Dick Monfort content making the playoffs “twice every five years”
“There would be widespread revolt in Colorado if any owner not named Monfort said such a ridiculous thing. Sadly, when it comes to Colorado’s baseball club what Monfort said is not ridiculous at all. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
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Fan expectations for the Colorado Rockies are not very high.
Folks attend games at Coors Field year after year knowing that the club has little chance of participating in post-season play. We soak up the sun, cheer on our favorite players and hope for the sake of hope that someday the club will be a perennial contender. Unfortunately, the Brothers Monfort do not share that vision. Dick Monfort, in fact, told Troy Renck of the Denver Post that a “reasonable” expectation is that the Rockies make the playoffs “twice every five years”.
Think about that for a second.
What would the reaction be like locally if John Elway pronounced that the Broncos did business with the expectation of being in the playoffs in 40% of the seasons in which he oversees them? How about if Josh Kroenke had a similar vision for the Avalanche and Nuggets?
There would be widespread revolt in Colorado if any owner not named Monfort said such a ridiculous thing. Sadly, when it comes to Colorado’s baseball club what Monfort said is not ridiculous at all. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In Troy Renck’s piece in today’s Post Monfort all but promised not to escalate payroll as inflows to the Rockies’ coffers increase. New TV deals mean new dollars for MLB owners to spend to make their teams better – but that’s not the plan in Colorado. Monfort spelled out to Renck the team’s mindset regarding its budget and let’s just say that more resources will be dedicated to party decks than to pitching in 2014.
The Colorado Rockies are not hindered by the altitude. They are held back by a loser’s mentality that trickled down from the top. Charlie is a drunk and Dick plays scared. The Monforts are horrific pro sports owners and Rockies fans will continue to suffer because of it. Perhaps ownership is pleased with a ten-win improvement from “historically bad” to “just awful” but that’s not good enough for the fans in a market where every other team measures success in championships.
