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Originally Posted by lazepoo
Dude, wtf is your fixation on the senior bowl? Pioli will just make do with what he has until he's ready to make a move. He's probably sitting in a hotel room right now mulling his options and enjoying a hot cocoa.
In all seriousness, would you not take the time to assess the situation and figure out what you had on hand before hacking away like an American Psycho? He's too calculated an individual to just fire away without taking stock of just how bare the cupboard is compared to what's available, especially since he knows the importance of his first decisions here setting the tone and the possible implications that his moves will have on the chemistry between the coaches and the front office. The Senior Bowl is pretty insignificant on Scott Pioli's plate right now, so saying that he's gotta make the most important decision he's had thus far as a Chief (and possibly ever as a professional) because the senior bowl is coming up is completely irrational.
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There is another very valid reason to give Herm hope he will be retained -- to get his help.
As SP indicated you can't evaluate a player unless you know what he was told. Me and you can watch a player and speculate he is playing too aggressively or too soft or missed or an assignment or made a bad pass or ran a route wrong. But unless we know exactly what play was called an the directions given to the player it is just a guess.
What ever your opinion of the overall talent of Herm is the fact is he know way more about the KC players at this moment than SP. If SP fires him on day one he has no shot at any of that info. If he interviews Herm for 16 hours over three days and then fires him he will have considerable more insight on the players he has to work with.