Talking Head

Now that the hiring of Herman Edwards is complete, there is one thing that is for certain: there is a chance that KC sports reporters may actually have to earn their money. Edwards plays the angry Black man better than the many tokens featured on the "Real World." Likewise, the sports reporters in this town are notorious for eating whatever crap they can use for copy out of the hand of Carl Peterson.

Carl's hiring of his old buddy seems to be a wonderful rhetorical trick worthy of Karl Rove (Satan) himself. KC's lilly white reporting community won't be able to criticize the Chiefs first Black head coach because they'll appear to be as racist as they really are . . . While KC's Black sports reporters (Whitlock) wouldn't dare come out against "one of their own" because middle class Black people actually do show unity when it comes to marrying white women and promoting each other (search: Steve Penn).

This unspoken situation at Arrowhead will not only contribute to the schizophrenia of local reporters but also ensure that the Chiefs will fall from mediocre to just plain bad. Coming off a 4-12 season, Edwards has little to offer the Chiefs but his angry Black guy routine and a litany of excuses that should really be answered by the Hunt Family and Carl Peterson.