Clark Hunt will bang the Pre-game drum

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

For me, it was the way he reacted to the Herm Edwardss, the Romeo Crennells, the Scott Piolis, the Todd Haleys, that we suffered through. Except for one game in 2009 Arrowhead was a sell out every week (at least on the books) and he was apathetic to it all. When he hired Pioli we hired the man that every team wanted, and it seemed like he wanted to win at first, but no, he was happy to sit back, play with his soccer teams, and ignore the city of Kansas City.

And when he made moves like hiring Pioli, it had the illusion of wanting to win, but then he let Pioli sell Haley and himself some snake oil, and we got the Casshole. And then he watched Pioli drown Haley in the barrel of snake oil, and as Pioli was holding Haley's head under, Hunt watched Pioli claim that Tyler Palko deserves a spot on an NFL team.

And then when Haley started Palko, Hunt just watched from the sideline.

And then when Hunt hired Dorsey and Reid, it seemed like a move geared towards winning, but once again Hunt stood on the sideline watching terrible playoff loss and terrible playoff loss. The stadium continued to sell out, and losing playoff games was ok.

And maybe a lot of that is unfair, and maybe I felt the way I did because Clark Hunt speaks in a hushed monotone, and never seemed to be upset with losing.

And I freely admit that I was only seeing the public side of Clark Hunt, but after the Colts win, I saw the emotion in his face, and the tears in his eyes, and I felt like, hey, that's me. That's how I feel right now. (minus approximately all the billions) I finally saw the passion, and I saw that he had carried the weight of all those playoff losses in his heart, just like I did. He was me, and I was him, in that moment.

Clark Hunt is banging the drum on Sunday. If we win, and he holds that trophy, with his Father's name on it, lifts it to the sky, looks up and says "We did it, Dad" I will flat out bawl, with snot coming out of my nose, and all. I finally feel a connection between him, the team, and the city. On Sunday, if Clark Hunt lifts the Lamar Hunt trophy and says those words, I think it will be the sporting moment of this century.

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best post ever written on this site.

Agreed

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

best post ever written on this site.

Agreed

I just don't think any of that is true.

Inaction does not equal "doesn't care".

You work on cars, right? If your computer breaks down, do you work on it too? By the same token, if my car breaks down, I'm calling you. But I'll work on your computer any day of the week.

Clark pays these guys MILLIONS to do what they do best, build and coach football teams. He's letting them do their jobs. He's trying not to be Jerruh Jones (which is a BAD thing).

It's not that he doesn't care, it's that he's the Chairman, not the GM or coach. He hired other people to do that.

I don't know how you can sit here and say he "ignored" the issues with Herm - he fired him after 3 years. He fired Scott Pioli after 4.

He's absolutely TRYING. It just took him a little while to git gud.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I just don't think any of that is true.

Inaction does not equal "doesn't care".

You work on cars, right? If your computer breaks down, do you work on it too? By the same token, if my car breaks down, I'm calling you. But I'll work on your computer any day of the week.

Clark pays these guys MILLIONS to do what they do best, build and coach football teams. He's letting them do their jobs. He's trying not to be Jerruh Jones (which is a BAD thing).

It's not that he doesn't care, it's that he's the Chairman, not the GM or coach. He hired other people to do that.

I don't know how you can sit here and say he "ignored" the issues with Herm - he fired him after 3 years. He fired Scott Pioli after 4.

He's absolutely TRYING. It just took him a little while to git gud.

One of us read the post wrong.

I read it as that was his PERCEPTION of hunt at that time. Now he realizes he was wrong the whole time.

If that's the point I stand by my post.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

One of us read the post wrong.

I read it as that was his PERCEPTION of hunt at that time. Now he realizes he was wrong the whole time.

If that's the point I stand by my post.

Oh then yeah, maybe I read it wrong.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Oh then yeah, maybe I read it wrong.

I could've too.

Go chiefs either way

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

One of us read the post wrong.



I read it as that was his PERCEPTION of hunt at that time. Now he realizes he was wrong the whole time.



If that's the point I stand by my post.

That was absolutely my point. I always felt like the Chiefs were a thing he was "doing" because his dad did it. And I felt like I lived and died with the Chiefs, and losing didn't really matter to him.

But, after that win against the Colts, I was blown away by this quiet, monotone, buttoned up man, and the emotion that I was seeing. For Clark Hunt, the tears and cracking voice are the equivalent of an emotional break down. I saw a man who had quietly carried every playoff loss on his shoulders. I saw a man who knew what he and the Chiefs had done for this city. And I saw a man who realized that he was one win away from holding the trophy with his Father's name on it.

Again, in that moment he was me, and I was him. (still minus all the billions)

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[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

That was absolutely my point. I always felt like the Chiefs were a thing he was "doing" because his dad did it. And I felt like I lived and died with the Chiefs, and losing didn't really matter to him.

But, after that win against the Colts, I was blown away by this quiet, monotone, buttoned up man, and the emotion that I was seeing. For Clark Hunt, the tears and cracking voice are the equivalent of an emotional break down. I saw a man who had quietly carried every playoff loss on his shoulders. I saw a man who knew what he and the Chiefs had done for this city. And I saw a man who realized that he was one win away from holding the trophy with his Father's name on it.

Again, in that moment he was me, and I was him. (still minus all the billions)

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Fair enough, my bad.