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

[HemiEd]

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...

I find the site deplorable and disgusting. This gal just adds to the mess.
Shane069 keeps us informed as to what Rufus and Gretz have to say, the important stuff.

[shaneo69]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Why does anybody even bother with KCChiefs.com?

For two reasons....the Q&A's that are posted in their entirety instead of paraphrased on the Star, and because every once in awhile, Gretz will actually write a column with useful information about team personnel.

And if Boomer resumes his diary this year, there will be 3 reasons...

[Brock]

The worst website in the NFL, bar none.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by shaneo69

And if Boomer resumes his diary this year, there will be 3 reasons...

I dunno, Boomer's diaries were starting to make me nervous...seemed he was about to go drunken Brokeback Mountain with Jared Allen last one I remember reading...

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by shaneo69

For two reasons....the Q&A's that are posted in their entirety instead of paraphrased on the Star, and because every once in awhile, Gretz will actually write a column with useful information about team personnel.

And if Boomer resumes his diary this year, there will be 3 reasons...

The stuff that's WORTH reading gets posted here, as well as at a couple of the other larger Chiefs BB's.

The stuff that's NOT WORTH reading STILL gets posted here, thanks to you.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

The stuff that's WORTH reading gets posted here, as well as at a couple of the other larger Chiefs BB's.

The stuff that's NOT WORTH reading STILL gets posted here, thanks to you.

There should be some kind of punishment for the next person that posts one of her articles.

Nuthooks?

[shaneo69]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

There should be some kind of punishment for the next person that posts one of her articles.

Now that you mention it, I don't think anyone posted her previous article...

WEIR: No Must, No Fuss TV
Jun 11, 2007, 9:04:23 AM by Eileen Weir

Add The Sopranos to the long list of defining moments in mass media that I missed. It, along with Sex and the City, Seinfeld, and The O.C., was a show I never watched.

Considering myself as a pop culture junkie, I dedicate myself to surprisingly few television broadcasts. When invited to a watch party for the final episode of Seinfeld, my husband astutely wondered aloud why we were going to a party for a show we’d never watched. Because our friends were there and they were serving cocktails, I explained.

In my single days, a “friend” set me up on a double date with a law student studying at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. On the first date I learned he was a struggling student, sharing a dreary apartment near campus, and didn’t have a car. He didn’t like to go to bars or clubs. For a second date he invited me to come to his apartment to eat spaghetti and watch Friends. Ummm… no. Chowing down a plate of noodles and Ragu and watching a sitcom I had never seen wasn’t my idea of a hot date. Doing it sober was out of the question.

This same “friend” also set me up on a blind date with an eager young professional that she had met at a Democratic political rally who asked me to stop by the ATM on my way to meet him for lunch. I declined lunch. My matchmaker buddy clearly misunderstood my priorities in my mid-20’s.

Certainly I have missed out on what are heralded as some of television’s best series by virtue of the fact that I don’t have cable. That means no Comedy Central, no CNN, no MTV, and no ESPN. We watch a lot of public television and churn our own butter. On the bright side, we have been spared The Anna Nicole Show, Jackass, and Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica.

Make no mistake; I have had my share of television loyalties. Addictions, even. Obsessions. My twenty-plus-year fixation with Johnny Depp has its roots in 21 Jump Street. In college my gang was devoted to thirtysomething. Studying had to be complete in time to tune in for the weekly drama between Michael and Hope Steadman, and their business partners and best friends Elliot and Nancy Weston. Michael and Elliot’s offices at the advertising agency were so cool, and we all dreamed of our post-collegiate careers in such slick steel and glass environs.

The early ‘90’s ushered in my compulsion with Northern Exposure and Twin Peaks, which was challenging since during that era I didn’t own a television. Luckily, the programs inspired such loyalty among fans that groups of people would gather to watch them, and as a groupie, I could always count on a weekly invitation for viewing.

I still look at Julianne Moore and think she’s Frannie (and Sabrina) Hughes from As the World Turns.

As the decade progressed, I developed a rebellious aversion to destination television. I scoffed at the notion promoted by the NBC network that its Thursday night lineup was “must-see TV.” With a steady date and a steady paycheck, staying at home watching television just wasn’t my gig.

My TV taste these days tends first towards sporting events, and a few select network programs. Without shame I admit my allegiance to American Idol once it gets down to the final twelve and beyond. I have no interest in slogging through the pool of untalented and deluded singers who show up by the thousands to humiliate themselves before a national audience, but I love witnessing the competition between the finalists, and I think there is nothing much more exciting than watching an unknown get a shot at stardom. For the same reasons, I found myself the last two years making an appointment to watch Dancing with the Stars. I became a viewer once they started putting athletes in the contest. And the athletes have ruled. I try hard not to miss Lost.

Even though I don’t have cable networks wired into my home, I do get Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on DVD when they become available. I haven’t done the same with The Sopranos for some reason.

What does the series finale have to do with sports? That’s what I wanted to know as I was listening to local and national sports radio on Monday. Tuning in to find out what the day’s sports headlines were, I got lively banter about the ramifications of the long-running HBO drama.

So here’s what’s going on in the world of sports. The NBA Finals are turning out to be a major snore, unless you favor lopsided plasterings. Rafael Nadal won the French Open. Again. Justin Henin took home the French tennis championships from Roland Garros for a 4th time. The American League smoked the National League in interleague play. Tour officials are predicting par or over will win next week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.

In other words, not much.

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2007/06...st_no_fuss_tv/

[Hammock Parties]

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

[Chief Faithful]

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

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

I think because she is out of touch and doesn't really have a story. This article smacks of someone trying to meet a deadline without walking the beat for a real story.

[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.

[Chief Faithful]

Originally Posted by 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.

What you write also applies to Rufus Dawes.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

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.

Did you nominate GoChiefs?

[Chiefnj]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I thoroughly enjoy KCCHIEFS.COM and visit almost daily.

Do you really enjoy kcchiefs.com, let alone thoroughly enjoy it? What is on the site to enjoy on a daily basis?

[TinyEvel]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj

Do you really enjoy kcchiefs.com, let alone thoroughly enjoy it? What is on the site to enjoy on a daily basis?

I was just blowing smoke in order to be heard. I'm sure they get a ton of emails that just flat-out rant from the get-go.

Actrually, the only reason I go there is for the interview vid's before and after the game.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj

Do you really enjoy kcchiefs.com, let alone thoroughly enjoy it? What is on the site to enjoy on a daily basis?

That's what I was wondering. That site is just about useless, aside from the roster, player bios, etc. Yet, I visit the Royals site daily and enjoy their information. IIRC, it was, at one time, one of the most-visited MLB sites.