Originally Posted by Mecca:
Comparing 2024 to shit from 1982 just isn't gonna fly things have changed. The amount of money the NFL makes for one has changed.
The goal is to win championships not make the players comfortable.
I would bet money the teams who have the best rated facilities don't have a lot of playoff wins in the last five years. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
Some of these things are very easy to fix. It isn't hard to upgrade the weight room and weights, get more training staff, and fix the food.
Some of these other complaints like size\space are due to Arrowhead being old.
None of these have anything to do with Arrowhead. Chiefs practice facility is its own building and area down the hill from Arrowhead. [Reply]
Originally Posted by -King-:
None of these have anything to do with Arrowhead. Chiefs practice facility is its own building and area down the hill from Arrowhead.
Ah good point. So yeah Clark could build a state of the art practice facility with all the money Reid\Mahomes is printing for him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Looks like a great locker room to me....
Have ya been in it?
It's not.
I understand why the players don't like it - it's not at all impressive in person, regardless of the photographs. That said, there's just not a shitload that can be done quickly. You'll have to excavate further area under the stadium to expand it.
I can't speak to the training facilities or anything - they didn't let us go back there. But the locker room is nothing to write home about. I suspect the overwhelming majority of guys came from better lockerrooms in college if they played at Power 5 schools. I know Mizzou's is better. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Have ya been in it?
It's not.
I understand why the players don't like it - it's not at all impressive in person, regardless of the photographs. That said, there's just not a shitload that can be done quickly. You'll have to excavate further area under the stadium to expand it.
I can't speak to the training facilities or anything - they didn't let us go back there. But the locker room is nothing to write home about. I suspect the overwhelming majority of guys came from better lockerrooms in college if they played at Power 5 schools. I know Mizzou's is better.
Yea pretty much any P5 locker room is probably better, the shit they put in those is pretty ridiculous. [Reply]
The players want the shiny new training/practice facilities that have recently been built in Dallas, Minnesota, Miami, Las Vegas, etc.
This is where the players spend most of their time during the season and these facilities include a locker room that is used way more frequently than the home stadium locker room (that the Chiefs renovated at Arrowhead in 2021 but it's only used on gamedays).
Is it a bad look for well paid players to be crying about facilities? Maybe, but that is what they are expressing with these survey results. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88:
The players want the shiny new training/practice facilities that have recently been built in Dallas, Minnesota, Miami, Las Vegas, etc.
This is where the players spend most of their time during the season and these facilities include a locker room that is used way more frequently than the home stadium locker room (that the Chiefs renovated at Arrowhead in 2021 but it's only used on gameday).
Is it a bad look for well paid players to be crying about facilities? Maybe, but that is what they are expressing with these survey results.
It's just the going rate of what has to be done. In college teams like USC had to invest a shit ton of money because recruits thought they had shitty facilities compared to say Oregon. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
It's just the going rate of what has to be done. In college teams like USC had to invest a shit ton of money because recruits thought they had shitty facilities compared to say Oregon.
The Dolphins opened their new practice facility last year and Ross spent $135 million of his own money to build it.
And when you compare this to the Chiefs current practice facility... yeah there is no comparison.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Have ya been in it?
It's not.
I understand why the players don't like it - it's not at all impressive in person, regardless of the photographs. That said, there's just not a shitload that can be done quickly. You'll have to excavate further area under the stadium to expand it.
I can't speak to the training facilities or anything - they didn't let us go back there. But the locker room is nothing to write home about. I suspect the overwhelming majority of guys came from better lockerrooms in college if they played at Power 5 schools. I know Mizzou's is better.
Yeah college locker rooms are insane.
I do think the players are moreso talking about the locker room at the practice facility than at Arrowhead. The one at Arrowhead is comparable to others around the league and plus, they only have to be there a few hours 10-12 weeks a year. The practice facility one where they are there for multiple hours a day for 6 months a year is just bad. Them getting new chairs instead of the stools they had as their upgrade is kind of hilarious :-) [Reply]
