Originally Posted by BWillie:
If we hadn't won the last two it would be hard to disagree with him.
We didn't 'win' the last one. We fell back-asswards into a W because their rookie C snapped the ball early and then the refs decided that it wasn't false start, but illegal motion. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
OMG. The most talented player in history after the fact created a narrative that he was as good as he was only because he was doubted! You’ve cracked the code!
Imagine how many players have been disrespected because they weren’t playing well who used that as fuel and then…failed. I guarantee you that list is 100,000 times longer than the Last Dance monologues.
You’re funny.
You think Michael Jordan only had a chip on his shoulder in his career after the fact? :-)
You may want to learn something about the psychology of elite athletes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
You think Michael Jordan only had a chip on his shoulder in his career after the fact? :-)
You may want to learn something about the psychology of elite athletes.
You may want to learn something about the psychology of most athletes who reach the highest level of professional sports. Spoiler: they usually don’t end up the best ever despite having that chip on their shoulder.
Your Peter Pan Syndrome is strong. You need to do better understanding basic statistics. It’s funny. [Reply]
Originally Posted by FloridaMan88:
Rex still bitter that Andy didn’t consider him for the Chiefs DC job after Bob Sutton was fired.
This is what I'm remembering, he thought he really had a chance, and it seemed it was brought up on whatever show he was scamming at the time, could be the same show I don't know. He's a bitter old foot fetisher. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
You may want to learn something about the psychology of most athletes who reach the highest level of professional sports. Spoiler: they usually don’t end up the best ever despite having that chip on their shoulder.
Your Peter Pan Syndrome is strong. You need to do better understanding basic statistics. It’s funny.
Would love to know what any of this nonsense post has to do with Michael Jordan using any little slight as motivation throughout his career but I expect I won't get any kind of real answer out of you. [Reply]
Like, yeah, people that aren't Michael Jordan can also have chips on their shoulder too and not be as good at basketball at him while doing it? Thanks for letting us know? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
We've all seen teams with great W/L records, but also struggled to earn most of those Ws, get bounced in the 1st round. Same as it ever was. I hope KC figures out their issues and starts playing better football, but I don't know that they will, so they could get bounced just like any of those other teams did.
Exactly. I don't have a problem with what Rex Ryan said and he's not the only one saying this.
Also, the 2003 Chiefs are a perfect example of this if my memory serves me correctly. We all knew the team was going to be in trouble unless the D improved and it never did. With this team it's the same - they need to improve otherwise they will be in trouble come playoff time. May not be the 1st round but they will lose if they keep playing how they've been
But there's still some time to improve. However the clock is ticking. The Chargers will be ready to go next Sunday and playoffs are about what a month away? [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Would love to know what any of this nonsense post has to do with Michael Jordan using any little slight as motivation throughout his career but I expect I won't get any kind of real answer out of you.
I know Mahomes had a chip on his shoulder with Burrow before he ever played a game against him and yet he started 0-3.
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
I know Mahomes had a chip on his shoulder with Burrow before he ever played a game against him and yet he started 0-3.
There’s your real answer.
You can derive motivation from little things and still lose games, you know that right? [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
You can derive motivation from little things and still lose games, you know that right?
Haha. Thanks for proving my point. Players of lesser talent and ability can have all the motivation in the world but it still doesn’t move the needle. Hence, Rex Ryan isn’t changing the course of our season because he’s motivated Mahomes. If he’s going to play at that level, he’ll do it regardless. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
Haha. Thanks for proving my point. Players of lesser talent and ability can have all the motivation in the world but it still doesn’t move the needle. Hence, Rex Ryan isn’t changing the course of our season because he’s motivated Mahomes. If he’s going to play at that level, he’ll do it regardless.
Rex Ryan could shit on us every day for a month and it wouldn't guarantee victory over Buffalo next month.
Still doesn't mean it won't motivate Mahomes and the Chiefs though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
I’m sure they wanted to win a lot before. I’m sure they wanted to win more after. They barely won that game.
If they had lost, would that have meant that the comments didn’t matter?
The Chiefs are just a really good team with some really high end talent. They are going to be motivated in the playoffs plenty regardless of the opponent.
I dunno, the pressure they put on Burrow in the Burrowhead game was unreal... I believe the old saying is motivation shows up in practice/prep, but that was one time I wondered if "wanting it more" actually mattered (and up until that game, I would have said the same stuff you're saying).
Yeah, it's not some magic bullet... those games will still be 50/50 and guys like Mahomes don't solely rely on outside motivation like OP. However, if it was completely pointless, I'd wonder why Stroupe seems to feed him those things? :-) [Reply]
