Chiefs Whitlock: Chiefs should thank anyone who sat through this game - Page 4

**OnTheWarpath15** · 12-13-2009, 11:27 PM

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/1629259.html

By JASON WHITLOCK
The Kansas City Star

The “process” has entered the pandering phase.

That’s the only explanation for Chiefs coach Todd Haley opening his postgame news conference with a disingenuous thank you to the 30,000-plus Chiefs fans who filled 80,000-seat Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.

“Before I get started,” Haley said in the aftermath of Kansas City’s 10th loss, a 16-10 snoozer to the Buffalo Bills, “publicly I want to thank the fans. I thought the fans were tremendous for us today.”

Yes, this is the “process” to avoiding a blackout next Sunday.

In the minutes after Kansas City’s $63 million QB launched his fourth interception of the day, misfired on two more open deep balls and was caught by CBS television cameras telling someone — maybe booing Chiefs fans or Haley barking in his headset — to shut the (expletive) up, Haley campaigned for ticket sales.

“I just publicly want to thank the fans for making a lot of noise for us today,” Haley said.

The boos were quite loud. And the silence was deafening at times. I can’t really blame the fans.

Kansas City’s off-the-street receivers — Chris Chambers, Bobby Wade and Lance Long — were as bad as quarterback Matt Cassel, who early in the game overthrew a wide-open Mark Bradley twice.

Chambers dropped a critical pass along the goal line late in the fourth quarter, got flagged for a holding penalty on the same drive and got his hands on a ball that was tipped and intercepted in the fourth quarter.

Compared with Chambers, Wade had an awesome game. His most noteworthy screwup came on the last play of the third quarter when he inexplicably failed to field a punt that eventually traveled 73 yards before being stopped at the KC 7.

As for Long, well, the Bills brutalized “Wes Welker Lite,” smacking him around on several kickoff returns and turning his two receptions into negative-yardage plays.

Oh, and the Chiefs’ defense gave up 200 rushing yards and Haley continued to play a losing game of rock-paper-scissors with fourth-and-short decisions. Do I need to mention that in a close game against the league’s worst rushing defense the Chiefs threw the ball 43 times and ran it 26?

Is it fair to criticize Haley for wanting to feed Cassel? The Sixty Million Dollar Man’s QB rating jumped 21 points from last week to an astronomical 35.4, and Jamaal Charles picked up only 143 yards in 20 carries.

We talking ’bout progress, man. Not da playoffs. We talking ’bout progress.

Progress isn’t happening. Pandering is.

When this nightmare of a game ended, someone told Haley the most important thing to do was thank the limited number of fans who enthusiastically booed when KC’s offense stunk and cheered when Charles was given the opportunity to make plays.

“I thought the fans were tremendous for us today,” Haley said. “I thought they were loud, a disruption for the Bills much of the game.”

Yes, sir, the refs flagged the Bills for three penalties on Sunday —- two holdings and one pass interference. Buffalo clearly lost its composure inside thundering Arrowhead Stadium. You might think a noise-rattled team on the road would jump offsides or blow timeouts, but you don’t understand the “process.”

Or you don’t understand Kansas City’s ticket-selling “process.” It’s founded on gassing up gullible fans with poorly timed, poorly delivered platitudes. Haley sounded like Eddie Haskell.

The most troubling aspect of it all is that it’s an indication that Haley is receiving awful advice. He’s a rookie head coach. He needs solid, mature mentoring and guidance. He’s not getting it. He’s getting just the opposite.

Whoever told him to shill for ticket sales in the moments after that performance should be removed from Haley’s inner circle.

Some of you might think I’m pouncing on something small and insignificant. You’re wrong. The cliche is true: The truth is buried in the details.

Haley is likely receiving a lot of bad advice, not just on the proper tone to set in his postgame remarks. And if he’s receiving good advice, he’s ignoring it or can’t execute it.

This would explain all of the odd fourth-down decisions throughout the year. It would explain the fake punt deep his own territory last week. It would explain his Bobby Knight coaching style early in the season. It would explain a lot.

Haley looks amateur because his front-office support system (Clark Hunt and Scott Pioli) is amateur and he blew up the one assistant coach (Chan Gailey) with the necessary experience and credibility to help him.

So at 3-10 and one home game left on the schedule and a 156-game nonblackout streak on the line, Hunt, Pioli and Haley have been reduced to begging.

Please buy tickets, pay $22 to park and fill up Arrowhead Stadium next Sunday. Even if you boo, wear bags over your head and your children get ill watching the Chiefs play, Todd Haley will thank you for your $upport.

DBOSHO · 12-14-2009, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Come see us shit the bed again, it will be brown.

I like it.

Christofire · 12-14-2009, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DBOSHO

What will the tagline for next week be?

"Come see the browns get shit on."

I wish I was confident that would be the case. Unless you mean they're stepping in ours.

splatbass · 12-14-2009, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

I am not going to be like many here and start the season saying " if we win 3 or more games I call the season a success" then the first sign of suck they bail and jump on the cool thing, just for the sake of rep points...

Good point. It amazes me how many have done that.

Hootie · 12-14-2009, 02:25 AM

I'm hosting a "true fans" party on draft day...hopefully me and KCJohnny don't end up sucking each other off when we take Suh 3rd overall.

irishjayhawk · 12-14-2009, 05:50 AM

As much as I agree with whitlock here, I get tired of the "process" being brought up since it hasn't even been a year on "the process".

Pioli Zombie · 12-14-2009, 06:52 AM

Cassel is a poopie mouth.
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ILChief · 12-14-2009, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bigbucks24

Love tyhe positive attitude, Reerun. I have a question for you. When you say 3 years to turn this around......what does that mean to you? I mean, 3 years to see progress? 3 years to make it to the playoffs? 3 years to be a SB contender? Where do they have to be in 3 years for you to be right? And where do they have to be NEXT year for you to continue thae support?

This isn't just for Reerun. These questions are for all.

I would say next year we need to be at .500 at least and the year after that be a playoff team.

InChiefsHeaven · 12-14-2009, 07:09 AM

My wife dragged me to the New Moon movie, which started at like 12:20. So I was listening on the radio to the first "drive" the Chiefs had...God help me, I was glad I went to the stupid movie...

**DeezNutz** · 12-14-2009, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Got Grbac

I'm hosting a "true fans" party on draft day...hopefully me and KCJohnny don't end up sucking each other off when we take Suh 3rd overall.

**cabletech94** · 12-14-2009, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

My wife dragged me to the New Moon movie, which started at like 12:20. So I was listening on the radio to the first "drive" the Chiefs had...God help me, I was glad I went to the stupid movie...

Your man card should be revoked.

(But you only wasted 2 hours of your life, not 3 like the rest of us. Your card has been saved!!!)

TEX · 12-14-2009, 08:09 AM

Haley looks amateur because his front-office support system (Clark Hunt and Scott Pioli) is amateur and he blew up the one assistant coach (Chan Gailey) with the necessary experience and credibility to help him.

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This is exactly the case. Said it at the time he dumped Chan. It was very easy to see.

Chiefnj2 · 12-14-2009, 08:18 AM

"Do I need to mention that in a close game against the league’s worst rushing defense the Chiefs threw the ball 43 times and ran it 26?"

I don't even know what to say about that.

**notorious** · 12-14-2009, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

"Do I need to mention that in a close game against the league’s worst rushing defense the Chiefs threw the ball 43 times and ran it 26?"

I don't even know what to say about that.

It its insane, isn't it?

I wonder if Whitlock is the kind of person that is happy all of his doom and gloom is coming true or if he is pissed and rather be wrong about everything and have this team heading in the right direction.

Chiefnj2 · 12-14-2009, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by notorious

It its insane, isn't it?

I wonder if Whitlock is the kind of person that is happy all of his doom and gloom is coming true or if he is pissed and rather be wrong about everything and have this team heading in the right direction.

Seriously, what could Haley be thinking?

Last week the Jets had 15 pass attempts for 104 yards and 38 runs for well over 200 yards and they won the game. Tony Richardson had a 19 yard run.

Why the heck do you focus your game on your struggling QB and WR's who dropped 7 passes in the first half of last weeks game?

InChiefsHeaven · 12-14-2009, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by TEX

Haley looks amateur because his front-office support system (Clark Hunt and Scott Pioli) is amateur and he blew up the one assistant coach (Chan Gailey) with the necessary experience and credibility to help him.

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This is exactly the case. Said it at the time he dumped Chan. It was very easy to see.

THat was one of the most non-sensical decisions Haley has made...and there is a loooong list of weird decisions. Yes, he's a rookie head coach, so I expect some dumb decisions, but piling on your responsibilities as the OC AND QB coach AND head coach was just plain stupid. Hopefully they'll get an OC and QB coach next season. It's just too much to ask of a seasoned veteran coach, let alone a rookie like Haley...

12-13-2009, 11:27 PM
OnTheWarpath15 MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $2021115	Whitlock: Chiefs should thank anyone who sat through this game http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/1629259.html By JASON WHITLOCK The Kansas City Star The “process” has entered the pandering phase. That’s the only explanation for Chiefs coach Todd Haley opening his postgame news conference with a disingenuous thank you to the 30,000-plus Chiefs fans who filled 80,000-seat Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. “Before I get started,” Haley said in the aftermath of Kansas City’s 10th loss, a 16-10 snoozer to the Buffalo Bills, “publicly I want to thank the fans. I thought the fans were tremendous for us today.” Yes, this is the “process” to avoiding a blackout next Sunday. In the minutes after Kansas City’s $63 million QB launched his fourth interception of the day, misfired on two more open deep balls and was caught by CBS television cameras telling someone — maybe booing Chiefs fans or Haley barking in his headset — to shut the (expletive) up, Haley campaigned for ticket sales. “I just publicly want to thank the fans for making a lot of noise for us today,” Haley said. The boos were quite loud. And the silence was deafening at times. I can’t really blame the fans. Kansas City’s off-the-street receivers — Chris Chambers, Bobby Wade and Lance Long — were as bad as quarterback Matt Cassel, who early in the game overthrew a wide-open Mark Bradley twice. Chambers dropped a critical pass along the goal line late in the fourth quarter, got flagged for a holding penalty on the same drive and got his hands on a ball that was tipped and intercepted in the fourth quarter. Compared with Chambers, Wade had an awesome game. His most noteworthy screwup came on the last play of the third quarter when he inexplicably failed to field a punt that eventually traveled 73 yards before being stopped at the KC 7. As for Long, well, the Bills brutalized “Wes Welker Lite,” smacking him around on several kickoff returns and turning his two receptions into negative-yardage plays. Oh, and the Chiefs’ defense gave up 200 rushing yards and Haley continued to play a losing game of rock-paper-scissors with fourth-and-short decisions. Do I need to mention that in a close game against the league’s worst rushing defense the Chiefs threw the ball 43 times and ran it 26? Is it fair to criticize Haley for wanting to feed Cassel? The Sixty Million Dollar Man’s QB rating jumped 21 points from last week to an astronomical 35.4, and Jamaal Charles picked up only 143 yards in 20 carries. We talking ’bout progress, man. Not da playoffs. We talking ’bout progress. Progress isn’t happening. Pandering is. When this nightmare of a game ended, someone told Haley the most important thing to do was thank the limited number of fans who enthusiastically booed when KC’s offense stunk and cheered when Charles was given the opportunity to make plays. “I thought the fans were tremendous for us today,” Haley said. “I thought they were loud, a disruption for the Bills much of the game.” Yes, sir, the refs flagged the Bills for three penalties on Sunday —- two holdings and one pass interference. Buffalo clearly lost its composure inside thundering Arrowhead Stadium. You might think a noise-rattled team on the road would jump offsides or blow timeouts, but you don’t understand the “process.” Or you don’t understand Kansas City’s ticket-selling “process.” It’s founded on gassing up gullible fans with poorly timed, poorly delivered platitudes. Haley sounded like Eddie Haskell. The most troubling aspect of it all is that it’s an indication that Haley is receiving awful advice. He’s a rookie head coach. He needs solid, mature mentoring and guidance. He’s not getting it. He’s getting just the opposite. Whoever told him to shill for ticket sales in the moments after that performance should be removed from Haley’s inner circle. Some of you might think I’m pouncing on something small and insignificant. You’re wrong. The cliche is true: The truth is buried in the details. Haley is likely receiving a lot of bad advice, not just on the proper tone to set in his postgame remarks. And if he’s receiving good advice, he’s ignoring it or can’t execute it. This would explain all of the odd fourth-down decisions throughout the year. It would explain the fake punt deep his own territory last week. It would explain his Bobby Knight coaching style early in the season. It would explain a lot. Haley looks amateur because his front-office support system (Clark Hunt and Scott Pioli) is amateur and he blew up the one assistant coach (Chan Gailey) with the necessary experience and credibility to help him. So at 3-10 and one home game left on the schedule and a 156-game nonblackout streak on the line, Hunt, Pioli and Haley have been reduced to begging. Please buy tickets, pay $22 to park and fill up Arrowhead Stadium next Sunday. Even if you boo, wear bags over your head and your children get ill watching the Chiefs play, Todd Haley will thank you for your $upport.
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12-14-2009, 02:25 AM	#49
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12-14-2009, 05:50 AM	#50
irishjayhawk Feelin' Alright Join Date: Aug 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	As much as I agree with whitlock here, I get tired of the "process" being brought up since it hasn't even been a year on "the process". __________________ "Think about how stupid the average person is. Then remember that half the people in the world are stupider than that." --George Carlin
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12-14-2009, 07:09 AM	#53
InChiefsHeaven Rockin' yer FACE OFF! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Casino cash: $525437	My wife dragged me to the New Moon movie, which started at like 12:20. So I was listening on the radio to the first "drive" the Chiefs had...God help me, I was glad I went to the stupid movie... __________________ We have a million reasons for failure, but not one excuse... Die Donks, DIE!! Holy Crap fellas!!! We did it!!! THREE TIMES!!!
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TEX Out Gunning CP's Fandom Police Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Galveston, TX Casino cash: $-1506873	Haley looks amateur because his front-office support system (Clark Hunt and Scott Pioli) is amateur and he blew up the one assistant coach (Chan Gailey) with the necessary experience and credibility to help him. ____________________________________________________________________________ This is exactly the case. Said it at the time he dumped Chan. It was very easy to see. __________________ "Do we have time to run WASP?"
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12-14-2009, 08:18 AM	#57
Chiefnj2 In Search of a Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Casino cash: $6654388	"Do I need to mention that in a close game against the league’s worst rushing defense the Chiefs threw the ball 43 times and ran it 26?" I don't even know what to say about that. __________________ Mismanaging the clock.
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