Why act so surprised about the 2007 Chief's?

[chiefsfan1963]

Didn't you see it coming?
You had plenty of clues.


Clue #1 DV retires in 2006 CP stays.
Clue #2 CP hires Herm.
Clue #3 Our O rankings plummet from Top 3 to 16 in 2006.
Clue #4 We luck into the playoffs and embarrass ourselves with the all time worst playoff performance by a NFL team. An abortion.
Clue #5 CP did nothing to prepare for the ultimate retirements of Roaf and Shields. He let our OL waste away.
Clue #6 we do nothing in the 2007 Draft to improve our OL.
Clue #7 Watching our O is like watching paint dry.
Clue #8 Huard is our starting QB
Clue #9 Solari is our OC.
Clue #10 Colquitt is our best offensive weapon.

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Originally Posted by chiefsfan1963

We know you can't get players like Shields and Roaf overnight! That's the point CP blew it 3-4 years ago when these guys were playing he should have prepared better and continue to find strong talent to back up and ultimately replace these OL players. He didn't!

Ultimately this team is headed in the wrong direction and needs NEW MANAGEMENT from Top to bottom. CP has been here for 19 years. Thanks for everything he's been here long enough.

If you draft properly, you don't really need 3-4 years notice. But I agree with your take.
The Colts needed a replacement for Tarik Glenn after he retired and picked up a brand spanking LT via the draft this year (Tony Ugoh) and he's starting. Pretty tall order protecting Manning's blind side. They picked him up in round 2 with the 42 pick in the draft!

Course that's why nobdy will ever confuse Carl Peterson with Bill Polian...

[chiefsfan1963]

Originally Posted by BigRock

I agree he's a better gameday coach, but he was lousy at drafting, lousy at finding free agents, lousy at surrounding himself and the team with people who could properly do those things. There's a whole lot that goes into it.

DV built a great offense here. Mostly it was through the luck of a HOF left tackle getting put on the trade block, and the unbelievable luck of Priest far surpassing what anyone could have imagined for him. But regardless of how it came together, it was a great offense. And it stayed great for several seasons, which is hard to do.

But it's not like the offense ever got us anywhere. And because of poor talent evaluation while DV was running the ship, nothing was done to keep the offense going once the specific players on the field were gone. Just think of the years we had to draft/sign young players who we could groom to take over for Roaf, for Shields, for Trent, for Priest. We accomplished 1 of those 4 with LJ, and DV fought it every single step of the way.

Where we are now, IMO, is the direct result of DV's years here. All the failures in drafting and free agency have caught up to us. Everyone knew the offense was old, everyone knew we'd need new players to step in. We didn't get them through FA because we were too busy signing guys to help our horrible defense. And we didn't get them through the draft because our drafts stunk. We know Carl forced LJ onto DV, so who do we really have on offense that we can say DV's era drafted for us? Kris Wilson? Samie Parker? Ye Gods.

We're stuck in the position of still having to rebuild the defense while DV's offense finally turns to dust all around us. What we're seeing on the field is the result.

No freakin way dude! Granted DV had bad luck in drafting, but he never got the opportunity to draft high. THe one year he did it was a Top 12 pick Sims and Freeman both busts! Ultimately CP is to blame a better GM and Front Office staff could have done a better job helping DV get a better D (Top 15 is all we needed) and we would have one at least one SB perhaps 2.

Face it this team sucks and is very boring to watch. I want excitement and action. Not a 3 and out Offense Not a Field Goal Offense F**K That!

Until this FRONT OFFICE IS Completely turned over and we bring fresh new blood we are going nowhere. I believe the only way this really happens is someone else buys this team. THe Lamar Family have no pride and desire to WIN SB's anymore.

Chief's fans will continue to suffer, and we will continue to bicker and yell at each other about DV, Marty, and Herm and who was better.

I feel sorry for us all.

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Our identity had the league commissioner laughing at us on the national stage, our direction had Vermiel retiring just a step ahead of his pets.

And let's see who makes fun of our offense now. Because it's as bad as our defense was and our defense is nowhere near as good as our offense was under DV. Again, give me that any day over this crap we have now. This team is an extension of it's coach and we $UCK A$$!