Clayton on Trent. espn radio. 9:50pm.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by NewChief

He said, basically, that they have a different perspective because they're younger.

No, he said they don't know any better.

Originally Posted by NewChiefs

I don't think that Trent sees himself as a "team leader" any longer, if the team you're referring to is the Chiefs.

So it's OK for Trent to change the way he views himself, but it's not OK for the fans to view him differently?

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

No, he said they don't know any better.

That can be read as, "I don't blame them, I was the same way back then." To me, he's saying that Carl's a prick, and eventually they'll all find that out. Don't believe the BS that you're fed. He did, and it backfired on him.

So it's OK for Trent to change the way he views himself, but it's not OK for the fans to view him differently?

I have zero problem with people saying, "I no longer feel that Trent's the leader of the Chiefs." What I have a problem with is people acting like he's lacking leadership quality or that he was never a leader of the team. People act like, since he said this, they've been wrong all along and Trent's really a horrible person and a cancer to the Chiefs. I can't tell you how many times on these threads I've read, "I used to like Trent Green..." or "I used to think Trent was a leader..." Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I just don't see the statements Trent made being antithetical to being a leader.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by NewChief

That can be read as, "I don't blame them, I was the same way back then." To me, he's saying that Carl's a prick, and eventually they'll all find that out. Don't believe the BS that you're fed. He did, and it backfired on him.

Even if it CAN be read that way, it's still denigrating to the existing players on this team. There's no way to spin this that makes it not a derogatory comment.

Originally Posted by NewChiefs

I have zero problem with people saying, "I no longer feel that Trent's the leader of the Chiefs." What I have a problem with is people acting like he's lacking leadership quality or that he was never a leader of the team. People act like, since he said this, they've been wrong all along and Trent's really a horrible person and a cancer to the Chiefs. I can't tell you how many times on these threads I've read, "I used to like Trent Green..." or "I used to think Trent was a leader..." Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I just don't see the statements Trent made being antithetical to being a leader.

Pretty simply, I thought Trent was above this kinda stuff. Maybe I just had unrealistic expectations.

[booger]

Speaking of the Hicks situation................... I just can't believe those Dolphins. Those bastards.

Hanging on to Dante Culpepper like this. He is still rehabing and attending mini camp even though he isn't an air coryell qb and it's pretty obvious he is just a pawn until they get Green.

He doesn't even know who his next team will be. Or where his family will live or his kids will go to school.

Life is so unfair.

Yet he isn't going on local radio blasting the fins. He does get plenty of air time and all he talks about is his what he thinks his skills are and how his knee is getting better. Hell, he doesn't have his agent talking either because he is his own agent.

Plus he owes his current team nothing. His short career there has been less than stellar.