Mr. Thorman Goes to Washington

by Joel Thorman on Oct 16, 2009 4:54 PM CDT in 2009 Campaign Comment 40 comments

In this photo taken Oct. 4, 2009, empty seats abound in Arrowhead Stadium during an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Giants in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs and another Missouri team, the St. Louis Rams, are both 0-5 for the season, coming off 2-14 records last season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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about 1 month ago: In this photo taken Oct. 4, 2009, empty seats abound in Arrowhead Stadium during an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Giants in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs and another Missouri team, the St. Louis Rams, are both 0-5 for the season, coming off 2-14 records last season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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This week there was an item on the KCTV-5 evening news that talked about the most "influential" Kansas City Chiefs site out there and, of course, they talked about Arrowhead Pride. Positive comments about the Chiefs on the web actually increased last week according to a report.

"Also we saw that Arrowhead Pride, which is one of the big blogs about the Chiefs, has been really influential. The top three influential URLs came from that site," the newscast said.

Check out the full video here.

So much of the positive talk about the Chiefs out there can be contributed to you all. Pretty cool, huh?

To keep the positive momentum going I made a list minute decision: I'm taking an early morning flight to Washington D.C. and attending the Chiefs vs. Redskins game. I'll be up in the press box and in the locker room after the game, where we will hopefully be talking about a win.

And our own Official Arrowhead Pride PARADE will be attending the game as well. Must be nice to have friends with tickets, right PARADE?

Drop some questions you might have in the comments section and keep an eye on the Arrowhead Pride Twitter page on gameday to keep up with me.

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Congratulations---

on the great job you’re doing!

by route 66 on Oct 16, 2009 5:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

Excited to see what FedEx field is like.

Arrowhead Pride

by Joel Thorman on Oct 16, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You guys have fun and be safe.

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

Get your Arrowhead Pride Wolf Pack T-shirt now!

by oldchiefsfan on Oct 16, 2009 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

coongrats guys and please doo some cheerleader scouting for me in dc

FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.

by sexassassin on Oct 16, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

for your trip, you might like ...

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisiton!

by upamtn on Oct 16, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joel, you are our hope and our salvation, of whom should we be afraid?

We may have to break out a digital camera for this one. Of course we’ll photoshop our own face blurry. But this could be the first step in zee AP Dokumentary.

PARADEBULATE!

by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Oct 16, 2009 5:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Have fun Joel. Wish I was going with you. I know you will do a great job ,as always. GO Chiefs!!

by old chiefs fan on Oct 16, 2009 5:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Locker room?

You actually get to go in the locker room now for interviews?

by route 66 on Oct 16, 2009 5:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah that's the way it is at Arrowhead as well

Arrowhead Pride

by Joel Thorman on Oct 16, 2009 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How else do you think the players get their towels? : )

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

Get your Arrowhead Pride Wolf Pack T-shirt now!

by oldchiefsfan on Oct 16, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cool

Cool, Cool, Cool

by route 66 on Oct 16, 2009 5:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Way cool stuff

This is great for AP :)

We Will kick at least 4 Teams Asses in 09
And Succop will be the Key in two of them.
" Think and talk positive football off the field." Hank Stram

by Steve_Chiefs on Oct 16, 2009 5:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Cool beans...

Joel,

Have fun in DC… and again Thanks for all you do for this community!

by Cowboynchrist on Oct 16, 2009 5:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Been to D.C. quite a bit, actually

And I always go to the Air and Space Museum and get space food.

Arrowhead Pride

by Joel Thorman on Oct 16, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Neapolitan Space Ice Cream

Reminds me of my trips in my youth to the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson. Saliva-creamy-strawberry-forced goodness. :)

What about the twinkie?

"All praise Chiefus."

by DThomasReigns on Oct 16, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's a guy that knows about space food

Arrowhead Pride

by Joel Thorman on Oct 16, 2009 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was just there last month. Check out the American Indian Museum, food is pretty interesting there.

by JComp11 on Oct 16, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joel....drive by and get us a pick of LJ's high school field.

Where it all started !!!!! haha

by CJ-in-2018 on Oct 16, 2009 5:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have to admit

This is pretty cool… I’ve been reading different sports blogs for the better part of 5 years…. and I never thought they’d get to the point where they’d be considered legit press… A lot of hard work must got into everything you do….. Thanks for maintaining the site and hooking us up with all kinds of great info…

D.C. is my old stomping grounds… I went to school there…. hope you have fun… you can’t go to D.C. and not go to the brickskellar…… Over 1000 different kinds of beers… no that’s not a typo 1000 from all over the world…

by callmesir on Oct 16, 2009 6:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Chris lived in DC for a few years and has talked about that place.

Arrowhead Pride

by Joel Thorman on Oct 16, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

one more place to consider...

is the pharmacy bar…. I miss DC…. always something going on….. hope you have a great time man…. Wish I could go…. but going to be on the road once again…. jcaho has decided it evidently wants to inspect every single on of our labs in about a three month period…. oh well….

Again congrats on the credentials…..

by callmesir on Oct 16, 2009 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So Cool!

Joel congrats and this is truly the best fan site in football! We just need our team to match our pashion for excellence. See if you can convince Haley to bench LJ for Charles and co. Lol! Look at Barber last week for Dallas, very little production. Put a shifty back that can make plays with his feet like Choice and he ran all over.

Enjoy!

by casselreadychiefs on Oct 16, 2009 6:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Way cool!

Seriously thinking about heading down to Washington this Sunday. Don’t think it will happen, but happy to know you’ll be there. Last week, AP was the only one to have player reaction to the team’s 2-min drive, with quotes from players saying how cool and collected Cassel was. No surprise that he was (finally) asked about it in his press conference yesterday. AP = Opinion Leader. Go AP! Go Chiefs!

by nycchief on Oct 16, 2009 6:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Very neat!

It has to be a little un-nerving these days for Witlock and his brethren to see fans flocking towards the blogs for the best discussions and late-breaking news. I know the professional sports journalists will still be around, but I think their roles will become that of strictly reporting events and covering press conferences. Sports opinion journalism is going to reside squarely on blog shoulders and you are certainly setting a high bar for others to follow.

OK….enough ass kissing…So does that Locker Room pass get you into the cheerleader locker room too?

by RrustyDawg on Oct 16, 2009 6:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs