Do you think we’re all too stupid to figure out it’s you? I wish you’d accidentally fallen on a mine or been killed in one of those foxholes you probably shimmied through in Viet Nam.

Oh, and thanks for your service covering the Viet Nam war for our military.

The next post on this article will be rint using my name…..pathetic.

not really…

“I don’t care anymore trophy”.

Your ego & obvious disrespect for others opinions…are now exposed for all to judge.

Your so called pedestal, is but a 3 legged milking stool I occupied as a youth, twice a day 365 days a year. At least I contributed to the team (my family) milk, cream & butter.
I have since accepted & understood that common sense & respect of others is far more gratifying than a bitter old man that lives in the past & thinks he is wiser & better than everyone else.

I believe your directness of opinion & frankness of spirit is genuine, as only Rin can express.

Perfection is but a lonely escape from reality.

I can’t believe that you are a product of a Chiefs legacy & tradition of excellence. Lamar Hunt, Hank Stram & Chiefs players of yesteryear would be ashamed of you.

I will not address you again…

The extended olive branch has been rejected by he, “the almighty Rin” who hath loves thine self instead. Simply Pathetic……..

This should be obvious, but as is apparently not…

The reader any, must be able to discern ‘tween nuance & irony, wit & sarcasm, poetic license nee tongue in cheek – and all the rest Rin.

As the Dodgers ’60s CFr Willie Davis used to say “if it ain’t my life & it ain’t my wife, I don’t care.” Which is to say: lighten up Francis/don’t take it all so seriously.

If a person cannot discern when someone (say Rin) is being genuine/sincere or irreverent/ suspect, well…you place him on an even greater pedestal than He is already afforded…

Real Rin ® daddy-o

“My style I enjoy thoroughly & as I write for me/ my own enjoyment Rin has no plans to modify said; thanks for your ‘hopeful’ concern, however.”

I knew better. My bad. I take back what I said.

I should have just gone with my first instinct and puked.

“Rin”

- yes, what is it now?

“I forgot to “Thank You” for your service to our country.”

- some gave all, but all gave some…

“I noticed that you have a little icon on your Real Rin posting. We’ll assume it is you & not a pirate.”

- as you wish, though, you know what assuming makes of folk…

“I’m not one to chastise opinions of a colleague, but I would like to address a simple observation. Rin, you kill me with your Shakespearian (sp) prose. One would think with your intellect & work history that you would express your opinions in laymens terms. Keep in mind that none of us fellow bloggers have ever got paid for our views, comments, observations or analysis. No matter how obsurd it may seem to you.”

- a blog is not a column… it is free-style and as such poetic license be writer’s prerogative – as such Rin has invited all to read/or not takes His as one be inclined. This blog is smorgasbord, My style I enjoy thoroughly & as I write for me/ my own enjoyment Rin has no plans to modify said; thanks for your ‘hopeful’ concern, however.

“We are simple people with one thing in common. “We love the Chiefs”. Similiar to your passion for them at their infancy.”

- the ‘simplicity’ of Chiefs fandom (as evidenced by the majority this blog) is evidentiary…

“I propose to you”

- thank you, but Rin prefers to work/go it alone…

“that if you would simply stop tormenting, antagonizing & befuddleing (sp) us little people we would appreciate & respect your sometimes brilliant observations as fodder for further dialogue.”

- oh, the humanity…

“I am personally extending an olive branch to you, for those of us that have the time to express our opinions & concerns for our beloved team. We are a team, Please join us… hopefully in the near future “A team of World Champions”. Go Chiefs.”

- to each their own, but to thine own self be true…as is/willst e’er be Rin Tin Tin…

Real Rin ® daddy-o

Here! Here! I applaud your post.

And Rin, as bad as I hate to say it (and am choking on my urge to vomit)…I applaud your post as well. Probably your best ever.

No matter what you think of me…please heed Jimbo’s advice. A little more on the insight…and a little less on the bullsh*t, please. It would go a LONG way.

Suffice to say I maintain residence more than one state…will leave it at that (enough about Rin – you’ll make Scott & the other snots more jealous than they already be for you see those who would accuse a Rin of seeking attention in fact be the very perpetrators said themselves – Rin Tin Tin merely comments on some aspect of football and – VIOLA! the snot(s) come out to protest; they are a vexing (to themselves) eyed lot.

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Anyway…yes, greed by all means and in all its far reaching forms: oversaturation nee visual & overload informational reportage as well access to game broadcasts and rule changes driven by $ same the final analysis, directly & indirectly.

The majority of fans do not attend games…rather watch them. So how did folks yesteryear ever live without the 24/7/365 ESPN and cable television ad nauseam? Only the big 3 TV networks and even then only 2-4 games every weekend ‘stead of some 5x as many pro now? Circa 2009, a spoiled fandom has no idea & are over-gorged on the watered down parity laden NFL brand.

Rin lived it & well recalls said but if one is of a mind they can easily go back read the prophetic reports & retorts of the ’60s just what was going to happen a result such ‘progress’ (non-Rin term) described regarding ‘sports’ generally speaking – think George Orwell’s 1984, so that what you see today comes as no shock…twas just a matter when.

Just as MLB turned a blind eye to steroids/PED’s the last some 20+ years in deference to HRs, NFL changed its rule$ to benefit pro offen$e$ at the expense any stat integrity and relevance; younger fans many embrace said because they are innocent/ easily led (astray) – they never saw the game as once twas played – when it was a (better) game.

What be the price $ucce$$ now? Check out the co$t those ‘new improved’ suites at Arrowhead – and as Rin has said afore if you think it’s bad now wait until (if ever) KC starts winning again … might want to consider taking out a 2nd mortgage/become a fan of Arena football.

Notice anything in the current state of affairs that makes you go “hmm?” Ample unused cap space, ticket hocu$ pocu$ (you must buy 2 to see the 1 game you want)? You decide.

Still, tho be no heroes when choosing ‘tween the owners and players, I lean toward ownership (Rin liked it better in the good old days; NFL owners need to Ronald ‘RayGun’ the NFLPA just as he did PATCO in 1984. Isn’t possible, but if it was…)

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As for Garrett, actually he never earned $100K as a Chief, annually; that he signed 5-year contract in ’66 for about half Namath’s $400,000 of 1 year before made Mike a seeming bargain – as for the rank 7 file no-star players, player unions (both AFL & NFL) then weren’t what they are today; yes the $ were once too heavily tilted owners way – now it’s swung too far the other way. Capitalism is fine…long as you the fan remember it’s they (players/owners) be ‘capitali$ing’ on ‘you’ via that American spirit of ingenuity/greed/what the market will bear.

Which is why nowadays, Rin Tin Tin finds it both more interesting & satisfying watching amateurs (little league & YAFL) than the mercenaries each & every (players/owners alike) the pro level.

Rin,
I forgot to “Thank You” for your service to our country. I noticed that you have a little icon on your Real Rin posting. We’ll assume it is you & not a pirate.
I’m not one to chastise opinions of a colleague, but I would like to address a simple observation. Rin, you kill me with your Shakespearian (sp) prose. One would think with your intellect & work history that you would express your opinions in laymens terms. Keep in mind that none of us fellow bloggers have ever got paid for our views, comments, observations or analysis. No matter how obsurd it may seem to you. We are simple people with one thing in common. “We love the Chiefs”. Similiar to your passion for them at their infancy.
I propose to you, that if you would simply stop tormenting, antagonizing & befuddleing (sp) us little people we would appreciate & respect your sometimes brilliant observations as fodder for further dialogue.
I am personally extending an olive branch to you, for those of us that have the time to express our opinions & concerns for our beloved team.
We are a team, Please join us… hopefully in the near future “A team of World Champions”. Go Chiefs.

When in 1967 you became a fan, Rin was in ‘Nam. That I remain a fan today though more so out of habit than love as before, does not change the reality that football – American style – is the best sport in the world, my opine.

Alas it as most everything life doesn’t progress i.e., ‘get better’ with time…it merely changes, for the worse. Suffice to say, I am grateful that I was able to discover the game back in the late 1950′s whence truly, ‘it was a game.’

Yes, Rin will say with all sincerity & with total disregard for modesty that I can, will and do put my knowledge of the Chiefs that AFL decade second to none; true, every story or anecdote I have not heard (though I’ve heard many to be sure from the players themselves) but as ‘a’ nee ‘THE’ uber fan Chiefs AFL, Rin be peerless.

Rin’s background aft military service in the USMC entailed working in the media, variously – print, radio, TV & motion pictures (you may have seen me on screen however as I’ve no desire to compromise Rin’s anonymity I shall leave it at that. I was a Sports Editor for a newspaper in a major US city years ago & have been a sports fan and collector various memorabilia/stories for a number years.)

As concerns the KC Chiefs, my relationship with several of the older guys from the 1960s (as my father who knew Hank Stram/others very well) is the basis of much of my knowledge/insight too.

Well, that’s the condensed version… suffice to say Rin always honors & reveres yesteryear. That some folks resent Rin’s extensive knowledge the Chiefs be their problem; that Rin loves to tweak the nose such snots this blog – gratis – be just His style!

Much respect to you and your opinions…and the way you present them. Always enjoyable.

But, I think I’m going to barf.

Maybe we could all get a history lesson from you. I have only been a fan of the Chiefs since 1967.

I’m certain that all the bloggers on this site would read with interest your past association with the Lamar Hunt vision From the beginning to the present. I for one would very much enjoy reading the Rin Tin Tin biography.

How about it Rin, Will you share with us??

I’m sincerely interested. Anyone else interested?

The “AFL” … there’s just something about that name; Rin’s memorabilia stash strains under the weight said.

Rin still has His original game program & ticket stub for that DAL v @OAK game as well as program & stub for that first HOME v HOU exhibition game as well first regular season HOME and AWAY games – both v the LA Chargers. Throw in that original 1960 DAL Texans pennant mine and it’s like being (inaudible) years old again.

daddy-o