Tuesday, October 09, 2007

The Good and the Ugly

Here's an update on two blogs I posted last week:

Well, I expected Garth Brooks to add another show at the Sprint Center, maybe even two or three, but 9 shows?? I didn't see that coming.

Sure enough, as predicted, minutes after the first concert sold out Saturday morning, another show was announced. Then another. Then another. And before we knew it, it's like Bruce Springsteen performing in New Jersey. 140,000 tickets were sold to see one of the biggest country music stars ever.

You've got to hand it to Garth. He's very good at publicity and hype, which he certainly created here. But more importantly, he's giving all of his fans a chance to see him. The fact that the concerts are in KC at our brand new arena makes it even better. I predicted Garth fans would be happy on Saturday, I just didn't know it would be 157,000 of them.

And now to a sad story...

That Chiefs bandwagon I talked about last week is now officially empty again. I chided KC fans a little bit for jumping on the wagon so quickly after a surprising win in San Diego, but I don't blame them one bit for jumping back off after Sunday's disaster.

Damon Huard is hurt now and Larry Johnson just doesn't look like the back we've seen the past two years. Yea, yea, I know: the offensive line isn't as good. No argument here. But LJ has to find a way to get more yards. Maybe he can't get 150 yards every game with this line, but he has to grind out more than 10. I promise I won't criticize Chiefs fans any more this season. The way the team is playing right now, they deserve to get the cold shoulder from some of the faithful.

Posted at 6:14 AM