Off the Couch
“There are members of the local media who don’t think Gunther will be back next year. There is absolutely no doubt that Gunther Cunningham will be back as the Chiefs’ head coach next year. Those that don’t know that have no idea how Carl Peterson works.”
— Bob Gretz, during the second half of the Chiefs’ loss in Atlanta, Chiefs Radio Network (GH: Gretz might want to start pointing his finger in the mirror.)
“I contend that the handling of the firing of Gunther Cunningham has been classless. I feel bad for Gunther Cunningham. They let Gunther Cunningham twist in the wind for 11 days. This was not classy.”
— Jason Whitlock, WHB 810
“How can (Carl Peterson) sleep at night having done it like this? It just isn’t done like this. You just don’t do it this way. You don’t do it this way to people who aren’t good people.”
— Jim Rose, KMBZ 980
“For the last two months, you all asked for the assassination of Gunther Cunningham. Now you’re all upset with Carl Peterson for the way he carried out the murder.”
— Caller, 810
“Nobody wants to say why [Marty Schottenheimer] left Kansas City. I don’t think there’s a Tanner’s in Washington. Marty needed a change of scenery or he was going to get one at home.”
— Johnny Dare, on the formerly “retired” Chiefs’ coach taking the Redskins job, KQRC 98.9
“I have a few nagging injuries, but I think I can play a couple of more years…. My wife ain’t gonna let me leave this town, I can guarantee you that. I don’t plan on doing anything but staying right here in beautiful Kansas City.”
— Tim Grunhard, when asked about the possibility of his playing elsewhere next season, 980
“Schottenheimer and Vermeil? Good God, what decade is this? The NFL has two African-American head coaches out of 31, and commissioner Paul Tagliabue keeps insisting the league must do better, and yet the OWC [Old White Coach] keeps coming back, like heartburn. This league recycles more than a suburban soccer-mom.”
— Greg Cote, columnist, Miami Herald
“This will be almost a year in January.”
— Pete Enich, former talk show host, on his decision to quit drinking alcohol last year, 980
