“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”
Those were the words of the late Andy Grove, the former Intel CEO, confidant of Steve Jobs and Time magazine’s 1997 Person of the Year for his innovative work in the growth of Silicon Valley.
The Seattle Sounders, fresh off their first MLS Cup title in franchise history, seem to have bought into Grove’s philosophy. They have been anything but complacent just two weeks into the offseason and have arguably been more proactive than any other team in the league.
The main goal for the Sounders in 2017 and beyond?