as much as three-quarters of the fanbase has been calling for Carl’s firing for the better part of a decade now, you all ought to be singing Herm’s praises and building statues in his honor in Crowne Center Plaza.

I didn’t hate Carl Peterson as a person…for most of the people who wanted him gone, it was about the results he failed to produce first and foremost. If Herm and Carl were showing tangible progress during their time working together I’d be defending them. But they didn’t…Carl did a terrible job and Herm did a terrible job, and that’s why people want them gone.

Instead, everyone’s like, "Well, I guess Carl wasn’t that bad after all. He did a lot of good stuff for this organization. FIRE HERM!"

That’s people being tactful and not trying to dance on the man’s grave. The people who wanted Carl fired are happy that he’s fired…most of them just don’t feel a need to shit on the man now that he’s not a problem any more. And most of the people who want Herm fired will be the same once Herm is fired. When Herm’s no longer employed by the Chiefs, there will be no reason to bash him or hold animosity towards him…unlike how most of the Herm apologists still love to bash and insult Vermeil and blame him for all of Carl’s and Herm’s failings even though he’s got nothing to do with the current failures on this team.

So, what happens if they can Herm? Are you going to call for Clark to get rid of the team — to give it to someone else

Tell you what…why don’t you try to argue against that position when somebody actually takes that position? Otherwise you’re just whining and making up fake arguments to insult other people because things didn’t turn out the way you wanted. If you’re unhappy with Carl Peterson getting fired or the prospect of Herm getting fired, I understand and can respect that position even if I don’t agree with it. But don’t be a fucking baby about it.

C’mon…get your head out your butt. You’ve said and written it so often it’s in your finger DNA ;)

In the ten games before Week 7 of this year, we were competitive in one game. One game. That means, in nine of those ten games, we’d lost before half-time.

In week 1 we lost to the Patriots by one TD thanks to drops by Dwayne Bowe in the end zone in the fourth quarter. In week 5 we beat the Broncos.

In the eight games since then, we’ve had a lead or a tie in the second half six times. We’ve been competitive in six of the last eight games.

Well then how about the historic stomping by Buffalo? Or the huge blown leads to Tampa and San Diego? How many wins did we get from week 7 on in the “good” period? And who the hell cares how “motivated” the players are by Herm if that’s not translating into wins? This isn’t college football. You don’t make the playoffs or the Super Bowl in the NFL because a bunch of writers for the Associated Press had a vote…you make it based off of wins and losses. Nobody should give a damn if the players like their coach if they aren’t winning. “Competitive” means nothing if it isn’t translating into wins.

That’s not the sign of a coach that’s got problems motivating his players.

How about 2-12?

It’s the exact opposite.

2-12

It’s the sign of a coach that’s got the full support of his entire locker room.

2-12

It’s the sign of a coach that’s got his young players believing, every time they take the field, that they can win.

2-12

Coaches like Romeo Crennel and Jack Del Rio and Tom Cable and Rod Marinelli and Marvin Lewis have trouble motivating their teams. They’ve lost their locker rooms. Their player’s a phoning it in every week because, no matter what their coaches say, it just doesn’t matter to them.

Romeo Crennel: 4-10
Jack Del Rio: 5-9
Tom Cable: 3-11

That ain’t Herm Edwards, and that ain’t Herm’s players.

What’s Herm Edwards’ record again? Oh, that’s right, 2-12…worse than all of those coaches (except Marinelli) who are likely getting fired this offseason.

At the start of this season, we said that we’d be happy as long as we saw improvement.

2007: 4-12
2008: maybe 4-12

As long as we saw a team that was making progress.

2007: 4-12
2008: maybe 4-12

We said that we’d be alright with whatever the record was as long as we were better in October than we were in September, and that we were better in November than we were in October.

September: 1-3
October: 0-3
November: 1-4
December: 0-2 (so far)

And, when you look at those stats — that we’ve been competitive in 75% of our games since week seven and only 10% of the games before (going back to last season) — you can’t honestly say that you don’t see improvement.

2007: 4-12
2008: maybe 4-12