Correct, everyone does have a choice. The choices people in Seattle have made have led to an owner that profited around 160 million in the last 2 years, and that's not even counting the increased value of the team over those 2 years. This owner is still raking in crazy amounts of money because...
We are the #12 baseball market, we would have a new team within a decade with a better owner because lets be honest, anyone is better than the clown we have.
Ok so now they have a shot a 2nd place in the division. Yaaaaaaaay. If they somehow made it out of the AL into the Series, they might win 1 game against the dodgers or braves.
It was time. Yes, there's risk, but I'm ready for it because you can win championships if you're a bad team and have to rebuild for a few years. Mediocrity is what keeps championships from happening.
It unfortunately looks like its our destiny to be stuck with pete another 2 to 3 years, and probably stuck with geno too unfortunately. Maybe we will get lucky and they will pick up a qb in the first couple rounds of the draft and he actually pans out.