Football The Pioli Watch Thread - Page 13

cardken · 02:26 PM

I'm hijacking the thread starter to use for an "updates" area. Sorry cardken. Here are a few recent updates:

Last updated 1/13/09 2:30pm CDT (final update)

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Originally Posted by Basileus777

New England Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli has agreed to become head of football operations for the Kansas City Chiefs, two NFL sources confirmed to ESPN's Michael Smith.
The vice president for player personnel at New England, Pioli, 43, is close to Patriots coach Bill Belichick and has been with the Patriots for nine years. Pioli would find a warm welcome in Kansas City. At the last Chiefs' home game, shortly after the embattled Carl Peterson resigned after 20 years as president, general manager and CEO, several signs were spotted in the crowd proclaiming, "We want Pioli." Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3830515

rad · 01-01-2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Robo-Chachi

Can someone tell me who the likely GM targets would be if not Pioli or Schottenheimer?

Chris Polian from Indy or Eric DeCosta from Baltimore.

**1ChiefsDan** · 01-01-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv

Though we routinely dabble in unnamed sources, we’re also sensitive to their potential agendas. In this case, if the unnamed sources are currently employed in any type of a football capacity by the Browns, the unnamed sources have a very keen interest in doing anything they can to avoid the arrival of a guy who’d come in and fire whoever needs to be fired.

And as to the notion of the Browns wanting to force the issue, one of our readers pointed out Wednesday that the Browns went down this same path ten years ago, when they wanted a quick answer from Brian Billick — and got Chris Palmer instead.

So just as Billick landed in Baltimore, the Browns could be pushing Pioli into the arms of the Chiefs.

Maybe Clark is the nnamed source

StcChief · 01-01-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

more like

according to WPI:

According to Cleveland's newspaper Pioli is going to go ahead and talk to Clark so I guess we will find out in short order which is true. I really hope the Chiefs don't get used by Pioli to sweeten his deal with the dumb ass Browns.

like we've never been used before... we are the NFL's horny brunette in the bar. Always used.

Fritz88 · 01-01-2009, 04:05 PM

**** pioli, we can land better than him..

Delano · 01-01-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CMNERR

**** pioli, we can land better than him..

I hope so. I also hope Pioli doesn't land a ridiculous contract that raises the bar for GM contracts.

milkman · 01-01-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rad

Chris Polian from Indy or Eric DeCosta from Baltimore.

There's also Doug Whaley and Kevin Colbert from the Steelers.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 01-01-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by milkman

There's also Doug Whaley and Kevin Colbert from the Steelers.

Who we could have interviewed this week, as they were on a bye - and didn't.

Telling?

rad · 01-01-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by milkman

There's also Doug Whaley and Kevin Colbert from the Steelers.

Wasn't there a guy from Tennessee too?

milkman · 01-01-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Who we could have interviewed this week, as they were on a bye - and didn't.

Telling?

That's true, and I hadn't thought of that.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 01-01-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rad

Wasn't there a guy from Tennessee too?

Not as a GM candidate, that I can recall.

You might be thinking of Jim Schwartz, the DC, who may get a HC job.

milkman · 01-01-2009, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rad

Wasn't there a guy from Tennessee too?

There was speculation about Floyd Reese, who was with the Titans a couple of years ago.

Hunt could talk to him at any time, so I doubt he's really a consideration.

Thank goodness.

Robo-Chachi · 01-01-2009, 04:22 PM

Bottom line of the Rose Bowl just stated the Cleveland Plain Dealer says Pioli is not on a deadline.

BigChiefFan · 01-01-2009, 04:22 PM

I like Pioli, but in reality he's a better fit in Cleveland. They already have the 3-4 installed there and have had Crennel attempting to emulate Bellichek's game-plan anyway. I can see them landing Pioli and then going heavily after Mangini.

nychief · 01-01-2009, 04:26 PM

I just want Pioli to get an interview with Clark...

rad · 01-01-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by milkman

There was speculation about Floyd Reese, who was with the Titans a couple of years ago.

Hunt could talk to him at any time, so I doubt he's really a consideration.

Thank goodness.

Yeah, I found a list of potentials on NFL.com:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=090...s&confirm=true

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