Comments on: Behind Enemy Lines: Us On Them

By: Crane

Crane — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:37:37 +0000

One good draft and everyone loves you.

This show of Carl Love must be a morning requirement in the KC Chiefs offices to log on and support Darth Peterson.
I love this “He gets results and operates the team at a profit.”

You forgot to add, “at the expense of our fans and their emotions” at the end.

PV – Are you still saying there was no five year plan? Seriously?

That’s my last word on it.
I do agree that the playoff losses are mostly laid at Marty’s feet, however.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:57:24 +0000

I would actually like him to move over to the business side permanently and hand things over to Kuharich, which I’ve said before.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:56:20 +0000

I have no problem with Carl staying as long as he continues to focus more on the business side, and lets Kurarich, Farmer and Herm continue to call a lot of the shots when it comes to player development. There is no doubt that he’s a shrewd, competent business man, maybe too shrewd from a fan’s POV.

It’s not just that he hasn’t won a ring. He hasn’t won a playoff game in 15 years! I’m fine with him staying for now, especially with what I said above but eventually someone has to pay the price for not winning in the playoffs. It won’t be us and it certainly won’t be Clark Hunt. Carl and Herm have to make this rebuilding plan work in the next two or three years. End of story. You can’t blame Marty for Vermiel’s and Herm’s playoff losses, when they even got there.

By: Double D

Double D — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:54:10 +0000

I don’t think I said it, but I do tend to agree with it. Marty’s greatest weakness was his tendency to become an uberconservative ubercoach in the playoffs. The real reason Marty could no longer be HC of the Chiefs is because he lost the respect of his key players, and when you do that, you lose control of the team.