Romeo Crennell defends frustrated fans
 

Chiefs coach defends 'frustrated' fans

Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel understands why fans in Kansas City are "frustrated."

Updated Oct 10, 2012 3:48 PM ET


KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)

Romeo Crennel said Wednesday that he shares the frustration of fans in Kansas City over the Chiefs' 1-4 start while calling them ''some of the best fans in the NFL.''

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Chiefs fans have been the subject of national scrutiny this week. On Sunday, offensive lineman Eric Winston laid into fans he believes were cheering after quarterback Matt Cassel was injured in a 9-6 loss to Baltimore.

''I think the majority of the Chiefs fans are not going to cheer a player getting hurt. I think the majority of Chiefs fans support the Chiefs. They want the chiefs to win,'' Crennel said. ''Are they frustrated? Yes, they're frustrated, just like we're frustrated.''

Cassel sustained a concussion on the play, and while a small percentage of fans cheered, it was unclear what they were applauding: the injury itself, the play that resulted in a first down, the moment that Cassel finally got to his feet or when Brady Quinn took over as quarterback.

Cassel had been struggling all season, and had thrown two interceptions in the game.

Winston's diatribe, in which he called the segment of fans cheering Cassel's injury ''sickening,'' quickly went viral. It was dissected on ESPN and more mainstream television news program, such as ''Good Morning American'' and the ''Today'' show, offered their take on it.

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''Historically, the Chiefs fans are some of the best fans in the NFL. You can go back and you can look at that and you know that's the case,'' Crennel said. ''I've come here and played here as an opposing team, and I can verify that. They're supportive of their team.''

Only to a point, though.

Animosity has been building in Kansas City for years, both over the failure of the Royals to reach the playoffs since 1985 and the Chiefs to win a playoff game since 1993.

One group of tailgaters last Sunday strung up a bed sheet carrying the message that the Chiefs were an ''embarrassment'' at one of the entrances to the parking lots. Prior to the game, an airplane towed a banner paid for by fans asking that general manager Scott Pioli be fired. Pioli has not been available for comment this week.

''We're trying to make it better,'' Crennel said. ''I got up there a little earlier on Sunday and (the fans) were there in their red, and they were ready to try to help their team, and the team played a competitive game. Was it perfect? It was not perfect. But it was a competitive game, and it kept the fans involved in the hopes they were able to pull out a victory.

''We have to continue to play like that,'' Crennel said, ''to keep the fans cheering for us and supportive of us the way they have been for a long time.''

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Crennel is 33% of the frustration..

He needs to shut up, resign and Go the **** away...

I might have a shot in journalism yet.

fLustrated is the word.

I've decided that we should have the Roman Coliseum league... and kill gladiators again. **** it. MMA meets the Running Man meets Eric Winston. Wait, nm... don't want to be sickening.

Yes!

lol

Honestly during his post game press conf, I could've sworn he was saying,

"The chiefs fans are first rated.... I am first rated."

I literally CHOKED..... then finally figured out he was trying to say Frustrated.

We're going into next season w/ Crennel Pioli AND Cassel

And this place will ****ing meltdown.

agreed.

Translation: I have no idea WTF im doing on Sundays. Why didnt i just retire?

Scott, your gonna give me $4 mil per to be HC? I guess i can hang around for a little while longer.....

LMAO

clark hunt has released a statement per 810

also espn is in town interviewing players about Chiefs fans...

If that happens, Mount Vesuvius will pale in comparison to it.

Clark left us out to dry for 3 days

thanks, asshole

crash your ****ing plane

Pioli at work against our banner and campaign...

We will win this. Do not let up...

If Romeo doesn't want us to be frustrated then don't God Dam punt on your opponents 40 with 12 seconds left in the half or on 3 and 12 run a fucking draw for 2 yards!!!!

Problem solved

LMAO

Very Complimentary.

Pioli has hung RAC out to dry, and to take all the shots.

Pioli is probably lounging comfortably in his swank office.

I believe Romeo is being honest.

He's the only one that knows for a fact he won't be here next year...

I bet Fat Scott will gain 50 lbs before he leaves office.

The last photo of him slinking from the Truman Sports Complex will be him in a grease-stained t-shirt with his gut sticking out, dark circles under his eyes, a week's growth of ratty beard.

Hooray for competitive!

KC Chiefs: Striving for competitive since 1970.

EXACTLY! Year 4 of Pioli they should be more than "competitive." It's laughable that the HC feels that only being competitive is good.

It sounds like Carl Peterson.

"Once you're in the tournament, anything can happen".

Except Carl, it never did.

So let's see....

Whitlock defends the fans in the press and on the radio the next day.

One day later Romeo and Clark come out and do it.

Yep, they are embarrassed by all of this.

Is it normal for the HC and owner to make such statements, without hearing at all from the GM?

Pioli showed what a true chicken shit he is, thsi week. I like how the OP states that "Pioli has been unavailable for comment.." BULLSHIT! If the ****ing owner can release a statement then the GM can man up and take the heat that he has brought onto himself.

No

Certainly lends credence to Babb's assertion that Pioli has an almost teenage girl like notion of attention and perception.

Whitlock put himself out there as the counter to Pioli once the Don himself got established in KC. Once Whitlock came out firing in support of us fans, Pioli put RAC out there because he had to answer someone who has almost as much influence (in his mind, IMO) as him concerning the team.

Competitive? No. I dont want competitive, I want a win, especially when that game could have been won, in spite of the referees.

Screw competitive, I want wins. This team has yet to even have a lead in a game through 5 weeks. That's pathetic and Ive seen a LOT of pathetic when it comes to KC.

Thanks Herm, er I mean Romeo.

We want a SB.

The HC wants to be competitive.

Owner and GM want buts in seats.

What we have here is a failure to communicate...

Yes, a SB is the ultimate prize, but I think we have to at least see something that shows a progression toward that prize. I dont see anything about this team that says progress. Sure, the defense played well on Sunday, but that's not been consistent given the fact that at least 3 of the 5 games have been for all intents and purposes, blow outs...in the first half.

Thats not really defending frustrated fans.

We wanted Carl out because we were competitive year in and year out but never made the dance.

Now we can't even get the nerdy girl to help us study.

We were competitive before Pioli. We've gone from competitive to a complete joke that is painful to watch...

I don't think frustration/flustration is the word when your quarterback fumbles the ball at the one yard line on a scoring opportunity and the defense recovers it.

Other words come to mind like

SHIT

****

DAMMIT CARL PIOLI

:cuss:

WORTHLESS POS QUARTERBACK WORTHLESS POS GM

I mean we have been flustrated long enough it's time for change. We are not flustrated just pissed off fans that want better for our team and are now demanding better. Deal with it Clark fire Pioli saveourchiefs.com

Before the Baltimore game, this would have been the first thing Romeo defended successfully all year...

Looking back...even with Peterson we were still a joke. Look at how foolish this team looked having the best record in the league only to piss away the 'greatest home field advantage' over and over, and over again. KC was never a contender.

There is an attitude with this franchise that has now spanned three GM's multiple head coaches, etc. that cares nothing about winning or building a winning team. Save for Joe Montana, we wouldnt even have playoff wins in 1993 to hang our hat on. That says something...not it says a lot...even in the early 90's it's been clear that to win games you need a franchise QB. We're still suffering from Carl drafting Blackledge and the curse of the kicker.

We're a fanbase that assumes, when things are tight and the game is on the line, we will lose.

Because we always have. Montana being the only exception...

And God forbid, we get upset about that...then we get scolded by the team and national sports media.

And that was under Carl.

Somehow we found a GM even more entitled and less fan-friendly...

Heh, some teams take heart with an us (team) vs the world mentality. Here it's us (fans) that have that heart vs the world and it's even against our own team.

If anything, we've learned to be careful what we wish for...

At this point it is...its pathetic.