Clark Hunt will bang the Pre-game drum

[007]

Originally Posted by Frazod

I still think it should be Pollard.

That really would be one hell of a troll.

[arrowheadnation]

Originally Posted by Frazod

I still think it should be Pollard.

Lol...this would have been great. Talk about Psychological warfare.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Frazod

I still think it should be Pollard.

Yep!

I have a hard time getting excited seeing a middle aged billionaire in an expensive suit and winter overcoat wearing wingtips banging the drum while smiling like Richie Cunningham.

Yeah, I get this is his Dad's trophy an all but.....

[Flying High D]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Yep!

I have a hard time getting excited seeing a middle aged billionaire in an expensive suit and winter overcoat wearing wingtips banging the drum while smiling like Richie Cunningham.

Yeah, I get this is his Dad's trophy an all but.....

I'm pretty pissed off too. There is hope he sheds that winter overcoat so we can see his cute butt.

[stevieray]

I like it...

Wish list?

Otis Taylor

[TinyEvel]

"Banging the Pregame Drum" is what you call rubbing one out before going on a date so you last longer during the intercourses.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

"Banging the Pregame Drum" is what you call rubbing one out before going on a date so you last longer during the intercourses.

You know, your avatar looks like a little plastic Michael Cohen in a Evil Knievel jumpsuit.....

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis

You know, your avatar looks like a little plastic Michael Cohen in a Evil Knievel jumpsuit.....

Super Dave Osborn less the "super"part.

via Gfycat

[DaFace]

Banging jokes aside, that's pretty cool that Clark is doing it. Though I've never really felt strongly about him as an owner, I do kind of feel like we want a win FOR HIM, specifically. It's criminal that his family has never held that trophy.

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Banging jokes aside, that's pretty cool that Clark is doing it. Though I've never really felt strongly about him as an owner, I do kind of feel like we want a win FOR HIM, specifically. It's criminal that his family has never held that trophy.

I have always believed that while cHunt tried to make moves that seemed geared towards winning, like hiring Pioli, a Patriots guy that every team with a GM opening wanted, and hiring Dorsey and Reid, the bottom line was always the most important thing to him.

It wasn't until the interview after the Colts game, where he had clearly been crying, that I felt like winning mattered to him. I actually felt a connection to him on an emotional level because I finally felt like holding the trophy that bears his father's name was important to him.

I will absolutely cry if we win, and on that podium they hand him the Lamar Hunt Trophy, and he holds it up, looks to the sky, and says "We did it dad."

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[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I have always believed that while cHunt tried to make moves that seemed geared towards winning, like hiring Pioli, a Patriots guy that every team with a GM opening wanted, and hiring Dorsey and Reid, the bottom line was always the most important thing to him.

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.

[ChiefsFanatic]

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.

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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[stevieray]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

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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[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

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.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

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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While it's good that you can now identify with Hunt, your previous stance is a good example of exactly what's wrong with modern American society. You didn't think Hunt cared because he didn't show YOU that he cared.

He doesn't owe you shit on a personal level. he's entitled to his own personal life and you are NOT entitled to any part of that. But we assume a bunch of shit with no evidence. He doesn't care, you figure, why-because he doesn't jump up and down and throw temper tantrums?

That is how you end up with scam artists in positions of power. They are good at making people FEEL LIKE THEY CARE. Actual evidence not required.

I haven't always agreed with Hunt's moves (nor his father's, for that matter) but I was reasonably certain that both were decent men and wanted the team to be successful for their own legacies and for their (adopted) city.

Anyway, a lesson perhaps, in not assuming things without knowing the whole story.

AND- I'm not meaning to single you out so much as commenting on a general attitude that I've heard from a lot of people and in many spheres of life, not just The Chiefs and sports in general.