Mistamic Breaks Down Yesterday

I'll be honest: I actually enjoy reading Jason Whitlock's columns in the Star. I usually find them entertaining - or I can at least see the reasoning for his arguments, even if I don't agree. It seems like the majority of AP members think Whitlock is a tool. I totally agree with you guys after reading today's lame ass article.

As Jim Rome says, here's what I'm burning on:

*Stop calling Scott Pioli that stupid nickname, Ego-li. When I first saw your nickname for Scott, I was dumbfounded. It aIso made me hungry for some Eggo waffles and ravioli. But mainly I didn't see the conection. Seriously - has Jason ever heard Pioli talk? When he came here, he never said "I know it all" or "I am so smart" blah blah blah. He wasn't praising himself during interviews. Bill Belichick did enough of that. Pioli is a low-key guy who worked behind the curtains and never took the credit. The guy is a class act.

*Haley put the blame on himself. Jason said that Haley bitched at all of the players for their errors but he failed to see his own mistakes. Bullshit. At the end of the game, Haley took the blame and even said that he didn't coach well, especially at the end of the game. He didn't throw any players under the bus. He did say that WE all need to get better. That includes the coaches. This isn't the first time that Haley admitted he was wrong and I doubt it wil be his last. But he took the blame. Herm did a lot of things that drove me nuts, but I really hated it when he wouldn't man up and admit that he made mistakes. He always found a way to escape the blame. Sorry Jason, you got the wrong coach on this one.

*Quit saying Haley's arrogance is toxic. Actually, establishing a football culture where the coach says "it's okay we lost, we'll get better later" is more toxic. Losing is toxic. Oh, and don't bitch about Haley's "brutal" offseason workouts and training camps. Better conditining means fewer injuries and fewer chances of the players breakig down.

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I'm not entirely defending the Chiefs. Here's what did bother me.

*Cassel's pass play to Savage right before the end of the first half was piss poor. He should have known better than that.

*When the Raiders scored with less than 2 minutes to go in the game, I wanted to punch Clancy Pendergrast in the face. How did the receivers get so damn open?

*Cassel's first interception was flat out poor.

*The second one wasn't his fault. The reciever let it slip out of his hands.

*If Flowers got his hands on the ball, then it would have been pick 6.

*Yesterday was my birthday. The red-zone errors were a shitty present.

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Even though there were still a lot of empty seats yesterday, Arrowhead Stadium was still pretty loud. It was a good sound to hear. To the 70,000(?) people in the stands, thank you for keeping Arrowhead rockin on my birthday!