Now that the Kansas City Chiefs are through with minicamp and on to summer vacations, I'd like a word with Clark Hunt.
Patience.
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| Herm Edwards and Co. suffered through a 4-12 2007 season. (Getty Images) |
Frankly, it should be more when than if because the Chiefs are young in key positions, aren't sure what they have at quarterback and feature an offensive line with more holes than the daily stock report.
That's where Clark Hunt comes in. He is the Chiefs' chairman of the board, and someone who seems to have the strength, common sense and good intentions of his father, Lamar.
But it's his patience that will be stretched as the Chiefs try to end the nine-game losing streak that closed the 2007 season.
That won't be easy. This is a team that traded away its top defensive player, has its star running back returning from a serious injury and shares the same division with mighty San Diego.
Guaranteed, as sure as there will be losses there will be pressure to make changes, and it's not dramatic changes that are needed here now.
It's experience.
In essence, Kansas City is where Baltimore was entering the 2002 season, only with one difference: Unlike the Ravens of six years ago, Kansas City hasn't announced that it doesn't expect to compete for a division title or that it is rebuilding from the bottom up.
In fact, I'm still waiting for someone from the Chiefs to mention the word "rebuilding," even though that's exactly what's going on.
"More than anything else, we're in a transition phase," said coach Herman Edwards.
I don't get it.
