We are a powder keg about to explode / I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?
I am not throwin’ away my shot! / I am not throwin’ away my shot! / Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young / Scrappy and hungry!
I am not throwing away my shot!
- Hamilton, “Right Hand Man”, Lin Manuel-Miranda
A long shot. A prayer. A speculative effort. A most unlikely outcome. A one-in-a-million chance.
These were the kinds of words uttered back in March about the odds of success for Colorado Rapids team that had finished bottom-of-the-table in 2014, and again bottom-of-the-table in 2015.