Do you approve how Clark is handling
 

this whole mess?

Nope.

Hell no

So far, but its too early.

Our time!

#****bitchesgetmoney

He gets a B from me so far. If he would have just shitcanned Pioli and every Pioli stooge out there to go with Romeo, it would be an A+ with a bullet.

If he renegs on Pioli and he stays, not only does he get an F-, but he may well lose a longtime fan in me.

The only thing I buy from Clarks PR shit yesterday was that he was going to make the final decision on the coach.

Nothing else.

I don't buy that Pioli is still under review... wtf more review do you need?

I don't buy that Pioli has no more control or say in the team decisions... why is he still here? He's getting paid one way or another.

I just loved the way Pioli's ego was surely hurt yesterday when all of his friends found out he allegedly lost his nuts. His feelings must have been HURT yesterday. Like locked himself in the closet wrapped in a blanket, crying hurt.

Yes, as long as he's being truthful.

I voted "no" because I think canning Pioli outright would have sent the proper message rather than being all indecisive about it. That said, as long as Pioli goes eventually, I'm OK with it.

I imagined Pioli like this all day

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No. Until its lined up that we have a credible coach, retread or not, coming for an interview, he gets an F. Words don't mean shit unless you back them up.

I voted yes, but that voted is based on the belief that Clark will stick to his guns through this process of hiring a coach and flushing out his front office personnel.

I liked his interview, but don't like his actions. Ill let the process play out, but IMO other teams are on top of the candidates they want, and we are ****ing around with people who shouldn't be considered. I don't like 1 coach they say we are talking to yet, and none of them fit the description he gave yesterday. Besides complying to the Rooney rule we are wasting precious time. He has this detailed search in mind and you have to beat other teams to the punch.

No, I don't like how it's being handled.

As others have said, I think he may be trying to force Pioli to quit. Or trying to work out a buy out. No sense in paying him $15m or whatever if you don't have to. Clark did say he hoped to have the GM resolved by February.

And not to nitpick, but this thread would have been more appropriate next week. We should know a ton more by then.

Yep.

I hate the fact that Pioli is still here, but I'm going to wait and see what Clark does.

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i was just going to do one now and kind of get a feel for the way everybody is feeling overall and then do one in a week or 2. but i know what you mean

Should have fired that asshole right as soon as the "QB Competition" was announced in the preseason.

not really sure yet, Pioli is still ****ing here

Until that muthafukka is fired, it's all bullshit...

Nope.

There is nothing acceptable about retaining Scott Pioli or giving his buddies minions the first two interviews.

Clark is doing exactly what he did with Herm and he could end up costing himself a good personnel man in the process. The pool is going to shrink soon and this hemming and hawing with Scott Pioli can do nothing but hurt the franchise.

So while he could've handled this worse than he has, I still don't approve of what he has done.

I am kind of in between but since he hasn't fired Pioli I have to say no at this time.

Not enough information to address this question at this point in time.

Incomplete. All the way. I don't know how you can say anything else.

But I will say I don't think Clark is nearly as stupid as people think on here. The Pioli thing seems strange but we just don't know. He may be holding him in purgatory because he knows someone else is interested in hiring him.

I AM FREAKING OUT

Either that OR he is laughing his ass off at the fan base as he keeps his job and is still calling the shots as Clark/Pioli play us for fools that Clark is really calling the HC shot giving 'false red meat'.

Then he should let them hire him.

If he fires Pioli, he has to pay him. If Pioli quits to take another job, he most likely won't.

Exactly. That is why I said that. Why hold him in 'purgatory'?

So he has to choose between continuing his career and receiving a reduced buyout or discontinuing his career and receiving whatever severance is in the contract.

Mind if I freak out with you?

oh hell know........his choice of letting pioli linger will come back to haunt us

yep.

I like the restructuring operations part. Nothing else. Don't hear anything about him interviewing good coaching candidates, just shitty to mediocre ones.

Because, Pioli might not want to wait until all the other jobs are filled.

Not enough info yet out for me to say one way or another. I want to know more about why Pioli is still here and there could be darn good reasons. If it is purely because he isn't losing his jobs then a big NO but if it is just posturing to make him quit or working on a settlement, then I'm OK.

To earlier yet for me to panic about the coaching search department. I applaud Clark for being the one doing the search.

Here's my problem with this theory...

All we know about Pioli is that he's the highest paid GM in the NFL. Do you think another team is going to match his current salary? Nope. So what is Pioli's incentive?

He might not have one. You could 100% be right. We just don't know. I'd agree, he's such a hardheaded person I'm not sure Clark could break him. But maybe he's such a workaholic and egomaniac he doesn't want to sit out a year. Especially considering the train wreck he's leaving behind.

no, gm polly is still here.

Incomplete

To go somewhere that may offer him complete control like he had.

That's not going to happen.

I will also ask how many reports came out when we were interviewing Pioli? I'm not remembering many, buy I've slept since them
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Clark is handling this as poor as he possibly could right now.

Keeping Pioli in ANY fashion is a mistake. Just pay the guy and take your lumps and move the **** on. Yeah the HC will have more say than Pioli, but he's still here. He's still scouting for the draft and his input would be there. This wreaks of Clark giving Pioli another chance in smaller role.

If the HC is making all the shots, then it is a bad idea. It rarely works in the league. Clark should be looking for a GM first and then a HC.

And ****ing hell man Dirk Koetter, Kirk Ferentz, Doug Maronne are the rumored candidates? Holy shit those are shitty choices to run an NFL team.

No. There is no reason to not shitcan that mother****ing pile of ****ing rat **** Pioli.

Highly unlikely, I know.

I assume Clark is going to fire Pioli and is pissed and embarrassed at the 2012 season. Plus I do believe he is in contact with Marty or someone else who will help him make the next HC hire.

He's getting paid regardless. As long as he isnt making any decisions. Am sure there are stairwells to be cleaned. Proper sandwiches to be made. Serious stuff.

So far. But only because I believe Clark is actually working to get rid of pioli and that pioli will be gone around the beginning of Feb.

Clark has to do things his way.

So, Clark hiring the HC is just as bad as Pioli hiring him?

Panties in a twist?

How about giving this a few days?

It's business. The idea that Pioli is being held by Clark to "Get revenge" is about as reeruned as it gets.

Revenge? Who said that?

Revenge? Not hardly. I'm not saying I believe this.. but it's certainly not about revenge. It's about saving $7 million dollars, or whatever it is.

You guys are fine.


I have been hearing that garbage from some local idiots.

I am all good with it to this point. I am, until he proves other wise, giving Clark the benefit of the doubt on Pioli and chalking it up to financial or legal issues holding up the process. Scott is as good as gone. Nor am I concerned about the coaching candidates. I think Clark knows exactly who he wants and either cannot not talk to them at this time or is talking to him and these other guys are smoke screens.

Of course, I have been wrong before...

Clark knows he can make it back with the right hire. ROI. He obviously doesnt mind paying the top guy, see Pioli hire, and he apparently cares much more than people assumed. But, it remains to be seen if he meant what he said.

Scooter is still hanging around like bad breath, so no.

I don't care if it costs Clark $100 million to get rid of Scott. Just do it.

I haven't approved of anything the Hunts have done in a decade or more. I hate the name Clark Hunt like I hate the name Jerry Jones

Nope. Scott Pisoli should be gone. I've already vowed that I will not renew season tickets, and I will not set foot inside Arrowhead until that ****tard is gone.

JFC.

A football forum filled with people that have absolutely no idea about football operations.

:facepalm:

Clark has made the correct decisions this week. He fired Crennel. Pioli is powerless and hanging in limbo. He's neutered him. Pioli can't leave and he can't stay. Pioli has ruined his franchise, angered his fan base and yet Clark is on the hook for a reported $7.5 million dollars. Clark is not taking Pioli's actions lightly and the entire league is watching.

Clark stated that HE will interview and hire the head football coach, who will report DIRECTLY to him. That's huge news and falls directly in line with his stated goal in 2009 of emulating franchises like the Giants and Steelers. The GM in Pittsburgh doesn't hire head coaches, he provides the personnel, PERIOD. Cowher had at least two different GM's during his tenure (possibly three, my memory is fading). The Rooney family hires the coach.

I expect Clark to interview a shit ton of candidates because this will be his first time hiring a head coach. I imagine that unlike 2009, when I railed on his ass for not performing his proper Due Diligence in regards to Pioli, Haley and staff (Give me a ****ing break - Clancy Pendergast was the "Best" defensive coordinator in the country available? Bull ****ing Shit), he'll be methodical and precise.

Will Clark hire the best guy? Who knows? But I like the fact that he's taken the bull by the horns and wants to get this "right". No more bullshit, no more turning over the franchise to a "Guru", etc.

If Clark makes a mistake with his head coaching and personnel hires, I'll call him on it. But I'm inclined to give the man a chance to correct his earlier mistakes. So far, I like what I'm hearing.

Yes. I approve so far. But the job isn't done. He has plenty of chances to fail. He laid out a specific blueprint for structural change. He put it all out on the line. I'm not going to say that worked or didn't work based on 2 days after the end of the season when NO coach or gm has yet been hired. He at least deserves time to let this thing play out.

LMAO

Sure, it's not your money.

ROFL

Couldn't agree more.

He hasn't?

The dog is expressing my shock of your Clark Hunt approval.

Someone just told that dog that Pisoli hasn't been shitcanned yet. ROFL

As you know, I've been extremely critical of Clark in the past. He's said one thing ("I want to emulate Pittsburgh") but did another (hire Pioli to run his franchise).

I, like anyone and everyone else, have absolutely no idea if he's equipped to run the franchise and make the right decisions (Mike Brown, anyone?). But I like the fact that he's going for it, which shows me that he's taking it personally.

IMO, now is not the time to criticize him. Let him do his thing. I'm just glad that he's finally taking control, which is pretty much the first time a Hunt has been personally involved since the early 60's.

Pioli may currently be collecting a paycheck but anyone with any brain cells realizes he's been castrated.

I agree completely Dane.

Precisely, he's being publicly shamed and Hunt is totally mutilating his corpse so that nobody will come within a mile of Pioli, and yet people don't agree wih how he's handling things?

Are people this stupid? Do they not get the whole scheme that Clark is pulling here? This is righteous justice and the "people" are too stupid to realize it.

Not enough!! I want the bastard gone.

I'm tired of giving the Cheaps the benefit of the doubt, but will one more time.

Yes. It's obvious he has heard our cry,

F for not shit canning Fat Scott immediately.