By MATT PIKE
The Kansas City Chiefs have experienced quite the run of success over the last several years, winning three Super Bowls and making it to five over the last six seasons.
Former Chief and now broadcaster alongside voice of the Chiefs Mitch Holthus, Danan Hughes says its a run of success that’s been exciting to experience, and feels deserved for the fanbase
“I remember that first Super Bowl in Miami where it was emotional, I’m getting goosebumps now, but it was emotional for everybody because you felt like the Kingdom deserved it,” Hughes tells reporters. “And now to be able to see it sustained year after year, and the bar set so high, is really cool.”
And going into a new season, Hughes says Chiefs fans are spoiled now, with AFC Championships and Super Bowls, and says this years team expects no different.
“It doesn’t matter, it’s the nature of the game where you move guys out or guys move away and you bring guys in, but I think when you talk about the Chiefs, you talk about a culture being set, an identity of an organization, and with Andy (Reid), and Brett (Veach), and Mark Donovan and obviously the Hunt family, that’s where the standard is set,” Hughes says. “So for us to say a Super Bowl is the goal, I don’t think that’s out of the realm of possibility.”
Hughes vsisted Chiefs Training Camp in St. Joseph during alumni day, and reflected on how things have changed since his time playing.
Hughes, who now broadcasts alongside voice of the Chiefs Mitch Holthus, says gone are the two a day practices he endured, but its not fully the practices that he misses
“I don’t miss those days as being on the field, but the comradery, and the interactions and you’re living with other guys and you’re trying to form a team and a brotherhood to obtain a certain goal, that’s what all these guys will miss and if you talk to the other ambassadors I’m sure they’ll say the same thing,” Hughes explains. “So it’s different, from a physicality standpoint, but I think they get the work in to play at a championship level.”
Hughes played with the Chiefs from 1993 to 1998, during what he calls the tough times, and says he’s elated now to see Chiefs fans experiencing the success that the team is now.
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