easymobee
09-21-2005, 01:26 AM
MONDAY MIGHT MELTDOWN
Just a look back on a great game.
A game that the very mention of got me a ban warning over at the Planet when i was a Noob ( The Planet isn't too quick on the ban button either ).
This thread will act as Kryptonite to your average Chiefs fan ( In case you need to "get away" from the Planet All-Stars ).
Anyone else remember this one as fondly as me?
http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_1998/chiefs_113098.asp
Then came the 30-7 Monday-night meltdown against Denver, when three different players committed five cheap-shot fouls in a 4 1/2-minute span of mop-up time. Owner Lamar Hunt said the franchise and the city were embarrassed. Apologetic head coach Marty Schottenheimer said he was as disappointed as he’d ever been in his career, which said a ton.
There’s no leadership on that team,’’ Seahawk DB Mark Collins, once a recognized Chief leader, said after his current team beat his former one. "Marty wanted a bunch of thugs, and that’s what he’s got. Derrick Thomas, Chester McGlockton, Leslie O’Neal — those are three of the biggest egos in the league. There’s no one there to calm them down.’’
The more likely explanation is in Collins’ reference to the absence of veteran leadership. After the Denver debacle, second-year TE Tony Gonzalez was asked why some team leaders hadn’t stepped in to head off the cheap shots.
"The guys drawing the penalties are the team leaders,’’ he said sadly. "No one could have foreseen this. It’s a shock. Emotions are running high, and people are reacting in ways we never thought possible.’’
http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/football/nfl/1998/week12/news/thomas111798.htm
Pro Bowl defensive end Derrick Thomas was suspended for one game Tuesday and linebacker Wayne Simmons was waived, a day after Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt said their actions "disgraced this organization as well as the community." Thomas, Simmons and defensive end Chester McGlockton drew a total of five personal foul penalties in a shocking breakdown of self control Monday night in the final minutes of Denver's 30-7 victory. Thomas, who's been to the Pro Bowl each of his nine seasons, was flagged once for hitting quarterback Bubby Brister in the head when he was on the ground and twice for pulling and twisting Denver tight end Shannon Sharpe's face mask. Thomas said. "To the youth of America that look up to Derrick Thomas, I apologize to you because that is not sportsmanlike conduct and you should not conduct yourself that way on the field."
"I've looked at the video and I say once again, I'm embarrassed, humiliated. I'm angry," Schottenheimer said. "I'm really disappointed that at the end of the football game some individuals decided what's best for this football team isn't important to them -- that their own personal agenda is what they're interested in."
http://www.cracksmoker.com/NFL/NFL%20SharpeS.htm
SHANNON SHARPE BLURBS
On his trash-talking limits: "I won't talk about someone's girlfriend, someone's mother or their wife. But if you have a deformity, I will talk about that."
On his antics this season: "I got a guy suspended (Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas). I got a guy cut (Chiefs linebacker Wayne Simmons). One coach resigned (Marty Schottenheimer). Another thought about resigning (Jimmy Johnson). I'm pretty good. I might have to go into politics, huh?" On Falcons cornerback Ray Buchanan: "When you got guys who worry about their looks like Ray Buchanan, more worried about putting on makeup and their eye-liner than playing football and covering receivers, you're in trouble. So tell him to take his lipstick off, take off his heels and the wig, and he won't have to worry about this. I'm not saying that he's a cross-dresser ... but that's what I heard."
Ha! Ha! Ha!
http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_1998/daily_111798.asp
Assigning blame is an inexact science, but one thing was very clear after Monday night’s Chief-Bronco game.
It wasn’t Elvis Grbac’s fault.
Rich Gannon started at quarterback for Kansas City in its biggest game of the season — and last hope to kick-start a playoff run — and the Chiefs still lost. It wouldn’t have made much of a difference if Grbac had started, because the Chiefs couldn’t run the ball, and they couldn’t stop Denver’s offense.
Nobody has been able to slow down the Bronco Express, which not only improved to 10-0 with its 30-7 win over the Chiefs, but scored 30 or more points in a game for the seventh time this year. Then again, the Chiefs weren’t supposed to be a bunch of nobodies. With Chester McGlockton joining an all-star cast, Kansas City was supposed to have the best defense in the AFC, and perhaps the entire NFL. Instead, the Chiefs have been softer than a puppy’s tummy against the run. And the supposed best player on that defense, "Falcon" Derrick Thomas, hasn’t been heard from — at least not in a positive light — since Week One, when he blitzed the Raiders for six sacks.
On Monday night, Thomas freaked out, committing three consecutive personal-foul facemask penalties against Denver’s Shannon Sharpe. After the third one, Thomas finally was pulled from the game, but only because the Chiefs were using their goalline defense. He should have been pulled after the second violation, by either head coach Marty Schottenheimer or the referees. There’s no place for antics like Thomas’.
Schottenheimer, who’s under fire, can make a statement about who’s in charge by suspending Thomas for a game. In the next few days, you’ll no doubt hear whispers that Schottenheimer has "lost" his players, whatever that means. He can ensure that doesn’t happen by coming down hard on Thomas, which would send a message.
The ’98 Chiefs are a lost cause, to be sure, and Kansas City’s fans will be calling for Schottenheimer to get lost once the season ends. Chief GM Carl Peterson isn’t the type to panic, and firing Schottenheimer would be a huge mistake. In each of his first nine years in K.C., Schottenheimer’s Chiefs finished either first or second in their division, posting a winning record each season. I doubt the Chiefs could find a head coach with a better résumé.
Chief management miscalculated in the offseason by failing to find a suitable replacement or replacements for Marcus Allen and Greg Hill. Allen was a clutch player and team leader. Hill wasn’t great, but he was good enough to complement Allen. With Dave Szott, the best offensive guard in football, out most of the season with a torn triceps, the Chiefs need a running back who can gain yards on his own. On their current roster, they don’t have one.
That’s not Elvis Grbac’s fault, either.
Just a look back on a great game.
A game that the very mention of got me a ban warning over at the Planet when i was a Noob ( The Planet isn't too quick on the ban button either ).
This thread will act as Kryptonite to your average Chiefs fan ( In case you need to "get away" from the Planet All-Stars ).
Anyone else remember this one as fondly as me?
http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_1998/chiefs_113098.asp
Then came the 30-7 Monday-night meltdown against Denver, when three different players committed five cheap-shot fouls in a 4 1/2-minute span of mop-up time. Owner Lamar Hunt said the franchise and the city were embarrassed. Apologetic head coach Marty Schottenheimer said he was as disappointed as he’d ever been in his career, which said a ton.
There’s no leadership on that team,’’ Seahawk DB Mark Collins, once a recognized Chief leader, said after his current team beat his former one. "Marty wanted a bunch of thugs, and that’s what he’s got. Derrick Thomas, Chester McGlockton, Leslie O’Neal — those are three of the biggest egos in the league. There’s no one there to calm them down.’’
The more likely explanation is in Collins’ reference to the absence of veteran leadership. After the Denver debacle, second-year TE Tony Gonzalez was asked why some team leaders hadn’t stepped in to head off the cheap shots.
"The guys drawing the penalties are the team leaders,’’ he said sadly. "No one could have foreseen this. It’s a shock. Emotions are running high, and people are reacting in ways we never thought possible.’’
http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/football/nfl/1998/week12/news/thomas111798.htm
Pro Bowl defensive end Derrick Thomas was suspended for one game Tuesday and linebacker Wayne Simmons was waived, a day after Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt said their actions "disgraced this organization as well as the community." Thomas, Simmons and defensive end Chester McGlockton drew a total of five personal foul penalties in a shocking breakdown of self control Monday night in the final minutes of Denver's 30-7 victory. Thomas, who's been to the Pro Bowl each of his nine seasons, was flagged once for hitting quarterback Bubby Brister in the head when he was on the ground and twice for pulling and twisting Denver tight end Shannon Sharpe's face mask. Thomas said. "To the youth of America that look up to Derrick Thomas, I apologize to you because that is not sportsmanlike conduct and you should not conduct yourself that way on the field."
"I've looked at the video and I say once again, I'm embarrassed, humiliated. I'm angry," Schottenheimer said. "I'm really disappointed that at the end of the football game some individuals decided what's best for this football team isn't important to them -- that their own personal agenda is what they're interested in."
http://www.cracksmoker.com/NFL/NFL%20SharpeS.htm
SHANNON SHARPE BLURBS
On his trash-talking limits: "I won't talk about someone's girlfriend, someone's mother or their wife. But if you have a deformity, I will talk about that."
On his antics this season: "I got a guy suspended (Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas). I got a guy cut (Chiefs linebacker Wayne Simmons). One coach resigned (Marty Schottenheimer). Another thought about resigning (Jimmy Johnson). I'm pretty good. I might have to go into politics, huh?" On Falcons cornerback Ray Buchanan: "When you got guys who worry about their looks like Ray Buchanan, more worried about putting on makeup and their eye-liner than playing football and covering receivers, you're in trouble. So tell him to take his lipstick off, take off his heels and the wig, and he won't have to worry about this. I'm not saying that he's a cross-dresser ... but that's what I heard."
Ha! Ha! Ha!
http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_1998/daily_111798.asp
Assigning blame is an inexact science, but one thing was very clear after Monday night’s Chief-Bronco game.
It wasn’t Elvis Grbac’s fault.
Rich Gannon started at quarterback for Kansas City in its biggest game of the season — and last hope to kick-start a playoff run — and the Chiefs still lost. It wouldn’t have made much of a difference if Grbac had started, because the Chiefs couldn’t run the ball, and they couldn’t stop Denver’s offense.
Nobody has been able to slow down the Bronco Express, which not only improved to 10-0 with its 30-7 win over the Chiefs, but scored 30 or more points in a game for the seventh time this year. Then again, the Chiefs weren’t supposed to be a bunch of nobodies. With Chester McGlockton joining an all-star cast, Kansas City was supposed to have the best defense in the AFC, and perhaps the entire NFL. Instead, the Chiefs have been softer than a puppy’s tummy against the run. And the supposed best player on that defense, "Falcon" Derrick Thomas, hasn’t been heard from — at least not in a positive light — since Week One, when he blitzed the Raiders for six sacks.
On Monday night, Thomas freaked out, committing three consecutive personal-foul facemask penalties against Denver’s Shannon Sharpe. After the third one, Thomas finally was pulled from the game, but only because the Chiefs were using their goalline defense. He should have been pulled after the second violation, by either head coach Marty Schottenheimer or the referees. There’s no place for antics like Thomas’.
Schottenheimer, who’s under fire, can make a statement about who’s in charge by suspending Thomas for a game. In the next few days, you’ll no doubt hear whispers that Schottenheimer has "lost" his players, whatever that means. He can ensure that doesn’t happen by coming down hard on Thomas, which would send a message.
The ’98 Chiefs are a lost cause, to be sure, and Kansas City’s fans will be calling for Schottenheimer to get lost once the season ends. Chief GM Carl Peterson isn’t the type to panic, and firing Schottenheimer would be a huge mistake. In each of his first nine years in K.C., Schottenheimer’s Chiefs finished either first or second in their division, posting a winning record each season. I doubt the Chiefs could find a head coach with a better résumé.
Chief management miscalculated in the offseason by failing to find a suitable replacement or replacements for Marcus Allen and Greg Hill. Allen was a clutch player and team leader. Hill wasn’t great, but he was good enough to complement Allen. With Dave Szott, the best offensive guard in football, out most of the season with a torn triceps, the Chiefs need a running back who can gain yards on his own. On their current roster, they don’t have one.
That’s not Elvis Grbac’s fault, either.