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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

This is the Internet Age. Moreso, this is the Instant Information Age. Everything that everyone does is instantly broadcast on the internet. It's amazing to me that someone can question a guy like Whitlock or Gretz. If what they had been circulating was false, the guns would come out blazing.

Like I said, I think it's irrelevant. 2009 was a failure. I don't care if that happened because Pioli trashed all his scouting reports and listened to New England guys, or because he listened to Kansas City guys. It's the same result either way. And there's a new staff here now; the people who put together the 2010 draft were a different group of people than the ones in 2009, whether it was New Englanders or Kansas Citieans.

Maybe the success and failure of this team isn't as dear or important to you as it is to me. Maybe, being 2,000 miles away makes it different. I don't know.

I never said the success or failure of the team wasn't important to me. All I said was that I don't have anything personally vested in Scott Pioli. What that means is that I don't have a personal stake in his success or failure; i.e. I won't attack or defend him for any personal reason.

In other words I just judge him by what he does. I don't like him or dislike him. I don't know him. It's the same way that I treated Carl Peterson. And I think you'd have a hard time finding somebody who was more critical of that guy's moves than I was.

It's too early for me to fairly judge Pioli. End of story.

But what I DO know is that people shouldn't be questioning legitimate news sources. Athan? Sure. Nick Wright? Probably.

Bob Gretz?

No.

I don't think I need to say a 4th time that that whole discussion really isn't important to me....

And as I stated on Draft Day 2009, that draft will go down in Chiefs history as THE WORST EVER, bar none.

I don't think I've ever disagreed with that. I still don't get why they drafted Tyson Jackson. And I don't know that he'll ever be anything more than just a guy in the NFL. Although I don't think it's the worst pick they've ever made, based on his production so far. Guys like Sims and Jenkins are worse. But that draft was supposed to be a cornerstone draft to help build the foundation for a new generation of Chiefs, and they got one starter and one kicker out of it. That's a setback any way you slice it. That's the reason I'm only expecting them to win 6 or 7 games this year instead of 8 or 9, and why I don't think they'll be a legitimate playoff contender until 2012, instead of next year. They stumbled out of the gates. It's unfortunate, but it's reality, and they have to keep going forward. And thankfully it appears that they have this year, although it's much too early to tell for sure.