Michael Holley on Fescoe, now

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Originally Posted by bobbything

The one thing that Kietzman brought up yesterday, which I thought was a valid point, was that the Chiefs are very secretive about everything with the local media, yet they let this guy write a book about the inner workings of their organization. Why?

I mean, I don't really care that much, other than I'd prefer the Chiefs be a little more transparent with what's going on. Simply because I'm a fan and I want to know. It seems like the local media never gets anything out of the organization other than company speak, which makes for pretty boring stuff.

They talked about that. This guy has had a relationship with the Pats for years. He's known Scott, Bill and Demitroff for years. He may have known them a bit in Cleveland.

I believe he said it was Belichicks idea to be really closed off with the media and Scott followed along because he's a shy guy and doesn't want to be in the spotlight. He was comfortable with Bill's approach because it suited his personality. He carried it over when he came to KC, just not as much. NE much stricter than KC with access - can't interview assistant coaches/coordinators, etc.

When teams are winning the access isn't an issue anyone cares about. The fan doesn't care a reporter has a tough job when the team is 5-0. When the team is 0-5 then everyone will pick on anything.