Dang it. I have seen everything possible now, haven’t I? For all is vanity and a striving after wind — there is nothing new under the sun? All I did was report two weeks ago that there was a column of smoke out on the horizon — that the smoke had to do with a Marcus Peters Trade but, I had found no substantiated reason for believing it. Not only that, but among my friends, detractors and enemies, the thought was pooh-poohed with comments such as it ‘ain’t never happenin’!
Guess what? It’s happenin’!
One of the sites around, can’t even recall which one, had a post which contained a poll. I voted “no” on the trade of Marcus Peters. Beneath that column of smoke, maybe started by someone in the front office of the Chiefs, was a fire and that fire didn’t burn out and now we hear Peters is out in LA. So much for my vote.
An article I’d written earlier — to appear in this spot — wasn’t really a Chiefs story, nor much about football, but a speech I gave back in the mid-1960’s at the Jr/Sr prom as a Freshman. I modeled it on Robert Benchley’s “Filling that Hiatus.” The reason the thought was apropos was that I was scrambling around trying to find a subject to write about — or talk about — or think about. Guess what? It turns out the call isn’t to fill the hiatus, but to remain calm, step away from the keyboard: Sir… hands above your head. Do it Now!
And There Was Patience
I know, I know — Laddie had his piece on Saturday afternoon that said the trade was a catastrophe, intimating an unmitigated disaster.
If indeed this was the GM’s decision, I would preach — patience — were I at the pulpit. Something about all good things come to those who wait (patiently). We, none of us out here in the nether-sphere of fandom, know what went on at the Kingdom, when it went on, when the decision was made and we don’t yet know what the return is going to be… yet.
Then There Was… Cautious Optimism
Over at FanSided was a post this afternoon that referred back to a Bill Maas radio interview, listen in here: When I heard from former Chiefs Defensive Tackle Bill Mass on 610 Sports Radio. This reference to the Maas interview came from that article and is worth the time as the article notes. The take Mass had was that you would, in the end result, be pleased. (Editor’s Note: Bill Maas is an ex-DT who played for the Chiefs from 1984-to-1992. He currently works for Fox Sports).
At this juncture, I would have to state that I have no reason to believe that Veach is being held up at gun-point. The trade will, in the end, have positive effects on the Kansas City Chiefs. Patience.
David Bell — toes in the snow and turning purple in the western Rockies
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