Originally Posted by Pawnmower:
some of the greatest chiefsplanet times
the depths of misery made us want so much more
we knew alex Smith was not it
and contrasted to the pure joy of trading for mahomes'pick
without the cassel Era, I would've never experienced the ecstasy as deeply of this era
I'm not even sure Cassel was the lowest point of our 50 year draught and wandering through the darkness. It was ugly but damn Paul Wiggin, Frank Gansz and John Mackovic as head coaches don't exactly give you the warm and fuzzies.
The 70's and 80's were dark, scary times. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Going into the Mahomes draft, things were rough.
We'd just lost a playoff game where our opponent failed to score a TD and we had a lead early with the fastest man in the game streaking wide-open down the field, only to see our QB chicken out.
It was getting awfully difficult to convince myself that we could win a championship with the formula we'd been using. Even with a steady, dependable, firmly above average QB, I just couldn't convince myself that we were going to win a title.
Mahomes, even before we knew he'd be this (because seriously - MVP and SB MVP with 2 years left on his rookie deal was on very few people's lists of possibilities) changed everything.
It was hope. It was a sign that the organization saw things the same way I did.
That was kinda it for me, I was done, I had other shit going on and I was like this team ain't never gonna win shit. I was like I'll see who they draft but odds are I'm just done giving a shit...then we finally decided to draft a QB and I was sucked back in. [Reply]
