Originally Posted by Cochise (Post 11577602)

Yeah, I couldn't believe that someone would leave over what happened there. It was mild and polite compared to most football threads.

I guess there's always that cognative dissonance feeling that happens when you start to realize that the facts don't fit your opinions and it makes you uncomfortable.

Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 11577625)

I'm sure what you saw in the thread was mild and polite. BossChief has a tendency to send neg reps bitching and moaning when someone argues with him.

Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 11577625)

I'm sure what you saw in the thread was mild and polite. BossChief has a tendency to send neg reps bitching and moaning when someone argues with him.

Originally Posted by BossChief (Post 11577680)

That's bull.

I'll post every single neg rep I've ever given if you'd like...including what I sent to Path.

I've sent 14 n the last 2 years and only 4 were to anyone but Blackbob.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 11577581)

That's disappointing, though like a few others, I do question the narrative a little bit here.

This board hasn't become a 'homer' board. Admittedly the mood is more optimistic than it has been in many MANY years (perhaps ever), but shouldn't that be the case?

For the sake of discussion, let's just briefly set aside the QB position (we'll get back to it, don't worry). Is it a stretch at all to say that this is the most talented team overall that we've seen in 25 years? I can't speak to the old timers, but that's my duration as a fan and to my eyes, this team has more ability at more places than any Chiefs team of my lifetime.

Sure, it has holes, but welcome to a cap league. Every team has holes. I'd like to have an established #2 WR. I'd like to have a steadier OL and Ted Backer. But hey - scarce resources; you take what you can get. And at least we have some high upside plays in those thinner positions.

As to the QB position - I think it was Boss that said it, but if you just cannot enjoy any Chiefs team because we have an average QB, then perhaps he's right - stepping away may be the way to go. Yeah, he's a boring option that does little to elevate his teams but we're 3 years down the road now. If you're still carping about Alex Smith when he's been a solid but unspectacular QB for us, you're not going to be happy so I guess you're better served divesting, at least until the Chiefs make the play at QB that you'd like to see made (and c'mon, with Andy Reid here, I do expect they'll make that play when they opportunity meets motivation).

Chiefsplanet's core constituency isn't any different than it's ever been, IMO. You still have about 25% of the board that's endlessly optimistic and another 25% of the board that's endlessly pessimistic. The 50% in the middle are what control the character of the board. Right now that 50% is pretty happy with where the team is trending. Even people like Dane and me that have generally sided very much on the negative side of the ledger are very excited about the direction of the team. That's not being a homer - that's simply appreciating the efforts of a competent leadership team.

There are still smart posters here (especially now that I'm back for a spell), but CP is actually less of an echo chamber than it was 4 years ago. The membership hasn't changed as much as the outlooks of the members has, and with good cause, IMO.

Originally Posted by BossChief (Post 11577680)

That's bull.

I'll post every single neg rep I've ever given if you'd like...including what I sent to Path.

I've sent 14 n the last 2 years and only 4 were to anyone but Blackbob.

Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 11577696)

That's because you don't always send them through as neg reps. 75% of the "Get off my nuts" or "Why do you have a ****ing problem with me?" comments are pos-reps from you.

Originally Posted by tooge (Post 11577687)

Wasn't Bosschief one of the posters that was adamant about the chiefs drafting Geno? That whole month or two before and right after the draft that year with Geno pretty much killed the football talk around here for me. It was a bunch of posters telling others that if you don't like Geno and the chiefs drafting him, then you are a moron. Pretty telling stuff really.

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 11577684)

BossChief kind of cracks me up. He's that soft, nice kind of huge douche who makes outlandish predictions and is the ultimate homer while trying to maintain that he isn't a homer, all the while thinking he's some sort of "incredible" football mind who could run a front office better than 2/3 of the NFL. It's cute, in a giant douchey kind of way.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 11577713)

Plus, he's still sitting on the Dez Bryant video.

Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 11577696)

That's because you don't always send them through as neg reps. 75% of the "Get off my nuts" or "Why do you have a ****ing problem with me?" comments are pos-reps from you.