Further Review
“Every news hack and media wanna-be is on my Turkey Bowl [flag-football] team. All of these guys who have nothing going on in their careers want to be associated with this event. Todd Romero, Neal Jones, Brad Porter, Dave Stewart and Jeffrey Flanagan. Do you know how desperate these guys are? Brad Porter, I make fun of this guy. I spend most of my time at professional sporting events trying to avoid Todd Romero, and now they stick him on my Turkey Bowl team. I’m just being honest.”
— Jason Whitlock, WHB 810
“I think bringing in a high school coach to KU would be the worst mistake they could ever make. I think you need a name coach or a name assistant coach who can recruit.”
— Frank Boal, 810
GH: What must not happen is for Kansas to make the same mistake Missouri did when it hired Larry Smith, a name coach who was a short-term fix for a long-term problem. Translation: Do not hire John Cooper.
“If the Royals don’t get their act straight, they’ll be gone in the next five or ten years. There’s apathy in this town toward the Royals, and you’re gonna lose your team here. One of the reasons … is urban sprawl. You’re gonna wake up one day in your cozy house on 191st Street and find out there’s a soccer stadium sitting there next to Arrowhead Stadium.”
— Tim Grunhard, 810
GH: So now blame for the Royals’ problems has shifted from fired bench coach Jamie Quirk to the people living in Olathe, Blue Valley and Belton? It’s time for Royals executives to look in the mirror and be accountable for the team’s failings, despite the local media’s desire to blame the fans.
“Nobody cares [about contraction in baseball’s major leagues]. I promise you, there’s not one person who cares about keeping a [baseball] team here in Kansas City.
— Bill Maas, 810
“The whole overview of this thing is that baseball is dying. This sport is in deep, deep trouble.”
— Boal, 810
GH: There is nothing wrong with baseball in New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Cleveland, Milwaukee or any other city where owners are willing to pay the going rate for what it takes to compete.
