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Originally Posted by FAX
In the meantime, though, pulling Cassel (by Haley) would be an insult to Pioli ... that's how I see it, anyhow. A clear demonstration that he is a tool and a moron of extraordinary rank and a final, clear, public admission that Cassel was a bad decision on Pioli's part.
Not good anyway you look at it.
FAX
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I disagree. For some reason, and according to Holley it would be by agreement between Pioli and Haley, the team went with Cassel, a horrible backup and a 5th round draft choice.
It's too soon to pull the guy who helped get you to the playoffs last year, especially when you have Indy and Minn coming up on the schedule and take some heat off of everyone (players, coaches and management).
But, if KC loses those games, they'd have to play Stanzi and/or Palko in order to determine how they should move forward. If Stanzi plays well and could win 3 out of 5 games at the end of the year, then Haley and Pioli look good for finding a diamond in the rough and coaching him up. If Stanzi fails, "well he's just a 5th rounder, what do you expect, now we know we've got to use that early 1st draft pick on a QB."