Chiefs fans of the 90's- must listen interview with James Hasty
 

James was one of my favorite players as a kid. That corner tandem featuring he and Dale Carter were amazing. I'll never forget that play he made against the Raiders in OT in 1995 to win the game on a pick 6. In this interview he pretty much goes full bore on his time in KC, Grbac/Gannon, crying with DT after playoff losses and how the organization tries to make him buy a ticket to come back to a game. Starts at 12:25 mark.

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cli...ast?refid=stpr

Fun listen, thanks!

Great interview. Great post. If only all player interviews were that candid and honest.

"I played with a broken arm! We wanted a championship, man!"

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Right! I found the stuff about the playoff losses riveting. We always wonder if the players care as much as the fans and...wow.

Hasty sounds like he is still pissed about that loss in 95. Not exactly happy about the Grbac debacle either (Damn it, Carl!!!).

And it is totally wrong that the Chiefs would not provide a ticket for a retired previous player to attend a game at Arrowhead. Yes, it could be a slippery slope but how cool would it be if they set aside a box for those guys to use whenever they may want? Sure, only former players get in free; spouses, etc have to pay like the rest of us. But that would be cool to see our former greats still coming around and being part of the Kingdom!

I do not know as fact, but I would almost guarantee that any Chief coming back for Alumni Weekend has either a free ticket in or a very steep discount.

Now this would be awesome to have them set a box aside. These guys layed it on the line for this organization and need to be treated better. Oh btw this interview gave me goosebumps... tbose stories and his still raw emotion about it some 25 years later was amazing. Thanks for posting!

Excellent thread start and subject. POS REP sent!

Absolutely, couldn't agree more.

After hearing that... Carl Peterson... Go eat a dick...

Yeah, brings back so many great memories and heartbreaks... One thing to say about the 90s, they were so much better than the 70s and 80s. The only real difference is that there were expectations of success in the 90s and nothing in the two decades prior.

The Gannon/GrBac mess still makes my stomach turn.

The 1990's Chiefs defense with this Mahomes' led offense...

19-0 and world domination would be a given.

**** him!

I’ve always loved James Hasty.

Great interview.

In the past the alumni for alumni day sat in the owners box or another box set aside at no charge. They may have to buy any tickets above the two "comps" As for other games...when it comes to the douche bag that is Mark Donovan nothing would surprise me.

Hasty was one of my favorite Chiefs. Just a hard nosed nasty player.

The Gannon/Grbac decision should go down as a top 10 worst coaching decisions of all time. I remember hearing Marty saying back then "A player will not lose his job due to an injury" regarding Grbac coming back while Gannon was tearing the league up. It was such a bad decision.

Just one of many bad decisions that Marty made in Cleveland, Kansas City, Washington and San Diego. He was a great coach that simply didn't have the killer instinct; he would start playing it safe and end up losing games.

Was Gannon a better choice than Grbac? Sure. Tearing the league up? You might want to go back and look at those stats again.

He actually changed in san diego....and if the charger who intercepted brady takes a knee, rather than trying to return it, chargers prob go on to win the super bowl. That was bad luck, not on schott

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Yeah, Gannon's record as the starting QB while in KC is 13-13, but because Grbac failed to score at the end of the Denver game when the radio communication between the QB and OC went out and he had to call his own play, people remember both Gannon and Grbac in a way that doesn't really match history.

That is not to say that starting Grbac was the right decision, but Gannon wasn't the MVP until he went to the Raiders and hooked up with the QB "guru" Gruden. He never played lights out in KC the way he did for the Raiders.

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There is video of Marty walking the sidelines before the game, telling every corner back and safety that when they make the game winning interception to just go down.

He coached that team to the Super Bowl, but Chargers had to Charger.

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Be nice if I could get the podcast to play on my phone...