Comments on: Chiefs apologize after telling fan to “get a clue” on Twitter

By: raiduhdude

raiduhdude — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:16:53 +0000

pathetic that dude had to apologize… soft people these days…

By: turfrage

turfrage — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:41:52 +0000

And it’s their money! Their business. Not yours. You cheer. They are the real professionals. Don’t like it. Don’t go.

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:07:09 +0000

Wifey, the Chiefs are about 77-87% of the cap depending on which figures you read from different sites. They are no where over 89% on any site. So you might want to go back in time and get informed to prepare your self to argue about the 21st century…

Like I said, they are cheap!

By: slickster35

slickster35 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:56:05 +0000

What most of you uninformed people fail to realize is that the Chiefs are a publicly funded business that the tax payers supported by renovating their stadium. Since thats the case, and it is, the guy had every reason in the world to expect an apology. Too bad he couldn’t see it because they banned him from their twitter. The team has no excuse for regularly being in the bottom 5 of salary cap spending, especially since this has been the norm since the public funded almost $500 million for said renovations. Hate Jerry Jones all you want, but at least he pays his own way. BTW, the Hunts are richer than he is.

By: slugbaitspace

slugbaitspace — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:18:20 +0000

Steve Jobs did the same thing regularly, except he was much more acerbic, never apologized, and Apple fanbois LOVED him for it.

Maybe it would have been better if the Chiefs used Paypal to transfer a quarter to the fan’s account and tell him to BUY a clue.

By: haleyistheman00

haleyistheman00 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:17:48 +0000

Abnin I think you answered your own question. Kc loves the chiefs = they ain’t movin

By: kelmcc

kelmcc — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:11:58 +0000

And where is Omaha? You can’t put a team in Iowa or whereever it is with that close of proximity to Mpls and Chicago.

Plus, I’m guessing their level of involvement in supporting pro sports is relegated to tier-3 Hockey teams and AAA baseball (that 4 team football league doesn’t count).

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:09:41 +0000

Real fans in Johnson County? Then why was the KU boo’d like they were the raiders at half time? As far as the cap number, wow, the Chiefs are cheap. I thought it was going to get better. So much for that hope.

By: sullijo1

sullijo1 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:51:51 +0000

How are the Chiefs $28M under the salary cap, but can’t keep Brandon Carr? Why does the media make excuses (injuries) instead of rail the front office for not using the cash on adequate depth?

By: sullijo1

sullijo1 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:51:30 +0000

When you haven’t played in a Super Bowl in 42 years, haven’t won a playoff game in 19 years, and get blown out in your home opener……

Yes, your fans have a right to express their frustration! In my opinion, the fans and MEDIA in this city don’t get on the organization and their allowed to get away with this…..

By: sullijo1

sullijo1 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:48:20 +0000

They need to move this team to a real city…….like Omaha. Or, where the REAL Chiefs fans are…..in Johnson County!

By: breadslicer

breadslicer — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:50:26 +0000

In 2004 my Falcons got pasted by the Chiefs in Arrowhead 56-10 I believe.

Every since that game the Chiefs are my 2nd favorite team because:

1. Knowledgeable and relatively classy fanbase
2. Unbelievable collegiate-type game atmosphere
3. Arrowhead Stadium

It was everything I wished and still wish was true about Atlanta. I wanted to be part of it so I adopted them as my #2 team.

By: turfrage

turfrage — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:39:27 +0000

I see no problem with it. He used no obscenities unlike the FAN. just because it’s football doesn’t mean you have a right to demean or insult ANY of the players, owners or personnel. This is their profession. You don’t see them calling your place of employment or going online and blasting obscenities about your jobs. Thats the difference between amatuers and professionals. Be a FAN. Cheer for your team. Or find another one…cause chances are they won’t need fans like you anyway.

By: raidadon

raidadon — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:38:13 +0000

Heck yeah he should get fired! Told the truth to a fan. Chef fans are in an abusive relationship. There needs to be an uprising in KC! After Pioli left the Patsies nothin changed in New England. Still wheelin n dealin on draft day. Pioli….the benefactor of the Hoodie’s draft day savvy. Never brought it to K C did he? 43years since ya last SuperBowl, 20 years since ya last playoff win.

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:40:29 +0000

That stadium was empty late in the game. Fans have had enough of this team and are showing frustration. Don’t blame the fan but what is so wrong with saying get a clue?

By: ballboy48

ballboy48 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:58:44 +0000

Sometimes the people who runs these twitter accounts, don’t know when not to reply. Didn’t your mother ever tell you, “You may think something, but sometimes it’s best to keep it to yourself”!

I went to Arrowhead a few years back when Cleveland played the Chiefs and had a great time with their fans. I wish they’d get better, just as much as my beloved Browns!

By: steelers4385

steelers4385 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:57:40 +0000

Oh so because some snobby little fan isnt happy his team isnt going 16 and 0 and says something god forbid the guy who says get a clue is allowed to have an opinion. Im a steelers fan and does anyone ever think in billions of light years we would ever draft or pick up a good corner? No. But im not crying about it. People like that jerk off whine for months about how they miss football… And when its finally here… They cry cause their team lost. Too freakn bad. Its apart of the game.

By: geniusfan

geniusfan — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:52:10 +0000

” We’re getting to be a nation of PC weaklings.”

Oh god, if I could like this comment a thousand times I would.

So let me get this straight an alleged fan of the Chiefs bashes his team on twitter after a tough week one loss, a loss that the Chiefs didn’t have Brandon Flowers, Tamba Hali, and Kendrick Lewis some of the best players at their positions in the sport.

Then all the Chiefs say is “get a clue” and they have to apologize? For what? For calling out a fan that thoroughly deserved it. Man I’m getting so sick of these stupid public apologizes, guess what kid the Chiefs don’t owe you a dime, get over it.

By: nfl4life77

nfl4life77 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:45:23 +0000

To me it seems like a fan got a “Gotcha” moment andwanted to be noticed. Pretty lame. But it made it on here so must have worked.

By: tomthebombtracy

tomthebombtracy — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:26:20 +0000

Somehow the Chiefs front office will find a way to blame Todd Haley for his….and the loss in the first place.

Romeo (and Juliet) are on their way to the suicide scene.

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:22:25 +0000

Twitter is one big pile of stupid waiting to happen every day…. a lot of major mistakes made on that in the last year in the NFL….

By: gadzod

gadzod — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:19:41 +0000

So, the guy calls Hunt cheap and shoots obscenities, while the Chiefs twitter guy tells him to get a clue, and the Chiefs twitter guy is the one in the wrong? Screw that. I’m tired of political correctness and the soft skin people have these days. Grow a pair. If you are able to lash it out, you better be able to take it in.

By: bigdawg24

bigdawg24 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:09:43 +0000

The Cheaps seem to hate their fans, but love their $$$$.

They are so arrogant, with such little success to show for it on the field. Their blanket answer to everything is “Wait. We will get better.”, just like the Royals.

The Chiefs with Romeo Crennel did win 2 of his 3 games as head coach – the only missing part was Kyle Orton was the QB, not Matt Cassel. He is horrible.

By: passiveaggressivechiefsfan

passiveaggressivechiefsfan — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:08:57 +0000

Let us not forget that its still a customer that the Chiefs rep was talking to. I think we can all agree that the customer IS NOT always right. But damn…do a little recon and see who you are responding too. The guy that the tweet was sent back to has more followers than the Chiefs.

Lets face it. The Chiefs are cheap. They have the second most salary cap in the NFL. They have a solid fan base and most fans stand behind their team. But Hunt would be wise to spend a little more to try and win. He can’t keep saying that the Chiefs will build from draft picks. Getting some high profile free agents (when they are available) would do this team wonders.

To quote Ferris Bueller – Clark Hunt “is so tight, that if you were to stick a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks it would be a diamond.”

By: khuxford

khuxford — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:59:45 +0000

The kid who was originally told to get a clue, who bashed the team and cussed in that tweet, doesn’t actually deserve an apology. The person running the Chiefs Twitter account shouldn’t have sent the tweet and owes an apology to the fans in general and his bosses, but not for responding rudely to a rude fan.

By: normswifevera

normswifevera — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:14 +0000

“Thankfully us Chiefs fans will no longer have to endure the Chiefs being cheap with the new CBA. Though I’m sure even then Clark will find a way to be on the bottom end of the minimum required spending.”

Hate to burst your bubble, but the Chiefs already spend well over the 89% minimum cash spending limit that goes into effect next year.

Try to catch up to the 21st century and realize that having cap room doesn’t mean teams aren’t spending money.

By: blogatron2000

blogatron2000 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:50:25 +0000

Mr. Wright is wrong. Glad the guy called him on it.

If people had to pass an intelligence test to get a twitter account, the world would be a much better place.

By: thankheavenfornumberseven

thankheavenfornumberseven — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:46:58 +0000

It was a dumb move to respond, but the fan doesn’t deserve an apology. Where’s his apology to the team?

By: macwomack

macwomack — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:42:10 +0000

I feel old and crusty… I don’t get twitter, I don’t understand it’s appeal.

One thing I do understand is that a twit (or whatever) is forever… and assume it will be read by everyone.

Now why do the people that send twits or tweets not have that same understanding?

By: bearclaw69

bearclaw69 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:32:01 +0000

While the Chiefs employee wasn’t very smart to do what he/she did, I’m SICK of seeing companies apologize to people. It still IS a free country. You don’t have the right NOT to be offended. Political correctness has run amok and I for one refuse to submit to it.