This is a tough one to swallow. Just 6 weeks ago we looked like winning the West was still an option. But injuries to our wingers left us unable to generate any kind of offense. We went from one of the most powerful to one of the dullest offenses in a matter of weeks, almost completely unable to score if you take out penalty kicks.

I’m sure others will write effective breakdowns of what went wrong, but I’m just a fan with a blog and I’m major bummed. It wasn’t supposed to end like this, and now the task is to make sure that next year it doesn’t happen for the fourth straight year.

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