This Old Chief: Patience, My Boy, Patience

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Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither are championship teams or quality offensive lines. As a longstanding Chiefs fan, I have suffered through many lean years with the likes of Paul Wiggins, Crash Ganz, John Mackovic and Gunther Cunningham. First-round busts like Woody Green, Elmore Stephens, Todd Blackledge and, yes, Trezelle Jenkins.

Yesterday was a complete disaster with even our MVP punter getting off a rare 17-yarder. But before we rebuild we must realize how we got here. First, by letting a veteran team get old and letting valuable commodities such as John Tait become free agents. Secondly, our failure to develop a young franchise quarterback, or even to plan for the inevitable end of Trent Green‘s career. Poor drafts also attributed to this mess, the hallmark of these is using the number six pick on Ryan Sims. So culpability must be held by the front office, the talent scouts, the GM and the last three coaching staffs.

Frankly, the Chiefs are talent poor and have joined Detroit, Miami, St. Louis and Cincinnati as the dregs of the NFL. One talent-rich draft loaded with potential will not fix this program. And, yes, I agree that the game plan was poorly conceived. MU did a better job on McFadden in the Cotton Bowl, but the team is young–a bad mix of rookies and aging veterans. An example was Brandon Carr effectively screening Donnie Edwards on McFadden’s long run around the right in the third quarter.

Let’s hope that the coaching staff can keep the young players focused, and that the scouting staff can accurately address the glaring needs at QB and the right side of the offensive line.

Peace and patience be with you–we’ll all need it.

woody

I am certain there will be blackouts this season unless the TV stations pony up very large amounts for leftover tickets...Maybe we should get some ginormous seat-covers like Jacksonville has...

I am ready to be patient, but if we perform this way all season then Herm should certainly be fired...I like the Cowher idea, but I also think one possibility is waiting a year and getting Mike Holmgren to come in after his "sabbatical"...I said this in the last post and I believe it...I think he could bring a good offense and we would have a developed Defense by then (hopefully)...but...that is alot of waiting...too much for us...

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SinyGuy

Screaming for Marty won't do a bit of good as long as KC (KING CARL) is around. However having a draft that we did probably wouldn't have done a bit of good as we would not have had that draft had we had MARTY or ANYONE else in place, but can say or think a mixture would be nice. A draft like we had or half of what we had, A coach like Marty to direct it would be great.

WON"T HAPPEN because of KC!!! PERIOD!

OLD MAN.. I agree with a lot of what you say and applaud you.

I am a this point not baring much on anything as I read and watched the FIRST game with the PATSies and thought there was some up shine to it all as it was close regardless of TB being knocked out etc.. We proved MEDIA wrong as a loss was accounted for. Secondly...hmmmm this game with the RAIDERS was not so much on the players as it was the COACHING staff. I honestly can't say what the F happened with that play calling, but I know that I don't put it solely on the players as much as I do the coaching staff.

So with JUST two games in I am at a point of curious of next week. If we have the same play calling and STUPIDITY too throw in 3 QB's in the first quarter without a reliable and evident reason.....then I will be a naysayer on the CHIEFS that I love.

I still won't hate the CHIEFS if that happens, but will join those saying basically "OVERHAUL the Coaches and such". I do think it is time for KC to go and prices this season just to keep fans ALIKE attending need to DROP!!!!!

I am just hoping for a no BLACKOUT which will happen if we lose against the Falcons and after the DONKEYS game.....

ROC27

"Let's hope..."

I'm tired of hoping.

I'm not saying that I'm giving up on our Chiefs. I could never do that. I knew that this was gonna be a process. And a tough one at that. I knew we'd suck this season. Or at most that we'd get to be .500. But the showing we had yesterday was one of the worst I have ever seen. And it tracks back to the Coaching. I have patience, but I also have sight. I SEE what Herm Edwards has done to our team.

I will continue to watch the games, I will go to the game at San Diego on Nov. 9th. But if we end this season no better than we did last... SOMETHING has got to change. We need to run him out the town and scream for Marty.

Adam

Quality post, old man. I think we actually agree on the patience part. The key to patience, however, is placing it into the right people. All the patience in the world won't help a hopeless case.