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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Well, Boss, while Pioli's offseason was bad, it wasn't a whole lot worse than the kinds of offseasons Carl Peterson was stringing together late in his career. The difference is that Peterson had a below average season time-after-time-after-time, whereas Pioli has only had one. (that excludes the last season of the Peterson era where, I believe, Peterson lost most control and Kuharich was calling most of the shots on the personnel side).
So I dislike what Pioli has done in 2009 as much as I hated what Peterson does. I think it's fair to give last offseason an F. But until Pioli flubs the offseason consistently, he's not going to match my hatred for Peterson.
I don't like what Pioli's done so far either (even though I've been labelled an apologist, for some reason). I just don't understand the overreaction and can't stand when people fish for small, stupid, exaggerated details. And this thread is the classic example of that. The fact that people are actually going to believe that Scott Pioli is yawning through the combine is a pretty good testament to how far some people will go.
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If you dont want to be grouped in with Pioli apologists then dont make up excuses for him that dont include factual statements. When you do, you are from that point a "slurpie"
I want the guy to succeed as much as ANYONE out there, but CP didnt have one single offseason or draft that was as bad as we got from Scott in 2009. Never. I can say that easily because its the truth. Even in 2004 he got us Jared (even though Dick Vermiel had to stand on a table and tell CP to draft him. I hated CP with a passion but he was never that bad.
Pioli owes us all a big one and his name is either Eric or Jimmy!