***Official Pioli Media Tour Thread***

[Micjones]

Pioli's slated for interviews today with both the Star and 610 Sports.

The Star interview is around Noon.
He'll talk with "The Big Show" sometime after 3.

Thoughts on what we'll get from him?
Will the KC media hold his feet to the fire?

Most of us will be at work and won't have access to the live interviews.
Post the gems in this thread, please.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Micjones

I'd take you over Cassel, but that hardly means you're a viable alternative.

I'm not a Pioli apologist, but this long tenured idea that he's had a shit ton of good alternatives to Cassel just isn't true.

He really hasn't put a whole lot of effort into finding a "viable alternative" to Cassel. For instance, just this year one pick after we took the game changing o-lineman Donald Stephenson in he third round, Seattle takes Russell Wilson. All Wilson has done is beat Green Bay and New England in the fourth quarter of both games (yes, a gift win, but stll a win against the Packers).

That's just one example. We could have easily taken Dalton over Baldwin, as well. But for whatever insane reason, Pioli has thought the QB position on this team has not needed addressing in his time here.

[Hammock Parties]

Russell Wilson beats the Packers and Patriots in his first 6 games....Cassel's best win is over a 7-9 Seahawks team...

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

No....it's not. I just gave you a list of QBs that could do more with this offense than Cassel.

You did, but the numbers don't bear you out.
We can talk about the QB's we'd rather have.
What we ought to be discussing is which one of these QB's is significantly better than Cassel today? That shrinks your list a bunch.

The Texans basically ran the same gameplan that we ran against the Ravens in the playoffs with Yates at QB.....and they ****ing won. Freeman with some better coaching and weapons may fully realize his potential.

Yates completed 11 passes that day.
The Texans won because Foster went for a bill-fifty and two TD's.
The Houston D also produced 3 turnovers.
Not sure I give him much credit for that victory.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by qabbaan

Well, I think you can. The guy hates the media and doesn't ever go out of the way to do interviews. The fact that they are in the media doing damage control is a change for the

You can't infer about his job status, no. Yes, this is damage control. But we have ZERO idea if Pioli decided to do this on his own or if Clark told him to do it.

Those 2 scenarios have vastly different implications for his job status.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Seriously?

Hell, I'd take TJ Yates over Cassel in a ****ing heartbeat, not to mention about five others from that list.

I would too, but that still doesn't solve anything. Quinnis better too, but it doesn't change much.

[Woodchuck]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

People think he makes these decisions because MULTIPLE sources with the Chiefs and elsewhere in the NFL have said he does.

How naive do you have to be?

Occassionally, owners intervene but never GMs. It doesn't work that way. This is the stupidest Pioli theory there is. If he did this, he would be fired immediately and he would never work as GM again.

[qabbaan]

Nice job there Petro, way to ask him questions about things the fans all want to know about.

[Hammock Parties]

God damn stupid ****ing n00bs.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

You can't infer about his job status, no. Yes, this is damage control. But we have ZERO idea if Pioli decided to do this on his own or if Clark told him to do it.

Those 2 scenarios have vastly different implications for his job status.

I completely believe that he had no choice but to do these interviews.

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

yes, it is

the idea that the only thing pioli could do in 4 years is acquire Matt Cassel is just dumb

and we sure as hell didn't need to play someone $5 mill a year if 'there was nothing else to do"...could have used a computer

I maintain to this day that the trade for Cassel wasn't his mistake.
The mistake was the contract.

There have been a FEW other options, but not many as some would have you to believe.

[Hammock Parties]

I bet Clark is waiting to fire him the second we're eliminated from the playoffs.

He told Scott "until then, get your ass on the radio and try to make nice."

[Woodchuck]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

You can't infer about his job status, no. Yes, this is damage control. But we have ZERO idea if Pioli decided to do this on his own or if Clark told him to do it.

Those 2 scenarios have vastly different implications for his job status.

The fact that it was a taped interview in his office says alot. If Clark made him do it, it would have been at a press conference.

He is in complete control imo.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by Woodchuck

Occassionally, owners intervene but never GMs. It doesn't work that way. This is the stupidest Pioli theory there is. If he did this, he would be fired immediately and he would never work as GM again.

It is working that way. Pioli is without a doubt putting pressure on the staff to keep Cassel in the starting line up.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Micjones

There have been a FEW other options, but not many as some would have you to believe.

No one ever said there was umpteen billion chances to go get a QB. If there was, everyone would have one.

You only get a few...we whiffed on acquiring any competition whatsoever, didn't even bring in a capable backup....Scott is ultra ****ing fail.

[Woodchuck]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

God damn stupid ****ing n00bs.

If you are listening, he's talking about what I said.