Tony Gonzalez Farewell PC
 

Didn't see this posted yet.

Tony G is holding a PC today at 11:00 AM to say goodbye and thanks to fans. It's closed to the public, but I assume 810 will be covering it.

Ahh...kinda cool, too bad i'll miss it being at work damnit.

Someone post a transcript

I heard him on the sports radio channel here in Atlanta, "Hey, this is Tony Gonzalez, you're listening to 680 The Fan."

Strange....

Saying goodbye to the fans...and the fans arent invited.

Good to hear. I look forward to the ceremony at Arrowhead commemorating his HOF career down the road, and the trip to Canton. Good luck Gonzo!

It will definetly be strange seeing him in an ATL jersey...but they may be my NFC team this year to root for

Well......bye!

I'll take PR Lip Service Move Suggested By My Agent for $1,000, Alex.

I've never hated Atlanta......so, they'll be my NFC team until he retires.

Being a fan 101. First Lesson today folks:

Any player that talks about NOT being with the Chiefs and their extremly loyal fan base, abandons the Chiefs, leaves the Chiefs for own selfish reasons, doesn't want to play for the Chiefs anymore, or would rather play for a team that isn't named Chiefs will be known as a traitor, and any time they spend with other team and all further achievments and plays with their new stupid team will result in an eyeroll followed by dissapointment and anger. Thank you now carry on.

What i want to know is will there still be Baja Fresh commercials?

I hope the Falcons suck ass. Tony is gone. I don't care if he has success or not. Actually, I hope he gets the Jason Taylor treatment. But the biggest thing for me, is I want that 2nd to be as high as possible. Fock the Falcons.

Bye Gonzo .. fuck da Byrds ..

At least he'll still be wearing red and white.

:thumb: I think it would be absolutely hilarious if we finished with a better record. Wishful thinking, I know, but hilarious nonetheless.

I m gonna miss him
was my favorite current chief
I wish him the best .....
btu yeah I fgot alittle of the hoping atlanta sucks and KC kicks as vibe going

I m gonna miss him
was my favorite current chief
I wish him the best .....
btu yeah I fgot alittle of the hoping atlanta sucks and KC kicks as vibe going

Don't think of it as losing a HOF tight end
think of it as gaining another former player who moved on for a chance at a SB

Hilarious that one of the most fan unfriendly players wants to have a "fans PC" where fans aren't invited.

810 not carrying it live

Gonzo was always cool to me, got an autograph and he took a picture with my mom. Does he not like talking or signing stuff for fans?

And Rome is on 610. Oh well...

He's a falcon, **** em/810 radio

FYP, think draft order

Very true, **** gonzo and the falcs!

I saw him 3 different times have a serious attitude with people.

I've never heard of this before. Hunt told him he's going on the ring. He's feeling a little remorse/guilt/not sure what you'd call it.

What do you mean, going on the ring?

He is a Falcon. He should be in Atlanta.

I guess we caught him on a good day then.

I would guess some of both.

Most of the stories I've heard have been negative, but there are a few positives here and there.

While it must be difficult to be continually nice to gushing strangers who think they know you just because they're wearing a shirt with your name on it, it seems he's nasty more often than not. Personally I've never met him, so I don't really care. But I don't think he even gives half a shit about Kansas City or any of us fans. IMO, this is all image-polishing crap.

That sucks, i didn't realize he was a dick like that, must be the diva thing!

Jeez. If TG doesn't throw himself at fans every time he's in public, he's a dick...

...I knew a girl who ran into Derick Thomas back in about '97 and said he was the biggest asshole in the world...but I had always heard the opposite...

Tony is a good guy, he's done a ton for the community. He's a little weird with the whole Vegan\commitment ceremony thing, but he's not a bad person.

Methinks people are just trying to find ways to make it easier to hate him since he's leaving.

I posted about the incident I witnessed with Gonzalez over 4 years ago. I don't need to find ways not to like Gonzalez. I disliked the person he was when he was a Chief.

The people he wasn't nice to were 3 little kids who had his jersey on at training camp. Vermeil was out mingling with fans. Roaf was out, Trent Green was out signing. Then there was Tony, who couldn't be bothered with a group of little kids that he had to yell at them that he wouldn't give them an autograph. Sorry, but he's a dick.

That's pretty shitty, he could've done that. It's different for older fans that probably would sell his autograph anyway!

I don't care if athletes don't sign for adults. However, when you don't sign for a kid, that's ****ing bullshit.

You’re actually the first person I’ve heard from that ran into him and he didn’t act like a total douche.

There was also the hot microphone incident where the studio audience at some local talk show heard him bitch and moan about having to make nice with the little people. Oops.

Maybe it was cause my mom was with me and she's this 4 foot tall pakistani lady, who has the kindest face. He was very friendly, probably cause of her. I still remember when i saw len dawson in the denver hotel we were stayin at last year and he held the door for my gf and I and then he ran away from me cuz i recognized him, but waved haha. Probably thought i was a donkey fan. the chiefs stayed at that hotel too and we talked to turk and got pics of us and jared allen. Gotta love the gf for finding out what hotel they were at.:thumb:

Agreed, how the hell can you not take a few min for some kids

OTOH, I've never heard anything positive about George Brett, either. I've heard everything from mean to obnoxious to stinky.

I guess it doesn't really matter, though, as long as they play well. At least George didn't end his career with the ****ing Braves.

My gfs dad met him and he was drunk as hell, funny too

Yup. Great player, but meeting him in person certainly takes the luster off.

Who cares what these guys act like off the field? Honestly...

Most of our sports heros are probably A-holes. But you know what? Its not like im ever gonna hang out and drink beer with them on the weekends, so what does it matter?

As long as they put up numbers on the field is all i care about. So long Tony, thanks for the memories.....

He was cool to me when I met him. I met him in Houston before the home opener for the Texans in '03. He was in the bar at the team hotel (The Omni on the Park). He was just talking to a few folks as well as Len Dawson and was very nice to me and a few friends who were sitting on the couch across from him. He signed autographs and took pictures with all of us as did Dawson - probably because we were all from Houton but were all Chief fans. He was there for several hours, met some girl, she left but he stayed. Anyway, it was a very positive experience. I have heard stories about him being a dick though.

The only real dick that night was Priest Holmes - but he was with his family so I can understand.

I'm the opposite. If a player is a likeable person but not the greatest player I can root for him. If a player comes across as an a-hole I can't root for him no matter how good he may be.

If they are wearing my teams colors, Ill root for them to perform when they are out on the field no matter what.


Do you think Cowboys fans ever loved T.O. ? But they loved every single TD he scored.

Why? We need them to go 0-16 so we can get pick 33 rather than pick 64.

I've changed my stance, didnt think about the pick ;)

a couple of years ago we played the chargers on christmas eve, we went and sat right in front of brett's box, it was cold, he sat outside in the seats THE WHOLE game. drinking and was VERY nice to us bullshitting around and all.

:thumb:

Who is Matt Ryan's backup? They may be a QB away from packing it all in. Too bad Herm Edwards isn't Atlanta's coach, THAT would be awesome!

Gonzo is coming to play for the team in my city. Why am I not happy? Gonzo was one of the greats here, but its the Chiefs I love. Good luck Tony!

Here's the link - http://www.kansascity.com/sports/chi...y/1166858.html

ya me too, an additional top 10 in the 2nd would be great next year

you're mom is probably hot

She is. :D

Most of the bad stuff I heard about Brett was from when he was still playing.

I always heard he was a pretty cool to other guys who were out partying, but a lot of single women in KC weren't too fond of him...

the next morning.

I care. I care how they act to the little kids that idolize them. If you're wearing a Tony Gonzalez jersey at a young age, and he's a dick to you, that should matter.

Willie Roaf was a stud player too, but he also took the time at 10:30 at night to sign for every little kid that wanted an autograph. That's a true professional, and not some "do it for the camera's" hero like Gonzalez always came across as.

Tony will always be a class act....
I wish him the best in ATL and hope he helps them
win a SB. He definately deserves it.

Thanks for everything TONY G....

I remember when i was a kid i went to the A's game and after tried to get some autographs. The real dick on the 89 Oakland A's was Mark McGwire. The coolest son of a bitch on that team was you guessed it Jose Canseco. Dude hung out with his wife after the game and gave every single person there a signed postcard of him. He sat around for like an hour and a half and talked with the fans.

I am a Dodger fan, but when your 13 years old, thats cool as shit. I didnt hate on Mark, he was a good player, but he was a dick. lol

I bet Jared Allen's a cool person.

And Boomer Grigsby too. Don't forget Boomer...

When I read the thread title I thought it was going to be "Hi, I'm Tony Gonzalez and I'm a PC"

I was at a football camp when I was a kid and Marcus Allen was the star of the show. During the day, I had went up to him with a football card and he signed it and I told him how big of a fan I was and yadda yadda... Seemed cool, then I saw a kid bring a football up to him and he signed it. "Wow, what a great idea," I thought. So that night I gathered up all of my allowance and bought a brand new football before attending the award presentation. After the ceremony I went up to him with the ball and said "Mr. Allen, could you sign this for me?" He said, "Didn't I sign something for you earlier?" I said, "Yes sir but I just wanted to see if....." and he cut me off.... "Kid I gotta sign alot of autographs." Then he walked away. I was fugging devestated....

On a side note: My brother worked at a golf course in Cali and was asked by one of Allens buddies to get some cocaine for them....he obliged.


Didn't the Bible say something about false idols?.... They are just football players but it is very nice to actually see some of them doing good in the community and being nice, not just pretending.

Joe Montana was signing autographs up here in Omaha back in 93 or so. He was only allowed to sign stuff from Hanes since they were sponsoring the trip. Well, my wife's aunt didn't know this and brought a football and a jersey for him to sign, but he politely refused saying he can't. There were a bunch of kids in line and they all had other crap for him to sign. He was only supposed to be there for like 2 hours so he just had to say no.

...but before he left, he was getting on the bus waving goodbye to the crowd and some little kid ran up to him with a football...(probably some adult made him do it.) He kind of looked around, smiled and signed it real quick for the kid and then hopped on the bus.

Joe was pretty cool.

Good luck, Tony. I'll be moving my obligatory "NFC underdog team I hope exceeds expectations" from Arizona to Atlanta in hopes that Gonzo finally gets his ring.

.....but I would laugh a hearty laugh if Kansas City ended up being closer to the playoffs/Super Bowl this season than Atlanta (Fat chance.)

Says he will retire a Chief...




http://www.kansascity.com/703/story/1166858.html

Tony Gonzalez said goodbye to Kansas City on Tuesday, but the legendary tight end said he’s merely on loan to the Atlanta Falcons.

The 10-time Pro Bowler met with reporters Tuesday morning in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Hyatt Regency Crown Center, saying that he might be going to Atlanta now after last week’s trade, but Gonzalez insisted that he’ll someday retire as a Chief.

Gonzalez was traded to the Falcons last Thursday for a second-round pick in the 2010 NFL draft. It ended the 33-year-old’s 12-year affiliation with Kansas City, which traded up to draft him as a 21-year-old in 1997. He has since broken every major tight end receiving record, and former Chiefs president Carl Peterson on Tuesday said Gonzalez was undoubtedly the best to ever play his position.

Gonzalez said he planned to play two or three years in Atlanta as he continues to search for playoff success. He said the pursuit of a Super Bowl championship is “everything” to him now, but he said that at the end of his career, he planned to re-sign with the Chiefs for as little as one day, just so he can retire with the team that drafted him.

Gonzalez also said there was no doubt he’d enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a Chiefs player, regardless of what happens with the Falcons.

I don't expect pro atheletes on my favorite teams to be perfect, but I find it hard to root for someone I think is an asshole. This is why if LJ comes back this year and is somehow tearing up defenses, sure I'll be happy the Chiefs are successful, but it will be tarnished cause I'm not rooting for the player as well. It's why I liked watching Priest more. Not only was he outstanding, but he carried himself well and was a role model for kids. (From what I've heard and seen.)

When I retire I'm going to sign a one day contract with the Chiefs. Hell, I'll do it for no signing bonus. Then I can tell everybody that I retired as a Chief.

Are you quoting or just making it up?

I figured this was the case but I'm glad he announced it.

You're right about that. The only reason he signed shit for me is because Mike Stock saw I was crushed when he just walked past me. Him and Warren Moon pretty much drug his ass off the bus. I never begrudged the guy for it, I could only imagine what it's like being hounded everywhere you go, but I never ever looked at the guy and said "There's someone who appreciates their fans." It's always been about image for him. Good luck in Atlanta, but not next year.

My bad, as you can see I'm moving slowly in this thread.

Bad Guy nailed it - a press conference to say goodbye and thanks to the fans, but it is closed to the fans.

Still can't make my own topic, but Gonzo said after he plays his 2-3 years in Atlanta, he wants to be traded back to KC for at least one day so he can retire in the same team he begun with. Kinda liked hearing this for his loyalty, but at same time not really.

He may have occasionally been an asshole to fans, but he worked his ass off to be as good as he possibly could be. He didn't get into trouble with the law, father a bunch of illegitimate children, wasn't spitting drinks in chic's faces or running around packing heat. I'll take that as a role model over some gangster wannabe every day.

So he didn't sign a few autographs. Big fuggin' deal.

Who cares. Not like I was gonna go anyway. I'll watch it on TV.