Marcus Allen Speaks - Page 2

2bikemike · 10-01-2004, 12:15 PM

Hope this is not a repost.

GRETZ: From the Mouth of Marcus
Oct 01, 2004, 7:05:16 AM by Bob Gretz
Last week, Marcus Allen was in town working for CBS-TV on its coverage of the NFL. Allen spent several days around the Chiefs and filed a report that appeared on the network’s pre-game show.

He also took the time to make a live appearance on Carl Peterson’s weekly radio show on KCFX. On this Thursday night, the venue was Pete’s Inn, up in the northern environs of Kansas City. The other guest that night was linebacker Monty Beisel.

What Beisel, the big crowd watching and those listening to the show received was a real peak into what made Allen tick. Want to know why Marcus Allen is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame? Then read on.

What Allen had to say was also very apropos to what’s happening with the Chiefs as they attempt to shake their 0-3 record and grab a victory in Baltimore on Monday night. It’s about the mental mindset necessary to achieve greatness in the game of football.

Here’s some of what Allen had to say. Understand this: the printed word cannot translate the great passion in his voice as he talked to Beisel and the crowd. This was not Marcus Allen, playing Mr. Cool. This was Marcus Allen talking from the heart, revealing the heart beat that led him to Canton.

“It really boils down in my mind to attitude … despite what has happened, despite what is in front of them, all the hurdles, adversity, controversy, whatever, they have to find a way to win. Each individual has to look deep, deep within himself and find the motivation.

“I’m sure Monty you didn’t come here just to have a mundane existence. You want to make noise. When I came here, I wanted these people to recognize my name 100 years from now. That’s what it is, attitude. You cannot accept anything else but great play. If they end up getting a play on you, your attitude is it will never happen again and you know what, they are going to pay for it.

“I was lucky enough to be among all those Hall of Famers last year. Those guys recognized that they played with a purpose to be great, to make a difference, to standout. That’s what you want. You make some noise. You let people know you were here a 100 years from now. That’s what it’s all about.

“Teams have looked and the perception is, if your running game is anemic, you can come to Kansas City and get well. Those days are over with and that’s what you’ve got to tell each and everybody on that defense; the times are changing, you guys are ready to dominate, you guys are ready to step up and be recognized for the people and players that you are. You guys wouldn’t be in this league if you couldn’t play.”

Monty Beisel: “That’s something we are trying to build. The last two weeks you guys haven’t seen a finished product yet. You are not going to see it this week …”

Marcus Allen: “OK, listen here; enough of that, enough of that trying. Carl pays you to win. I get paid to win. I didn’t get paid to try. You can get anybody to try. I can get these people to try. You’ve got to win. You get paid to win; you get paid to make tackles.

“You can’t accept anything less. If you want to be great, if you want to be better than great, that’s the level you have to reach, and you have to take the guy that’s next to you along the same way. You’ve got to say, ‘Listen here, we are the baddest brothers on the block and nobody is going to come into our house and …

“I always said you have to have 12 men on the field to stop us, because you aren’t going to stop us with 11. I will not be stopped. That’s what you have to believe. That has to be your feeling beyond a shadow of a doubt. Let no doubts seep in. You’ve got to be the baddest guy on the field. I never said this out loud before but I had Joe Montana in front of me, but you know who I said the best player on the field? Me.

“It’s so difficult to put into words, to stand in Canton among these great, great players and we all have this one common denominator: we wanted to be great. I came into this league I wanted to be one of the greatest players who played. I didn’t want to be just a guy that played in the National Football League. Hopefully you have 11 guys on defense, 11 guys on offense that say the same thing: that they want to be one of the great players to play this game, not just a guy who played in this league. There are a lot of guys who played in this league.

“We are in a great, great fraternity. We are an elite group of people. One thing that I would not let determine my life was fear. That’s why I played with reckless abandon. I laid it on the line. Did I fail sometimes? I wouldn’t call it failing. Yeah, I fell short sometimes. But I succeeded by going out there and putting it on the line. I wanted the ball. I wanted the ball when nobody else wanted it. I wanted it when Coach (Paul) Hackett wanted to give it to somebody else.

‘There are two types of players in this game: those that know and those that don’t know. And when you don’t know, you can’t play in this league, or you won’t play for very long. But when you do know, the game becomes very, very easy and you can just play. Nobody wants to think out there. I just loved to react. Once you get that down, the game is all yours. Learn as much about it as you possibly can. Ask questions. That’s what I did. I would go to the secondary coach and ask, ‘What are you guys doing in this situation? As a running back, when I see this coverage, what are you guys doing?’”

stevieray · 10-01-2004, 03:10 PM

I was fortunate enough to be there. The atmosphere was unbelievable, he had the whole place cheering.

PastorMikH · 10-01-2004, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JazzzLovr

Reaching a new level of geekdom by beating JBret to the Star Wars reference...

So now you're going for that girlgochiefs bit???

JazzzLovr · 10-01-2004, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by PastorMikH

So now you're going for that girlgochiefs bit???

You're lucky I like you.

PastorMikH · 10-01-2004, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JazzzLovr

You're lucky I like you.

Oh, you think that makes my lucky?

whoman69 · 10-01-2004, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

And we can get Deion as a defensive cordinator.

I wouldn't sign Deion to clean dirty jocks.

DT4everaChief · 10-01-2004, 07:28 PM

Maybe Carl could get Marcus to come into the locker room after practice and give the entire speech to the defense. That was awesome.

AirForceChief · 10-01-2004, 07:55 PM

When I read this post, I could not help but hearken back to Marcus' Hall of Fame induction speech: IT WAS THE WORST OF THE BUNCH!!

I know this is sacrilege amongst Chief/Raider fans. However, I was there. I talked to "some relation" of his just prior to the speech. She was as full of herself as he was of himself (at least she was honest enough to say, "He never looked good in red and gold, and he’ll always be a Raider to us").

Of all the induction speeches, Allen's was by far the most arrogant, pompous, "hey, I deserve this, thanks for coming around" talks of them all.

Thus, when I read this article earlier today, I had one thought: This guy can't get enough of himself!

Before you blast me, let me express that I thought Allen was awesome as a Chief. Always enjoyed his performance on the field. Was stunned to hear his acceptance speech at Canton. This article just brought it all back. In a nutshell: LOOK AT ME! What? WHY ARN"T YOU LOKING AT ME?!?

If anyone that was at Canton last year has a differing opinion, I'd love to hear it.

Ralphy Boy · 10-01-2004, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AirForceChief

When I read this post, I could not help but hearken back to Marcus' Hall of Fame induction speech: IT WAS THE WORST OF THE BUNCH!!

I know this is sacrilege amongst Chief/Raider fans. However, I was there. I talked to "some relation" of his just prior to the speech. She was as full of herself as he was of himself (at least she was honest enough to say, "He never looked good in red and gold, and he’ll always be a Raider to us").

Of all the induction speeches, Allen's was by far the most arrogant, pompous, "hey, I deserve this, thanks for coming around" talks of them all.

Thus, when I read this article earlier today, I had one thought: This guy can't get enough of himself!

Before you blast me, let me express that I thought Allen was awesome as a Chief. Always enjoyed his performance on the field. Was stunned to hear his acceptance speech at Canton. This article just brought it all back. In a nutshell: LOOK AT ME! What? WHY ARN"T YOU LOKING AT ME?!?

If anyone that was at Canton last year has a differing opinion, I'd love to hear it.

Given what Marcus accomplished, he can say whatever he wants and be as arrogant as he wants and I don't really give a crap about what happened in Canton, because his speach in KC the other night was DEAD ON!
I'm sick of babying our defense, put up or shut up, you are paid to play but you gotta have heart to be great and if that means being arrogant, then be it. Be the most arrogant SOB you want to be, but back it up on the field and that is exactly what Marcus Allen did. If the arrogance has to come first before they've earned it, then fine say your the best and make it a self fulfilling prophecy. Get cocky, get arrogant and knock their damn heads off.

I'm beginning to think that as many of us had hoped Gunthers cocky attitude that he had when he was before, that we hoped he still had and seemed to see in him still when he returned might have lost something.
Sack up Gunther, Man Up! Make this defense realize that if they aren't capable of making themselves great then they'll be replaced by someone who will.
That goes for Dick, Carl and the entire team.

Ralphy Boy · 10-01-2004, 09:01 PM

As a matter of fact, it goes for all of the fans and everyone on this board. Half if not most of us have written them off this year and we are taking crap off of people and broadcasters because we think we deserve it. I'm tired of hearing it and I'd like our whole team to take Eric Hicks' attitude with regards to everyone second guessing what has gone on here this year and offseason.
It actually makes me wish half of our team was as arrogant as Carl who could really care less what anyone thinks of the job he's done.

10-01-2004, 12:15 PM
2bikemike Born to Ride Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NWA Casino cash: $1925377	Marcus Allen Speaks Hope this is not a repost. GRETZ: From the Mouth of Marcus Oct 01, 2004, 7:05:16 AM by Bob Gretz Last week, Marcus Allen was in town working for CBS-TV on its coverage of the NFL. Allen spent several days around the Chiefs and filed a report that appeared on the network’s pre-game show. He also took the time to make a live appearance on Carl Peterson’s weekly radio show on KCFX. On this Thursday night, the venue was Pete’s Inn, up in the northern environs of Kansas City. The other guest that night was linebacker Monty Beisel. What Beisel, the big crowd watching and those listening to the show received was a real peak into what made Allen tick. Want to know why Marcus Allen is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame? Then read on. What Allen had to say was also very apropos to what’s happening with the Chiefs as they attempt to shake their 0-3 record and grab a victory in Baltimore on Monday night. It’s about the mental mindset necessary to achieve greatness in the game of football. Here’s some of what Allen had to say. Understand this: the printed word cannot translate the great passion in his voice as he talked to Beisel and the crowd. This was not Marcus Allen, playing Mr. Cool. This was Marcus Allen talking from the heart, revealing the heart beat that led him to Canton. “It really boils down in my mind to attitude … despite what has happened, despite what is in front of them, all the hurdles, adversity, controversy, whatever, they have to find a way to win. Each individual has to look deep, deep within himself and find the motivation. “I’m sure Monty you didn’t come here just to have a mundane existence. You want to make noise. When I came here, I wanted these people to recognize my name 100 years from now. That’s what it is, attitude. You cannot accept anything else but great play. If they end up getting a play on you, your attitude is it will never happen again and you know what, they are going to pay for it. “I was lucky enough to be among all those Hall of Famers last year. Those guys recognized that they played with a purpose to be great, to make a difference, to standout. That’s what you want. You make some noise. You let people know you were here a 100 years from now. That’s what it’s all about. “Teams have looked and the perception is, if your running game is anemic, you can come to Kansas City and get well. Those days are over with and that’s what you’ve got to tell each and everybody on that defense; the times are changing, you guys are ready to dominate, you guys are ready to step up and be recognized for the people and players that you are. You guys wouldn’t be in this league if you couldn’t play.” Monty Beisel: “That’s something we are trying to build. The last two weeks you guys haven’t seen a finished product yet. You are not going to see it this week …” Marcus Allen: “OK, listen here; enough of that, enough of that trying. Carl pays you to win. I get paid to win. I didn’t get paid to try. You can get anybody to try. I can get these people to try. You’ve got to win. You get paid to win; you get paid to make tackles. “You can’t accept anything less. If you want to be great, if you want to be better than great, that’s the level you have to reach, and you have to take the guy that’s next to you along the same way. You’ve got to say, ‘Listen here, we are the baddest brothers on the block and nobody is going to come into our house and … “I always said you have to have 12 men on the field to stop us, because you aren’t going to stop us with 11. I will not be stopped. That’s what you have to believe. That has to be your feeling beyond a shadow of a doubt. Let no doubts seep in. You’ve got to be the baddest guy on the field. I never said this out loud before but I had Joe Montana in front of me, but you know who I said the best player on the field? Me. “It’s so difficult to put into words, to stand in Canton among these great, great players and we all have this one common denominator: we wanted to be great. I came into this league I wanted to be one of the greatest players who played. I didn’t want to be just a guy that played in the National Football League. Hopefully you have 11 guys on defense, 11 guys on offense that say the same thing: that they want to be one of the great players to play this game, not just a guy who played in this league. There are a lot of guys who played in this league. “We are in a great, great fraternity. We are an elite group of people. One thing that I would not let determine my life was fear. That’s why I played with reckless abandon. I laid it on the line. Did I fail sometimes? I wouldn’t call it failing. Yeah, I fell short sometimes. But I succeeded by going out there and putting it on the line. I wanted the ball. I wanted the ball when nobody else wanted it. I wanted it when Coach (Paul) Hackett wanted to give it to somebody else. ‘There are two types of players in this game: those that know and those that don’t know. And when you don’t know, you can’t play in this league, or you won’t play for very long. But when you do know, the game becomes very, very easy and you can just play. Nobody wants to think out there. I just loved to react. Once you get that down, the game is all yours. Learn as much about it as you possibly can. Ask questions. That’s what I did. I would go to the secondary coach and ask, ‘What are you guys doing in this situation? As a running back, when I see this coverage, what are you guys doing?’”
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10-01-2004, 07:55 PM	#22
AirForceChief Thread Killer Extraordinaire Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Monument, Co Casino cash: $10004930	When I read this post, I could not help but hearken back to Marcus' Hall of Fame induction speech: IT WAS THE WORST OF THE BUNCH!! I know this is sacrilege amongst Chief/Raider fans. However, I was there. I talked to "some relation" of his just prior to the speech. She was as full of herself as he was of himself (at least she was honest enough to say, "He never looked good in red and gold, and he’ll always be a Raider to us"). Of all the induction speeches, Allen's was by far the most arrogant, pompous, "hey, I deserve this, thanks for coming around" talks of them all. Thus, when I read this article earlier today, I had one thought: This guy can't get enough of himself! Before you blast me, let me express that I thought Allen was awesome as a Chief. Always enjoyed his performance on the field. Was stunned to hear his acceptance speech at Canton. This article just brought it all back. In a nutshell: LOOK AT ME! What? WHY ARN"T YOU LOKING AT ME?!? If anyone that was at Canton last year has a differing opinion, I'd love to hear it. __________________ John Stuart Mill: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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10-01-2004, 09:01 PM	#24
Ralphy Boy MVP Join Date: Aug 2001 Casino cash: $10004900	As a matter of fact, it goes for all of the fans and everyone on this board. Half if not most of us have written them off this year and we are taking crap off of people and broadcasters because we think we deserve it. I'm tired of hearing it and I'd like our whole team to take Eric Hicks' attitude with regards to everyone second guessing what has gone on here this year and offseason. It actually makes me wish half of our team was as arrogant as Carl who could really care less what anyone thinks of the job he's done.
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