Eileen Weir has crossed the line. ENOUGH!!! If she had nuts: NUTHOOKS!

[TinyEvel]

Someone please tell me who I can write to in order to express my utmost disdain for Weir. Eleven paragraphs of crap and three paragraphs of stuff so obvious, someone who doesn't even follow our team would know it.

Can we please get a campaign together to evict her from KcChiefs.com? Completely useless. Give friggen GoChiefs the seat, or anyone! I appreciate intelligent op ed writing, but there's a time and place for it. And this stuff DOES NOT belong on a football site. It's lame that she uses up editorial space with this stuff. I really think there is some kind of foul play here. either someone owes her a favor, or SOMETHING. It's like she KNOWS and is TRYING to piss us off. She's like a friggen journalistic fillibuster.




WEIR: Looking For Leaders
Jun 18, 2007, 11:15:10 PM by Eileen Weir - FAQ

Perhaps the most fiercely defended American value is that of self-sufficiency. As a nation built on an appreciation for and celebration of individuality, citizens of these United States cling forcefully to their right to non-conform. Our personal sovereignty to self-create a uniquely personal way of life within socially acceptable guidelines is what makes our county the greatest on earth.

Regardless, we crave leadership. While we may bristle at attempts perceived to be intrusively dictating what we are and are not permitted in our society and rise up against policies and practices which threaten our inalienable freedoms, we are nonetheless on an endless quest for professional, philosophical, spiritual, and political guidance. The wealth of books, programs, workshops, seminars, and Web sites promoting leadership training and leadership development attest to our desire to cultivate qualities of effective leadership within ourselves as well as our willingness to follow others who inspire us.

Observers and participants in sports, politics, business and family life are adept in identifying the leaders among us. Some leaders attain the position by social appointment, by virtue of recognized cultural norms such as assigning men as the presumed head of the household. Others leadership roles are reached with greater effort, elevated to a position of power through dedicated service to corporation, institution or country. A rare few achieve esteemed respect through pure talent.

Theories on leadership development abound. Trait theories suggest that possessing certain personality attributes such as an ability to guide others through model behavior, a willingness to serve others, an entrepreneurial drive, charisma, optimism, self-awareness, and working well with others sets people up to become effective organizers and managers. Individuals who display these qualities are those we describe as “born leaders.”

Behavioral and social psychologist David McClelland proposed that leadership is derived not from a set of personality traits but from human needs and motivations. Identifying man’s primary psychological ambitions as the need for power, achievement, and affiliation, McClelland theorized that the most dominant leaders have a particular balance of motivations, seeking high levels of power and achievement and a low level of affiliation while exhibiting unusual self-control. Proponents of situational leadership theories contend that different situations call for different types of leaders. Under theories that evaluate circumstances as well as psychological profiles, the characteristics of the followers are as important as those of the leaders.

With the 2008 Presidential election already dominating the national news scene, voters are called upon to sift through the diversity of candidates to divine who will demonstrate the appropriate leadership skills and styles to serve as our Commander in Chief. Those toting the most experience also carry the heaviest baggage, while the fresh and charismatic are seen as lacking the necessary knowledge and understanding to govern an entire nation.

Harry Truman, who has become the 21st century’s poster boy for superior leadership style, earned no such acclaim during his reign. Modern day politicians and political commentators disbelievingly shake their heads that more than ¾ of the nation disapproved of Truman by the time he left office in 1953. From a contemporary perspective, it is tempting to look upon the population that levied a wholesale rejection of Truman as blind to the leader’s intellect and charms. But how can 77% of the people be wrong?

Post-war inflation, vetoing tax cuts approved by Congress, allegations of corruption within the administration, a perceived softening on Communism, the inability to bring closure to the Korean War, and an increasing alienation from liberal Democratic support decimated Truman’s legitimacy as a leader in the eyes of the American people, causing him to forgo seeking reelection in the 1952 race. History, however, has been kind to President Truman, heralding him, along with Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt, as among the greatest elected leaders of the 20th century.

Scholars and historians remembering Truman posthumously credit him with the courage to make unpopular decisions. The most average of any modern President, receiving little formal education and attaining the presidency quite by accident, Truman is regarded now as a fearless patriot, putting the interests of the country above polls and political agendas. Ending World War II by ordering the dropping of two atomic bombs over Japan, integrating the armed services, working to establish the NATO, the National Security Council and the CIA, aggressively combating Communism by creating the Truman Doctrine, and orchestrating the Berlin Airlift, among other achievements, Truman was indeed an active and productive administrator.

Only through the filter of time are historians able to applaud the accomplishments of Harry Truman, appreciating the lasting impact of decisions that were at the time ostracized. It is his character of frankness, guts, and the capacity to eschew political savvy that would have benefitted him as a career candidate that we can now admire.

As we now consider the political landscape as we march towards a new and unknown administration, we are searching for similar signs of leadership.

Looking over the new and unfamiliar names and faces that populate our Kansas City Chiefs roster, we experience a comparable quest. Parting ways with our veteran quarterback, bidding farewell to the offensive lineman who cemented our team for more than a decade, occasionally wondering if Priest Holmes will ever play football again, and welcoming recently acquired veterans and draft picks to the fold, we ponder where from where the leadership for this year’s team will come.

Oh, yes, there are some returning candidates. Brian Waters is respected around town as a top performer and quality person, but it is hard to be a recognizable team leader at left guard no matter how many Pro Bowls you attend. Larry Johnson, though arguably the best player on the team, has been accused by some media as lacking the personality or pleasantness to be embraced as a true inspiration to teammates or fans. Tony Gonzalez, now the consummate franchise player, has all the looks, credentials, and star power but has never emerged as a team spokesman.

As fans and outside observers, we have little on which to base our impressions and presumptions about who the leaders are. Those of us who aren’t around the players in an intimate way have no idea who commands profound respect inside the locker room. Leaders can come from the unlikeliest of places.

Like a Haberdashery on 12th and Baltimore.

[Mr. Kotter]

You need a few beers, dude.

Try a couple of Jagermeister shots BEFORE the beers. That will help.

[Bugeater]

Do you really think anyone is going to read that after you described it as "eleven paragraphs of crap"?

[greg63]

Too long.

[Mr Luzcious]

Amen brother.

[CosmicPal]

She needs to get laid.

[Lzen]

I skimmed it. Too much political crap.

[Easy 6]

I agree, her stuff is always crap that has little or nothing to do with football.

Occams Razor leads me to believe Carl is tappin' that azz.

[htismaqe]

Why does anybody even bother with KCChiefs.com?

Everything you wanted to know about the Chiefs, past and present, can be had with about 4 bookmarks...

[Chiefnj]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Why does anybody even bother with KCChiefs.com?

Everything you wanted to know about the Chiefs, past and present, can be had with about 4 bookmarks...

Deep down we'd like to think that management actually gives a crap about the fans instead of taking them for granted.

[Hammock Parties]

I just don't understand why she's so long-winded. Good writing is concise.

[TinyEvel]

Go to kcchiefs.com, click "contact us" at the bottom of the home page adn scroll down to where you cansend them an email. Let them know how you feel.

I wrote this:

I'm writing to complain about the editorial of Eileen Weir.

FIrst, let me explain that I am a Chiefs fan who lives in California, so I don't have the benefit of local news. I get most of my Chiefs news via the internet.
I thoroughly enjoy KCCHIEFS.COM and visit almost daily. I enjoy some of your editorial. However, the editorials of Eileen Weir are, in my opinion, completely ignorant of the interests of football fans.

Eileen is certainly an educated person and a writer with a vast vocabulary. The reason I know this is because she flaunts it in her "sports" editorials, often at the expense of the interested sports fan. Now, I use the term "sports" editorials loosely because there is usually very little sports information in her columns, and any team subject matter which is present is shallow and obvious at best.

Her columns are easily more than twice as long as any other on KCCHIEFS.COM. It's like a scavenger hunt to pour through the socio-political drivel to hunt down some seed of idea relating to how all her ramblings apply to the Chiefs. Case in point: her latest piece "Looking for Leaders" contained eleven paragraphs of long-winded, self-masturbatory writing, then three paragraphs about our team, all of which merely cite player moves and obvious player personality traits. The final insult to the reader is the ungrounded, open-ended conclusion which leaves no opinion nor insight whatsoever.

It's my opinion (and the opinion of most of my acquaintences who are fans) that her column is wasting space on your site. Weir is a decent writer, but her writing does NOT belong on KCCHIEFS.COM. Your site would be much better served employing a writer who could provide some real insight or thought-provoking opinion about the Chiefs, or, at the very least, about football.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj

Deep down we'd like to think that management actually gives a crap about the fans instead of taking them for granted.

Like any business REALLY cares about their customers. "Giving a crap" about customers is a means to an end.

People get WAY too wrapped up in this shit. It's entertainment. Watch it. And if you aren't entertained, don't watch it.

[Hammock Parties]

You can forget it, TinyEvel. The Chiefs love her.

Q: How did you come to work for the Chiefs and why did you leave?

WEIR: I was pursuing a Masters degree in Renaissance Literature at SUNY Albany (NY) and kept in touch with Bob Moore, the Chiefs director of public relations, who I had known when I worked for an aunt who owned and operated a bed and breakfast. I was miserable in graduate school and flat broke, but had some useful skills and Bob offered me a job as his assistant. Although I had never traveled further west than Buffalo, NY, other than one previous visit to Kansas City, I accepted the job.

I worked in PR from 1992 through the 1998 season, leaving the same week as Marty Schottenheimer.

[Hammock Parties]

I wonder how many times Eileen slobbed Bob Moore's knob to get that job?