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Originally Posted by billay
I wasn't the one who brought up the comparison. You can't dispute the Royals have sucked for over 20 years. They've sucked more since Glass and buying tickets only ensures that the Royals suck.
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Yeah, but what you forget is the Royals have only truly sucked since about 96 or so. I'm not that old but I"m old enough to remember watching the teams with guys like Appier, Gordon, Joyner, Montgomery. Those teams were competitive and fun to watch. In 94 the strike year, we had a great shot at making the playoffs. We were on fire, had a great pitching staff, great defense, guys like Hamelin and Gaetti pounding the ball. 95 we turned the roster over but lead the Wild Card race in September before falling off. That was the last time the Chiefs were really worth a crap. Really only had one more great team, 97, lost to Elway. Competitive in 99, let Chucky beat us at home in the final week because we had no special teams. Royals and Chiefs both started out hot in 03, both faded hard at the end.
Although honestly, the best team of any of those were probably the 05 Chiefs, great offense, had at least a passable defense, but couldn't win a road game and missed the playoffs. 06 team got in the playoffs on one of the craziest final NFL days ever probably, although that was exciting, I wouldn't trade that for anything. But then we literally couldn't get a first down in the playoffs.