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Tribal Warfare 04-29-2009 06:41 PM

Rufus Lives!!!!!!!
 
Drama Kings
Apr 27, 2009, 9:11:45 AM by Rufus Dawes - FAQ

Scott Pioli’s trade for Matt Cassel a few months ago and of Tony Gonzalez just last week gives further weight to his reputation as the NFL’s boldest doer of deals no matter what the results of the draft are. Indeed, “bold” is what the Kansas City Star called the Chiefs GM on the morning of the 2009 NFL draft, only to slip to “boring” following the first day.

Pioli stuck to the basics with the third pick in the draft taking a defensive end that received mixed interest from some of the media who were envisioning some wild trade scenario with the local newspaper showing the proper restraint: “We wanted fireworks and trades and multiple picks,” said the Kansas City Star. “Scott Pioli gave us a rock-solid, 3-4 defensive end….” He “can fill a vital role,” noted one headline; “fits the mold” said another.

“Rock-solid,” “fill[s] a vital role,” and “fits the mold” doesn’t do much to excite a populace who was maybe expecting a host of trades closer to what you used to find in professional hockey with multiple players moving to and from multiple teams, but really does anyone pay much stock in these assessments? Last year’s first day take of three highly-considered picks resulted in comments like this:

“Based on a sampling across the Internet, the Kansas City Chiefs were the big winners of this year’s NFL draft.” – USA Today (2008)

“[Glenn Dorsey] might be the best defensive player to come around in years…the anchor of Kansas City’s improving defense.” – John Clayton, ESPN (2008)

“Man, did the Kansas City Chiefs make out like bandits.” – The Sporting News (2008)

“They did the right thing.” – Pete Prisco, CBS Sports.com (2008)

“Brilliant.” – Bill Williamson, ESPN.com (2008)

“The best draft of any team.” – John Czarneki, Foxsports.com, (2008)

A year later who remembers? So for the people who wanted Aaron Curry, rated by some as the best player in the draft, as the team’s number one pick, consider this: no linebacker has been taken with the first overall pick since 1988. The conventional thinking is you don’t pay big money to a linebacker, especially one that is short and is not a pass rusher, but who pays enough attention to look into those facts?

Look, all of us know it’s the business of the media to make predictions, dissect moves and, yes, just guess about trades. Even as consistent a media critic as this writer knows that and accepts it as part of the business. But what you or I can make of the Chiefs recent draft remains largely unknown despite what anyone might tell you, not that it has stopped the usual suspects from making the usual judgments. For give-or-take a month now, readers, viewers and listeners have been bombarded with all sorts of rhetoric on team needs, position strengths and player abilities from a wide variety of “experts,” some of which these so-called draft insiders have no more skill in evaluating than they do determining exactly how much of a carbon footprint can actually impact global warming.

A fan fun exercise to be sure and something that must excite the public or there wouldn’t be so much of it, draft analysis including the process of evaluation that accompanies it has been ramped up to such an extent that we now have people we have never seen before waxing on and on from television studios about so-and-so’s hand release, knee bend and who’s prospects are rising and falling, or at least they think they are. The evaluations of the NFL draft by media show all the depth of a Tiger Beat reporter.

Those who are pulled into this great sucking maw of draft overkill face grave and often embarrassing consequences. Consider Brady Quinn, invited to come to New York to sit with fellow top picks two years ago – or so he thought – and then finds himself alone on the set with cameras focused on his dejected and confused face as the names are called and his isn’t one of them. Think of him now as yesterday’s news with rumors that he will be dealt away by the Cleveland Browns, who eventually picked him, but who want another chance at a top pick. Soon, his successors in this pseudo-drama will find themselves as forgotten tomorrow as Quinn is today.

From all we have seen and heard so far, Scott Pioli desires neither the public approbation nor the media’s favorable nods as he goes about his task of building his team. While other general managers babble on to cronies at the networks or on-line, his public comments are modest, even as the kudos rained down after his hiring, and he is reluctant to play the public savior, as many would have him play. This is a wise move if only for reasons of bringing expectations in line with realities. Carl Peterson was a larger-than-life figure in his 20-years here and in the first half of that time was seen as something of a savior of a franchise that had been wandering in the NFL backwater for almost two decades. Scott Pioli, seemingly a much more private man, sees his role entirely different and in his few appearances before the cameras and scribblers has stated more than once about his work in New England: “we weren’t that smart.”

From all indications, that is how it will go in Mr. Pioli’s time in Kansas City and no doubt many will find it a refreshing change from the past, although the past wasn’t too forthcoming either if you think about it. No, the draft is very much a mystery as the man who now guides it in Kansas City and beyond the first round the picks are largely unknown to most common folk anyway, except the draftniks who, of course, nod affirmatively or negatively when the names are called, as if they know something no one else knows. It’s all part of a game and it’s likely to be played out in Kansas City by very private individuals in undemonstrative ways but elsewhere with all the drama the media can concoct.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:44 PM

ROFL

This is REALLY going to piss some people off, since now it's Pioli that's employing him.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 06:46 PM

Embarrassing.

But since it's Pioli's decision, ultimately, I'm sure most think it's great.

Tribal Warfare 04-29-2009 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5726959)
Embarrassing.

But since it's Pioli's decision, ultimate, I'm sure most think it's great.

Gretz is the next one to go

Mr. Krab 04-29-2009 06:48 PM

Gretz or Moore?

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:50 PM

Nice to see he hasn't given up praising Carl "larger than life" Peterson.

ROFL

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare (Post 5726964)
Gretz is the next one to go

Rufus isn't Gretz.

Furthermore, this isn't like the scouting department or the coaches.

I don't believe for one minute Pioli isn't KEENLY aware of what PR pieces are being printed on the website.

I have to believe that he actually CONDONES it.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5726977)
Rufus isn't Gretz.

Furthermore, this isn't like the scouting department or the coaches.

I don't believe for one minute Pioli isn't KEENLY aware of what PR pieces are being printed on the website.

I have to believe that he actually CONDONES it.

Change that Chiefs fans can believe in.

Mr. Krab 04-29-2009 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5726977)
Rufus isn't Gretz.

Furthermore, this isn't like the scouting department or the coaches.

I don't believe for one minute Pioli isn't KEENLY aware of what PR pieces are being printed on the website.

I have to believe that he actually CONDONES it.

If so, then this is a huge strike against Pioli in my book. Continuing to employ a writer that pretty regularly insults most of KC is a bad thing.

Psyko Tek 04-29-2009 06:56 PM

or just doesn't give a rat's ass

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyko Tek (Post 5727012)
or just doesn't give a rat's ass

Which might be even worse...

SAUTO 04-29-2009 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Krab's (Post 5727006)
If so, then this is a huge strike against Pioli in my book. Continuing to employ a writer that pretty regularly insults most of KC is a bad thing.

ROFL what does a writer have to do with whats put on the field?

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 5727020)
ROFL what does a writer have to do with whats put on the field?

If one is stupid enough to employ someone who regularly pisses on the people who lay the foundation of his profession, that doesn't speak well about Pioli's ability to do anything else competently.

SAUTO 04-29-2009 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727026)
If one is stupid enough to employ someone who regularly pisses on the people who lay the foundation of his profession, that doesn't speak well about Pioli's ability to do anything else competently.

LMAO ok, where does rufus put his stuff out at? on the kc chiefs website?

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyko Tek (Post 5727012)
or just doesn't give a rat's ass

The thing is, if Pioli TRULY doesn't care what the fans or media think, he wouldn't tolerate somebody like Rufus Dawes publishing stuff like this on the OFFICIAL team website.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 5727037)
LMAO ok, where does rufus put his stuff out at? on the kc chiefs website?

Yes. www.kcchiefs.com

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 5727037)
LMAO ok, where does rufus put his stuff out at? on the kc chiefs website?

Did you look at the link?

SAUTO 04-29-2009 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727043)

well it says that the commentary may not reflect the opinions of the chiefs.:p
hell i dont know. maybe pioli hasnt seen his stuff yet

SAUTO 04-29-2009 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727046)
Did you look at the link?

what link?, just read what was in the op

kcxiv 04-29-2009 07:07 PM

I have no problems with them keeping Rufus whoever he is. I dont even care if he's Carl Peterson. He's not running the team anymore.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 5727057)
well it says that the commentary may not reflect the opinions of the chiefs.:p
hell i dont know. maybe pioli hasnt seen his stuff yet

We've been led to believe that Arrowhead has been on CIA-style lockdown since Pioli was hired, but he allows people to publish columns on the team website without any knowledge of what they're typing?

ROFL ROFL ROFL

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 5727067)
I have no problems with them keeping Rufus whoever he is. I dont even care if he's Carl Peterson. He's not running the team anymore.

You'd be cool if you were literally giving a company thousands of dollars per year and one of the employees there was routinely and publically calling you an unrefined, stupid piece of shit?

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 5727062)
what link?, just read what was in the op

The words "Drama Kings" are a hyperlink.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727074)
The words "Drama Kings" are a hyperlink.

And once I click on that, what happens?

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727079)
And once I click on that, what happens?

ROFL

kcxiv 04-29-2009 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727072)
You'd be cool if you were literally giving a company thousands of dollars per year and one of the employees there was routinely and publically calling you an unrefined, stupid piece of shit?

I dont have to make that call. As long as he's not running the team, i could give a **** about what someone posts on a website. Its an opinion and we all have them.

SAUTO 04-29-2009 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727074)
The words "Drama Kings" are a hyperlink.

ooohhh didnt know that, whats a hyperlink?(i get what it does, just why's it called a HYPER link?)

SAUTO 04-29-2009 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727079)
And once I click on that, what happens?

ROFL it's ****ed up but i'm serious

bevischief 04-29-2009 07:14 PM

Clayton or Fatlock?

Otter 04-29-2009 07:14 PM

What a disgrace. I can't believe the Chiefs are still letting him publish on their website.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 5727085)
I dont have to make that call.

A lot of people do.

It's not a public message board; it's the Chiefs homepage.

It's the equivalent of walking into Walmart and instead of being greeted with, "Welcome to Walmart!" the person says, "Well, good evening, you roundish and churlish piece of dog shit."

Uncle_Ted 04-29-2009 07:20 PM

Are we missing the obvious?

Think up the food chain, not down ... Rufus = Clark?

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle_Ted (Post 5727111)
Are we missing the obvious?

Think up the food chain, not down ... Rufus = Clark?

Get torches.

Sweet Daddy Hate 04-29-2009 07:25 PM

Dawes is an in-house prank, a chance for the GM of the day/era to spout off a little bit.
It's the only explanation that makes any sense whatsoever.

This is the historical Rufus Dawes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Dawes

beavis 04-29-2009 07:26 PM

How disappointing. This is the first thing I've been really irritated with Pioli about.

nychief 04-29-2009 07:39 PM

i like this article, it is correct... and I think it is important to have an ombudsman.

I am confused why it bothers some so many...

kcxiv 04-29-2009 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727093)
A lot of people do.

It's not a public message board; it's the Chiefs homepage.

It's the equivalent of walking into Walmart and instead of being greeted with, "Welcome to Walmart!" the person says, "Well, good evening, you roundish and churlish piece of dog shit."

well, i dont take it as the greeter telling me that. So then what? to me its a total non issue. It doesnt bother me. So for me that Walmart greeter is still saying welcome to Walmart. For me there is NO problem.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727093)
A lot of people do.

It's not a public message board; it's the Chiefs homepage.

It's the equivalent of walking into Walmart and instead of being greeted with, "Welcome to Walmart!" the person says, "Well, good evening, you roundish and churlish piece of dog shit."

Exactly.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 5727212)
well, i dont take it as the greeter telling me that. So then what? to me its a total non issue. It doesnt bother me. So for me that Walmart greeter is still saying welcome to Walmart. For me there is NO problem.

Well, I for one thought the new regime was above this type of petty childishness. I could understand it from Carl.

kcxiv 04-29-2009 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727230)
Well, I for one thought the new regime was above this type of petty childishness. I could understand it from Carl.

There ya go, its all on how you take it. For me, its a non issue. What i care about is how is this football team going to turn it around. Thats all i care about.

Mr. Krab 04-29-2009 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 5727212)
well, i dont take it as the greeter telling me that. So then what? to me its a total non issue. It doesnt bother me. So for me that Walmart greeter is still saying welcome to Walmart. For me there is NO problem.

You don't care that the Chiefs are play in Arrowhead with a picture of Texas on their helmets against the Dallas Cowboys either?

kcxiv 04-29-2009 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Krab's (Post 5727252)
You don't care that the Chiefs are play in Arrowhead with a picture of Texas on their helmets against the Dallas Cowboys either?

I dont like it, but i wont cry about it.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 5727243)
There ya go, its all on how you take it. For me, its a non issue. What i care about is how is this football team going to turn it around. Thats all i care about.

Part of the reason Carl was never successful here is because he spent too much time worrying about what people thought of him and not enough time worrying about the product on the field.

Stuff like this absolutely has an effect on the on-field product, because it provides insight into what motivates these people.

kcxiv 04-29-2009 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727260)
Part of the reason Carl was never successful here is because he spent too much time worrying about what people thought of him and not enough time worrying about the product on the field.

Stuff like this absolutely has an effect on the on-field product, because it provides insight into what motivates these people.

Eh, as long as its not Pioli or Haley writing it, then i am ok.

I actually enjoy them bashing Whitlock a little bit. Its just all writer fun. I just dont see it as a big deal at all.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 5727266)
Eh, as long as its not Pioli or Haley writing it, then i am ok.

I actually enjoy them bashing Whitlock a little bit. Its just all writer fun. I just dont see it as a big deal at all.

It might as well be Pioli or Haley writing it. It's the official website of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Mr. Krab 04-29-2009 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 5727255)
I dont like it, but i wont cry about it.

When we take turns banging your mom on the weekends, how do you feel about that?


:p

kcxiv 04-29-2009 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Krab's (Post 5727274)
When we take turns banging your mom on the weekends, how do you feel about that?


:p

If she lets you, go for it. None of my business what she does in her sex life. lol

Mr. Krab 04-29-2009 08:04 PM

Well you have to give it up to kcxiv, dude is mellow. ROFL

wild1 04-29-2009 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727042)
The thing is, if Pioli TRULY doesn't care what the fans or media think, he wouldn't tolerate somebody like Rufus Dawes publishing stuff like this on the OFFICIAL team website.

Actually, I'm more inclined to think he doesn't get involved in this side of things.

He seems like a guy for whom it's all about football. Football isn't the main thing, it's the only thing.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wild1 (Post 5727326)
Actually, I'm more inclined to think he doesn't get involved in this side of things.

He seems like a guy for whom it's all about football. Football isn't the main thing, it's the only thing.

See, that doesn't jive.

They've been on information lockdown for weeks, with everybody on their dog scared that if they talk, they'll be fired.

Yet we're expected to believe that at the same time, the guy is completely OBLIVIOUS to what's being published on the official team website and he really doesn't care.

Reaper16 04-29-2009 08:36 PM

What makes us think that this is the same writer as the one using the Rufus Dawes pseudonym during the Carl Peterson era?

Sweet Daddy Hate 04-29-2009 08:37 PM

WTF????

WGAF????

BFD!

Sweet Daddy Hate 04-29-2009 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727426)
What makes us think that this is the same writer as the one using the Rufus Dawes pseudonym during the Carl Peterson era?

It's not. I'd bet the farm on it.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727426)
What makes us think that this is the same writer as the one using the Rufus Dawes pseudonym during the Carl Peterson era?

Even if it's not, what is the purpose? Why keep something from the previous regime when it's simultaneously useless and controversial to the fans?

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727426)
What makes us think that this is the same writer as the one using the Rufus Dawes pseudonym during the Carl Peterson era?

Nice thought.

Perhaps. One would think a new pseudonym would be in order, however, so as not to inspire lingering hard feelings.

Reaper16 04-29-2009 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727443)
Even if it's not, what is the purpose? Why keep something from the previous regime when it's simultaneously useless and controversial to the fans?

I agree with you; I know I hate the columns.

But does anyone in the Chiefs fanbase outside the forum posters & talk show callers really think they're controversial?

htismaqe 04-29-2009 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727444)
Nice thought.

Perhaps. One would think a new pseudonym would be in order, however, so as not to inspire lingering hard feelings.

This.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727457)
I agree with you; I know I hate the columns.

But does anyone in the Chiefs fanbase outside the forum posters & talk show callers really think they're controversial?

The forum posters and talk show callers think Rufus is BLATANTLY ANTAGONISTIC, which is what makes his existence controversial.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727457)
I agree with you; I know I hate the columns.

But does anyone in the Chiefs fanbase outside the forum posters & talk show callers really think they're controversial?

Who else is reading the crap on the site outside of these types of fans, who are generally the hardcore?

Reaper16 04-29-2009 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727465)
The forum posters and talk show callers think Rufus is BLATANTLY ANTAGONISTIC, which is what makes his existence controversial.

They're right, he is.

But we're a minority of the fanbase.

orange 04-29-2009 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727399)
They've been on information lockdown for weeks, with everybody on their dog scared that if they talk, they'll be fired.


Maybe it's time to put that legend to sleep. Everybody in America knew the Chiefs were going to pick Jackson two days before the draft. Pioli and Haley don't court the cameras like Peterson and Edwards did, but their ship is no tighter than any other.

Reaper16 04-29-2009 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727472)
Who else is reading the crap on the site outside of these types of fans, who are generally the hardcore?

I guess I'm thinking that average fans browsing the official site might come across the columns by Gretz, Rufus, et al. But I really don't know the kind of traffic that the columns get, so its just an assumption.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727473)
They're right, he is.

But we're a minority of the fanbase.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727472)
Who else is reading the crap on the site outside of these types of fans, who are generally the hardcore?

Actually, I think you'd be surprised. There's a great many people here that NEVER visit KCChiefs.com, myself included, because anything there that is worth reading will eventually get posted here.

I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of traffic over there is the AVERAGE fan, not the hardcore.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orange (Post 5727482)
Maybe it's time to put that legend to sleep. Everybody in America knew the Chiefs were going to pick Jackson two days before the draft. Pioli and Haley don't court the cameras like Peterson and Edwards did, but their ship is no tighter than any other.

I wasn't talking about the draft. They talked to player agents prior to the draft and once that happens, the word gets out.

I'm talking about the stuff that's directly within their control, like the hiring of the coaches. Their ship is INFINITELY tighter than the previous regime's.

orange 04-29-2009 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727426)
What makes us think that this is the same writer as the one using the Rufus Dawes pseudonym during the Carl Peterson era?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raised On Riots (Post 5727432)
It's not. I'd bet the farm on it.


I don't think it's the same guy, either. This article didn't include more than one word pulled from his Roget's - approbation - and even that one is more common than the old Dawes' vocabulary-stretchers.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727488)
Actually, I think you'd be surprised. There's a great many people here that NEVER visit KCChiefs.com, myself included, because anything there that is worth reading will eventually get posted here.

I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of traffic over there is the AVERAGE fan, not the hardcore.

You guys might be right.

I would think that some Doucheschozzle like Dawes wouldn't engage the average Joe. His prose is so tepid that I that it's BYOE (bring your own entertainment).

htismaqe 04-29-2009 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orange (Post 5727496)
I don't think it's the same guy, either. This article didn't include more than one word pulled from his Roget's - approbation - and even that one is more common than the old Dawes' vocabulary-stretchers.

ROFL

It's so pathetic, even Bronco fan makes fun of it.

HemiEd 04-29-2009 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nychief (Post 5727189)
i like this article, it is correct... and I think it is important to have an ombudsman.

I am confused why it bothers some so many...

This, I totally agree.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 5727517)
This, I totally agree.

It didn't bother me when it was Carl. I expected it from him.

HemiEd 04-29-2009 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727426)
What makes us think that this is the same writer as the one using the Rufus Dawes pseudonym during the Carl Peterson era?

Bingo, the vocabulary is not the same, not even close.

unothadeal 04-29-2009 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727488)
Actually, I think you'd be surprised. There's a great many people here that NEVER visit KCChiefs.com, myself included, because anything there that is worth reading will eventually get posted here.

I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of traffic over there is the AVERAGE fan, not the hardcore.

I just visit for the wonderfully insightful polls.

DeezNutz 04-29-2009 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare (Post 5726933)
Those who are pulled into this great sucking maw of draft overkill face grave and often embarrassing consequences. Consider Brady Quinn, invited to come to New York to sit with fellow top picks two years ago – or so he thought – and then finds himself alone on the set with cameras focused on his dejected and confused face as the names are called and his isn’t one of them. Think of him now as yesterday’s news with rumors that he will be dealt away by the Cleveland Browns, who eventually picked him, but who want another chance at a top pick. Soon, his successors in this pseudo-drama will find themselves as forgotten tomorrow as Quinn is today.

From all we have seen and heard so far, Scott Pioli desires neither the public approbation nor the media’s favorable nods as he goes about his task of building his team. While other general managers babble on to cronies at the networks or on-line, his public comments are modest, even as the kudos rained down after his hiring, and he is reluctant to play the public savior, as many would have him play. This is a wise move if only for reasons of bringing expectations in line with realities. Carl Peterson was a larger-than-life figure ROFL in his 20-years here and in the first half of that time was seen as something of a savior ROFL of a franchise that had been wandering in the NFL backwater for almost two decades. Scott Pioli, seemingly a much more private man, sees his role entirely different and in his few appearances before the cameras and scribblers has stated more than once about his work in New England: “we weren’t that smart.”

From all indications, that is how it will go in Mr. Pioli’s time in Kansas City and no doubt many will find it a refreshing change from the past, although the past wasn’t too forthcoming either if you think about it. No, the draft is very much a mystery as the man who now guides it in Kansas City and beyond the first round the picks are largely unknown to most common folk anyway, except the draftniks who, of course, nod affirmatively or negatively when the names are called, as if they know something no one else knows. It’s all part of a game and it’s likely to be played out in Kansas City by very private individuals in undemonstrative ways but elsewhere with all the drama the media can concoct.

The diction and syntax are more similar than some are giving credit.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unothadeal (Post 5727547)
I just visit for the wonderfully insightful polls.

ROFL

HemiEd 04-29-2009 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727536)
It didn't bother me when it was Carl. I expected it from him.

I don't think this is targeted at us, the intense fan that follows everything. I think it is geared to the other 98%.

I actually enjoyed the article, and totally agree with it.

Maybe I am naieve, but Pioli has me convinced he is making the right moves.

HemiEd 04-29-2009 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727488)
Actually, I think you'd be surprised. There's a great many people here that NEVER visit KCChiefs.com, myself included, because anything there that is worth reading will eventually get posted here.

I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of traffic over there is the AVERAGE fan, not the hardcore.

Missed this post, totally agree. I very seldom visit that site.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 5727561)
I don't think this is targeted at us, the intense fan that follows everything. I think it is geared to the other 98%.

I actually enjoyed the article, and totally agree with it.

Maybe I am naieve, but Pioli has me convinced he is making the right moves.

I'd feel a whole lot better about the moves going on if stuff like this didn't pop up. I just thought we were past this.

HemiEd 04-29-2009 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5727582)
I'd feel a whole lot better about the moves going on if stuff like this didn't pop up. I just thought we were past this.

Maybe, I am just a sucker for anything coming out about the Chiefs.

Crush 04-29-2009 11:12 PM

They should just designate CP as the official site for the team. I love this place.

Mr. Flopnuts 04-29-2009 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5727093)
A lot of people do.

It's not a public message board; it's the Chiefs homepage.

It's the equivalent of walking into Walmart and instead of being greeted with, "Welcome to Walmart!" the person says, "Well, good evening, you roundish and churlish piece of dog shit."

LMAO Awesome.

Mr. Flopnuts 04-29-2009 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5727426)
What makes us think that this is the same writer as the one using the Rufus Dawes pseudonym during the Carl Peterson era?

LMAO "It's not that Carl's Rufus Dawes wasn't very good at his job. It's just new GM's have to have their own guys filling these roles. Guys they trust. Guys that understand their scheme. Scott Pioli's Rufus Dawes will be a scathing, bitter, old **** just like Carl's was."


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