Comments on: The Long Road To Respectability

By: kimmiedixie

kimmiedixie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:23:29 +0000

I have been watching and rooting for the Chief’s since 1963, and I am a 52 year old woman. Oh how I remember those days, I even babysat Len Dawson’s children.

I do not think Herm Edwards needs to be telling the Chief’s fans to be patient, gosh, that ticked me off. I have seen him gruffly, on tv interviews, do that twice, and I don’t like it, man have we been patient for years. and aren’t we paying his pay check? I live in Springfiled Missouri now, but aren’t you tax payers paying boocoo bucks for redoing the stadium. Who is running the team anyway, I think Herm Edwards should go on tv, in prime time sports and apologize to us all, including the players. Have something positive to say, and make sure it’s true. Thank you, Kimmie

By: Chris Kolb

Chris Kolb — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:43:03 +0000

First off, thanks for all the comments. Positive or negative, I enjoy them all the same.

I think there is a misconception of me switching my feelings towards Herm remaining with the Chiefs after this year. I was not in any way trying to vindicate him or his performance as a head coach, but I do try to give credit where it is due, and I think Herm did an outstanding job of coaching last week. Will it buy him an extra year? Maybe – it depends on how well this team performs down the stretch. But at the very least, it gave us a glimpse of what this team is capable of becoming if we regain some semblance of patience and allow things to play out.

As for Gun, I stand firm in my belief that he is no longer an effective D Coordinator. The defense played well, but much of that had to do with the Broncos offense forcing the ball into double coverage, or running stupid plays like the Brandon Marshall direct snap. We made the plays we needed to win, but if the Broncos offense executes the way they did in their 1st 3 games, we’re talking about an 0-4 start right now. Our players were still playing out of position because of poor playcalling by Gun, and I am tired of seeing that happen. We have the talent, but Gun doesn’t use it correctly IMO.

I won’t even dignify McSack by defending my thoughts on him. He’s worth about as much to me as a bag of rocks right now, and while he blocked ok last week, I think he’s going to get exposed big time again this week against Carolina when he goes up against a real D-line. How many of you will still be fans of his when that happens?

Thanks again for all your comments. Keep them coming.

By: Double D

Double D — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:25:34 +0000

Kolby Smith for Dixon Dennis. Period.
The defense, especially the dangerously thin LB corps, played hella good. Trying to take down Gun right now just makes you look petty and foolish.

By: Double D

Double D — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:14:45 +0000

This:
“They rely on us just as much as we rely on them, and when a crescendo of negativity rears it ugly head like it has in weeks past, the players feel compelled to take action to smash it as quickly as possible, to prevent a complete loss of respect.”

Followed by this:
“I myself played a part in promoting that culture of negativity last week . . .”

So we should be thanking you for the win, Chris?

By: xxxlp

xxxlp — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:51:23 +0000

Saying McIntosh was improved is like saying Thigpen would be our starter and throw 50% completion percentage. It’s nice, and it makes you feel better, but at the end of the day, he still F’d it up. The only reason LJ scored on his second touchdown, on the run to the left, is because D-Mac had NO push whatsoever on the right side. LJ clearly ran into D-Mac’s back; said F this, and took off to the left, where lineman actually RUN-BLOCKED. He may have done better, but it’s just not up to par with what we need. And that’s not an endorsement for Barry Richardson… Yet. D-Mac just needs to play better. And hopefully LJ having a big day will allow us to utilize better playcalling, aka PA-passes, and be more efficient overall. That’ll help D-Mac out as well.

By: woody

woody — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:10:36 +0000

I disagree on a number of different things, sir…

First of all, this is far too early to be vindicating Herm…I have not been one necessarily calling for his head UNLESS we don’t see improvement throughout the season (which it seems we may be.) BUT, this is too early for him to be removed from the proverbial “hot seat.”

Second, leave Gunther and his sweet amber shades alone. If there is one thing we can observe it is that the defensive gameplan is there. Even against Atlanta we stopped the run early…Which means that they have been coached how to stop the other teams and the failure later in the game lies on the players. You cannot blame Gunther for not adjusting to the offense…because….THEY AREN’T CHANGING ANYTHING! You can criticize that he hasn’t sent enough crazy blitzes but you cannot say that it has been his fault.

Lastly, I DO think McIntosh played well. More than just him, I think the line is doing as Herm said, it is becoming a more cohesive unit. It seems to me that the weak link in the last game was Rudy oddly enough. On those couple of screen plays that were blown up for a loss it was Rudy that had missed the blocks. In the interior, even among Denver’s undersized line, he was getting pushed back and losing ground.
I think you contradicted yourself in your article, in fact. Saying that “McSack” has not been improving and then later praising the line for making a hole the “size of Missouri.” I think we should go back to that play and look…The pitch was to the left, McIntosh obviously plays Right Tackle, his job would just be to occupy his guy and not allow him to make a play. It did not work out that way and Larry cut back right and thanks to McIntosh’s EXCELLENT blocking on that play Larry was sprung for a HUGE gain…So I DEFINITELY think he is improving and more importantly THEY are improving as a unit…

that is all…

By: randy5k

randy5k — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:47:05 +0000

Yes and now we are pondering what picks Carl will make next year. Ill be honest as far as Herm and Carl Im very confused as to what their future should be. I think Carl definitly OUT. A side note I complained to the organization and got a free Chiefs tote bag!

By: sandya

sandya — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:31:18 +0000

So Herm is your man after one win? Herm immediately is the right man for the team after one win? I really don’t mean to be negative and I thought sunday was a well coached game, but I think some of us forget quite easily how many games we lost at home and some of those we’re complete blow outs..In the past, the chiefs just didn’t lose at home, and if they did it was very close. I’ll give Herm the rest of the season but I personally just hate to see him as our coach..

I’d love to see Al Saunders get a chance to coach this team, cowher, Marty..Herm made a huge mistake in believing Tyler Thigpen could play and slowed the development of our young and un-confident offense..Huard should have never been pulled from the Oakland game, and he was pulled..Their was no injury..When Huard was asked about being pulled, he said he wouldn’t debate it, meaning the whole injury thing was complete bs.

By: lobo48

lobo48 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:51:38 +0000

I for one really enjoyed reading your article Chris. I thought you summed up pretty well what most of us are feeling about our beloved team. We all know that it was just one win, but to step up against the Broncos was huge for us. Even the Tank was fired up and was playing on the other side of the line. We caught a glimpse of what these young men can bring to the table and hopefully they enjoyed it even more than we did! Great article and we will all be watching for the Chiefs to travel a little farther down that road each week.

Go Chiefs!

By: Chris Kolb

Chris Kolb — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:29:50 +0000

Hmm… could have sworn he was a 3rd round pick. That’s what happens when you’ve done about 50,000 mock drafts in the past 2 years. Things like that get blurred.