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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
zilla,
I have praised Pioli for several things:
1) Firing Herm
2) Trading Gonzalez
3) Cutting Johnson
4) Trading Thigpen
It's absolute bullshit to claim that none of us ever give him credit for things that he does. I have several times, and the times that I was lukewarm or mocking of a move that he made that did work out (Chambers), I gladly ate my crow.
The most angering thing about this site is that there are people who view the Chiefs like a five year old who loves his dad and how a 25 year old loves his dad.
Both still care for the person/team, but one does so through an intentional lobotomizing and removing of all critical thinking.
You can still be a Chiefs fan and be highly critical of the moves you want them to make. I don't bitch about these moves to bitch, I bitch about these moves because I want the team to win.
When the Chiefs missed the playoffs in '96, I took off my Chiefs hat, doused it in lighter fluid, set it on fire and pissed on it.
When they got eliminated from the playoffs in '97, I took my magnetic NFL schedule and dry erase board and took a bat to the ****er.
When Tomlinson broke that run after the ****ed up blocked punt call on SNF in 2006 I broke a coffee table.
People mistake critical thinking for not being a fan because it's easier to assume that everything is perfect and that the people behind the curtain know what they are doing. You don't have to deal with the reality that Pioli is a charlatan, Haley is incompetent, and that this team is headed for another half decade of irrelevance. But that doesn't change the fact that if these moves continue to happen that the Chiefs will continue to suck in perpetuity.
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Trust me. I enjoy when you guys criticize the living hell out of the Chiefs. Better than listening to a bunch of guys jerk off about how everything is rosy and fine and good, and Pioli and Haley can do no wrong. I have better stuff to masturbate to.
But there is a line. I got a lot of shit for saying that adding 10 guys to his personnel staff MIGHT make him a better decision-maker. And it's gotten to the point where I've heard critics reduce Pioli's role in New England as some kind of a whipping boy who sat in his office and played with his computer while Dimitroff and Belichick made all the decisions.
I think you guys get too much shit for telling it the way it is. Particularly guys like mecca. But realize the door swings both ways. Just because someone has something positive or neutral to say doesn't mean they're a homer.