Arrowhead anxiety: Turnover off the field causes concern

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Secrecy, intimidation, fear and a watchful eye have become hallmarks of working for the Chiefs, say some current and former employees.

BY KENT BABB THE KANSAS CITY STAR

Todd Haley walked into the public relations office at Chiefs headquarters on a Thursday in early December. Four days before he was fired as the team’s coach, he wanted to talk about what life was like inside this organization. But he didn’t know who else might be listening.

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http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/14...nover-off.html

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This article goes into a lot of detail on the changes that came into effect with the Pioli regime. Sounds like a shitty ass place to work now.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

What the story didn't say was that written inside the wrapper was "A 2nd for Cassel?? WTF??"

It was actually CASSEL'S wrapper.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Normally, the manager would pick up a gum wrapper and ask the janitor about it in a weekly one-on-one or performance review.

A good manager wouldn't make a public spectacle of it.

How was it made a public spectacle?

I'm not saying Pioli can do no wrong but the gum wrapper story is just someones butt hurt.

[Hammock Parties]

Found some funny/interesting tweets over this.

Missing from Chiefs front office exposé is Pioli fuming that 95% of Crennel's inbox is online delivery confirmation e-mails from Papa Johns.

Michael Silver @MikeSilver
If Scott Pioli was reading all my texts to Todd Haley... well, all I can say is, IT IS WHAT IT IS... @kentbabb

B.M. @BMKCMO 22h
Too bad the story doesnt talk about all the backstabbing Pioli did to people like Todd Haley and Denny Thum to name a few.

P. Schrager @PSchrags
This Scott Pioli KC Star column reminds me of when Ben Stiller took over the fat camp in 'Heavyweights' : bit.ly/yoW0b6

[Hammock Parties]

Uh oh...

Jason Whitlock @WhitlockJason
KC Tweeps: comical & petty for 810 to dismiss Babb story on Egoli. Remember when 810 made its name challenging King Carl and establishment?

[Okie_Apparition]

The pressure to win & win now is like the heat of a 1000 suns
Peyton Manning is going to be wooed like the last woman alive

[ToxSocks]

This is going to be a 100 page thread when this is all said and done. Pioli must be shitting the bed right now, even if the story is true or not.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Because the Patriots know EXACTLY what it looks like when teams are spying...

C'mon, man, you're better than this.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by philfree

How was it made a public spectacle?

I'm not saying Pioli can do no wrong but the gum wrapper story is just someones butt hurt.

I think you misunderstood my comment.

When I said "public" I meant the whole of the KC Chiefs INTERNAL management staff, not the public as in the media and fans.

A good, effective manager would have picked up the wrapper (probably immediately) and mentioned it to the janitorial employee at a 1-on-1 or something.

Instead, Pioli leaves it there and waits to see if someone picks it up - it's "bait" at that point. THAT activity right there is a good indication of Pioli's personality, but I digress.

After waiting for a good period of time, he picks it up, puts it in an envelope and then brings it out at an EXECUTIVE meeting, as if to say "see the lazy good for nothing people we have working here?"

That's not effective management and it's a hilariously silly way to run a company, let alone a football team.

Stephanie Melton said it best in the article:

“He was so focused on what seemed like unimportant details for the general manager of a football team,” she said. “We all had to step to the beat of his drum, but we all kept questioning: ‘How is this building a better football team?’

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

C'mon, man, you're better than this.

Better than what?

The reason the Patriots are so paranoid about people taping their practices is because THEY did it.

GTFO with this.

[FringeNC]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

This is going to be a 100 page thread when this is all said and done. Pioli must be shitting the bed right now, even if the story is true or not.

Things will really get ugly if (when?) Cassel is the starter next and he struggles.

[ILChief]

Originally Posted by FringeNC

Things will really get ugly if (when?) Cassel is the starter next and he struggles.

Maybe he will get a new qb to take attention away from this

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Better than what?

The reason the Patriots are so paranoid about people taping their practices is because THEY did it.

GTFO with this.

The Patriots were penalized for openly filming games from the sideline, not for secretly taping other teams' practices. Even the allegations about the walkthrough were found to be baseless and resulted in the accusing paper making a complete retraction. My mistake, though. You USED to be better than this. That's apparently no longer the case.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I think you misunderstood my comment.

When I said "public" I meant the whole of the KC Chiefs INTERNAL management staff, not the public as in the media and fans.

A good, effective manager would have picked up the wrapper (probably immediately) and mentioned it to the janitorial employee at a 1-on-1 or something.

Instead, Pioli leaves it there and waits to see if someone picks it up - it's "bait" at that point. THAT activity right there is a good indication of Pioli's personality, but I digress.

After waiting for a good period of time, he picks it up, puts it in an envelope and then brings it out at an EXECUTIVE meeting, as if to say "see the lazy good for nothing people we have working here?"

That's not effective management and it's a hilariously silly way to run a company, let alone a football team.

Stephanie Melton said it best in the article:

“He was so focused on what seemed like unimportant details for the general manager of a football team,” she said. “We all had to step to the beat of his drum, but we all kept questioning: ‘How is this building a better football team?’

"He left it there" what does that mean really? I figure he walked past it and thought "My crack clean up crew will be along to police this area anytime now." or something like that. But after a couple of days when it was still there he thought "Where's my cleanup crew? Then at the end of the week he was like "WTF?" So he used it as a tool to get his point across to all the department heads not just the guy responsible for trash pickup. And since the wrapper was there for a week someone wasn't doing their job very well. I just don't see this as a deal.

If I was the new GM I'd want to get everyone to step to the beat of the same drum. And since I would be the GM it would be my drum so

[Titty Meat]

This certainly isn't going over well with the fans but just wait until a little over a month from now when it's announced Cassel will be the starter for 2012.

[Carlota69]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I think you misunderstood my comment.

When I said "public" I meant the whole of the KC Chiefs INTERNAL management staff, not the public as in the media and fans.

A good, effective manager would have picked up the wrapper (probably immediately) and mentioned it to the janitorial employee at a 1-on-1 or something.
Instead, Pioli leaves it there and waits to see if someone picks it up - it's "bait" at that point. THAT activity right there is a good indication of Pioli's personality, but I digress.

After waiting for a good period of time, he picks it up, puts it in an envelope and then brings it out at an EXECUTIVE meeting, as if to say "see the lazy good for nothing people we have working here?"

That's not effective management and it's a hilariously silly way to run a company, let alone a football team.

Stephanie Melton said it best in the article:

“He was so focused on what seemed like unimportant details for the general manager of a football team,” she said. “We all had to step to the beat of his drum, but we all kept questioning: ‘How is this building a better football team?’

Yep. My take is Pioli is passive/aggressive, and those are the worst people to work for or to be in a relationship with. I bet his wife is miserable.