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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
What gave you this impression? He's already wildly wealthy (albeit of the inherited variety) and has had football as a mainstay of his entire life. I'm curious why people feel this way. Was it the absence of seeing him emotional about losing? Was it trying to bring a Super Bowl to KC? Something else?
I've never understood people's hatred for him aside from the 'absentee owner from Texas' narrative.
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For me, it was the way he reacted to the Herm Edwardss, the Romeo Crennells, the Scott Piolis, the Todd Haleys, that we suffered through. Except for one game in 2009 Arrowhead was a sell out every week (at least on the books) and he was apathetic to it all. When he hired Pioli we hired the man that every team wanted, and it seemed like he wanted to win at first, but no, he was happy to sit back, play with his soccer teams, and ignore the city of Kansas City.
And when he made moves like hiring Pioli, it had the illusion of wanting to win, but then he let Pioli sell Haley and himself some snake oil, and we got the Casshole. And then he watched Pioli drown Haley in the barrel of snake oil, and as Pioli was holding Haley's head under, Hunt watched Pioli claim that Tyler Palko deserves a spot on an NFL team.
And then when Haley started Palko, Hunt just watched from the sideline.
And then when Hunt hired Dorsey and Reid, it seemed like a move geared towards winning, but once again Hunt stood on the sideline watching terrible playoff loss and terrible playoff loss. The stadium continued to sell out, and losing playoff games was ok.
And maybe a lot of that is unfair, and maybe I felt the way I did because Clark Hunt speaks in a hushed monotone, and never seemed to be upset with losing.
And I freely admit that I was only seeing the public side of Clark Hunt, but after the Colts win, I saw the emotion in his face, and the tears in his eyes, and I felt like, hey, that's me. That's how I feel right now. (minus approximately all the billions) I finally saw the passion, and I saw that he had carried the weight of all those playoff losses in his heart, just like I did. He was me, and I was him, in that moment.
Clark Hunt is banging the drum on Sunday. If we win, and he holds that trophy, with his Father's name on it, lifts it to the sky, looks up and says "We did it, Dad" I will flat out bawl, with snot coming out of my nose, and all. I finally feel a connection between him, the team, and the city. On Sunday, if Clark Hunt lifts the Lamar Hunt trophy and says those words, I think it will be the sporting moment of this century.
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