Spooky Halloween thought: Are the Rapids turning into the Rockies?

In the spirit of Halloween, though, I decided to make note of a few comparisons between the two. Are the Rapids slowly degenerating into Rockies levels of terrible?

There's certainly a few things in common. Tim Hinchey has acted as the Dick Monfort of the burgundy boys, shooting off anger towards dissenting fans and journalists and, allegedly, helping to get a media guy fired because of a tweet he didn't like. (Remember when the Rockies stopped talking to journalistic outlets that dared to print vitriol about Rockies teams that absolutely deserved it?)

As a result of that, the team has a core of a few young star-talent players with absolutely nothing around them. When it clicks, it can work well, but an injury or a cold streak can quickly turn a team in the playoff spots into a team suffering a 14-game winless streak to close out a season. Hell, even the 2014 seasons mirrored each other for the Rox and Pids. A hot start, with easily noted signs of unsustainability, followed by a complete and utter collapse thanks to a depth-less squad and a young manager still struggling with the game.

It actually makes almost no sense with the Rapids, because almost nobody can explain just what this Rapids culture is supposed to be. It's supposed to be #OneClub, but there was absolutely no defining feature to the Rapids this season other than 'shitty defense'. I don't think the club culture is supposed to be 'shitty defense'.

Fortunately, this story has a happy ending: It's MLS, and it's the Rapids, and therefore they are going to end up being at least mediocre and possibly good within two years. It's the circle of life for the Mediocre Warriors in burgundy. And, at the very least, this team showed with the Gary Smith expulsion that if something really does look like it has no future at all, the team isn't afraid to blow a few things up and start it all over again. That alone makes the Rapids a better specimen than the Blake Street Blahs.