Chiefs Blob Gretz = IT'S A TOUGH, LONG FIGHT - Page 9

teedubya · 09-17-2008, 04:31 AM

IT'S A TOUGH, LONG FIGHT
SEP 17, 2008, 5:04:21 AM BY BOB GRETZ - FAQ

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2008/09...gh_long_fight/

Let me start by writing about the Battle of the Bulge.

No, not the pivotal moment in World War II when the Germans made a last ditch effort to turn the tide of the war with an offensive against the Allies in France and Belgium. This epistle is about the battle tens of millions of Americans fight on a daily basis. I’m writing about the fight to lose weight.

How many times have you said “Starting (fill in the date) I’m going on a diet and I’m going to exercise and I’m going to lose (fill in the amount) pounds.” That start-day comes, you are motivated and prepared and for a few days, you eat less and work out more. But then your will wanes and you sneak a little something sweet here, and a little something salty there. It’s just a little; it can’t hurt.

Before you know it, you are back where you started.

I use this tale in relation to where the Chiefs and their fans are after two games of the 2008 season.

Before all this got started, Herm Edwards spoke for months – make that years – that the Chiefs needed to get younger. When the bottom dropped out of last season and the team finished 4-12, it provided the perfect storm. The roster was trimmed, draft choices were accumulated and the rebuilding through youth began.

Based on the e-mail and conversations I had with hundreds of Chiefs fans, the strategy was considered a winner. Most liked the idea that the direction of the team was changed and a group of young players would drive the future.

When a team goes in this direction, there is no going halfway. That would be a giant waste of time. You don’t dip your foot in the rebuilding through youth pool. It’s got to be a head first dive into the deep end.

But it’s one thing to say you are going young and rebuilding. It’s quite another thing to live through the efforts. They are not pretty. They do not always go well. There are ups and downs that wreck the stomach and create anger, second guessing, panic and delusions.

I write this only because I’ve read the e-mails I’ve received here at kcchiefs.com and at my own website, bobgretz.com. I’ve heard a few callers on sports talk radio. I’ve seen the writings and heard the rumblings of various pundits. There is outrage, there is anger, there is second guessing, there is panic and there are delusions.

Going young suddenly doesn’t seem to be the way to go. Fans want the Chiefs to go out and sign somebody, anybody. Others want somebody fired. It doesn’t matter who. They just want someone called on the carpet, head placed in the guillotine to answer for being 0-2 and losing as badly as the Chiefs did last Sunday to the Raiders.

Listen, the team’s performance against Oakland was without a doubt woeful. It was not up to the standards the team established the week before in losing to New England.

But it was but one picture in a series of 16 pictures that will make up the gallery of the 2008 Chiefs season. Those pictures very well may be a series of ups and downs as young players get their feet under them and learn the business of playing pro football. What few older bodies remain will play their way out of the picture or suffer injury that steals their availability.

This is what rebuilding looks like. It’s a dirty, stinkin’, gut-wrenching business, as difficult as anything there is to do in the game of football.

Some would say the Chiefs aren’t rebuilding, they are building. But that’s semantics. What the Chiefs had here for the better part of the last 18 years was winning football. It wasn’t the ultimate success, it wasn’t championship football, but there were more victories than defeat. There was always hope of something better. Eventually, there was a desire for something more concrete than hope.

Right now the Chiefs are trying to re-build a winning football team, one that will be good for years and will challenge for a championship. They easily could have gone out and signed various veteran free agents and put together a more experienced team that would go 9-7, maybe 10-6 and slip into the playoffs every once in awhile.

Would that be satisfying?

From personal experience, I can tell you the only way to lose weight is to eat less and use more energy and that must become a lifestyle, not a momentary thing.

The Chiefs have made a lifestyle change. There are going to moments of hunger, but the goal is better health and a winning football team.

It’s not time to start cheating.

Redrum_69 · 09-17-2008, 02:33 PM

when he first started talking about the battle of the bulge..i thought he was referring to Rhonda the Hutt

Hammock Parties · 09-17-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by orange

I'm really not sure how that helps your case that Edwards is a good coach. By your own account, Edwards took a team with playoff type talent and coached them to a 4-12 record. I'm a little confused.

The 2007 Chiefs did not have playoff talent. Don't know where you came up with that.

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But this is year three and it's apparent early on that the D - Herm Edwards' D - has taken a step backward.

I wouldn't say that. Not at all. We essentially shut the Raiders out for a half on Sunday. Six points were on Colquitt (shanked punt) and Darling (tipped ball INT). Then they wore down because the offense hung them out to dry.

bobbything · 09-17-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Claythan

I wouldn't say that. Not at all. We essentially shut the Raiders out for a half on Sunday. Six points were on Colquitt (shanked punt) and Darling (tipped ball INT). Then they wore down because the offense hung them out to dry.

Our defense gave up 300 yards rushing, at home, to a bad offensive football team. That's bad defense any way you slice it.

GoChiefs_penis · 09-17-2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claythan

The 2007 Chiefs did not have playoff talent. Don't know where you came up with that.

I wouldn't say that. Not at all. We essentially shut the Raiders out for a half on Sunday. Six points were on Colquitt (shanked punt) and Darling (tipped ball INT). Then they wore down because the offense hung them out to dry.

God almighty man, get off your fat ass, quit spinning for the Chiefs and do something with your life. Since I'm obviously not going to get laid anytime this decade, can we at least get some mother****ing sunlight? You're a pathetic sack of shit!

And while you're at it, clean up the empty Dunkin Donut boxes. We got flies as big as B-52s flying around here because of that shit.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 09-17-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbything

Our defense gave up 300 yards rushing, at home, to a bad offensive football team. That's bad defense any way you slice it.

Yeah, they only gave up 300 yards to the 6th ranked rushing team from last year, who added Darren McFadden.

I can see why you think they are a bad offensive team...

**luv** · 09-17-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbything

Our defense gave up 300 yards rushing, at home, to a bad offensive football team. That's bad defense any way you slice it.

Defense also isn't used to being on the field for the majority of the game.

orange · 09-17-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Claythan

The 2007 Chiefs did not have playoff talent. Don't know where you came up with that.

I'm talking about the JETS - at least I think I am. That is who YOU were talking about WHEN I QUOTED YOU isn't it?

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Originally Posted by Claythan

And then Mangini PROMPTLY made the playoffs with Herm's talent.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Claythan

I wouldn't say that. Not at all. We essentially shut the Raiders out for a half on Sunday. Six points were on Colquitt (shanked punt) and Darling (tipped ball INT). Then they wore down because the offense hung them out to dry.

In addition to getting reamed on the ground by the Raiders, the Chiefs gave up game-controlling rushing yardage to a very pedestrian New England offense operating with only about 10% of their playbook - this after an off-season devoted mainly to shoring up the run defense.

On top of that - and even more important in the long run - the Chiefs have NO semblance of a pass rush. Despite spending two of Edward's first three 1st-round picks on the DL and three of his four biggest free-agent signings on linebackers.

bobbything · 09-17-2008, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Yeah, they only gave up 300 yards to the 6th ranked rushing team from last year, who added Darren McFadden.

I can see why you think they are a bad offensive team...

Nonsense. Even if they're the #1 rushing team in the NFL, 300 yards is too much. It was bad rushing defense. We even had problems stopping New England's rushing attack as well. This team will not be good against the run...again.

When our front four was being parted, our linebackers were jumping out of their lanes ALL DAY. Either poor coaching, or poor talent. Either way, it's on the coaches.

They may be a good running team, but they're a bad all around offensive team.

Fairplay · 09-17-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Defense also isn't used to being on the field for the majority of the game.

Reading that sentence has me confused.

**luv** · 09-17-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fairplay

Reading that sentence has me confused.

Well, they should be getting used to it.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 09-17-2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbything

Nonsense. Even if they're the #1 rushing team in the NFL, 300 yards is too much. It was bad rushing defense. We even had problems stopping New England's rushing attack as well. This team will not be good against the run...again.

When our front four was being parted, our linebackers were jumping out of their lanes ALL DAY. Either poor coaching, or poor talent. Either way, it's on the coaches.

They may be a good running team, but they're a bad all around offensive team.

Had you said that, it would have been fine.

300 yards IS way too much.

You said they were a "bad offensive team."

I called bullshit.

Fairplay · 09-17-2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs_penis

God almighty man, get off your fat ass, quit spinning for the Chiefs and do something with your life. Since I'm obviously not going to get laid anytime this decade, can we at least get some mother****ing sunlight? You're a pathetic sack of shit!

lol.

I can't imagine having a life where you are sitting at home 24/7 practically.

And just typing on an internet forum most of the time.

That's really sad.

bobbything · 09-17-2008, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

You said they were a "bad offensive team."

I called bullshit.

They are a bad offensive football team. Since you want to go off of last year's stats, they were ranked in the mid 20's in total offense.

They won't be any better this year. Probably worse.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 09-17-2008, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobbything

They are a bad offensive football team. Since you want to go off of last year's stats, they were ranked in the mid 20's in total offense.

They won't be any better this year. Probably worse.

No, they are a bad PASSING team.

Had they THROWN for 500 yards, I would have been surprised.

I wasn't surprised at all that they ran all over us, and said so repeatedly leading up to the game.

Hammock Parties · 09-17-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fairplay

lol.

I can't imagine having a life where you are sitting at home 24/7 practically.

And just typing on an internet forum most of the time.

That's really sad.

Certainly doesn't describe me. Must be some other penis.

09-17-2008, 04:31 AM
teedubya Most Valuable Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Casino cash: $9023042	Blob Gretz = IT'S A TOUGH, LONG FIGHT IT'S A TOUGH, LONG FIGHT SEP 17, 2008, 5:04:21 AM BY BOB GRETZ - FAQ http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2008/09...gh_long_fight/ Let me start by writing about the Battle of the Bulge. No, not the pivotal moment in World War II when the Germans made a last ditch effort to turn the tide of the war with an offensive against the Allies in France and Belgium. This epistle is about the battle tens of millions of Americans fight on a daily basis. I’m writing about the fight to lose weight. How many times have you said “Starting (fill in the date) I’m going on a diet and I’m going to exercise and I’m going to lose (fill in the amount) pounds.” That start-day comes, you are motivated and prepared and for a few days, you eat less and work out more. But then your will wanes and you sneak a little something sweet here, and a little something salty there. It’s just a little; it can’t hurt. Before you know it, you are back where you started. I use this tale in relation to where the Chiefs and their fans are after two games of the 2008 season. Before all this got started, Herm Edwards spoke for months – make that years – that the Chiefs needed to get younger. When the bottom dropped out of last season and the team finished 4-12, it provided the perfect storm. The roster was trimmed, draft choices were accumulated and the rebuilding through youth began. Based on the e-mail and conversations I had with hundreds of Chiefs fans, the strategy was considered a winner. Most liked the idea that the direction of the team was changed and a group of young players would drive the future. When a team goes in this direction, there is no going halfway. That would be a giant waste of time. You don’t dip your foot in the rebuilding through youth pool. It’s got to be a head first dive into the deep end. But it’s one thing to say you are going young and rebuilding. It’s quite another thing to live through the efforts. They are not pretty. They do not always go well. There are ups and downs that wreck the stomach and create anger, second guessing, panic and delusions. I write this only because I’ve read the e-mails I’ve received here at kcchiefs.com and at my own website, bobgretz.com. I’ve heard a few callers on sports talk radio. I’ve seen the writings and heard the rumblings of various pundits. There is outrage, there is anger, there is second guessing, there is panic and there are delusions. Going young suddenly doesn’t seem to be the way to go. Fans want the Chiefs to go out and sign somebody, anybody. Others want somebody fired. It doesn’t matter who. They just want someone called on the carpet, head placed in the guillotine to answer for being 0-2 and losing as badly as the Chiefs did last Sunday to the Raiders. Listen, the team’s performance against Oakland was without a doubt woeful. It was not up to the standards the team established the week before in losing to New England. But it was but one picture in a series of 16 pictures that will make up the gallery of the 2008 Chiefs season. Those pictures very well may be a series of ups and downs as young players get their feet under them and learn the business of playing pro football. What few older bodies remain will play their way out of the picture or suffer injury that steals their availability. This is what rebuilding looks like. It’s a dirty, stinkin’, gut-wrenching business, as difficult as anything there is to do in the game of football. Some would say the Chiefs aren’t rebuilding, they are building. But that’s semantics. What the Chiefs had here for the better part of the last 18 years was winning football. It wasn’t the ultimate success, it wasn’t championship football, but there were more victories than defeat. There was always hope of something better. Eventually, there was a desire for something more concrete than hope. Right now the Chiefs are trying to re-build a winning football team, one that will be good for years and will challenge for a championship. They easily could have gone out and signed various veteran free agents and put together a more experienced team that would go 9-7, maybe 10-6 and slip into the playoffs every once in awhile. Would that be satisfying? From personal experience, I can tell you the only way to lose weight is to eat less and use more energy and that must become a lifestyle, not a momentary thing. The Chiefs have made a lifestyle change. There are going to moments of hunger, but the goal is better health and a winning football team. It’s not time to start cheating.
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