Mitch Holthus struggles with his emotions during post game wrap up

[scho63]

I love listening to Mitch Holthus and wish the radio broadcast wasn't two plays behind all the time. I know he is paid to support the Chiefs and never asks a hard question during interviews but he is one of the best local guys around-just try listening to most of the local coverage teams on radio and they SUCK.

After yesterday's loss, you can tell how much Mitch loves the Chiefs and how hard it was for him to try and go over the game. He couldn't even look squarely at the camera, just looking down for most of the talk with Reid Ferrin.

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[Brock]

The guy has been stuck here in the vortex of misery too long.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by npayne1978

After SF kicks this field goal then 3 of the 4 road teams won this weekend. That doesn't make me want to kill myself any less.

Why fight the feeling?

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

Suicide by horny giant tortoises

[gold_and_red]

Originally Posted by npayne1978

After SF kicks this field goal then 3 of the 4 road teams won this weekend. That doesn't make me want to kill myself any less.

And KC was the only playoff team to have a better road record than home record!!

[Big Poppa Payne]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Why fight the feeling?

I'm a little conflicted.

[GloryDayz]

"No excuses"? The team's five year plans are nothing more that a five year excuse. Just because the excuses are coming from the latest excusee, in the grand scheme of things this team lives off of overall excuses.

I'll add that his closeness to AR might give him more information than the average fan, but in the end his loyalty to AR and sucking up to AR is as much a requirement of his job as it might be true too.

He talks a lot about hurt. Great sound-bite material for sure, but I don't seem to recall seeing any anger, fighting, yelling or even a thrown helmet "out of frustration." Did I miss something? Hell, I'd love to see that kind of emotion, it might make me thing these guys care. All i saw was a bunch of typical coach-speak and players telling us what we all knew (IOW, a waste of an interview). "We didn't execute and ge the job done" and "credit to the Colts, they got the job done" and things of that ilk are just silly. So this seemed as much scripted as anything else. I'm left to wonder if he wasn't looking at the camera because he was reading from a teleprompter.

"How will they respond"? LOL, most are prolly headed to Cancun or a sunny beach location, and Bowe is headed to Denver! And they "will respond to Andy Reid like they have all year"? OK.....It begs the question, why was he asking them to suck blow big leads. I think Andy needs to get A LOT meaner if this is true.

Sorry to dis on the guy's interview, but I think the fans are hurting more than anybody who gets paid by the franchise. And the lack of documented emotion about this most egregious of losses is pretty telling.

[Big Poppa Payne]

Originally Posted by gold_and_red

And KC was the only playoff team to have a better road record than home record!!

God hates the Chiefs. That's the only possible explanation.

[HonestChieffan]

Mitch is top drawer. Anybody who can fault this guy is simply ****ed up. Listen to any other radio broadcast and you know this guy is one of the best

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Mitch is top drawer. Anybody who can fault this guy is simply ****ed up. Listen to any other radio broadcast and you know this guy is one of the best

I agree, but I don't discount his allegiance to a paycheck either. He's one I love to listen to, but I hate his employer and I know they demand certain things. Most of this (like 99% of it) was probably very heartfelt, but I just think there's a lot he's wanting to say but knows he has to pay the bills too.

So he's one of the best people in the franchise, but he IS in the franchise nonetheless.

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

"No excuses"? The team's five year plans are nothing more that a five year excuse. Just because the excuses are coming from the latest excusee, in the grand scheme of things this team lives off of overall excuses.

I'll add that his closeness to AR might give him more information than the average fan, but in the end his loyalty to AR and sucking up to AR is as much a requirement of his job as it might be true too.

He talks a lot about hurt. Great sound-bite material for sure, but I don't seem to recall seeing any anger, fighting, yelling or even a thrown helmet "out of frustration." Did I miss something? Hell, I'd love to see that kind of emotion, it might make me thing these guys care. All i saw was a bunch of typical coach-speak and players telling us what we all knew (IOW, a waste of an interview). "We didn't execute and ge the job done" and "credit to the Colts, they got the job done" and things of that ilk are just silly. So this seemed as much scripted as anything else. I'm left to wonder if he wasn't looking at the camera because he was reading from a teleprompter.

"How will they respond"? LOL, most are prolly headed to Cancun or a sunny beach location, and Bowe is headed to Denver! And they "will respond to Andy Reid like they have all year"? OK.....It begs the question, why was he asking them to suck blow big leads. I think Andy needs to get A LOT meaner if this is true.

Sorry to dis on the guy's interview, but I think the fans are hurting more than anybody who gets paid by the franchise. And the lack of documented emotion about this most egregious of losses is pretty telling.

I was thinking about this after looking back at the Saints player arguing with anyone who would listen on the side lines trying to get his helmet back so he could get back into the game. There was no way in hell they were putting him back out there after getting his bell rang, but he was obviously pissed about not being able to get back on the field and had a huge desire to get back out there for his team.

Our players often seem like the over the top desire to compete just isn't there. Sure they play hard, but I haven't noticed enough of the fire and emotion to pull through the tough moments of big games.

[Rasputin]

I really feel bad for Reid Ferrin after being a fan of the Chiefs for two years. It must be really hard for him to deal with this loss. Forget the lifers Reid Ferrin needs a hug.

[Fritz88]

What would one expect? Smile?
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[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I really feel bad for Reid Ferrin after being a fan of the Chiefs for two years. It must be really hard for him to deal with this loss. Forget the lifers Reid Ferrin needs a hug.

That's a very valid point.. Rep for you sir!

[Discuss Thrower]

I'm kind of puzzled why he hasn't moved on a la Kevin Harlan.

[Bowser]

Speaking of...

How much longer can Len Dawson sit in the booth and watch the Chiefs fail to either make it to the playoffs or advance to the playoffs? You know it's got to be eating him up even more than it does Mitch.