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.

[dallaschiefsfan]

Wow. Crazy stuff. Actual Journalism...I'm impressed. I actually know Stephanie Melton from High School. She seemed to contribute quite a bit to Babb's story.

And what ever happened to the division between the personnel side and the business operations side? Last I checked, Pioli didn't carry both titles like Carl. He sure seems to be exercising the power of both titles, though. This can't end well.

[007]

Originally Posted by ZootedGranny

Anyone down to chip in for a skywriter to fly over the practice field and write "WE'RE WATCHING YOU"?

<--------- I have been.

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Originally Posted by Guru

If this is true he needs to be fired 2.5 years ago.

I hate to react that way, immediately after reading an article like this one, and I am still one of the few who is holding on to a slight bit of hope for the Pioli era here.

But if we went a new direction tomorrow I wouldn't be upset.

[Bowser]

I believe I would have told that rent a cop to kindly go get ****ed if he threatened to confiscate my phone.

[The Bad Guy]

The guard would have confiscated the phone? On what grounds?

[dallaschiefsfan]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

The guard would have confiscated the phone? On what grounds?

He couldn't have. He would have been charged if he had attempted to confiscate anything.

[tk13]

There's always going to be grumbling when there's turnover, some people will never like the new boss. But some of this stuff isn't hard to believe. Belichick himself is probably borderline psycho about some things. Look at all that Spygate stuff. He just wins football games so no one cares. There have been plenty of reports come out lately that Bill Polian ruled with ego and fear too. The stuff about Haley thinking his office was bugged is hilarious, in a twisted way.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by Guru

I think this article will draw up a lawsuit against Babb.

But if this is true, then he did a damn great job of reporting.

[teedubya]

"A few former employees, though they don’t deny that the working environment was tense, said they believed Pioli and Donovan simply carried out changes that Clark Hunt, a graduate of the results-oriented Goldman Sachs training program, had authorized."

Goldman Sachs training program.

This franchise is an embarrassment. Who would want to come here as a free agent knowing this shit? Word gets around.

Winning, my ass.

[Brock]

Babb did a nice job on this, I haven't read an interesting story on the Chiefs since Whitlock left.

[-King-]

I'll wait to see how he handles the QB position to see how I fully feel about Pioli.

This backroom shit doesn't affect me one bit. If he gets us a QB, I couldn't care less if he made employees strip down and gave each one of them cavity searches before they could enter the building.

[007]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

But if this is true, then he did a damn great job of reporting.

Oh absolutely!!!! Can't wait to hear KK and NW on Monday now.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by PornChief

if it gets us a superbowl he can give em all cavity searches for all i care.

But that's the problem. He hasn't done shit yet, so he doesn't have the right to act the way he does. Yeah maybe he looked good in New England thanks to an amazing coach and falling into a franchise QB by accident, but in KC he hasn't done shit.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by teedubya

"A few former employees, though they don’t deny that the working environment was tense, said they believed Pioli and Donovan simply carried out changes that Clark Hunt, a graduate of the results-oriented Goldman Sachs training program, had authorized."

Goldman Sachs training program.

This franchise is an embarrassment. Who would want to come here as a free agent knowing this shit? Word gets around.

Winning, my ass.

This is actually a great point. It will be interesting to watch how active we are in FA this year, considering we're close to 30 mil under the cap. If we go out and have another haul of Bechts and Piscatellis for our FA pickups this year, this theory will have much merit.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by Guru

Oh absolutely!!!! Can't wait to hear KK and NW on Monday now.

Same here. Nick is gonna be all over this shit.