So yeah, about those people that were saying this stuff is normal and all of the chicken littles were overreacting...

LOL at the Chiefs for demanding the names of sources. They are just a bully.

I hope Arrowhead is half full the whole year. Clark can shove it.

There are some things in the article that encourage you to react, and interestingly, the neutralists and the pro-Pioli people haven't. The only people that seem to care, for example, about the gum wrapper thing are the people who really hate Pioli. I personally think stuff like that and the cost of coffee are a good thing. Anybody who's worked in a business knows that simple things like conserving printer paper and cutting down on unnecessary office supplies go a very long way in saving the company money.

The problem is that when we say the front office is going overboard, the accusations go beyond things I haven't seen in the business world. And if there's any truth to the fact that this is becoming a toxic environment, not only to bad workers, but to good workers too, then this is a problem with much further-reaching implications. The most popular engagement tool in the business world is the 12 Questions offered by Nielsen. Because these are questions that are universally true, whether you have a pressure cooker company or a laid back conservative one. The question that tends to be one of the most important is: do you have a best friend at work (need to know someone has your back). Many would argue that there's also a question of "I see the strategic value in the work that I do." I would imagine that workers hate but understand why they have to cut down on coffee. I doubt anyone would understand why there is protocol about calling Pioli by his first name.

You don't think it's a joke that the team is demanding the Star turn over the names of the sources?

If you have nothing to hide, and are operating the correct way, why are the Chiefs so nervous?

The trouble is Pioli is messing his head on the side of the business that the Chiefs actually were excellent at. The buisness side of the Chiefs was a top notch NFL organization, it was the player personal were the cluster **** was. Running a CIA type operation isn't going to win games on Sunday.

I feel the same way.


There was a new boss, tough things had to be done.

definitely agree with this

and if the Chiefs don't win all this stuff is going to implode into a giant fiery ball of shit. Just like Rex Ryan ... Just like Haley

Pioli may succeed, may fail ... doesn't change the fact that all this he said, she said speculation is just rumor mongering that is getting eatan up by the people who ALREADY DIDN'T LIKE PIOLI.

This is just PR fodder

getnickwrightnick wright

Do you guys not remember when @si_jimtrotter was on the show, talking about the paranoia at Arrowhead surrounding phone calls?

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getnickwrightnick wright
Also, if you think only accusers in @kentbabb story are "disgruntled former employees" you need to raise your reading comprehension level.

I'm on board with the bolded above...except for the personnel side where Scott didn't give us depth. QB AND depth are an issue.

So what about the workers who say its not toxic?

Or the one who says it was the same reaction when Peterson took over?

When they say that they were coached and or are lying, but when employees who were fired say it they don't have somewhat of an axe to grind?

There were employees fired from a franchise that hasn't won a playoff game in 20 years and a SB in 40 years. You think Stephanie Melton knows alot about putting a SB winning team on the field?

Exactly. Get Pioli's dumb ass out of the business side and have him spend that time on the football side. Dude is dumb as a mud fence on business management and how to get the most out of your employees.

Bring back Carl to run the business side and let Pioli run the football side and you might have a winning combo.

MikeSilverMichael Silver

@getnickwright @kentbabb "We vill defend ze secret police at all costs"

You mean the 2 that didn't have a Chiefs PR person sitting next to them at the interview?

Wow they found 2 people they could trust to not spill any beans. Awesome.

Yup.

I'm still at a loss as to why Pioli is doing anything on the business side. Clark seemed to make a huge deal about dividing Carl's former job title between two people. It seems like that was either all talk, or Pioli was given carte blanche to step over the boundaries as he saw fit.

Maybe it was Jim Trotter and not an ESPN guy I was thinking of. But I knew someone national besides Harlan had floating this stuff out there.

Although that said, it could just be one of those things where Haley simply drove himself crazy. He knew they had done it to other people, so he starts to fear it's being done to him.

Like what? What in particular is so disgusting? There are a number of things in that article that aren't a big deal at all, like the Candy wrapper thing.

I don't think i've had a boss that HASN't done something like that. You're acting like the whole thing is so terrible.

I've been in a work place with drastic change JUST like this (of course w/o the phone tapping thing, if that's true) and heard practically half the staff bitch and complain and threaten to quit.

Which is why i'm not ready to crucify Hunt/Pioli until ALL of the facts come out.