Chiefs Gonzo pissed that he didn't get record - Page 2

Mr. Laz · 09-29-2008, 06:04 PM

against the donks, at home and in front of all his family he had at the game.

said they were gonna stop the game and do a ceremony and everything.

just saw him on the news

T-post Tom · 09-29-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Arrowhead

i rather ensure a win than get Tony some record, i think its really selfish on tony's part that is speaking out about it. If this was LJ, people would be bitching like no other.

Don't fault TG until you hear the actual quote. He's become apt with the PC interviews, so I doubt what he said was that bad.

Mr. Arrowhead · 09-29-2008, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Don't fault TG until you hear the actual quote. He's become apt with the PC interviews, so I doubt what he said was that bad.

i heard the interview on 610, and he was bitching just like LJ was couple of weeks ago

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-29-2008, 06:18 PM

When you've lost 12 games in a row, what's 13 right? LAWL, you guys bitch about the wobble launcher all day long, but hey, for Tony **** it, if we lose we lose, just try and get him the record. You armchair coaches would be here today screaming for Herm's head if he'd done it and Damon threw a pick 6. Period.

T-post Tom · 09-29-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Arrowhead

i heard the interview on 610, and he was bitching just like LJ was couple of weeks ago

Really? That surprises me. He should know better.

But the coaches had no reason not to throw him one more pass.

RustShack · 09-29-2008, 06:19 PM

Maybe if he would have fought for a few more yards..

Mr. Arrowhead · 09-29-2008, 06:20 PM

he did have a dropped pass in the first half also

T-post Tom · 09-29-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Flopnuts

When you've lost 12 games in a row, what's 13 right? LAWL, you guys bitch about the wobble launcher all day long, but hey, for Tony **** it, if we lose we lose, just try and get him the record. You armchair coaches would be here today screaming for Herm's head if he'd done it and Damon threw a pick 6. Period.

And that's why us fans get paid the big bucks.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-29-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by T-post Tom

And that's why us fans get paid the big bucks.

That said, I really wish he'd gotten it yesterday. He's definitely earned it. Just not at the expense of the rest of the team IMO. Tony may be disappointed but deep down I'm sure he realizes this.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-29-2008, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Flopnuts

That said, I really wish he'd gotten it yesterday. He's definitely earned it. Just not at the expense of the rest of the team IMO. Tony may be disappointed but deep down I'm sure he realizes this.

Fitting that this post was my 10,088th

Hootie · 09-29-2008, 06:27 PM

If he asked the coaches to get him those two yards, they should have gone out of their ****ing ways to do so IMO.

He's Tony Gonzalez and we're still a 6 win team at best. You honor the guy at home in front of the fans.

Valiant · 09-29-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Claythan

How do you think they got ahead 23-13?

Defense and running the ball??

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-29-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Hootie

If he asked the coaches to get him those two yards, they should have gone out of their ****ing ways to do so IMO.

He's Tony Gonzalez and we're still a 6 win team at best. You honor the guy at home in front of the fans.

In the middle of a 12 game losing streak? With a group of kids that really have no experience winning a big divisional game in the NFL? I guess we'll never know what your reaction would've been had he done it and the Chiefs somehow lost, but my guess is it would not have been good. I have a hard time believing anyone comes on this board today and says, "Well, we lost our 13th in a row to the Donkos at home, but at least we tried to get Tony the record."

T-post Tom · 09-29-2008, 06:37 PM

Well here ya go. I guess if you have NO confidence in your QB or TE, then Herm has a legit reason. I guess he didn't want another "Miracle" (at the Meadowlands) happening at his expense. Man, Herm's sphincter must have been tighter than a duck's ass....

Gonzalez disappointed to end 3 yards shy of record

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A disappointed Tony Gonzalez wants to know why Kansas City coaches refused to throw a short pass his way in the final minutes Sunday, leaving him 3 yards short of the career tight end receiving record.

Gonzalez did have a 10-yard touchdown catch in a 33-19 victory over Denver that snapped the Chiefs' 12-game losing streak. But he wanted to set the receiving record in front of family and fans at Arrowhead Stadium.
"I had my family out there. I wanted to do it in front of the fans, in a home game," Gonzalez said. "It would have been a great way to do it. I'm disappointed by that, for whatever reason my number wasn't called at times."

Coach Herm Edwards said the Chiefs didn't want to take a chance by throwing the ball late in the game.

"After it was a two-possession game, we never got the ball back," Edwards said.

Gonzalez likely will get the record this week at Carolina, far from the fans who chanted "Ton-Y, Ton-Y" when he lay on the ground, the wind knocked out of him, after making the touchdown catch that stretched the NFL TD record for tight ends to 68.

"It was really endearing, the way the fans were supporting me like that," he said. "My wife almost started crying. It was a goose-bump situation."

Gonzalez, a nine-time Pro Bowler, uncharacteristically declined to speak with reporters immediately after the game. On Monday, after a private meeting with Edwards, he remained miffed.

He was thrown only a few passes as the Chiefs stuck mostly to a ground game that included Larry Johnson running for 198 yards and two touchdowns.

Gonzalez finished with 47 yards on three catches, including the one that stretched his NFL touchdown record for tight ends to 68. His last catch went for 23 yards in a drive that ended in a field goal and a 26-16 lead with 3:49 left.

The Broncos drove down for a field goal with 2:06 left and tried an onside kick. The Chiefs got possession, and Johnson carried four straight times for the clinching touchdown.

When Gonzalez was told he was only 3 yards from Shannon Sharpe's record of 10,060 yards receiving, he asked coaches on the sideline if he could get the ball.

"I asked anybody who would listen to me at that point," he said.

He said he had no idea why he wasn't thrown the ball.

"I've been trying to think about it all last night and this morning. There are a couple of different answers for that, stuff I agree with and stuff I don't agree with."

Gonzalez insisted there was "no controversy, no bad blood" after meeting with Edwards.

"I have ultimate respect for Herm, and I think he has that for me, too," Gonzalez said. "We talked about it face-to-face, man-to-man. It is what it is, and hopefully it will make us a better football team. I'm still a little upset about it.

"But it's something I'll get over," he added. "The victory was more important than anything."

Edwards agreed there were no hard feelings

"Tony's fine. We wish we could have got him the record, too," Edwards said. "But the game, the way it unfolded at the end, we really couldn't afford to throw a pass. A minute, 47 seconds left in the football game, it's a one-possession game. You can't throw a pass when you only lead by one score.

"What if something bad happens when you decide to throw that pass?"

Had Gonzalez gotten the record, the Chiefs planned to halt the game and make note of the milestone.

"It's not about the record. The record's going to come, no matter what," Gonzalez said. "It's just that I wanted to do it in front of the fans. I wanted to do it at home. I wanted to do it against the Broncos, our rivals. I felt like we had won the game anyway, and I thought I could just go out and get a little catch. It just didn't work out that way."

**SAUTO** · 09-29-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

didnt DV do that at the end of one season with TG? Didnt they just chuck him the ball so he could get his 100 catches?

Seems like they did that with Priest one time as well...

yep. and how many ****ing times did we **** up and lose a game JUST like the one we were in yesterday????

Hootie · 09-29-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Flopnuts

In the middle of a 12 game losing streak? With a group of kids that really have no experience winning a big divisional game in the NFL? I guess we'll never know what your reaction would've been had he done it and the Chiefs somehow lost, but my guess is it would not have been good. I have a hard time believing anyone comes on this board today and says, "Well, we lost our 13th in a row to the Donkos at home, but at least we tried to get Tony the record."

I already have given up on caring about W's and L's for this team this year...a win, great bonus...a loss, hopefully we took some positives out of the game and didn't waste another friggin' snap on Tyler Thigpen.

A quick out to Tony Gonzalez, or at least a low risk pass attempt to try and get the face of the Kansas City Chiefs a little hometown love in a year where the fans really don't have a lot of hope anyways would have at least been a pretty nice highlight for the season.

I, however, don't give a shit either way. I just want our young guys to keep playing like they did last game.

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09-29-2008, 06:37 PM	#28
T-post Tom Threepeat! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milk/Honey/Gazland Casino cash: $4367293	Well here ya go. I guess if you have NO confidence in your QB or TE, then Herm has a legit reason. I guess he didn't want another "Miracle" (at the Meadowlands) happening at his expense. Man, Herm's sphincter must have been tighter than a duck's ass.... Gonzalez disappointed to end 3 yards shy of record KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A disappointed Tony Gonzalez wants to know why Kansas City coaches refused to throw a short pass his way in the final minutes Sunday, leaving him 3 yards short of the career tight end receiving record. Gonzalez did have a 10-yard touchdown catch in a 33-19 victory over Denver that snapped the Chiefs' 12-game losing streak. But he wanted to set the receiving record in front of family and fans at Arrowhead Stadium. "I had my family out there. I wanted to do it in front of the fans, in a home game," Gonzalez said. "It would have been a great way to do it. I'm disappointed by that, for whatever reason my number wasn't called at times." Coach Herm Edwards said the Chiefs didn't want to take a chance by throwing the ball late in the game. "After it was a two-possession game, we never got the ball back," Edwards said. Gonzalez likely will get the record this week at Carolina, far from the fans who chanted "Ton-Y, Ton-Y" when he lay on the ground, the wind knocked out of him, after making the touchdown catch that stretched the NFL TD record for tight ends to 68. "It was really endearing, the way the fans were supporting me like that," he said. "My wife almost started crying. It was a goose-bump situation." Gonzalez, a nine-time Pro Bowler, uncharacteristically declined to speak with reporters immediately after the game. On Monday, after a private meeting with Edwards, he remained miffed. He was thrown only a few passes as the Chiefs stuck mostly to a ground game that included Larry Johnson running for 198 yards and two touchdowns. Gonzalez finished with 47 yards on three catches, including the one that stretched his NFL touchdown record for tight ends to 68. His last catch went for 23 yards in a drive that ended in a field goal and a 26-16 lead with 3:49 left. The Broncos drove down for a field goal with 2:06 left and tried an onside kick. The Chiefs got possession, and Johnson carried four straight times for the clinching touchdown. When Gonzalez was told he was only 3 yards from Shannon Sharpe's record of 10,060 yards receiving, he asked coaches on the sideline if he could get the ball. "I asked anybody who would listen to me at that point," he said. He said he had no idea why he wasn't thrown the ball. "I've been trying to think about it all last night and this morning. There are a couple of different answers for that, stuff I agree with and stuff I don't agree with." Gonzalez insisted there was "no controversy, no bad blood" after meeting with Edwards. "I have ultimate respect for Herm, and I think he has that for me, too," Gonzalez said. "We talked about it face-to-face, man-to-man. It is what it is, and hopefully it will make us a better football team. I'm still a little upset about it. "But it's something I'll get over," he added. "The victory was more important than anything." Edwards agreed there were no hard feelings "Tony's fine. We wish we could have got him the record, too," Edwards said. "But the game, the way it unfolded at the end, we really couldn't afford to throw a pass. A minute, 47 seconds left in the football game, it's a one-possession game. You can't throw a pass when you only lead by one score. "What if something bad happens when you decide to throw that pass?" Had Gonzalez gotten the record, the Chiefs planned to halt the game and make note of the milestone. "It's not about the record. The record's going to come, no matter what," Gonzalez said. "It's just that I wanted to do it in front of the fans. I wanted to do it at home. I wanted to do it against the Broncos, our rivals. I felt like we had won the game anyway, and I thought I could just go out and get a little catch. It just didn't work out that way." __________________ You seem nice!
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