Chiefs How much of it is attitude, perception, expectations?

keg in kc · 10-05-2009, 11:08 PM

My random thought of the week. This is a question I've been pondering for years now...

Looking back since '98, this team's 82-94, or 82-98 if you count the start of this season. Basic premise of the question is this: have the Chiefs turned (back) into a loser in the last decade? Are we the new Bengals, or the old Bucs?

'cause, you know, I watch the Chiefs play, year in and year out, and I'm always wondering what's going to go wrong next. Even in 2003, with the 9-0 start, there was still this perpetual sense of the other shoe just waiting to drop. I wonder if players do that? During a game, do they see something go wrong (let's say a Jamaal Charles fumble on an opening kickoff, or a bizarre personal foul call on a shoulder-to-shoulder hit) and think "aw hell, there we go again?"

Can losing build a kind of momentum, and if so, how can you turn it around? How much do you actually have to win for winning to become "normal"?

I was actually thinking about this in conjunction to the Raiders, Broncos and Chiefs. Could swagger, confidence, make a difference for Denver, an expectation that things will turn around, whereas Oakland and now KC just seem to have this relentless feeling like they're fighting the current, just treading water and never making up ground? People talk about winning being contagious, or how winning breeds winning. Is it the same way on the flip side?

10-05-2009, 11:08 PM	Topic Starter
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	How much of it is attitude, perception, expectations? My random thought of the week. This is a question I've been pondering for years now... Looking back since '98, this team's 82-94, or 82-98 if you count the start of this season. Basic premise of the question is this: have the Chiefs turned (back) into a loser in the last decade? Are we the new Bengals, or the old Bucs? 'cause, you know, I watch the Chiefs play, year in and year out, and I'm always wondering what's going to go wrong next. Even in 2003, with the 9-0 start, there was still this perpetual sense of the other shoe just waiting to drop. I wonder if players do that? During a game, do they see something go wrong (let's say a Jamaal Charles fumble on an opening kickoff, or a bizarre personal foul call on a shoulder-to-shoulder hit) and think "aw hell, there we go again?" Can losing build a kind of momentum, and if so, how can you turn it around? How much do you actually have to win for winning to become "normal"? I was actually thinking about this in conjunction to the Raiders, Broncos and Chiefs. Could swagger, confidence, make a difference for Denver, an expectation that things will turn around, whereas Oakland and now KC just seem to have this relentless feeling like they're fighting the current, just treading water and never making up ground? People talk about winning being contagious, or how winning breeds winning. Is it the same way on the flip side?
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