A Change Gonna Come

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'll take the guy that has worked his way up in one of the best organizations in all of football regarding free agency, the draft and the hiring of coaches over the guy that rode the coattails of his father-in-law and his cronies.

Yeah. Pioli didn't work his way up. Jesus.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Different paths to the top. DeCosta was a scout, then he was Director of College Scouting then Director of Player Personal.

Pioli was a scout with Cleveland. Pioli was a Director of Player Personel with the Jets and Pats. The lone difference is that DeCosta did entirely college, while Pioli did college and pro evaluations as he came up. They're very similar paths.