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Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo
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If your a Chiefs Player right now and you see what is happening (in regards to the cuts) you say to yourself. "I better not fu** around and I better be all about football or I'm going to be gone" That fear will drive the true competitor to become better and to play to his potential. Football, like life is about drive, determination and realizing one's potential. Fear is a great motivator and Haley and Pioli are wielding a monstrous fear hammer that will either bring out the best in the players or it will drive out the losers. They'll add talent over time.
I for one think the strategy is a very good one. The message is clear, produce or be gone.
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What the **** are you talking about?
Every team cuts down to 53, not just us.
In addition to that, we've since cut one guy to make room for a new player, despite winning all of 2 of our last 25 games. That's worse than any team in the NFL over the same time span.
This *fear hammer* is totally conjured up bullshit. My God, the tissue paper '08 Chiefs had a ridiculous amount of roster churn last year, and it wasn't just because of injuries.
People were concerned about the OL heading into FA...nothing was done, sans Goff.
People were concerned about the OL heading into the draft...nothing was done aside from a three year project who had to switch positions after OTAs
People were concerned about the OL during the PS...so two guys who we could have for free were traded for a draft choice.
People are still concerned about the OL, we have 8 active players, and the solution is to flip one of those guys, one of the two who can play tackle (Ndukwe can't) for another tackle who can't play LT if something happens to Albert.
That doesn't strike me as conjuring fear in the hearts of the players, it strikes me as apathy.
No one is asking for Charlie Finley-esque batshit insane moves, but this team has almost no talent, on the OL, WR, LB corps, NT, anywhere...and yet no moves are being made to address any of those.
I didn't realize that Scott Pioli's approach to cut down day was to emulate Pat Gillick.