Chiefs LJ's Last Game - Page 2

dshyne101 · 12-25-2008, 05:06 PM

Alot Of Experts Have Been Saying This Could Quite Possibly Be LJ's Last Game I Just Wanna Get Some Reactions To These Suggestions. I Personally Like LJ I Mean Every Game We Have Won The Last Two Years Have Been A Large Part B/C Of Larry. Im Also Not Confident In Charles Starting Right Now And I Have Never Had Confidence IN Kolby Smith.

aturnis · 12-25-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dshyne101

I Mean Every Game We Have Won The Last Two Years Have Been A Large Part B/C Of Larry.

We haven't won shit these last two years. What's this guy talking about.

Lonewolf Ed · 12-25-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by aturnis

We haven't won shit these last two years. What's this guy talking about.

No one knows.

bowener · 12-25-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by badmajama

lot of capitals

Yeah, what the **** is up with that? Doesn't that take forever?

Also, does he mean with the Chiefs, or last game in the NFL?

bowener · 12-25-2008, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dshyne101

Yeah I 2nd That I Really Wanna Keep Him And Build Around Him Especially If Tony Decides 2 Pack His Shit And Leave. We Have Got To Build A Better O-Line For Him Tho.

So build a team around a 29 year-old running back that holds the record for most carries in a season?

We would do this why?

Keep in mind most RB"s are lucky to start AT age 30, not after age 30.

headsnap · 12-25-2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dshyne101

Alot Of Experts Have Been Saying This Could Quite Possibly Be LJ's Last Game I Just Wanna Get Some Reactions To These Suggestions. I Personally Like LJ I Mean Every Game We Have Won The Last Two Years Have Been A Large Part B/C Of Larry. Im Also Not Confident In Charles Starting Right Now And I Have Never Had Confidence IN Kolby Smith.

6 games!?!?

OtisJohnson · 12-25-2008, 08:18 PM

We have wasted enough of his career (1st 2 years and this year) . Shame too , great back that could have really been something on a better team . Those 9 games his 3rd year when he took over for Priest and we still had a decent line showed what he was capable of . Hell we suck this year , Herm refuses to use him and he still is averaging 4.7 a carry . We have wasted enough money and LJ enough time here . Best for him and us for him to move on while he still has a couple years left . Sad thing is we should have done it before we gave him the big contract . For the youngsters on here who apparently started following the Chiefs during Priest's time and seem to think backs like Priest and Larry fall out of the trees everyday I suggest they take a look at the backs we suffered through here before these last 2 . We were very lucky to have either one and may go a long time without seeing another like them .....

blueballs · 12-25-2008, 08:33 PM

I'm one of the few who still like LJ
LJ needed someone to kick his ass
or he wouldn't be in this situation

Color Red · 12-25-2008, 08:42 PM

This is a good place for me to say this. With all respect I have for Herm, this has been a goofball season with a coaching staff and direction that was thought to be a power running attack with LJ. Then our QB's got broken, and we had Thigpen. This was about the time they figured that LJ liked to slap women around and that's not right. So then they found out this guy lurking at the bottom of the depth charts could quarterback the team but now this would have to be a shotgun kind of thing, so they made Larry a wingback, but excuse me, that looks weird him taking the handoff off the turn and trying to run it up the middle then. So it's weird. And I don't suspect that Herm is truly a shotgun quarterback kind of guy, so I don't know how he would have it, or of course, if he'll even be around next year. Or if we can find anyone to teach a young quarterback to throw a ball away, or check down receivers, or to even look away from his primary. I mean, none of our staff had any idea what kind of game Thigpen could play. Then they made up some stuff when they figured it out. I don't suspect Clark Hunt likes players that slap women around. Carl didn't like players with drunk driving records, but of course he isn't around anymore. Who knows, but talk about LJ is such conjecture until we get a new GM, and that GM determines direction through coaching staff.

milkman · 12-25-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by OtisJohnson

We have wasted enough of his career (1st 2 years and this year) . Shame too , great back that could have really been something on a better team . Those 9 games his 3rd year when he took over for Priest and we still had a decent line showed what he was capable of . Hell we suck this year , Herm refuses to use him and he still is averaging 4.7 a carry . We have wasted enough money and LJ enough time here . Best for him and us for him to move on while he still has a couple years left . Sad thing is we should have done it before we gave him the big contract . For the youngsters on here who apparently started following the Chiefs during Priest's time and seem to think backs like Priest and Larry fall out of the trees everyday I suggest they take a look at the backs we suffered through here before these last 2 . We were very lucky to have either one and may go a long time without seeing another like them .....

The fact that we suffered through the likes of Ted McKnight, Mike Adamle, Tony Adams, Greg Hill, et al, does nothing to diminish the fact that good RBs aren't nearly as hard to find as the Chiefs made it appear for all those long sorry years.

DMAC · 12-25-2008, 09:01 PM

We-Todd-Ed

OtisJohnson · 12-25-2008, 09:35 PM

A couple points ......1. The slap women around thing . A board member posted last week that his sister in law was at the club the night of the spitting incident and that the "lady" had spit a drink on LJ and harrassed him for quite awhile BEFORE he lost it . I was a nightclub musician for 21 years and have seen thousands of these "ladies" . Chick finds celebrity , starts ragging about how he ain't all that and how her boyfriend could kick his a$$ etc ... keeps it up till celebrity loses it and says something like "go get your boyfriend I'll send him home in a box c#nt " . "Lady" then files charges (potential civil suit to follow ) in hopes of getting big payday . Where was the bouncer while all this was going on ? Other incident .... he pushed a chick out of the way that apparently refused to get out of the way .... one assumes she was also in his face . Did he respond well in either case .... no . Did he beat the hell out of a couple women ....again no . The whole thing seems a little overblown to me .
2. Good running backs are plentiful enough (though we never used to seem to be able to buy one ) but running backs that score 20+ touchdowns in a season or run for 1750+ yards 2 straight years are a lot less common . I believe only 2 or 3 running backs have EVER ran for more yards in 2 consecutive years and none have ever ran for more yards in a 9 game stretch then LJ did a couple years ago (with a good line ) and Priest was a touchdown machine . Replacing either one isn't easy ....

Thig Lyfe · 12-25-2008, 09:51 PM

What Kind Of Moron Types Like This?

whoman69 · 12-25-2008, 09:53 PM

IMO you find a good running back and you stick with him until he is no longer at the top of his game. LJ still has a few good years left in him. How many really good running backs did we have between Mike Garrett and Priest Holmes? Barry Word was pretty much a one year wonder who along with Okoye got a lot of yards by carrying the ball a whole bunch of times. With a good line LJ can get 1500 yards again. We have enough holes on this team without creating a new one.

LJ has had his problems. Herm tried to run him into the ground in 2006 and he had the injury bug last year. This year he's running behind a JV line with a coach whose scheme doesn't fit the type runner he is. Get a new coach in here, let Larry know he can still contribute, and build something around him. We need most of a new oline, MLB, QB, another receiver, pass rush DE and then we have to hope that some of the players that didn't hit this year will be reborn with a new staff, like Dorsey and Hali.

Basileus777 · 12-25-2008, 10:16 PM

There is no reason to ditch LJ at this point. We have a shit load of cap room, more than we could possible spend in one off season without going crazy. LJ is still productive, and we aren't going to get anything by trading him; so we'll keep him for now.

kcfanintitanhell · 12-25-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by aturnis

**** LJ. Glad to see him go. Give me Shonn Greene in the 3rd round if we can trade LJ off for something decent.

I think it's still up in the air as to whether Shonn Greene comes out-he might opt to play for the Hawks next year.

12-25-2008, 05:06 PM
dshyne101 Starter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: S.C Casino cash: $10004900	LJ's Last Game Alot Of Experts Have Been Saying This Could Quite Possibly Be LJ's Last Game I Just Wanna Get Some Reactions To These Suggestions. I Personally Like LJ I Mean Every Game We Have Won The Last Two Years Have Been A Large Part B/C Of Larry. Im Also Not Confident In Charles Starting Right Now And I Have Never Had Confidence IN Kolby Smith.
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12-25-2008, 08:18 PM	#21
OtisJohnson Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Casino cash: $10004900	We have wasted enough of his career (1st 2 years and this year) . Shame too , great back that could have really been something on a better team . Those 9 games his 3rd year when he took over for Priest and we still had a decent line showed what he was capable of . Hell we suck this year , Herm refuses to use him and he still is averaging 4.7 a carry . We have wasted enough money and LJ enough time here . Best for him and us for him to move on while he still has a couple years left . Sad thing is we should have done it before we gave him the big contract . For the youngsters on here who apparently started following the Chiefs during Priest's time and seem to think backs like Priest and Larry fall out of the trees everyday I suggest they take a look at the backs we suffered through here before these last 2 . We were very lucky to have either one and may go a long time without seeing another like them .....
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12-25-2008, 08:33 PM	#22
blueballs Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Casino cash: $10004900	I'm one of the few who still like LJ LJ needed someone to kick his ass or he wouldn't be in this situation
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12-25-2008, 08:42 PM	#23
Color Red Starter Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colorado Casino cash: $9975245	This is a good place for me to say this. With all respect I have for Herm, this has been a goofball season with a coaching staff and direction that was thought to be a power running attack with LJ. Then our QB's got broken, and we had Thigpen. This was about the time they figured that LJ liked to slap women around and that's not right. So then they found out this guy lurking at the bottom of the depth charts could quarterback the team but now this would have to be a shotgun kind of thing, so they made Larry a wingback, but excuse me, that looks weird him taking the handoff off the turn and trying to run it up the middle then. So it's weird. And I don't suspect that Herm is truly a shotgun quarterback kind of guy, so I don't know how he would have it, or of course, if he'll even be around next year. Or if we can find anyone to teach a young quarterback to throw a ball away, or check down receivers, or to even look away from his primary. I mean, none of our staff had any idea what kind of game Thigpen could play. Then they made up some stuff when they figured it out. I don't suspect Clark Hunt likes players that slap women around. Carl didn't like players with drunk driving records, but of course he isn't around anymore. Who knows, but talk about LJ is such conjecture until we get a new GM, and that GM determines direction through coaching staff.
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12-25-2008, 09:01 PM	#25
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12-25-2008, 09:35 PM	#26
OtisJohnson Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Casino cash: $10004900	A couple points ......1. The slap women around thing . A board member posted last week that his sister in law was at the club the night of the spitting incident and that the "lady" had spit a drink on LJ and harrassed him for quite awhile BEFORE he lost it . I was a nightclub musician for 21 years and have seen thousands of these "ladies" . Chick finds celebrity , starts ragging about how he ain't all that and how her boyfriend could kick his a$$ etc ... keeps it up till celebrity loses it and says something like "go get your boyfriend I'll send him home in a box c#nt " . "Lady" then files charges (potential civil suit to follow ) in hopes of getting big payday . Where was the bouncer while all this was going on ? Other incident .... he pushed a chick out of the way that apparently refused to get out of the way .... one assumes she was also in his face . Did he respond well in either case .... no . Did he beat the hell out of a couple women ....again no . The whole thing seems a little overblown to me . 2. Good running backs are plentiful enough (though we never used to seem to be able to buy one ) but running backs that score 20+ touchdowns in a season or run for 1750+ yards 2 straight years are a lot less common . I believe only 2 or 3 running backs have EVER ran for more yards in 2 consecutive years and none have ever ran for more yards in a 9 game stretch then LJ did a couple years ago (with a good line ) and Priest was a touchdown machine . Replacing either one isn't easy ....
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12-25-2008, 09:51 PM	#27
Thig Lyfe Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Thigpen's America Casino cash: $10004900	What Kind Of Moron Types Like This?
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12-25-2008, 10:16 PM	#29
Basileus777 MVP Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey Casino cash: $2225958	There is no reason to ditch LJ at this point. We have a shit load of cap room, more than we could possible spend in one off season without going crazy. LJ is still productive, and we aren't going to get anything by trading him; so we'll keep him for now.
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