That's the reason people like it. It's from some of the same minds and creators behind Scrubs, if that helps give you a sense of what they're going for.
Scrubs had Dr Cox. Janitor and Jordan to give it a biting edge, not to mention Dr Kelso who was a Bona Fide a-hole - as well as the whole JD Turk, JD Elliot, TurkCarla, CarlaElliot dynamic and the spectre of morbidity and death.
Lasso has a grumpy footballer with a sweet gal, a self centred footballer, a jilted but soft hearted owner all centred around an eternal optimist taking center stage with a semi interesting cast of supporting characters...