the sports writers for the KC Star are rarely actually from Kansas City. They don’t have the same kind of vested interest in the success of the sports team that longtime fans do. Any chinks in the armor of the Chiefs team or organization is money in the bank for them, and they will keep hacking away at it as long as people still read what they have to say. Jason Whitlock built much of his career on it in these parts, being a nay-sayer and getting popularity by being provocative.

That’s not to say an outsider’s perspective can’t be informative and even necessary in sports journalism. I always thought that Joe Posnanski had great pieces on the chiefs. But, his were of a totally different kind compared to others. Also, fans growing up with the Chiefs are hardly objective when it comes to these things…and likely wouldn’t make the best “reporters.”