Comments on: In Defense of Bobby Sippio

By: B-Dogg

B-Dogg — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:02:56 +0000

Gretz-You’re a dumbass

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:55:50 +0000

The draft pick reference was from Fatlock, in Tuesday’s column. I just looked it up.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:46:12 +0000

Bob I hope you saw my response to Adams article on the Red Zone blog. It was titled “The Myth fo Adam Teicher”. Check it out.

By: Biggins22

Biggins22 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:46:53 +0000

Hey “TheWatcher”, what does that make you for calling someone else arrogant? Who gave you the ability to judge anyone else? Bob was stating an opinion, just like you did in calling him arrogant. Way to make a complete @ss out of yourself. Bob did an excellent job with this article. It needed to be said and he said it. Someone needs to give Sip a voice.

By: TheWatcher

TheWatcher — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:18:26 +0000

Kudos to you bob, another article that shows your arrogance. Hope you enjoy your job while king carl is around.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:17:32 +0000

Thanks Bob for a needed response.

I first saw Sippio on Hard Knocks, and then did my research. He was a great athlete in high school and later in college as a DB All-American. It was as a DB he was cut from Miami. However, it was his highlite video when he was with the Rush which made me a fan. I saw the Sip hurdling over the top of a defensive player to get into the end zone. I cannot imagine any other WR on our team making that effort, with the exception of his cousin…DBowe. They both fight like he!! to score and that is the mark of a winner.

By: John

John — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:02:41 +0000

Good article. I hope Sippio makes it. He not only works hard on the field and makes the catches he’s also very personable. At one of the fanfest events he gladly held up my 3 year old daughter and talked to her like she was family. She loved seeing him score against the bears and he’ll always be a favorite in our house.

By: Mike Cox

Mike Cox — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:31:39 +0000

Hey, Bob…Great article…When are you going to write about me? Don’t you like Cox?

By: FATmonkey

FATmonkey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:20:14 +0000

Thank you, Bob, for standing up for someone who, make the team or not, should be cheered for his work ethic and character. I hope Sippio makes the team but if he doesn’t he can walk away head held high, knowing he gave everything he had. How many of us have done that?

Thanks again for a great sight.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:31:42 +0000

Mike:

actually, I’m quite sure Gretz’s article refers to Teicher for a majority of the article. The first quote is from Teicher. He also then takes a shot at Whitlock at the end…the last quote is from a recent Whitlock article.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:59:13 +0000

TimInKc & Anon – It’s Whitlock, not Teicher.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:21:57 +0000

Who would you rather have Sammie Parker who has speed and no hands or Bobby Sippio who has hands but no speed. I would want Bobby Sippio. Is there any chance they put weight on him and make him a TE or just line him up as a TE.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:59:53 +0000

I read the article as more a slam on the fans than on Sippio himself. Teicher does that a lot. He gets annoyed and the vocal minority of irrational, uninformed fans. It’s really petty. He gets a lot of mail or people asking him about something and his attitude is “these people are stupid”…which is totally fine, he can think that, and he may well be correct, but why waste paper writing articles about it??? I don’t want to read that crap. I want to read and hear you talk about the KC Chiefs and what’s happening with the team.

The last thing I want to read printed in the media are media people bickering in a public forum, or media bashing fans…grow up and do your jobs.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:57:23 +0000

Thanks for keeping them honest Bob

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:19:04 +0000

This is what needed to be put out in the open. I have probably been Bobby Sippio’s biggest supporter outside of the organization (which my buddies will readily admit is annoying). The guy just knows how to play the game.

Look at Jeff Webb for example. This is a guy who the Chiefs spent a draft pick on, and has yet to elevate himself above a #4 receiver. It’s not as if he was playing behind recievers like they have in Indy and doesn’t get time to play. He was playing behind Eddie Kennison, Samie Parker, et al. He may have speed to burn, but speed to burn doesn’t do much if you don’t have the ball in your hands.

I will admit, I don’t get to see every play of every game, but I have yet to see Sippio drop a pass, and I definitely don’t see him being hesitant to go across the middle to grab the ball. Also, do you see him pulling the Samie Parker special of sliding to avoid contact? As a football player, contact is the nature of the beast, and Bobby Sippio seems to embrace it.

I wish Bobby all the best, and thanks Mr. Gretz for getting the opinion which I think many Kansas Citians share about #83.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:12:28 +0000

I think the coaches need to at least give Sippio a chance to run with the first string Offense during one of these preseason games. I don’t think you can fairly evaluate a player’s ability until you see him play in a game. We all know he can tear it up against a scrubby D, well let’s see what he can do against a starting unit. I’m sure, if given that opporitunity, Sippio, as usual, would make the most of it.
I’m really rooting for this guy.

By: sunny D

sunny D — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:02:22 +0000

When a ball heads in the direction of Sippio, I have a good feeling about the results. When it headed toward Parker or some others, not so much. Sippio strikes me as a tough guy who is really good at grabbing a football out of the air. When it’s third down and we need 8 yards to move the chains, I hope he’s one of the three receivers on the field. It may be in a back-up role, cuz I’m likin’ Darling and Franklin, too. Even Price has made the most of his chances. But Sippio seems to fit the mold of a “Chief.”

Thanks Bob and Bobby for your hard work and excellent results.

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:00:51 +0000

P.S.

“Then there’s the habitually uniformed columnist,”

So you’re saying that there’s a columnist at the Star who wears a uniform to work? Does it include a lot of medals and some spiffy white gloves for when he types?

Sorry…couldn’t resist

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:54:26 +0000

I’ll admit up front that I don’t find myself agreeing all that often with the columns you write, particularly in regards to the quality of our team’s GM, but I’m in complete agreement with you on Sippio. He’s got an uphill battle to make the team, he’s got less to work with athletically than a lot of his competitors but he’s done nothing but bust his butt since he got here and he’s made the most of the limited opportunities he’s gotten and that certainly deserves some recognition and credit. Frankly, I hope he does make the team and even if he doesn’t I’m glad that he spent time in a Chiefs uniform and I’ll root for him to catch on somewhere.

Good piece.

By: TCharlton

TCharlton — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:28:07 +0000

Yeah, I mean there is definatly something about that guy. I have been a fan of Sippio since I first saw his attitude last season. He just seems very down to earth. He seems like a good team player. He appears to have great work ethic. He just feels like that kind of player who could make that last ditch effort catch to win the game. I definatly hope he makes this team. Go Chiefs!!

By: Tenand6

Tenand6 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:24:28 +0000

Bravo. Thanks for taking the time to write this.

By: MenInRed

MenInRed — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:57 +0000

I like Sippio, “he catches everything thrown in his direction” like you said. Sure he isnt the fastest, but in most DF zones that are run – he doesn’t have to beat a man to man coverage to get open.
The Chiefs have had a few speedsters in days gone by and look where they are now, thats do to they dropped wide open passes to them and Sippio doesn’t. If Sippio makes it as a #4WR and he doesn’t get all the coverage on the feild then he stands a better chance of being open and maken the big catch plays when they come his way and you know if the ball is thrown to him he’s gonna catch it and not drop it!

GO CHIEFS!!!!!

By: Double A

Double A — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:59:16 +0000

Sippio amassed a big fan base playing arena football in Chicago. He built that fan base by being a damn good football player. If you’re a sports fan from Chicago, you know Bobby Sippio.

Really, “Hard Knocks” had little to do with it.

Whitlock’s schtick is sooooooo old. Unfortunately, he gets a paycheck for the crud he writes– his good columns are few and far between.

By: Dan from Lebanon

Dan from Lebanon — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:47:02 +0000

Touchdown! Bob! This article is just an example of why many people are discorvering your site and read it faithfully!! We are tired of the reports you mentioned. It is unfair to the organization they work for and to all those who love the KC Chiefs!!

By: TimInKC

TimInKC — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:41:16 +0000

I have to wonder if Bobby Sippio committed some unpardonable sin like turning down an interview request from Adam Teicher or something. It’s not every day that Teicher unleashes venom so openly.

The self-promotional, “we’re better than the rest of you” attitude regularly exhibited by a large number of media types never ceases to amuse me.

—Tim

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:40:27 +0000

What is Sippio’s 40 time?

Everyone talks about how slow he is… so what is it?

Sippio is a GAMER and that is what every team needs.

Remember Rich Gannon? GAMER… We let him go and he kicked our butts.