On Tuesday, the Fire distributed a letter that owner Andrew Hauptman wrote to fans of the club. The letter, which ran a relatively short 293 words, was sort of Hauptman's wrap on the season. It details how he felt after the Real Salt Lake game and reminds fans that the club is already working hard to bring a championship back to Chicago next season.

I'm sure most of you noticed that last week's edited version of Fire owner Andrew Hauptman's letter to fans stirred up quite a bit of controversy on this site. Well, it got people inside the Fire front office talking too and I'm happy to say that Hauptman got involved, writing back to me via VP of Communications Becky Carroll.

It's been a week but I'm back and better than ever. My batteries are recharged and I'm raring to go. My fire is lit.

"The point is that soccer clubs, prompted by media and fans, are always making financially irrational decisions in an instant. They would like to think long term, but because they are in the news every day they end up fixating on the short term.