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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Let's play a fun game here. You are head coach of the 2005 Chiefs. The starting roster Carl Peterson hands you is the following:
QB: Damon Huard
LT: Jordan Black
LG: Brian Waters
C: Casey Wiegmann (by the way, Wiegmann is starting to decline)
RG: Will Shields (by the way, he's a year away from retirement)
RT: Chris Terry
RB: Larry Johnson
FB: Tony Richardson
WR: Eddie Kennison (on the rapid decline)
WR: Samie Parker
WR: Dante Hall
TE: Tony Gonzalez
DE: Jared Allen
DT: Ryan Sims
DT: Junior Siavii
DE: Eric Hicks
OLB: Derrick Johnson
MLB: Kawika Mitchell
OLB: Kendrell Bell
FS: Greg Wesley
SS: Sammy Knight
CB: Patrick Surtain
CB: Eric Warfield
And oh, by the way, by 2008, 5 of those guys will be retired or too old to play effectively, 5 of those guys are so bad that they'll never find work outside of KC, and 4 of those guys will be situational backups. That's 14 guys you have to replace and almost all of these guys have even lousier backups backing them up.
You have 3 drafts and no money to spend to fix this mess. Your move, slick.
You can't possibly look at that 2005 roster without barfing. This team was a sinking ship well before Herm came into town, but rather than let the ship sink and then rebuild it, Peterson put some duct tape on the ship and forced it to float.
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That doesn't change the fact that for even as young and inexperienced as this team is, they have had the opportunity to win 6-7 games and poor coaching has gotten in the way.
Teams ARE allowed to develop AND win at the same time, you know.