Paul Harvey......
"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve, and bad things are very easy to achieve. " Confucius
Color me guilty. I hated (admired? envied?) The New York Yankees. Coulda had something to do with their 27 World titles... mebbe a TAD about their fans reminding the World of this. Starting in 1976, the Royals would meet the Yankees in the American League Championship Series four out of five years. Finally, finally, FINALLY in 1980 it happened. We beat the ('stinkin') Yankees.
That Confucius, "All good things are difficult to achieve" and "It is easy to hate." We do that. I did that. Google, or Reddit, "Somebody help me" (quoting Beetlejuice) reminds... among the most hated teams... The Yankees... Alabama football... Duke basketball.. the LA Lakers.. the Boston Bruins.. The New England Patriots...
And usn's in Small Market 'Merica.. particularly our little 'cowtown' KC, no likey (admire? envious of?) some individuals.. names ringing a bell.. Reggie Jackson.. Billy Martin... John Elway... Peyton Manning... Tom Brady... Tom Brady.. did we mention Tom Brady?
Fast forward to today... the board for the "Game of 501 darts" (too longa story to tell, hell, I'm 71, just learnt how to play it).. anyways... picture a dartboard, and hatrid (admiration? envy?) with, in place of the Bullseye, our little NFL cowtown, accompanying pics of Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Andy Reid.. and toss in Taylor Swift for good measure (no, not the musical measure variety).
Ya flip channels.. Mahomes is EVERYWHERE in commercials.. and now he's dragging Reid in their with him. SNL? Kelce? You kidding me? I don't give a rat's watoosie about Taylor Swift, pan your cameras down on the field where football is being played.
Eight consecutive AFC West titles. Six straight times in the AFC Championship game.. What's this now, the 4th Super Bowl in six seasons for KC?
We get it... It's easy to hate and difficult to love. All good things are difficult to achieve.
Lamar he begun it, the Texans held a summit, they packed their bags and moved to old KC. 1963. Yes, he had started the AFL. There was success. With both the NFL and the AFL drafting college players, he/The now Kansas City Chiefs, got some good ones. In fact, won the Super Bowl in the 1969 season.
And of course, after that, there would be 27 more AFL/AFC Champsionships, 12 Super Bowl titles.. AHM, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Slowdown Warpaint. That ain't right.
1972, the longest dayum NFL football game ever (still, to this day), Christmas day, the Miami Dolphins outlasted the Chiefs.. 27-24 in double overtime.
Since......
Well... before some guy, #15, the Chiefs playoff record since the '69 Super Bowl, 10-18. Hear me? 10-18, including losing ten of eleven between '93 and 2017. Some kicker named Lin Elliot missed THREE field goals in a 10-7 playoff loss to the Colts.
1983, we finally drafted a Quarterback in the first round. Todd Blackledge. Hearda him? Pretty good broadcaster.. As a QB with KC, in five seasons, completed less than 50% of his passes.. 29 TDs, 38 interceptions. Good golly.
After Lenny the Cool and that '69 Super Bowl team, we tried Livingston, Fuller, Kenney, Seurer, DeBerg, Jaworski, Peulleur, Vlasic, Krieg, Montana (yes, a few good things happened), Bono, Elvis "I can't throw the ball and catch it too" Grbac, Gannon, Green (not too bad), Moon, Huard, Thigpen, Cassel, Palco, Orton, Quinn, Daniel, Smith (anudder, not too bad)... 20 LOSING SEASONS between '69 and 2017.
For a brief moment, let's look at the udder sidea the parking lot. That be where the Kansas City Royal's play. Toto relates, "It's in Missouri too", dontyaknow Dorothy, yes, there is a Kansas City Kansas, but both teams are in Kansas City Missouri. Sing it Aretha, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, sock it to us please everyone. After whatshiname Brett retired, tweren't good there either. 1985 Champs, it would be another THIRTY years before it happened again. Three outta every four folks in KC wore Royal's shirts. "Let's Go Royals" was heard in parks around Baseaball. Finally, 2015 Champs again. Kids, much like us kids from 1969/Chiefs Super Bowl, thought "It'll be like this EVERY year."
Ahm, nope. Royals finished 56-106 last year. I wish I could recall who coined the famous phrase
WHAT HAPPENED?"
Did KC folks give up? Did you have to go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the Boys to get yummy burnt ends? Was there still Red Friday? The Chiefettes? Where the Hunts looking to move elsewhere?
No. No. No. No. No.
Resolve, as in hardworking, loyal, fanatic, everloving - KC fans.
In 2013, EIGHT teams hired NFL coaches. Only one got Andy Reid. 62 players were selected in the draft that year before the name of the Cincinatti Bearcat Travis Kelce was called. Some guy named Tyreek Hill was selected in the Fifth round of the 2016 draft.
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