executive Officer Howard Lincoln and General Manager "Trader" Jack Zhudriencik issued letters of apology for the Major League Baseball team's sorry 101-loss season. Apparently, President Chuck Armstrong, Lincoln and Zhudriencik don't grasp what the Sounders and Seattle Storm brain trusts understand: Fans follow winners. Lincoln and Armstrong ran the Mariners for the better part of a decade, spent millions upon millions of dollars in player salaries, and haven't witnessed a post-season appearance since 2001.
Don't get us wrong: We don't fault the team for signing players to million-dollar contracts. But we have lost patience with Lincoln and Armstrong's lack of leadership and inability to grasp what it takes to create a championship-caliber team.
Somebody, please, pull the plug on the "Howie and Chuckie Show"... before it's too late.
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