Time To Be Heard, Again...

Should be a different tone when all three phases are clicking. Maybe rough here for awhile, but I think once Indy and Houston road games are over, I think things will start clicking all around for a strong playoff run!

But I guess its getting to a point that all the post saying “STOP POSTING ABOUT JC/TJ and MATT CASSELL” are getting a little repetitive….lol

However, I don’t think its necessarily young(in age) authors primarily responsible for this phemenon. I think with the Chiefs unconventially starting the season 2-0 is so surreal, no one really knows how to handle it.

Lets face it a team without and sure-fired identity is 2-0. This means 2 things.

1.) Our luck is eventually going to run out and our record is going to reflect it, or

2.) The last two games bought us enough time to develop some strengths, and will be something to build on, luckily for us the last 2 games have resulted in wins.

In the meantime remember, Kool-aid is only needed when it seems like there isnt light at the end. and the Chiefs have left a lot of room for both optimisms and criticisms… Which are you being?

My advice be a realist

Obviously we should all like being 2-0.. But we are a lot better than I thought we would be at this point. This week should show us the true identity of the Chiefs. We are going up against a very pissed off 49ers team that most are predicting to win their division.

He’s old… he must be wise.

Thanks Lanier.

Question?
On Sunday night after the game are the posts going to be?
Negative on someone or everyone for the loss or Playoffs Baby with a Win?

I feel like I’m two again?

Thank you for your contribution…

I have also been sitting back just watching. I have been thinking about all the same as you. I have also been sitting back and watching all the arguing and fighting. I figured I’d just keep my mouth closed. I understand that they are going to play whoever they believe will matchup best. That means whichever RB they have out there is the one they believe (By looking at film of previous games and all) will do the best against the opposing D. Everyone needs to have their own opinion and debate is always good around here but all to often it gets outta hand. I know everyone can handle themselves but my point is we are arguing about the same things over and over and over again because the same posts keep coming over and over and over again. Thanks for the post and it was great hearing from you again.

If I rec this, does that make me an old fart?

There is always a hot topic of the time that gets people fired up and posting about. Half the group will post one opinion and then the other half post rebuttles, people get fired up and it goes back and forth.

Happens all the time.

I don’t know of anyone on this site that can change the way Charles and Jones are used, how many carries they will get or who starts. I also don’t know of anyone here that can change Cassel’s contract, have him sit the bench or trade him know matter how the season goes.

I don’t know of anyone that can influence whether the team wins or not on Sundays by discussing offensive line production or QB pressures either, but we still talk about those.

Stat of the day:

2009 & 2010 seasons

Avg. offensive points per game in which Charles gets fewer than 15 carries: 14

Avg. offensive points per game in which Charles gets more than 15 carries: 22

Rec’d

When we were losing, it was a site of optimism and hope. Now we’re winning (2 freakin’ games!) and the site has turned negative.

People need to sit back and enjoy the game of football.

I agree with you Lanier. It ain’t pretty but for God’s sake, we’re 2-0. That’s way beyond my wildest expectations. We have a new offensive coaching brain-trust and it’s obviously going to take some time. The thing I don’t get is why people (AP commenters and Chiefs fans) are at each others throats. Take it easy people. If we go 6-10, 7-9 or 8-8 we have a lot to be happy about because it’ll be a substantially better year compared to where we came from. We’re already up two games in the win column and looking at the schedule, I see some more very winnable games. This team is going to get better and better as the season progresses so please, everyone… step away from the ledge!

Moving out from AP

But for me, i am a fan that see’s the good and the bad. If im pointing out the bad, it only means I want to see improvement. I dont see it as negative. I look at it as something we need to fix or change in order to grow.

I love that we are undefeated. There should be no question that every fan on this site is excited about that…What people are worried about is maintaining a winning record and staying on top of our division. And when you see a GLARING need like more production from the QB, which is the most important position on any football team, I, as a fan, have every right to say it needs fixed..
I think what is happening way too often, is people telling people, they should not think a certain way. They should just be happy the way things are. Stop complaining, stop drinking the kool aid, stop making excuses for bad play….just in general, “If you dont think the way I think then you are totally wrong”…this is a fan site for discussions, rants,praise, …..anything having to do with the Chiefs..good or bad.
I had a guy last yr, after a win, when i pointed out that we won, but there was still a lot of work that needed to be done…tell me that i should wait to say that tomorrow, now is not the time to bash the team, just enjoy the win and shut up….are you kidding me??…Im a grown man and I will say whatever i want in a public forum that was created to discuss my favorite team.
I dont mind debating, expressing my opinion…but dont tell me what i can and cant say, what I can post, how to post it, ect…as long as I am being respectful there should be no problem….if you dont like to hear it, then move on to another post. Let those of us involved in the discussion have our discussion and you go have a discussion that YOU want to be involved in..
Its pretty simple really….

I love this team.The D has been awsome.I think the games have been fun to watch.I love us building from within.Its been real ruff ride but watching these guys grow has been worth it.The tuffness this team as a hole has displayed in two wins the in the past few years would have been losses.I love the running game and when the passing game catches up we will be a force.these couple of wins are just the break this team needs.

Like several others have posted here, criticizing your team doesn’t take away from your fandom – I’d call it an expected thing because you want them to be the best they can be. Also, armchair QBing will always be a large part of the appeal to the game.

What makes you a bad fan (I’ll go further and say bad person in general) is when you treat other fans like dirt. The alarming trend I’ve been seeing from far too many on here is to go out of their way to be absolute jerks to people in an attempt to promote some delusional self-importance while offering little else (anything at all?) of substance.

We’re better than that. That said, if you go around asking to be punched in the face…well…

You mentioned SB wins in your story…awhile back I was curious myself, so I wandered over to the mothership and tallied some stats from our Coaching staff (and GM);

Total Years Coaching: 228
Total Years Coaching from those who have SB appearances (both as players and coaches): 215
Total SuperBowl Appearances: 32
Total SuperBowl WINS: 25

Individual Coaching stats (sorted by # of WINNING SB’s):

Name, Yrs NFL Coaching, SB Appearances, SB WINS

Romeo Crennel, 29, 6, 5
Charlie Weis, 32, 5, 4
Emmit Thomas, 30, 3, 3 (1 as Chiefs Player)
Scott Pioli, 19, 4, 3
Steve Hoffman (ST), 20, ?, 3
Maurice Carthon (Ast, HC), 16, 3, 2
Anthony Pleasant (DLine), 1, 2, 2
Bill Muir (OLine), 32, 1, 1
Otis Smith (DQC), 1, 2, 1
Adam Zimmer (LB, Ast), 5, 1, 1
Todd Haley, 13, 1, 0
*Mike Clark (Conditioning) 7, 1, 0

• Mike Clark is also a member of the Strength and Conditioning Hall of Fame
  Also note that for those of you with itchy calculator fingers out there, the total years NFL coaching won’t add up against the coaches shown, because there were 6 coaches without SB appearances which I left off for the sake of brevity…

Ok, long story short. I haven’t run these #‘s against any other teams, but it seems to me at least that 25 SB wins to the staff would be pretty much untouched by any other team. That’s a super impressive stat. The tagline would be “Been there. Done that— a BUNCH”.

The most impressive thing for me is not only do just our Coordinators have considerable SB experience (and many wins), but that SB experience goes DEEP into the staff as well. Anytime you’re blessed to be able to put a braintrust like that together, no wonder we’re so dramatically improved this year (to date) over last. I would venture a guess that there isn’t a damn thing that’s ever happened on a Football field they haven’t seen (or been responsible for doing).

My main reason for posting this is, before we aim the keyboard at the team for something, some of you just may want to take a 1/2 second to give some thought that there may be another reason something is or isn’t happening.

Not pointing fingers, just sayin…

you did a great job of compiling useful information….hence FanPost! :)