I've said it before, I'll say it again.
It is a midwest/plains thing. Look at the KC Royals and the Chiefs, look at ku/KSU.
Mediocrity isn't accepted, it is celebrated. We are the most golly-shucks, sentimental suckers in the world.
The majority of people to this day are not angry with Mike Sweeney (tough luck guy, always injured), The Glass family (Huh? We got a new GM! WE GOT JOSE GUILLEN! LOOK AT OUR RETURNING PITCHING!) or the Hunt family (what a bunch of nice old people. CARL IS THE ENEMY!)
David Stern is loving the possibility of moving Seattle to OKC for this exact reason. Did you hear much pooh-poohing of the ridiculous stadium project in KC? Not enough to stop it from passing!
OKC will lap this stinky butt juice up with the rest of us, Seattle? Too wise.