Gretz takes a shot at Whitlock and Jack Harry - Page 3

Hammock Parties · 10-24-2007, 05:12 PM

Pathetic.

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2007/10...stly_response/

GRETZ: A Not-So Priestly Response
Oct 24, 2007, 2:28:17 AM by Bob Gretz - FAQ

I must admit it was really enjoyable watching Priest Holmes run the football last Sunday in Oakland.

Not that it wasn’t always fun to see Priest tote the pig in his first incarnation with the Chiefs offense; for a span of about three years he was one of the most powerful offensive forces in the game and any run or catch could turn into the play of the game.

And, while his five touches totaled just three yards by the end of the game, it was just so much fun to see him back on the field and defying the pundits and those who said it couldn’t be done, wouldn’t be done and shouldn’t be done.

Yes, I loved it because Priest shoved it right up the nose of some media types in this town. Specifically, he made a 4XL sports columnist and a diminutive TV sportscaster look awful stupid, not that they need much help with that on most days.

The columnist made fun of everything about Holmes return to the team back in training camp, calling it a joke, a circus, a money-grab, a negotiating ploy and on and on. Not once did he consider that maybe it was something else, that maybe it was a man trying to return to what he does best.

The tiny TV guy had two years earlier “retired” Holmes. Just days after Shawne Merriman had knocked Holmes out with a vicious hit, this joker went on the air and told his tiny audience that the Chiefs running back was retiring.

There were no maybes, no thinking about it, no “he’s considering his options.” He flat out announced his retirement, that he would never play again.

When was the last time somebody on the TV news was that wrong? OK, besides the weather folks, when was the last time a local sportscaster so screwed up a story? Then this same yakker has pontificated for the last two years that the only reason Holmes had not officially retired was because if he did, Carl Peterson would go after his signing bonus. Of course, that was never something that the Peterson or the Chiefs ever considered or would have done, but that fact didn’t matter to this rumor monger.

That’s why watching Priest was so much fun. Oh how it had to burn on Sunday afternoon when these two had to watch Holmes not only play again, but contribute to a Chiefs victory.

Some would say “Gretz, why make it so personal with these guys?” My answer is simple. I didn’t make it personal; they did. If you want to know why the public holds people in the media in the same level of contempt as politicians and streetwalkers, this is the perfect example.

Neither one of these men knew Priest Holmes, yet they were arrogant enough to put themselves into his head and his heart and establish his future and his motives with nary a shred of evidence.

They and their ilk seek the negative side of every story. Somebody is always lying, somebody is always trying to get over on somebody else, these people are withholding the truth, those folks are running a scam. Generally, somebody with that type of outlook on life is always lying themselves, always trying to take advantage of something or someone and always dealing in the shadows. They project their seedy, unhappy view of life onto everyone they write and speak about. They think “this is how I would react’ so that must be how he’s reacting. It tells us more about them than it does about their subjects.

How much Priest plays and what he ultimately brings to the 2007 Chiefs we will see over the next two months. What happened last Sunday in Oakland might be as good as it gets. If so, that would be OK,

Priest Holmes has too much class to gloat about making these jokers look bad. I don’t share that same level of class. I will gloat for him.

FloridaMan88 · 10-25-2007, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

Your and idiot.

Sorry I'm not going to join the hero's reception that Priest's "return" has generated.

Priest faked an injury for the past year which is why he was so secretive about the details relating to his injury. It is also a slap in the face to guys like Michael Irvin, Sterling Sharpe, Steve Young, Troy Aikman and Trent Green... guys who HAVE actually sustained serious head/neurological injuries and have had their careers ended as a result of these injuries

burt · 10-25-2007, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsfan88

Sorry I'm not going to join the hero's reception that Priest's "return" has generated.

Priest faked an injury for the past year which is why he was so secretive about the details relating to his injury. It is also a slap in the face to guys like Michael Irvin, Sterling Sharpe, Steve Young, Troy Aikman and Trent Green... guys who HAVE actually sustained serious head/neurological injuries and have had their careers ended as a result of these injuries

Damn, I wish I knew everyfockingthing like you. After this comment, I am not sure who is smarter, Hootie, Clayton, or you. Why don't you three play Trivial Pursuit to see who is the smartest....(that game should take them off the planet for about 5 years....)

Molitoth · 10-25-2007, 08:19 AM

Is it just me, or does it seem like the same people that run around blowing Huard are the same one's calling for Priests head a plate.

The people that want Huard gone, are loving Priests return?

burt · 10-25-2007, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Molitoth

Is it just me, or does it seem like the same people that run around blowing Huard are the same one's calling for Priests head a plate.

The people that want Huard gone, are loving Priests return?

It's just you.

smittysbar · 10-25-2007, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsfan88

Sorry I'm not going to join the hero's reception that Priest's "return" has generated.

Priest faked an injury for the past year which is why he was so secretive about the details relating to his injury. It is also a slap in the face to guys like Michael Irvin, Sterling Sharpe, Steve Young, Troy Aikman and Trent Green... guys who HAVE actually sustained serious head/neurological injuries and have had their careers ended as a result of these injuries

What makes you think he faked it? And as far as him being lazy, he was one of if the hardest worker on the team before the injury, and probably as of late as well

**Lzen** · 10-25-2007, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsfan88

Sorry I'm not going to join the hero's reception that Priest's "return" has generated.

Priest faked an injury for the past year which is why he was so secretive about the details relating to his injury. It is also a slap in the face to guys like Michael Irvin, Sterling Sharpe, Steve Young, Troy Aikman and Trent Green... guys who HAVE actually sustained serious head/neurological injuries and have had their careers ended as a result of these injuries

Priest faked an injury? And what proof of this do you have? I think you're full of crap.

**MahiMike** · 10-25-2007, 09:21 AM

That's the most immature article I've ever seen by a so-called professional writer. Not only did he go way past the line, his points aren't even relevant. Yes, Priest played this weekend. Big deal. Any betting man with any sense would have gone against the odds based on how Priest acted. Gretz has always been a tool and a yes-man. He knows what side his bread is larded on. But pointing your finger and screaming "told ya so! nanananana!" on an official website is not even high-schoolish. It's JV at best.

Why doesn't he just challenge 4XL to a rib-eating contest?

Chiefnj2 · 10-25-2007, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MahiMike

Why doesn't he just challenge 4XL to a rib-eating contest?

The King is sure to like that idea. "The Official Rib Eating Contest of The Kansas City Chiefs!" I wonder how much he could charge fans for parking to view the festivities?

HypnotizedMonkey · 10-25-2007, 09:31 AM

Are they gonna have like a Anchorman-like standoff in downtown KC or something? Where'd you get those clothes? the Toilet Store?

**BigRedChief** · 10-25-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by morphius

What did you learn from Jack Harry?

That King Carl is a douch and needs to be run out of town on a rail.

FAX · 10-25-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsfan88

... Priest sat out for a season and a half with an exaggerated injury. He found a doctor to prescribe exactly what he was looking for which is to sit out for a year and get paid and not have to do any work. Priest is a lazy, hypochondriac, selfish fraud who Whitlock has accurately exposed. ...

Maybe. I'm not certain, but don't NFL teams have their own doctors who evaluate a player's health status and also report their findings, Mr. KCChiefsfan88? It seems to me that it would be somewhat difficult for a player to scam the system and take a year or two off based on the diagnosis of his private physician.

FAX

bluehawkdoc · 10-25-2007, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsfan88

Sorry I'm not going to join the hero's reception that Priest's "return" has generated.

Priest faked an injury for the past year which is why he was so secretive about the details relating to his injury. It is also a slap in the face to guys like Michael Irvin, Sterling Sharpe, Steve Young, Troy Aikman and Trent Green... guys who HAVE actually sustained serious head/neurological injuries and have had their careers ended as a result of these injuries

Boy, aren't you full of yourself. I find it humorous that you would act as though you have carnal knowledge of anyone's health/psyche, much less a professional athlete that you don't know personally. With such a talent as this, you shouldn't waste your time on a message board with simpletons like us. Instead, you could get a job guessing people's weights at the county fair.

bobbything · 10-25-2007, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by HypnotizedMonkey

Are they gonna have like a Anchorman-like standoff in downtown KC or something? Where'd you get those clothes? the Toilet Store?

Exactly. This whole pissing contest between the media is dumb. It's not entertaining and both sides of this debate end up looking like boobs.

Whitlock is fat. So what? He thought the whole Priest thing was a joke. So did most everyone. His problem is that, rather than own up to being wrong, he'll try and spin it into something else.

Gretz is a yes man for the Chiefs. So what? He gets paid to, basically, pimp the Chiefs. That's not gonna change.

Jack Harry is old. In fact, I thought he was older than Lamar Hunt. When Hunt died, I thought that Harry might be the oldest living human. Well, the angriest anyway.

All three of them bitching at one another is like listening to 3 blowhards in a bar argue about sports. It's not entertaining unless you're part of the argument.

Hammock Parties · 10-25-2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bobbything

It's not entertaining

I find it highly entertaining. People take sports media way too seriously.

bobbything · 10-25-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by GOATSE

I find it highly entertaining. People take sports media way too seriously.

I bet you find the WWF entertaining as well.

10-24-2007, 05:12 PM
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $4380478	Gretz takes a shot at Whitlock and Jack Harry Pathetic. http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2007/10...stly_response/ GRETZ: A Not-So Priestly Response Oct 24, 2007, 2:28:17 AM by Bob Gretz - FAQ I must admit it was really enjoyable watching Priest Holmes run the football last Sunday in Oakland. Not that it wasn’t always fun to see Priest tote the pig in his first incarnation with the Chiefs offense; for a span of about three years he was one of the most powerful offensive forces in the game and any run or catch could turn into the play of the game. And, while his five touches totaled just three yards by the end of the game, it was just so much fun to see him back on the field and defying the pundits and those who said it couldn’t be done, wouldn’t be done and shouldn’t be done. Yes, I loved it because Priest shoved it right up the nose of some media types in this town. Specifically, he made a 4XL sports columnist and a diminutive TV sportscaster look awful stupid, not that they need much help with that on most days. The columnist made fun of everything about Holmes return to the team back in training camp, calling it a joke, a circus, a money-grab, a negotiating ploy and on and on. Not once did he consider that maybe it was something else, that maybe it was a man trying to return to what he does best. The tiny TV guy had two years earlier “retired” Holmes. Just days after Shawne Merriman had knocked Holmes out with a vicious hit, this joker went on the air and told his tiny audience that the Chiefs running back was retiring. There were no maybes, no thinking about it, no “he’s considering his options.” He flat out announced his retirement, that he would never play again. When was the last time somebody on the TV news was that wrong? OK, besides the weather folks, when was the last time a local sportscaster so screwed up a story? Then this same yakker has pontificated for the last two years that the only reason Holmes had not officially retired was because if he did, Carl Peterson would go after his signing bonus. Of course, that was never something that the Peterson or the Chiefs ever considered or would have done, but that fact didn’t matter to this rumor monger. That’s why watching Priest was so much fun. Oh how it had to burn on Sunday afternoon when these two had to watch Holmes not only play again, but contribute to a Chiefs victory. Some would say “Gretz, why make it so personal with these guys?” My answer is simple. I didn’t make it personal; they did. If you want to know why the public holds people in the media in the same level of contempt as politicians and streetwalkers, this is the perfect example. Neither one of these men knew Priest Holmes, yet they were arrogant enough to put themselves into his head and his heart and establish his future and his motives with nary a shred of evidence. They and their ilk seek the negative side of every story. Somebody is always lying, somebody is always trying to get over on somebody else, these people are withholding the truth, those folks are running a scam. Generally, somebody with that type of outlook on life is always lying themselves, always trying to take advantage of something or someone and always dealing in the shadows. They project their seedy, unhappy view of life onto everyone they write and speak about. They think “this is how I would react’ so that must be how he’s reacting. It tells us more about them than it does about their subjects. How much Priest plays and what he ultimately brings to the 2007 Chiefs we will see over the next two months. What happened last Sunday in Oakland might be as good as it gets. If so, that would be OK, Priest Holmes has too much class to gloat about making these jokers look bad. I don’t share that same level of class. I will gloat for him.
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10-25-2007, 09:21 AM	#37
MahiMike He's Mahomie! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Jax, FL Casino cash: $10023443	That's the most immature article I've ever seen by a so-called professional writer. Not only did he go way past the line, his points aren't even relevant. Yes, Priest played this weekend. Big deal. Any betting man with any sense would have gone against the odds based on how Priest acted. Gretz has always been a tool and a yes-man. He knows what side his bread is larded on. But pointing your finger and screaming "told ya so! nanananana!" on an official website is not even high-schoolish. It's JV at best. Why doesn't he just challenge 4XL to a rib-eating contest?
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