Converting Chiefs Fans

by Joel Thorman on Jan 24, 2012 3:46 PM CST

Pretty slow day around here....

Jeff Fisher is building quite the staff in St. Louis. After hiring Brian Schottenheimer as offensive coordinator, Fisher hired former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.

I bring this up because I saw an interesting note on CBS Rapid Reports about Williams:

Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams grew up in western Missouri and all of his extended family is still in his hometown of Excelsior Springs, which is near Kansas City. Williams said many family members are Chiefs season ticket holders, but he "looks forward to swaying them in the other direction."

OK, which Chiefs fan is really gonna convert to the Rams? I wouldn't agree with it but I could see the Patriots, Giants or some other front-runner team.

For me, I would obviously never switch allegiances, but I've always had a soft spot for the Bills. Smaller market. Old school tradition like the Chiefs. And they know about blowing it in big games.

(And in related content, Patrick Allen is talking about which divisional teams you definitely don't have a soft spot for.)

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I would never, ever, switch allegiances but

it is truly sad that if a lifelong Chiefs fan such as myself wants to see some good offense being played we have to resort to watching other teams. What is up with that?

"The Hammer"

by G.L. on Jan 24, 2012 3:51 PM CST reply actions

I doubt if you'll be seeing that in St. Louis.

"Be an analyst. Don’t be a douchebag." - Terrell Suggs to Skip Bayless

by Tarkus on Jan 24, 2012 4:01 PM CST up reply actions

No, not for a long while.

"The Hammer"

by G.L. on Jan 24, 2012 4:05 PM CST up reply actions

I’m not sure I’ll ever stop hating the Seahawks.

"Hater" is a term used by weak-minded people in the face of legitimate criticism.

by JComp11 on Jan 24, 2012 3:53 PM CST reply actions

The Seahawks in the AFC West

Were just kinda…there.

Arrowhead Pride
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by Joel Thorman on Jan 24, 2012 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

Seven sacks in a loss, man.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Jan 24, 2012 4:09 PM CST up reply actions

The Seahawks were there, but their O Line wasn't.

It's no fun if I have to explain it.

by TRSChief on Jan 24, 2012 4:12 PM CST up reply actions

I rooted for the Rams in the SB in 99 and 01

I don’t see a problem rooting for the Rams when KC is down. Then again, the Rams are in much worse shape than KC right now

In nomeni parti et fili spiritus sancti

by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Jan 24, 2012 3:57 PM CST reply actions

Boo hiss!

The lambs created half a state worth of bandwagon fans with that sb win. Fuckem

TOUCHDOWN! KAN-SAH-CITY!!!

by TheScootness on Jan 24, 2012 4:36 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

this aint CA

I can understand Buffalo fans not liking the Giants. Or Raider fans not rooting for the 49ers. But, were talking about a small market here. I think it’s stupid to hate the Rams just my opinion

In nomeni parti et fili spiritus sancti

by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Jan 26, 2012 12:20 AM CST up reply actions

Nope, before they came along all of MO was united as Chiefs fans

It’s understandable for STL natives to be happy when a team showed up but most everyone hated them and refused to claim them when they first got here because they were so awful. Then when they got good all the sudden people jumped out of the woodwork to proclaim themselves lambs fans and gave up on the Chiefs.

STL is good for baseball. Lambs fans are fairweather for the most part. It’s ok, their franchise is leaving anyway.

TOUCHDOWN! KAN-SAH-CITY!!!

by TheScootness on Jan 26, 2012 1:50 PM CST up reply actions

I'm not a Ram fan

But, I liked those Kurt Warner teams and rooted for them in the SB, that’s it. It’s dumb to root for the titans over a cross state team IMO

In nomeni parti et fili spiritus sancti

by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Jan 26, 2012 7:56 PM CST up reply actions

So they went middle of the road coaches across the board

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
Hammerfisting my own balls since 2006

by KingChief on Jan 24, 2012 3:58 PM CST reply actions

And I could never cheer for the Rams

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
Hammerfisting my own balls since 2006

by KingChief on Jan 24, 2012 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

+/- .500

"Be an analyst. Don’t be a douchebag." - Terrell Suggs to Skip Bayless

by Tarkus on Jan 24, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

You mean like KC did?

/not saying, just saying
//RAC record 26-41, 1 winning season

Standing on the corner in a white Godfather hat. He drives a long black gangster Cadillac. He can steal a broads mind, man, in three or four minutes. It’s not how long you talk, brother, it’s what you put in it.

by HIV 2 Elway on Jan 24, 2012 4:08 PM CST up reply actions

Nobody succeeds in Cleveland though

Marty was the last coach to do so

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
Hammerfisting my own balls since 2006

by KingChief on Jan 24, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah and Houston/Tennesse were just stacking championships before and after Fischer

by HIV 2 Elway on Jan 24, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions

Montana says you're welcome.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Jan 24, 2012 4:28 PM CST up reply actions

Pretty much.

I for one am not that impressed with the hire of Fisher, Schottenheimer or Williams. Whole bunch of blah.

by F250 on Jan 24, 2012 4:44 PM CST up reply actions

Chiefs are #1 but there are a lot of teams I pull for

Too much NFL action not to pay attention to the rest. Still love the Browns

by HIV 2 Elway on Jan 24, 2012 4:00 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Just a glutton for punishment, eh?

by bossmanham on Jan 24, 2012 4:34 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

As long as the Chiefs are in KC...I'll never give up that loyalty.

My earliest Chiefs memories are watching guys named Dawson, Podolak, Taylor, Thomas, Bell, and Buchanan. So, yeah...I'm kind of an old fart.

by Scott B. on Jan 24, 2012 4:01 PM CST reply actions

If I haven't dumped the Chiefs after forty-something years

I’m not going to now.

"Be an analyst. Don’t be a douchebag." - Terrell Suggs to Skip Bayless

by Tarkus on Jan 24, 2012 4:03 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

I'm a bandwagon fan, jumped on in the mid 90's

Maybe if Jacksonville moves to Calgary, I’d have an excuse to jump off, just to watch the Chiefs win the Superbowl the next year.

by craig in calgary on Jan 24, 2012 4:11 PM CST reply actions

My 2nd fave team:

Packers from mid 90’s – 2007
Jets in 2008
Vikings in 2009-2010

by craig in calgary on Jan 24, 2012 4:13 PM CST up reply actions

A Farve faithful huh

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
Hammerfisting my own balls since 2006

by KingChief on Jan 24, 2012 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

Yep

I have a fathead of the Jen Sterger cellphone pic in my basement.

by craig in calgary on Jan 24, 2012 4:16 PM CST up reply actions

Literally a fathead huh?

Do we go fetal and beg for mercy? Or do we pick up that broken piece of pipe laying on the ground and come up swinging? I choose pipe.
Sober (again) since January 10th, 2011.

by nateforchiefs on Jan 24, 2012 4:50 PM CST up reply actions

My second-favorite team is the Steelers.

It’s the identity thing. They’ve always been the same kind of team as long as I can remember, and I like that identity.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Jan 24, 2012 4:11 PM CST reply actions

They can pull my Chiefs fandom from my cold, dead hands.

I’m waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too stubborn to give up on my Chiefs just because they’re not very good.

It's no fun if I have to explain it.

by TRSChief on Jan 24, 2012 4:15 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

I always thought Dungy and Manning were a class act combo, and so the Colts have kind of been my default #2 over the last several years.

But now’s probably a good time to re-evaluate that stance. Dungy’s been gone for quite awhile now and Manning is almost certainly not going to be on the roster next year, either.

"[Jamaal Charles] probably fights crime in his spare time while inhaling carbon emissions, exhaling oxygen, and crapping oil. That’s how awesome he is. Not just good for the Chiefs, but America."
- MNchiefsfan

by MtHammer on Jan 24, 2012 4:19 PM CST reply actions

Its more which teams to a cheer against....

Vikings
Denver
Colts
Pittsburgh
Pats
Miami
Cowboys
Rams
Giants
All those teams can go to Hell

by HIV 2 Elway on Jan 24, 2012 4:23 PM CST reply actions

Vikings?

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Jan 24, 2012 4:31 PM CST up reply actions

They still smell of the stinch left behind by Favre.

"Be an analyst. Don’t be a douchebag." - Terrell Suggs to Skip Bayless

by Tarkus on Jan 24, 2012 5:20 PM CST up reply actions

Never

Grew up loving the Falcons (my last name) and the Buccaneers (who couldn’t love the creamcicles), but I bleed Chiefs red through and through since the early 90s. There is nothing that would make me switch to another team

I'm so overrated, I'm underrated.

by RememberDelaney37 on Jan 24, 2012 4:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions

What if they moved to LA?

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Jan 24, 2012 4:31 PM CST up reply actions

I would still pull for them, until we established another team here in KC

I'm so overrated, I'm underrated.

by RememberDelaney37 on Jan 24, 2012 4:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

At least the Rams have won a Super Bowl in the last...

40 years.

Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens...

by 5280ChiefsFan on Jan 24, 2012 4:33 PM CST reply actions

dont care for other

teams at all but do like to see certain players on other teams be successful just not against my team.

The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred!

by wwJamaalCharlesdo on Jan 24, 2012 4:37 PM CST reply actions

Based on management decisions, the Rams will be the more successful team over

the next several years, and this is coming from a 40+ year Chief’s fan.

by jcox31mc on Jan 24, 2012 4:48 PM CST reply actions

wow cant disagree more. seriously? thats unbelievable to me.

there is too much talent on this chiefs team, that was just all signed to long term deals, to not be successful in the coming years.

and that is from someone who still takes todd haley’s side but recognizes that it was toxic. management had the team ready this past season to win the division. period. players were there, finished 1 game out despite what, 3 massive injuries?

this team is on the rise, the same cannot be said for the rams.

Pay Brandon Carr/Romeo
Team Colquitt

by SDChief on Jan 24, 2012 4:50 PM CST up reply actions

What management decisions, specifically?

"Be an analyst. Don’t be a douchebag." - Terrell Suggs to Skip Bayless

by Tarkus on Jan 24, 2012 5:21 PM CST up reply actions

We'll see. I hope I'm wrong but no matter what kind of talent a team has, the

biggest difference makers are the QB and HC. KC is at best a D and a C.

by jcox31mc on Jan 24, 2012 4:55 PM CST reply actions

I do agree on the D and the C. I think the C may be too low but we will soon see.

by NFL season ticket holder on Jan 24, 2012 9:18 PM CST up reply actions

Joel, the Bills??

Come on man. I hate the Bills . ‘93 season, Montana’s 1st season with the Chiefs. We make it to divisional payoffs. One win and we’re in the Superbowl, and the Bills defense knocks Montana out with a CONCUSSION, in goes Dave Krieg. We loose.
I truly think the entire Chiefs Nation cursed the Bills. They’ve sucked ever since!!!
Never underestimated the power of the Chiefs’ Nation.That was the one of only two times I rooted for the NFC in the Superbowl: Cowboys over the Bills (loss number #4) and 2002 Tampa Bay over the Fahders.

by DanielKCh on Jan 24, 2012 5:03 PM CST reply actions

I hated the Bills because they kept screwing up the Superbowl

and keeping deserving AFC teams, like the Chiefs, from getting there.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Jan 24, 2012 5:15 PM CST up reply actions

They will switch when they win more than the Chiefs

Rams go to the NFC champ game = new bandwagon fans.

Uhhh...I hate looking at the 1983 Draft and seeing 2 HOF'ers picked after our washed up QB pick.

by Ren on Jan 24, 2012 5:38 PM CST reply actions

Never! I bleed RED!

Oh, wait…well, you get the point.

Anyhoo, if Chiefs are out of it, my “second” favorite would have to be whoever Tom Brady plays for. I have been following this guy’s career since the U of M days and I especially remember how excited Brady was after his first Super Bowl win and Bledsoe’s realization that Brady was the man from there on. (2:52 mark)

Can’t wait to see if Brady will get his revenge for the last time!

by angrydeafman on Jan 24, 2012 5:39 PM CST reply actions

Agreed I bleed Chiefs RED.

I will never root for Denver, Oakland, or SD to win anything-ever ever.
In the AFC I will root for Buffalo, Houston, Tennesee and Tom Brady,
In the NFC I will root for the NY Giants, Chicago, SF, and Drew Brees.

by NFL season ticket holder on Jan 24, 2012 9:15 PM CST reply actions

When they aren't playing the chiefs...

Lions and Browns.

In “big” games, Saints and Packers…

Born in Ohio. Chiefs and Royals fan for last 17 years. Yeah, not sure how that happend....

by OhioChiefsFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:05 AM CST reply actions

Could never convert or jump ship so long as they are in KC

I’ve learned to like the Falcons by proximity of our new location in the last three years. I also had respect for the Texans this year and how well put together they were after suffering some serious injuries to their team. Other than that, I have a tendency to enjoy certain players on other teams but not the team itself because of who’s on my fantasy roster…but I always hate having to put an AFC rival on my team (Run DMC). I feel dirty.

by EricaSp on Jan 25, 2012 7:33 AM CST reply actions