I have made my peace by utah_heretic

I've made my peace... ...no, not like that.

I've decided that the idea of taking Checkett's statements, the county's decisions, hare-brained development schemes, threats to move the team, etc. personally just ruins the experience for me.

Conservatively, whether RSL stays or goes, builds a stadium or not, plays poorly or not, is ultimately not a short range issue. Even if they pass Checkett's "deadline, the chances that they will move prior to the end of the 2008 season are frankly slim. This team, for good or bad, is OURS for the next 2 years. 2 years is far too long of a time frame for me to get worked up about right now.

I think Ellinger's performance is wanting, but it seems unlikely Checketts will replace him without knowing the long-term future of the team in this valley. No point paying to violate somebody's contract if you might just sell the team anyway.

I don't see us with a good seasonal solution to our midfield, but this seems likely to remain unchanged as well for roughly the same reasons. But even if Dave ponied up to solve the problem, it seems unlikely that it really "solves" our problems this year. The team is good enough to play and win. They are decidedly unpredictable, but there are a lot of good things to watch.

None of these circumstances truly effect the status of the team this year, and my resolution is to not let any of it get to me. It's time to focus back onto the players and what's going on on the pitch. It's time for RCB to rise up and stand behind our lads. Who knows, it might just help them play a couple of good games before the season is up. From my new perspective, we need just 1 more win and it's all gravy from there...we're not going to make the playoffs unless something ridiculous happens, so it's all about the individual games from here.

With this in mind, who's coming to Wed. night's game against Morelia? Cheap tickets are a wonderful thing.