Originally Posted by gblowfish:
If I went to another job with my sole purpose being to screw over my previous employer and sabotage their success, I doubt if they'd invite me back to the company picnic.
And if you think playing for the Denver Broncos is Okey Dokey, you don't get it.
If football is just "an entertainment exhibition" then fine. If that's the case, then none of this matters. It's all bullshit.
I like to think it's more than that. It may not be. It may be the WWF. We've debated that for a long time on the CP.
I'd prefer to give the ceremonial honor to somebody who didn't come back into my house and rub my nose in my team's defeat. But that's just me.
I don't see the Donks welcoming back Eddie Kennison anytime soon...
^this^ Neil can go pound sand, and can't believe we invited him back to our house... [Reply]
Originally Posted by neech:
Nothing personnel just business. It's a business decision to me who am I to say where someone can go work or not is my thinking.
That's fine, but if they leave, for whatever the reason, and then mock you and disregard their time at your business as a mistake, then they should be dead to said business... [Reply]
I realize that owners and players don't view these things the way we do. I remember when I met Eddie Kennison at Sports Nutz and told him how much I hated Denver. He just looked at me like I was crazy. If somebody told me how much he hated my friends and former co-workers, I'd think probably think he was crazy, too. That's fine for them. But I'm not one of them. I'm a fan. That's short for "fanatic." I'm not Eddie Kennison, or Michael Corleone. It's not business. It's personal.
As I said before, that loss still haunts me. Nothing will ever make it right. Yeah, I'm old and bitter, and when it comes to that game, unhinged. And I make zero excuses for that, and don't give shit who does or doesn't like it.
Originally Posted by Frazod:
I realize that owners and players don't view these things the way we do. I remember when I met Eddie Kennison at Sports Nutz and told him how much I hated Denver. He just looked at me like I was crazy. If somebody told me how much he hated my friends and former co-workers, I'd think probably think he was crazy, too. That's fine for them. But I'm not one of them. I'm a fan. That's short for "fanatic." I'm not Eddie Kennison, or Michael Corleone. It's not business. It's personal.
As I said before, that loss still haunts me. Nothing will ever make it right. Yeah, I'm old and bitter, and when it comes to that game, unhinged. And I make zero excuses for that, and don't give shit who does or doesn't like it.
Fuck Bronco Neil.
Even finally beating the Colts in the playoffs has not erased, not only the numerous losses to them in the playoffs over the decades, but especially the last one. That game was the straw that broke the camel's back and changed me as a fan forever. It took a piece of my soul that I'm never getting back, even with ten SB wins.
Originally Posted by Raiderhader:
Even finally beating the Colts in the playoffs has not erased, not only the numerous losses to them in the playoffs over the decades, but especially the last one. That game was the straw that broke the camel's back and changed me as a fan forever. It took a piece of my soul that I'm never getting back, even with ten SB wins.
So I totally get what you are saying.
That one certainly hurt, a lot, but in that case, we got real payback. Knocked those fuckers out of the playoffs and put the final nail in Luck's coffin.
Their great savior never ended up winning dick, and his final game was a playoff loss at Arrowhead. The same cannot be said of Elway and Manning.
That particular monkey is no longer on my back. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
That one certainly hurt, a lot, but in that case, we got real payback. Knocked those fuckers out of the playoffs and put the final nail in Luck's coffin.
Their great savior never ended up winning dick, and his final game was a playoff loss at Arrowhead. The same cannot be said of Elway and Manning.
That particular monkey is no longer on my back.
I'm not saying there are not differences, just that I understand the idea that there are games that you just never get over. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Raiderhader:
I'm not saying there are not differences, just that I understand the idea that there are games that you just never get over.
Fair enough. We've all got our own personal demons. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Raiderhader:
Even finally beating the Colts in the playoffs has not erased, not only the numerous losses to them in the playoffs over the decades, but especially the last one. That game was the straw that broke the camel's back and changed me as a fan forever. It took a piece of my soul that I'm never getting back, even with ten SB wins.
So I totally get what you are saying.
The 95 playoff game did that to me. Still the coldest I’ve ever been in my life, and that was the longest and quietest walk I ever did out of Arrowhead. Looking back, we got really lucky to win a handful of games that season, but we should have blown that team out. [Reply]
i remember when rich gannon came back to arrowhead and some chiefs "fans" cheered him. that's much more of a dick move than having neil smith bang the stupid drum. at least neil never got cheered wearing another uni. fuck those "fans."
