My point was to direct this to posters here who ALSO have posted in the past in the barons forum with an argument that goes something like this, "the barons failed because too many people were Blazers fans, and not true hockey fans". "All those knuckle-dragging Blazers fans just can't appreciate talent when they see it".
Seeing the story about the Cosmos beating NYCFC made me wonder if these same posters would say that about Cosmos fans? I mean, hell, don't they know REAL talent when they see it? Why on Earth would anyone support a washed-up team of has-beens and never-will-bes like the Cosmos?! When there is "world-class soccer going on 20 miles away with NYCFC? Or even RedBull? Why would they not want to go see David Villa, Myx Diskerud, or Bradley Wright-Phillips play, instead of the beer-league Cosmos?" blah blah blah
Well, for whatever reason, there ARE Cosmos fans. And after the game the other night, there may be quite a few more. If you are running the Cosmos, or NYFC or RedBull for that matter, do you really care if there are "true" soccer fans out there? What the hell does that even mean? Wouldn't you rather have Cosmos fans? or NYCFC fans? or RedBull fans? There should be NO reason you would go to Shuhart Stadium, on Long island, to watch this team when you could go to Yankee Stadium and see NYCFC. Or go to RedBull Arena and see them? But people do.
"I guess they just don't want soccer to succeed..."
The reason the barons aren't around anymore isn't because they couldn't find enough HOCKEY fans. It's because they couldn't create enough BARONS fans!
And if the Energy ever succeed here they need to create a lot more ENERGY fans, than soccer fans. That's what the Cosmos have been trying to do. It's what Sacramento Republic have been doing. And it is definitely what the Energy need to do.