Gunther Cunningham passed away at age of 72
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham dead at 72 <a href="https://t.co/dWYIraBHpc">https://t.co/dWYIraBHpc</a></p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1127945387946520581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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RIP Gunther
 

The @PFWAwriters Association just announced that long-time NFL coach Gunther Cunningham passed away Saturday at the age of 72. Well-respected defensive coach who was @Chiefs head coach from 1999-2000. #RIP

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That's not very old in the big scheme of things. RIP to someone who I always thought was secretly a CP member.

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RIP

RIP

RIP gun

RIP - we could have used some of his attitude the past few seasons....

Damn, looks like cancer got him RIP.

Damn... Loved that dude's attitude... RIP Gun

RIP

RIP - You foulmouthed old bastard! When I was a kid watching him as our D-Coordinator, he was one of my favorites.

Dang that sucks. RIP

Gonna say **** family fun day in his honor

RIP coach. You cared more about the team than most fans.

"**** Family Fun Night"


RIP Gun.

A good man. Had a no BS approach he would not have allowed the disgraceful defense we witnessed last season.

I didn't realize that he was working for PFF. Interesting article:

http://www.espn.com/blog/detroit-lio...dy-for-new-gig

Damn that sucks, you are one of my favorite coaches. RIP Gunther.

Loved him as DC. RIP.

hearing him when he was mic'd up or some other microphone caught him was great.

Pretty good DC sucked as head coach-RIP

:clap:

good memory!

Oh wow, just 72?

Damn that sucks, RIP Gun... I’m going sleeveless in his honor today

RIP gun you were my favorite DC.

...I got to meet him at a 101 Banquet. He was a pretty cool cat.

RIP Gun.

Dude set a record for F bombs. FRIP.

What sad news. Always loved his fire and fight and loved his defenses.

RIP

Dang that sucks. RIP

Sad. RIP, Gun

First Doris Day and now Gun.

Dangit, RIP.

Damn. RIP :(

Very cool

RIP

damn

maybe a few chiefs can be a paul bearers so they can let him down one last time

Humiliated at the hands of Carl, the man always kept his pride

RIP!!!

**** Family Fun Night!

Loved Gun and his attitude. Wish he would have stayed on as DC forever!

RIP

Rest in peace ...

There are some good players in Heaven, Gun. Line 'em up.

FAX

Hope this wasn’t how he learned about it.

RIP Gun. Damn good DC.

Meanwhile -- "pallbearer". A "pall" is the heavy cloth that covers the casket. Not much of a thing anymore of course...

But anyway, it's NOT a bunch of dudes who carry guys named (among others) Paul. :D

I feel like I just lost an uncle.

The best things I ever wrote were about Gunther.

loved that man as DC. Rest Gunther.
Sad day.

spelling is hard ROFL

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RIP

Thank God. I was starting to worry I would have to befriend more Paul's before I die.

Bummer. RIP :(

"Gunther doesn't take lip; he gives lip."

Nice reference! :thumb:

RIP Gunny.. Damn

And Peggy Lipton yesterday.

And yet he still has more energy than Bob Sutton does.

I loved him...got out of his lane as a Head Coach, but dude brought fire. Anyone who can wear skeet shooting glasses and coach football is fine by me, and I think I learned half of my swear words from reading his lips on the sideline.

Heard there were a bunch of Paul bears at Buddies before it mysteriously burned down.

R.I.P. Gunther

He gave himself cancer because he was pissed we haven't traded for PP yet

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Flawed person like we all are but truly loved KC and the Chiefs, was fan friendly and a genuine person. Gave it everything he had. God bless his family and friends and may he RIP

What type of cancer?

Hard Knocks cutup is blasted out as soon as I get home.

I always felt like he embodied in the fan base in the way he coached.

Sometimes he was a good coach, sometimes he was a shit coach, but I don't think there was ever a more dedicated or sincere coach who genuinely cared about this franchise beyond the paycheck as much as he did.

I was very fond of Gunther. He was in over his head as a HC, but he was a GREAT DC. And a fun guy to watch. He was a no BS guy, you knew exactly what he was thinking at all times.

yup.

I remember before a game when he came back to coach defense for Vermeil we were in the EZ and he came up and told us to make sure and yell our heads off and not be like the wine drinking pussies in the nice seats. LMAO

god damn what a ****ing legend

this is hitting me kinda hard....almost like when leonard nimoy died

RIP Coach!

And then Fat Scott tried to humiliate him by accusing the Lions of having improper contact with Chiefs players via Gunther.

If force of will could have returned the modern NFL to the classic NFL, Gunther's would have done it. But the modern NFL has greater forces behind it.

Dang. God Speed coach.

RIP Coach :(

Exactly. He honored every tradition not just to kiss ass he truly believed and loved it just like he did Lamar. They gave him his first and only HC job and he damn near drove him self insane but he never quit and he gave it all he had, not just talked the talk but walked the walk. His kids were devastated when DT died. He did better than many would have in such a situation in that second year especially.

RIP sir.

I don't think it can be overstated how much Derrick Thomas' death affected Gunther personally. I think that's why he failed as a HC, it took him a long while to get over that.

Not a great coach, but I always loved the passion.

RIP Gun

Other than Pete Carroll he was probably the best understudy under George Seifert who talked him into being a coach at Oregon while Carroll learned under George in SF. That’s where he got the 97-98 falcon D. Was just a 4-3 under with the Leo spot which was called the elephant originally with Charles Haley in SF and Dallas. Since he never ran any 3-4 his 4-3under years with DT where always the best choice to maximize his talents

Damn....younger than me...

I had the pleasure of talking to Gun on several occasions - believe it or not, at the Price Chopper :)

That guy would stand and shoot the shit with the fans as long as they wanted to. He was, in all honesty, a fine gentleman and a people person.

Coach - you WILL be missed.

This legitimately makes me kind of sad. Damn.

RIP, Gun

I think Gun's signature moment was in 1997 against the Bills when he blitzed Todd Collins four straight times from the 10 at the end of the game to secure the win.

The guy probably knew more swear words than any man in KC

I loved it when he flipped the bird to one of the officials. Can somebody please post that gif of him? That was a classical moment in this organization.