Reiter: Chiefs, fans hate each other...

[DaWolf]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/k...esponds-100712

Some strong comments...

There was more, a lot more, and it boiled down to this: Winston was embarrassed by Chiefs fans. He was sickened by them. He wanted no part of them just as virulently as they seem to want no part of him and his teammates.

What a jarring change. What a sign of just how wide the gulf has grown under the stewardship of co-owner, CEO and chairman Clark Hunt and his hand-picked general manager, Scott *****, between a once-beloved team and its once-celebrated fans

How to pass out the blame? Is it, in part, because Clark Hunt seems as distant from this team as his dad seemed connected to it? Because where Lamar walked Arrowhead with a folksy connectedness and everyman-look, Clark travels with a personal assistant who seems to be trying too hard to play a character from the movie Wall Street? Because *****’s ego — the one that seems to have kept his $55-million quarterback in the driver’s seat even as he drove it toward this divide — is as bad for reaching fans as it has been at winning football games? Because two decades is too long for anyone to wait for a playoff win? Because we take sports much, much too seriously? Because sports, as much as anything, becomes one of our primary means of escapes in tough times and an unhealthy fixation when historically-difficult economic times descend?

Is that what we see in Winston’s rant, the fans’ bloodlust for one of their own and the unlikability and underperformance of the key people who have pushed us to this point? Have we seen an irrevocable change to the special bond between the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City?

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

You've essentially been absent for years, with the exception of when this team is getting it's ass kicked.

You're still the same pathetic, scab of a raider fan you've always been.




Winston hasn't been in Kansas City long enough to see his first snow, he doesn't speak for this team and he sure as hell doesn't know shit about this fan base.


Winston, Piss off.

[TEX]

FIRE *****.

[DaWolf]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

Where Reiter is wrong is this.

Chief fans love the Chiefs enough to know that this team should be more.

If our brother were a crackhead, we'd eventually call for an intervention and tell him he's being an asshole and throwing away his life. That's where I'm at with what this team has given this Fan base for a long, long time.

We deserve better.


Or....as the Chiefs would say to the fans.

#get over it

Yep. All we want is a winner and a team we can be proud of watching. Playing guys who are incompetent at their jobs is not what represents KC. It is actually good to see people are not kicking back and taking this lying down. This is very similar to what we saw with Denver fans and McDanels...

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Coogs

I really think most Chiefs fans love this team and it players. Exceptions being Cassel and *****. Winston may have skated out onto thin ice with those two fellas as well.

I don't even think there's a need for an exception for Cassel. I don't dislike Cassel any more than I dislike Jackie Battle. He's an underperformer at his position that simply needs to be upgraded. Cassel's only crime was taking the paycheck, and I can't blame him for that.

He needed to be benched, but all the blame for the situation lies with *****.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

As far as I'm concerned every jackass on that roster actually trying to win games this year is an enemy of the franchise.

Tank, you buffoons.

Bowe was MVP today with his tipped ball INT. Oh, and DMC, for ****ing us twice with penalties. Best game he's played.

[notorious]

The media needs to get this shit straight:


WE DO NOT HATE THE PLAYERS. WE HATE THE JACKASS GM AND OWNER.

[jjjayb]

All the bitching, complaining, banner flying and empty seats in the stadium have not caused any change in Chiefs management. ***** is so stubborn, that our entire offense today revolved around keeping the ball out of Cassel's hands. Yet he was still in the game? How on earth do you run the ball what? 30 times to 4 passes in the first half, yet not pull the QB. You obviously have such little confidence in him that you refuse to even use him, yet you keep him in the game. As bad as it is to cheer for an injured player, I would really hope that now that it's happened, this will at least cause Clark Hunt to finally get his head out of his ass.

The gameplan we ran today was embarrasing. It was a slap in the face to this fanbase. Is *****'s ego so big that he would rather keep a QB in that you have to game plan around!?! Was it a big FU from ***** for the "Fire ***** - Bench Cassel" banner? A nice middle finger to all the fans and media calling for *****'s head for sticking with Matt? I hate to say it, but Whitlock was right.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

As far as I'm concerned every jackass on that roster actually trying to win games this year is an enemy of the franchise.

Tank, you buffoons.

Bowe was MVP today with his tipped ball INT. Oh, and DMC, for ****ing us twice with penalties. Best game he's played.

I don't see how Cassel isn't the tank MVP. I mean, he GAVE AWAY the game.

[FAX]

Guys, this is bad.

The national media are, in essence, giving ***** a defense by demeaning the fans. It's a story line with a sub-text like, "Chiefs fans are so stupid and unsportsmanlike and rude, they wouldn't know a good GM if he crapped on their coffee table. But what can you expect from a bunch of fly-over-state rednecks?"

Something like that.

We need to get the real story out to these media knuckleheads. It's important that they realize we're not the ignorant clod-kickers ***** would like them to believe we are.

I encourage all Planeteers to respond by contacting these writers with the truth. I know I will be doing just that.

Oh, and if you want to know the truth, please refer to Mr. gblowfish's 10 Things I'd Like To Stuff Up *****'s Ass. It's all there.

FAX

[qabbaan]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I don't even think there's a need for an exception for Cassel. I don't dislike Cassel any more than I dislike Jackie Battle. He's an underperformer at his position that simply needs to be upgraded. Cassel's only crime was taking the paycheck, and I can't blame him for that.

He needed to be benched, but all the blame for the situation lies with *****.

I agree. I believe he is trying his best. His life is probably hell right now despite all the effort in the world.

Cassel is personally not to blame for this, he's doing his job the best he can. It's Romeo and ***** who are to blame for the team's condition.

[Coogs]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I don't even think there's a need for an exception for Cassel. I don't dislike Cassel any more than I dislike Jackie Battle. He's an underperformer at his position that simply needs to be upgraded. Cassel's only crime was taking the paycheck, and I can't blame him for that.

He needed to be benched, but all the blame for the situation lies with *****.

Possible, but I kind of have a little distaste for Cassel too. Most of that stems from the fact that he doesn't man up to his mistakes. Hell, 4 turnovers today in limited chances. Probably graded out perfectly in his opinion.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by FAX

Guys, this is bad.

The national media are, in essence, giving ***** a defense by demeaning the fans. It's a story line with a sub-text like, "Chiefs fans are so stupid and unsportsmanlike and rude, they wouldn't know a good GM if he crapped on their coffee table. But what can you expect from a bunch of fly-over-state rednecks?"

Something like that.

We need to get the real story out to these media knuckleheads. It's important that they realize we're not the ignorant clod-kickers ***** would like them to believe we are.

I encourage all Planeteers to respond by contacting these writers with the truth. I know I will be doing just that.

Oh, and if you want to know the truth, please refer to Mr. gblowfish's 10 Things I'd Like To Stuff Up *****'s Ass. It's all there.

FAX

This. The banner doesn't help in this regard at all.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

Have we seen an irrevocable change to the special bond between the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City?

Nope.

*****, Crennel and Cassel aren't Chiefs.

They are assholes ****ing up the Chiefs.

They should all be kidnapped and sold to slave traders in the Congo.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

I don't see how Cassel isn't the tank MVP. I mean, he GAVE AWAY the game.

If that bastard would have just quit in New Orleans we'd be 0-5.

[jjjayb]

Originally Posted by qabbaan

I agree. I believe he is trying his best. His life is probably hell right now despite all the effort in the world.

Cassel is personally not to blame for this, he's doing his job the best he can. It's Romeo and ***** who are to blame for the team's condition.

Not to blame? He's a thief. The man is stealing a paycheck.