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From:
Jamie Edwards
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:35 PM
Dave. Hi.
I remember listening to
the Hawks play in the Kingdome back from 1985 onwards via the American Forces Radio Network radio service,
broadcast out of Germany. I'd set my alarm clock for
2am Tues mornings and wake up to listen to a crackling radio
broadcast! We used to get some Sunday night games too, but it is the
Monday night games I remember so vividly.
I'm
still a huge hawks fan and will never forget growing up loving the
Hawks listening to you connecting for touchdowns with my other fav
Hawk steve Largent!
Good luck in all you do Dave. You gave me many happy
memories as a kid. Cheers.
Jamie Edwards
New York City
From: Anthony K Huntley
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:56 AM
Hi Dave,
I am a Dolphin fan and remember the game where you beat my team in the Orange Bowl and I was so disappointed. Yet you and Marino played well. All the best from a former US army soldier.
Sincerely,
Anthony K Huntley
From: Gabe
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 3:08 PM
Dave,
I was still young, maybe 10, watching you play...wishing one day I would be catching a pass from Dave Krieg. You did a lot for a little boy and you'll always be my hero!
Gabe
Pe Ell, WA
From: Alex
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:17 AM
I moved to Washington in 1983 and instantly became a Seahawk fan. There are several games that I have never forgotten but one game in particular is my favorite of all time. It was a road game against Kansas City and Derrick Thomas had sacked you 6 or 7 times. I remember that last play as though it had happened yesterday. Thanks for all the memories you've given Seahawk fans.
From: Phil Hickman
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:53 PM
HI Dave!
I started watching you when you took over from Jim Zorn. I am a big fan! And still a Seahawk fan but it just isn't the same since you left! Man, what a team that was with Steve Largent, Curt Warner and Kenny Easley! You sure gave this old country boy some exciting moments! Thank you so much and I am wishing the very best for you and your family! I can't wait for you to be inducted into the Hall of Fame! It will happen!
Your admirer and Fan
Phil Hickman
Fairmont, WV
From: steve c
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 7:58 PM
Dave,
I have been a huge fan of yours for years. Still today when people ask me why I'm such a diehard hawk fan I tell them about how you inspired me and I can't give up on them, just as you never did. I hope all is well.
God bless.
Steve Caldon
Idaho (formerly wa)
From: F4Lmans@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:35 AM
Hey Dave! Chiefs seem to be in a quandry on qbs...interested...?
Thanks for the memories....I appreciated what you did for us!....we were so close!
Forever a chief's fan....
Thanks for the memories....even though you still beat us with seven sacks against Derrick Thomas!
Seriously.. thanks for what you did!
Dan
From: Fries, Howard (SNC Lavalin - PTI)
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:37 PM
Dave:
What I don’t understand is why you aren’t in the Hall of Fame. With your record, you deserve to be and one day, I hope that they will realize the fact that you just don’t rank where you do in the all-time lists without deserving the recognition. Seattle had good receivers, but you had to get the ball to them. In my view, (I grew up watching Johnny Unitas, Bart Star, Earl Morrow, Frank Ryan – for example), you deserve the respect that the Hall of Fame provides. Good luck.
Howard F. Fries
(On Assignment in) Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
From: Damon B
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:39 AM
Hi Dave,
What an honor. I'm Damon from Pascagoula Mississippi. I've been a diehard 'Hawks fan. I was living in Utah in the 80's, and had a subscription to the Seatle Times sent to my house so I could watch watch what my guys were doing. Never forget the photo of You, big smile on Your face, patting Elway on the shoulder, he did not look so happy after You guys whipped 'em up in Denver. My favorite game of all time. I'm a small statured guy who never was supposed to amount to anything. You, and Steve, and John Stockton, are my heroes for guys who weren't supposed to make it. You made a very outstanding statement to the world. Thanks for many joyous moments. God Bless You and Yours. Damon
From: CHARLES GORDON
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:22 PM
Hi Dave!!
When you took over for Jim Zorn and then became the starter under Chuck Knox, I have been a huge fan ever since. In '83 you boys shocked the world of football when you beat the Dolphins in the Orange bowl while not one football expert gave you a chance and remember losing my voice yelling. When you shook out of a potential sack to hit Paul Skansi in the end zone for a game winning touchdown to beat Kansas City, what a game!
Thank You Dave for all the great games and memories you have given me and all the faithful Seahawk fans out there. You truly are the Best!
Your friend and Fan...Chuck Gordon
From: R. Clifton Monteith
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:45 PM
Hi Dave, been a huge fan since ’84 and have followed your trek from your now cult-like status in Seattle to the high powered offense of Detroit to the, bless their hearts, Cardinals. I will, of course, always remember you and Largent as the greatest Seahawks to don the green and blue. At thirty five, I don’t have idols or role models anymore. But ones that you develop as a child, well, they are grandfathered into our adult lives, I suppose. So growing up it would be safe to say you were my biggest hero.
I admired the entire underdog mystique of you playing for now defunct Milton, yes, who didn’t? Your story is truly the underdog story to rival all underdog stories and transcends sports. Undrafted, undersized you competed with and won the starting position from Zorn (the third greatest Seahawk of all time); they constantly tried to replace you with big names like Stouffer and McGuire while you quietly broke record after record. It was if they, the front office, were constantly scrambling for someone to be ready to fill your shoes when you finally lived up to your non-drafted, Milton potential. But they never did, did they? A game here. A game there. But in the end, they couldn’t deny Krieg was better (even though he shouldn’t have been).
And tucked in the northwest, who else is going to know that during your tenure at Seattle your passer rating was almost identical with the media darling Joe Montana? I never got to watch you play much while you were at Seattle being that I lived in Brevard, NC when the Skins were our local team (pre-Panthers). Everybody in the mountains in NC thought I was crazy but I loved my Hawks! Largent, Young, Green, Bush, Easley, Warner, Tice, Blades and the second most under appreciated player in NFL history—John L. Williams. But your play most of all stood out. I had never seen someone care so much about winning. And, conversely, so hard on themselves when they lost. You exuded integrity. From the passion that got you running onto the field after a bad call in New Orleans, to the ability to keep scraping yourself off the ground (what was it five times?) each time Thomas sacked you only to score the clutch game winner. Heart like that is almost dead in the high dollar free agent environment that rules the game today.
Dave, you have been described as streaky. I don’t know if that is true, but I do know that you have played some near perfect games (happily, many against Oakland). And one of my favorites while with Detroit when you came in to replace the injured Scott Mitchell against Green Bay and lit up the skies with a Krieg-style comeback! You see, Mitchell looked like a quarterback—but you, brother, you were a quarterback!
My only regret was that you didn’t often have the supporting cast of a Montana, Boomer, Elway, Simms, Marino. With Sanders behind you and H. Moore flanked to your side you could have really lit it up there.
I was so glad to see you get inducted into the Ring of Honor. I can only hope that the world’s greatest underdog can get into the Hall of Fame one day. Dave thanks for all the amazing years! You will be remembered.
Clif Monteith
Brevard, NC
From: toni
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:32 AM
Do you ever make it back to Kansas City for any of the games? With our QB situation you could probably suit up! There are fans who would love to see you around town.
I was glad to see you got the proper recognition in Seattle. I hope life is treating you well after football. You are truly one of the good guys.
Toni Dispensa Mitrovic
Kansas City
From: robertliberoyoung
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:21 AM
Aloha Dave,
i have always borrowed from your "lunch bucket" (what i call it) approach to what i feel you did during your football carerer. I highly admire your intensity and genuine personality. i often "use" you as a model for expectations from my staff. i lived in the Seattlle area during your spectacular career and wish the coaching would have recognized your full potential. you did what you could with what you had where you were...that is all we can do. i admire you as a true, fair and eager competitor and gentleman.
Mahalo nui loa,
Robert Libero-Young
From: Michael Higgins
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 11:34 AM
Dear Dave:
How fortunate you are to have me as your friend and insurance agent, you are truly blessed.
I had no idea you played football. I thought you were a golfer. Football would make more sense, as I've seen you on the golf course.
Regards,
Michael Higgins
www.higginscompanies.com
From: Vic Xipfos
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:30 PM
Happy to have found Dave "The Cobra" Krieg on this website as opposed to what was previously here.
From: Mike Malaier
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:05 PM
Dave,
I am a 27 year old, life-long fan of the Seattle Seahawks, and have many, many great memories of watching them play with my family. My father always told us that you were the best QB around, and was careful to point out how deftly you picked apart coverages. My personal favorite was in Kansas City, with no time left on the clock when you hit Paul Skansi with an absolute DART in the back of the endzone. I swear that all of Arrowhead GROANED as Paul's feet touched down! Thanks so much for all the great times.
Your Fan,
Mike Malaier
Tacoma, Washington
From: David Lewis
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:16 AM
Hey Dave, like the others here, I wanted to "Thank You" so much for the great memories I have watching you play for the Seahawks. I remember watching in amazement as you would thread a pass through defenders to a streaking Largent. I'm still a big Seahawks fan and love the current team. But in my mind, when I think of the Seahawks I think of Dave Krieg in the #17 jersey.
Dave, you are truly one of the best to ever play the game and I wish you much luck in the future, you deserve it!
Thanks again,
David Lewis
Clearwater, FL
From: Josh Taylor
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 4:15 PM
Dave, I would like to say I was a huge fan of you in your football playing days...and thank you for the memories.
From: jbwilm@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:16 AM
As a long time fan of the Seahawks I just wanted to thank you for all of the great memories you have provided. Growing up a Seahawks fan in NC got me a lot of weird looks and questions as to why I would like Seattle but no matter-I was and still am a big fan and have been since 1980. Even with the Panthers here I am still a Seahawks loyalist. Anyway-thank you and hope you're doing well.
John
Wilmington, NC
From: John Peel
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 12:21 AM
Dear Dave,
I just stumbled upon your site, and I wanted to belatedly congratulate you on your induction into the Seahawks Ring of Honor. It was an honor that was long overdue for you. I started rooting for the Seahawks at the age of 8 back in 1983, and the stirring near-comeback against Pittsburgh which won you the starting QB job also made you my co-favorite player along with Steve Largent. So many of the great moments you authored were also among the happiest moments of my childhood. Leading us to victory at Miami in the 1983 playoffs (and recovering nicely after throwing that late INT), throwing 32 touchdown passes in 1984 (and carrying us to the playoffs after the loss of Curt Warner), your amazing 5-game run at the end of the ’86 season, the drive to tie up the ’87 wild card game at Houston and your spectacular play late in ’88 (and your gutsy comeback attempt in Cincinnati) were just some of the highlights that brought excitement being a Seahawks fan in the “ground chuck” era.
Of course, your greatest (and defining) moment was at KC in 1990, when you were sacked NINE times (seven by the great Derrick Thomas) but slipped away on the final play to throw the perfect winning strike to Paul Skansi. I leapt in joy so enthusiastically that I smacked my head on the basement TV room’s ceiling. I was devastated when our idiotic management pushed you out of town (a move our franchise paid dearly for), and though I still was devoted to the ‘Hawks I also took great joy in seeing you lead Detroit to the playoffs with another Dave Krieg hot streak. I truly believe that if you had played your prime years in a larger media market, you’d probably be in the Canton by now.
I’m still a Seahawks season ticket holder after 7 years living in Ohio, and I was lucky enough to be able to fly out to Seattle for the NFC title game last January. It was a special treat to see you out on the field for the coin toss. Symbolically it was the merging of my great childhood memories with the greatest day in Seahawks history. In any case, I really enjoyed your site and I wish you well in everything you do.
Johnny Peel
Columbus, Ohio (originally Richland, WA)
From: Patrick Hirang
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:23 AM
I have been a Seahawk fan in all it's history and it's great to visit your website! I had alot of great memories of you when you first started like Jets game in the Kingdome in 1981 when you landed flat on your head, lost the ball, and then Dan Doornink recovered it; then in 1983 when you replaced Jim Zorn in the second half of the Pittsburgh game when we almost pulled it off, and you overcoming trouble in that playoff game against Miami; and last of all I could never forget that comeback game against Kansas City when the late Derrick Thomas was having a field day sackwise and then threw the game winning TD in the last second to Paul Skansi! Great times with this team!
I'm just so happy to see the Seahawks finally made it to the Superbowl last year and hopefully they will make it this upcoming season! I now have season tickets and love sitting at the south endzone at Qwest Field!
Hope you can visit us fans at the Qwest Event Center for alumni signings! I always go there before the games!
Good luck Dave!
Patrick Hirang
Seattle (Kent), WA
From: Jeff Pickering
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:16 PM
Dave, you have given me some of the most memorable moments I have ever experienced as a Seahawks fan . I have been a Hawks fan since Mr. Nordstrom held up that jersey in 1976. I am a life long Washingtonian, 50 years old and I live in Moses Lake, Washington and I believe we briefly met during a Seahawks bass tournament in Moses Lake in the late 70's early 80's. I made every game the year of the playoff run and like I said before those were some of the greatest games I have ever seen. I am still a huge Seahawk fan but when I see myself watching a Seahawks game I see Krieg to Largent or Skansi or Big Mike Tice, with Dan Doornink throwing a crucial sack-saving block.
From: Keith Cerniglia
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:02 AM
Dave, you were my boyhood hero and always a great inspiration to me. Lots of luck to you and thanks for the memories.
