Go ahead, Magic. I dare ya. I double-dare ya.
When training camp opens in October, come right out and say it: We're going to make the playoffs.
If the local soccer team can stick out its chin and deliver the declaration – as an MLS expansion club no less – so can you.
Could the postseason promise come back to bite you?
Sure. So what?
Is anybody lambasting the Orlando City Lions?
If they are snickering behind their backs after a 3-5-3 start, no one can hear the guffawing because 40,000 Lions zealots are cheering so loud.