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Originally Posted by htismaqe
A better this or that wouldn't allow Gunther to do anything.
He's inept.
Everybody said Warfield coming back would ALLOW Gunther to play more bump-and-run. They were wrong.
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Here's the thing that bothers me: We read this kind of stuff all the time on the Planet. Have you ever read anyone, anywhere in the KC media ask Gunther WHY he doesn't play more b'n'r? Maybe he's got a good explanation (although I doubt it). But it would be so much more enlightening if the media did their job and just asked him to explain.
I always thought reporters should be representatives of the readers/fans. I told coaches I was covering that I'd often ask them questions from a fan's perspective, the guy sitting in the stands or at home on the couch wondering why so-and-so made the decision he did. For me, it was a way not to personalize things -- coaches didn't think I was attacking them, I was only playing devil's advocate. Most appreciated that (some still didn't like the questions, but they were just azzholes).
There's a lot of smart folks on the Planet who understand football -- at least how the game works and how other teams do things. That doesn't necessarily mean they're right and the Chiefs coaches are wrong, but I think it would help if the media served as a bridge between the team and fans and asked the coaches to "educate" us on why they do the things they do.
I read those press conference transcripts I see little more than "who's hurt ... will he play ... ever faced an injury like that before ... how tough will it be playing Team X ... when you were in Philly/St. Louis did you ever ... how was practice this week ..."