Teedubya getting after it - Page 30

SuperChief · 09-11-2012, 04:10 PM

Take that, Chiefs.

http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments...n_me_to_get_a/

The KC Chiefs just blocked me on Twitter. LOL Last night, I tweeted that for the 4th year in a row, the Chiefs are at the bottom of salary cap spending and that the owner, Clark Hunt, is hoarding cap dollars. The Chiefs commitment to mediocrity has made me not care much about being a fan... They responded with this DM.
http://imgur.com/7VbfJ
I responded that it is good to know that the KC Chiefs have an immature teenager running their social media.
I, as a fan for my whole life of nearly 40 years, who have never seen the Chiefs in a Superbowl, nor have I seen a playoff win in nearly 20 years, nor have I seen a QB drafted in the last 27 years... I have a right to be pissed. The Kansas City Chiefs have no right to be pissy toward the fans. We are the ones paying your salaries. Shame on you, Chiefs. Oh, and congrats on 50 years of being in KC. 10 years of greatness, followed by 40 years of pathetic profiteering.

SuperChief · 09-12-2012, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

It's not me.

C'mon . . . just admit it. No need to go all Billay up in here.

Branden Albert's Huge Balls · 09-12-2012, 06:27 PM

I didn't even know it existed until it retweeted my Cassel 0-15 stat.

Shit, it's been around since Aug. 9....if I was running that thing it would have 200 tweets.

Bo's Pelini · 09-12-2012, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperChief

C'mon . . . just admit it. No need to go all Billay up in here.

Ya Clay just admit it or there won't be anymore Cassel gifs

Branden Albert's Huge Balls · 09-12-2012, 06:44 PM

It's not me, but I'll take credit for it, because it's awesome.

CoMoChief · 09-12-2012, 07:24 PM

Deberg1990 has already said this, but the Chiefs do have all of the leverage here.

The Chiefs official twitter guy is absolutely 100% right. He shouldn't have said what he did but he's got a point. This will all be forgotten by most Kansas Citians in a couple of weeks, esp if the Chiefs win their next couple games and the team starts winning. Now if they continue to play like shit on defense and Matt Cassel continues to only turn in one good half of football before completely shitting his pants, then this thing may indeed blow up around town, on talk radio etc. Has Parkins, Fescoe, KK or anyone talked about this yet? (Man what a joke of a lineup we have for sports talk radio here in KC

). If the Chiefs keep losing, this story will get bigger and bigger and it will be more talked about.

But winning fixes everything.

Too bad the Chiefs haven't won anything in a while, which is part of TW's point. This franchise should send thank you letters to the Glass family. Because the Chiefs are totally taking advantage that there's nothing else in KC that can compete w/ the Chiefs sports wise. Sporting KC is considered by many around here to be the model sports franchise in terms of ownership/fan relations, etc, but soccer sucks in general and won't ever compete with the Chiefs, or even the Royals for that matter.

Just look at STL. They're a baseball town. No one in that town gives a shit about the Rams. STL fans will disagree with this but it's 100% true. I lived around them for almost 10 yrs and they could give a shit about football season. So much so that the franchise has considered moving on more than 1 occasion. Could you ****ing imagine the possible meltdown in KC, or especially on Chiefsplanet if there was a remote possibility of KC moving to LA??? It would sure ease the stress out of a lot of us on fall Sunday afternoons, but we'd all be heartbroken, and I don't know if this site would continue to exist (possibly it would but who knows, eventually the interest of the team would die out I would think over time).

The point is, the Chiefs own this town and the NFL interest and product has gotten so big in today's American culture/society (and obviously the Chiefs and the NFL know this), that the Chiefs are taking full advantage of the fact that we as fans have nothing else to turn to. If the Royals were good and playoff contenders, I think it would be a different story since the baseball playoff season runs into almost half of the football season. The Chiefs don't have to worry about that. Most of the people in KC wouldn't be able to tell you off hand what the Royals record is in baseball. Probably couldn't even come close to doing so. I know they've played about 140 games, but I heard that from some Sportscenter guy while talking about another team. If I were to guess I think the Royals were 15 games under .500 ball. So considering 70-70 is .500 ball I'd figure the Royals were about 55-75 at the moment.

The point is I haven't followed the Royals since the ASG, and I'm probably in the same boat as a lot of people. This isn't going to hurt the Chiefs. I'm sure that twitter guy will be dealt with behind closed doors, but overall this won't change a damn thing. The NFL and Chiefs have a monopoly on the sport of pro football here in KC. Ultimately the Chiefs don't give a shit because people are still willing to shell out hundreds and thousands of dollars to support this team and until that moment when Arrowhead is a ghost town like in the 80's, and the TV blackouts start coming in, Clark will either do something about it and spend money to build an actual winning team, or he will pack up his shit, pay the fines for breaking the lease to Jackson Co. and move the team elsewhere to a larger market (being kind of therhetical here, I don't even know if this is a real option - I know the league would have to approve but I really don't know if the Chiefs could legally leave KC by just paying a large fine, or if Clark's financially forced to have the franchise stay up because of the lost money involved - i dunno).

SuperChief · 09-12-2012, 07:49 PM

tl;dr

stonedstooge · 09-12-2012, 08:20 PM

I think people have every right to complain. If I understand correctly, the taxpayers own the ****ing stadium where Clark gets to make his millions. Even though they are privately owned, taxpayers have aided and provided a site for Hunt and Glass to operate. **** em both

**The Bad Guy** · 09-12-2012, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcaj22

And yeah, if the dude is going to sit behind a computer and throw a bunch of threats and cuss words out towards some "official organization" then looks do come into play.

I'll put in this perspective...

So let me get this straight. If I'm not pleased with the meal I received, and I curse for dramatic effect, does the president of the company have the right to criticize me?

You clearly have no perspective if you think that's the case.

JD10367 · 09-12-2012, 08:42 PM

Boston's giant sports radio station (WEEI) not only mentioned this affair, but had a lengthy on-air discussion about it (ripping the Chiefs organization for the whole mess).

boogblaster · 09-12-2012, 08:51 PM

sink or swim .....

**Iowanian** · 09-12-2012, 08:58 PM

Given the things heard and seen coming out of the mouth of the face of this team the past 3 years (Todd Haley for you slow readers) they have no business giving half of a dook about a little anger and language tossed their way.

Show me sincere attempts at buying talent. Show me a contender for the AFCW for reasons other than other failing teams. For the love of God, show me a playoff win before I die.

WilliamInnerCircle · 09-12-2012, 09:00 PM

If it leads to real change, then we can all sit back and from behind the FEMA barbed wire as TW marches on, a free man.

lewdog · 09-12-2012, 09:09 PM

There are too many homer fans because the NFL has gotten so popular. These fans don't know much about football and enjoy spending money to go to games just to get ****ed up.

It won't be until a severe drop in attendance happens that things will change and I don't see that happening with many NFL teams, especially not with a franchise like the Chiefs who seem to have some of the most patient fans in the entire league.

Frosty · 09-12-2012, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperChief

Chiefs PR ‏@FakeChiefs_PR
@teedubya what if I throw in a sweet personalized "Get a Clue" Chiefs jersey to really smooth things over (just bring me $300) #pocketchange

Someone should seriously make these.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperChief

tl;dr

yeah, this.

**BigRedChief** · 09-12-2012, 09:41 PM

Dont **** around with a guy who does marketing using the intrawebs and social media to get your message out and has more followers than the Chiefs.

09-11-2012, 04:10 PM
SuperChief Damn it feels good. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $12539	Teedubya getting after it Take that, Chiefs. http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments...n_me_to_get_a/ The KC Chiefs just blocked me on Twitter. LOL Last night, I tweeted that for the 4th year in a row, the Chiefs are at the bottom of salary cap spending and that the owner, Clark Hunt, is hoarding cap dollars. The Chiefs commitment to mediocrity has made me not care much about being a fan... They responded with this DM. http://imgur.com/7VbfJ I responded that it is good to know that the KC Chiefs have an immature teenager running their social media. I, as a fan for my whole life of nearly 40 years, who have never seen the Chiefs in a Superbowl, nor have I seen a playoff win in nearly 20 years, nor have I seen a QB drafted in the last 27 years... I have a right to be pissed. The Kansas City Chiefs have no right to be pissy toward the fans. We are the ones paying your salaries. Shame on you, Chiefs. Oh, and congrats on 50 years of being in KC. 10 years of greatness, followed by 40 years of pathetic profiteering.
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09-12-2012, 06:27 PM	#437
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09-12-2012, 06:44 PM	#439
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09-12-2012, 07:24 PM	#440
CoMoChief The Revolution Has Begun Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: KCMO Casino cash: $123208	Deberg1990 has already said this, but the Chiefs do have all of the leverage here. The Chiefs official twitter guy is absolutely 100% right. He shouldn't have said what he did but he's got a point. This will all be forgotten by most Kansas Citians in a couple of weeks, esp if the Chiefs win their next couple games and the team starts winning. Now if they continue to play like shit on defense and Matt Cassel continues to only turn in one good half of football before completely shitting his pants, then this thing may indeed blow up around town, on talk radio etc. Has Parkins, Fescoe, KK or anyone talked about this yet? (Man what a joke of a lineup we have for sports talk radio here in KC ). If the Chiefs keep losing, this story will get bigger and bigger and it will be more talked about. But winning fixes everything. Too bad the Chiefs haven't won anything in a while, which is part of TW's point. This franchise should send thank you letters to the Glass family. Because the Chiefs are totally taking advantage that there's nothing else in KC that can compete w/ the Chiefs sports wise. Sporting KC is considered by many around here to be the model sports franchise in terms of ownership/fan relations, etc, but soccer sucks in general and won't ever compete with the Chiefs, or even the Royals for that matter. Just look at STL. They're a baseball town. No one in that town gives a shit about the Rams. STL fans will disagree with this but it's 100% true. I lived around them for almost 10 yrs and they could give a shit about football season. So much so that the franchise has considered moving on more than 1 occasion. Could you **ing imagine the possible meltdown in KC, or especially on Chiefsplanet if there was a remote possibility of KC moving to LA??? It would sure ease the stress out of a lot of us on fall Sunday afternoons, but we'd all be heartbroken, and I don't know if this site would continue to exist (possibly it would but who knows, eventually the interest of the team would die out I would think over time). The point is, the Chiefs own this town and the NFL interest and product has gotten so big in today's American culture/society (and obviously the Chiefs and the NFL know this), that the Chiefs are taking full advantage of the fact that we as fans have nothing else to turn to. If the Royals were good and playoff contenders, I think it would be a different story since the baseball playoff season runs into almost half of the football season. The Chiefs don't have to worry about that. Most of the people in KC wouldn't be able to tell you off hand what the Royals record is in baseball. Probably couldn't even come close to doing so. I know they've played about 140 games, but I heard that from some Sportscenter guy while talking about another team. If I were to guess I think the Royals were 15 games under .500 ball. So considering 70-70 is .500 ball I'd figure the Royals were about 55-75 at the moment. The point is I haven't followed the Royals since the ASG, and I'm probably in the same boat as a lot of people. This isn't going to hurt the Chiefs. I'm sure that twitter guy will be dealt with behind closed doors, but overall this won't change a damn thing. The NFL and Chiefs have a monopoly on the sport of pro football here in KC. Ultimately the Chiefs don't give a shit because people are still willing to shell out hundreds and thousands of dollars to support this team and until that moment when Arrowhead is a ghost town like in the 80's, and the TV blackouts start coming in, Clark will either do something about it and spend money to build an actual winning team, or he will pack up his shit, pay the fines for breaking the lease to Jackson Co. and move the team elsewhere to a larger market (being kind of therhetical here, I don't even know if this is a real option - I know the league would have to approve but I really don't know if the Chiefs could legally leave KC by just paying a large fine, or if Clark's financially forced to have the franchise stay up because of the lost money involved - i dunno). __________________ 2013 Adopt-A-Chief: Eric Berry #29** Last edited by CoMoChief; 09-12-2012 at 07:34 PM..
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09-12-2012, 07:49 PM	#441
SuperChief Damn it feels good. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $12539	tl;dr __________________
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09-12-2012, 08:20 PM	#442
stonedstooge Arf! Arf! Arf! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Casino cash: $377999	I think people have every right to complain. If I understand correctly, the taxpayers own the **ing stadium where Clark gets to make his millions. Even though they are privately owned, taxpayers have aided and provided a site for Hunt and Glass to operate. ** em both __________________ "Often is a word I seldom use"--JP
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09-12-2012, 08:42 PM	#444
JD10367 Snowciopath Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $45384	Boston's giant sports radio station (WEEI) not only mentioned this affair, but had a lengthy on-air discussion about it (ripping the Chiefs organization for the whole mess).
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09-12-2012, 08:51 PM	#445
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09-12-2012, 08:58 PM	#446
Iowanian Hey Jack! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Jolly Barnyard Casino cash: $417168	Given the things heard and seen coming out of the mouth of the face of this team the past 3 years (Todd Haley for you slow readers) they have no business giving half of a dook about a little anger and language tossed their way. Show me sincere attempts at buying talent. Show me a contender for the AFCW for reasons other than other failing teams. For the love of God, show me a playoff win before I die. __________________ "Silence is Golden. Duct Tape is silver"
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09-12-2012, 09:00 PM	#447
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09-12-2012, 09:41 PM	#450
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