Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio takes dead aim at Clark/Pioli

[TEX]

I don't care about acquiring BIG name free agents as that has been proven not to work more than it has in the past. However, I do feel that $32 MILLION can buy a team a LOT of quality DEPTH. This past offseason, for whatvere reason, th Chiefs did not take the necessary steps to stay in tune with thier on-field sucess of last season. In other words - they got there (playoffs) but their moves were not that of a team that intended to do whatever it needed to do in order to stay there and advance.

[Ace Gunner]

Originally Posted by TEX

I don't care about acquiring BIG name free agents as that has been proven not to work more than it has in the past. However, I do feel that $32 MILLION can buy a team a LOT of quality DEPTH. This past offseason, for whatvere reason, th Chiefs did not take the necessary steps to stay in tune with thier on-field sucess of last season. In other words - they got there (playoffs) but their moves were that of a team that intended to do whatever it needed to do in order to stay there and advance.

I think this situation has reach a point of clarity in terms of the philosophy of Pioli compared to KC fan expectations. Pioli thought they could ignore the w/l record and focus on developing a team by simply playing poor overall talent and weeding out the bad ones as they go.

He's finding he is wrong there. If he simply buys a few veteran players and the team wins the majority of home games by doing so, he'll save his ass and maybe still pull it off here in KC.

I still don't buy into the Pioli - Haley feud. That they may be yelling and having heated discussions in the halls of 1 Arrowhead is normal considering how awful this franchise has been and still is.

[kaplin42]

Originally Posted by TEX

I don't care about acquiring BIG name free agents as that has been proven not to work more than it has in the past. However, I do feel that $32 MILLION can buy a team a LOT of quality DEPTH. This past offseason, for whatvere reason, th Chiefs did not take the necessary steps to stay in tune with thier on-field sucess of last season. In other words - they got there (playoffs) but their moves were not that of a team that intended to do whatever it needed to do in order to stay there and advance.

It's ok to get a few big name free agents if done right. Meaning, don't hand Ty Law a massive contract at 32+. Make sure you FA has several years of quality in him.

Then as mentioned above, grab quality backups so that you have good rotation, and not such a terrible difference in quality if a starter is lost.