Arrowhead Addict, at times, can be a pretty testosterone-driven site. Since we know we have some female readers out there, we wanted to link one of our favorite female sportsbloggers’ blogs and its preview of the Chiefs. Here’s what Margee over at SportSquee had to say about our beloved Red and Gold:
Why You Should Root For Them: The Chiefs have a fanatical following in Kansas City, where everyone wears red on Sundays and businesses shut down during football games. That kind of atmosphere and community is hard to resist as a football fan. Additionally, the Chiefs have tight end Tony Gonzalez, who, in addition to supporting a vegan lifestyle, is one of the games most charitable souls when it comes to volunteer work and monetary contributions.
Why You Shouldn’t Root For Them: The Chiefs are coached by Herm Edwards, the Ray Nagin of the New York Jets. While I believe that the Jets are better off with Eric Mangini, I loathe Edwards for the way he fled the team while it was in ruins, in the middle of his contract, and following weeks of public reassurance that he wouldn’t give up on the flailing team. And his earnest persona as the island of moral character in the NFL is a joke.
And I’d be remiss if I didn’t include this part:
Potential Boyfriends: Tony Gonzalez, Larry Johnson, Dwayne Bowe, Glenn Dorsey
Hey, if us dudes can cut up cheerleaders, Kelli Croyle, October Gonzalez and Rachael “I’m Staring at the Teleprompter, Everybody Else is Staring at My Boobs” the Fantasy Sports Girl, then the ladies need to be able to do the same with the players. Totally down with that. I must admit, however, I was a little surprised to see Swamp Thing on her list. More pushin’ for the cushion, I suppose. Go check out her site for the full preview.
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I actually agree about Herm Edwards. I like his drafts, but I never entirely trust anything he says.
Do you really trust anything that any coach says to the media? lol
I never fully understand anything he says. The guy speaks gibberish most of the time. Like this…
http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2008/7/25/579148/as-camp-herm-began-the-hea
Makes zero sense to me. If you play hard, then you didn’t just show up and mail it in. I guess he was referring to not wanting to win desperately enough or not being prepared? Who knows with that guy.
i seen that, he meant some guys just show up to be there and they want guys to show up and try to better themselves and the team
im the new hermonics translator
hooked on hermonics worked for me, lol
We’ll need you around for the season then. This guy talks constant baloney
No, actually what he means is that the team is good, the talent is good, etc. and the players are playing hard, but they aren’t finishing games. I’ve been reading on kcchiefs.com and apparently that’s his new theme for this year.
He has some ridiculous theme/catchphrase/gimmick every season now, and it’s really just kind of irritating. He talks more BS than anyone I’ve ever seen on TV outside of Fox news.
listen to what he’s sayin in the interview before you say someone is wrong. i know you like to argue but im not the one sorry, i spend almost all day everyday on this shit, ive seen bout 3 different versions of the same interview. I have a few hrs of class and then im here, your right he said that but that was a completely different part of the interview
i mean if you need to go over to kcchiefs.com and you can read along with the video if it helps you out any
As for being mad about him leaving.. How can you really judge him? For one: We have no idea what’s going on behind the scenes, no matter how much we THINK we know. Secondly: If the situation in KC was better for his family, I can’t blame the guy for making a decision and packing up. I wouldn’t give a damn what people thought of me if my family was well provided for and well taken care of. And no coach is totally honest to the media, so you can’t really base it off of that, either. Can you honestly blame the guy? =/
“We played hard. We didn’t quit. But all we did was show up. That’s not enough. I allowed that to happen. That’s my fault. I can assure you it won’t happen again. I promise you that.”
So if he’s saying right here that they played hard, then why would he be saying they need to play hard? Isn’t that kind of redundant, CSMQB?
ok, now look at the part where he is actually talkin about not just showing up TO CAMP, then get back to me, hes talkin bout camp genius
I told the guys to not just come here and show up. It’s not about showing up and trying to survive. It’s about getting better and doing the little things right. So, we’ve stressed that in the spring and now we’ve got to stress it in camp when the pads come on and guys get sore. All of a sudden in the fourth day you’re sore and you’re hurt. We’ve got to make sure the right guys are practicing and that’s a key for us that the right guys are practicing together as a football team.”
Q: Is that your message, just not to show up?
EDWARDS: “That’s one of them. I think when you play this game the one thing you do know that everybody goes through this process of going to training camp. If you’ve gone through a lot of them you try to survive. But it’s not about that. It’s about learning and about getting better as a player and a team.
there you go buddy
I’m well aware of the article. I read “Herm Buries 4-12″ in full earlier today. The entire point of the story (which most of the quotes come from) is that the team didn’t finish games. It even has a graph dedicated to it.
– “Were we a bad football team last year?” Edwards asked the room. “No. Were we bad players? No. Were we bad coaches? No. We just couldn’t finish. We weren’t tough enough to finish. Don’t think all that makes you a bad football team. It means we couldn’t finish.
“We start changing that now, right here, in training camp. It’s not something you suddenly pull out in the fourth quarter of a game in November. It means taking personal responsibility right now, with every practice and every meeting. It’s not about physical talent in this league, it’s about what’s up here (he pointed to his head.) It’s about knowing the situation, knowing that it’s time to make a play to win the game and knowing how to make that play happen.
“You can’t just show up. You have to do more. We will do more, because I can tell you this, I’m not putting up with a season like last year again. I’m all out of ‘tried hard’ speeches. I don’t want to do any more of those.” –
See? I can copy and paste quotes, too.
ok well we were talkin bout the interview so dont try claiming your right and someone else is wrong if you dont know what the conversation is about, i didnt come out and say hey your wrong i just tried pointing you in the right direction so dont try tellin me im wrong
I never said you were wrong, I simply expressed my interpretation of the quote, which is just as valid as yours. It’s YOUR problem that you have a chip on your shoulder. It’s not my problem that you’re in a crappy mood and appear to be looking for conflict where there is none. Lay off the unnecessarily hostile attitude, please.
SBC I think you might set a record for most fights on this site with fellow Chiefs fans. Sometimes I think you might try and argue what color the sky is, if fire is hot, or ice is cold….
I didn’t even start that one. He just got huffy.
The funny thing is that you guys are arguing over knowing what Herm said. Herm himself doesn’t even know what he’s really trying to say half of the time!
Adam, that’s the best point of the day.
http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/07/25/stray-arrows-the-girls-guide-to-the-kansas-city-chiefs/#comment-14927
I made it earlier today. You guys could have saved some time by reading it…lol.