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Titty Meat 12-17-2012 01:50 PM

A little refresher on Clark Hunt
 
From 2006:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2715831

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Clark Hunt says he'll run the Kansas City Chiefs with the same hands-off policy that characterized his father's ownership.

"We have people in the organization to make those decisions," the 41-year-old Hunt said after the Chiefs beat Jacksonville 35-30 Sunday in their first home game after the death of his father.

"The reason we hire a football person is so they can make the decisions."

Lamar Hunt, who founded the Chiefs as the Dallas Texans in 1960 at the same time he founded the AFL, died Dec. 14 following a long bout with prostate cancer. He had already transferred ownership of 24½ percent of all his holdings, including the Chiefs, to his three sons and one daughter.

Clark, who was appointed chairman of the Chiefs in 2005, is apparently the only one of the four who has shown much interest in the club.

But he said he would continue to let general manager Carl Peterson run the day-to-day football operations while he immerses himself in extensive renovations on Arrowhead Stadium. The 33-year-old facility will undergo a $250 million upgrade beginning in February.

"We try to stay out of it," Clark Hunt said of football operations. "Like anybody, we have an opinion. But I would tell the guys our opinion doesn't matter. It's yours.

"But I'll be very involved in the stadium renovation. Obviously we have a lot of things going on from a business standpoint that ties into the renovation that we're going to be very involved with."

There were video board tributes to Lamar Hunt both before and during the game. The Chiefs founder died at the age of 74 and was hailed throughout the NFL as a pioneer who helped shape the modern face of professional football.

"It's been a trying time for our family," Clark Hunt said. "We have appreciated so very much all the kind things that people have said."

HemiEd 12-17-2012 01:55 PM

Good leadership, but then a good leader needs to know when to take over as well.

ptlyon 12-17-2012 01:57 PM

?

-King- 12-17-2012 02:48 PM

I've been saying this. He's the type of owner that every GM would want to work for. That probably why Pioli came here when nobody thought it would happen.

So I think he'll be able to get some pretty good candidates to interview. We just have to hope this hire pans out.

Deberg_1990 12-17-2012 02:55 PM

So Lamars other 3 kids have absolutely nothing to do with the team?

2bikemike 12-17-2012 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 9218609)
So Lamars other 3 kids have absolutely nothing to do with the team?

Other than cashing their checks, it sounds like they don't.

BossChief 12-17-2012 03:04 PM

Are you trying to say that Clark is gonna keep Scott Pioli or something?

Because, well...he isn't.

Cephalic Trauma 12-17-2012 03:04 PM

I heard he's not very smart.

whoman69 12-17-2012 03:06 PM

Its all about the money

BoneKrusher 12-17-2012 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma (Post 9218637)
I heard he's not very smart.

he hired Scott Peeoli didn't he?

that's been proven already.

BossChief 12-17-2012 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma (Post 9218637)
I heard he's not very smart.

You hear that from someone that passed you a pipe?

Cephalic Trauma 12-17-2012 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoneKrusher (Post 9218657)
he hired Scott Peeoli didn't he?

that's been proven already.

So he's dumb and he can't predict the future.

Why hasn't he been overthrown already?

-King- 12-17-2012 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoneKrusher (Post 9218657)
he hired Scott Peeoli didn't he?

that's been proven already.

Everybody wanted to hire Scott Pioli. The Giants wanted to hire Scott Pioli. It turns out it was a bad hire. It happens.

Dayze 12-17-2012 03:19 PM

believe it when I see it.

BoneKrusher 12-17-2012 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -King- (Post 9218677)
Everybody wanted to hire Scott Pioli. The Giants wanted to hire Scott Pioli. It turns out it was a bad hire. It happens.

yeah as soon as they figure out Tom Brady is the Patriot Way.


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