this is because for the last 3 years its been nothing but blame the front office, GM, or head coach. Its rubbed off a lot of people and it takes away the positive aspect into the new regime and pretty soon bashing what the front office does, GM, and head coach decides makes you look more right than wrong because in this league you lose more than you win so calling the shot for failing is the popular opinion which makes you look like a genius in the long run. Because you knew that they'd fail.

I don't think anybody here has said he's going to excel.

The Chiefs ran a 3-4 the first 4 or 5 years under Marty. Dave Adolph was the defensive coordinator.

You expected a better record with different offseason moves?

(snort)

Of course he didn't.

Brittany "Pioli" What were you thinking?

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/...e-tab-analysis

Nice crux, UP.

FYP.

If we hadn't traded for Cassel, Sanchez would have been taken at 2, and someone would have given the Rams a great offer to trade down. If it was us, we would have at least lost our #2....

In retrospect, I really think trading for Cassel was the best option available to us since we were sitting at 3.

Sucks, yes, but that's the way things are I guess.

Never say never, but I have a hard time believing the Rams would have had the balls to make a move. They wanted their boy, just like Detroit, and did what everyone thought they would.

They were trying to trade out of 2 on draft day. Nobody wanted to be in the top 5, the only team that was willing to take it up the ol poop shute was the Brownies to get out of there.

Think about it, if we didn't have Cassel who would we have been picking? Would the NFL believe that Pioli was going to hitch his wagon to Tyler Thigpen?

The whole world would have known we were taking Sanchez at 3, so anyone that wanted him would have been talking to the Rams. That would have to be us as well, as we would have known that we were screwed.

I wanted Sanchez bad, but seeing the play that he got, and watching the Jets trade up from 17 told me all I needed to know. Drafting @3 Pioli made the best move he could, which was trading our 2 for Cassel.

Yeah, I can see that. Too bad we got screwed on landing at #2 overall; it could have been a whole different day. Though in retrospect, I think we were getting Cassel come hell or high water whether sitting at 2 OR 3.
Had he not had the year he had in NE, and been available due to cap space in the name of Brady, we probably wouldn't have landed Pioli because he wouldn't have left.
Pioli's a smart guy; I don't question that. But I also feel he is a very conservative guy as well, for better or worse.

lol, If i remember correclty i think Gun said they ran some 3-4 when he was the DC on his first stint with the Chiefs.

I think i read that in some article when he first came around for his 2nd tour of duty.

Gunther invented the POS Falcon and almost ruined DT.