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Originally Posted by Shox
I'm a season ticket holder, I DON't want Pioli gone. You don't build a winning football franchise by replacing GMs every 3rd season. Pioli has not done an amazing job, but he has not been nearly as bad as many on the Planet rant about.
Give him credit he canned a horrible hire in Haley in the middle of the season. Most would not make such a move. He had a solid drafts with the exception of his first, where he went to work very late in process. He has made some solid FA signings.....Breaston & Siler.
He has hired some good coaches (except Hali), Crennel DC, Weiss OC, Thomas DBs.
I really see 3 significant errors; 1. Hiring Haley. 2. Leting Haley go with Muir as defacto OC. 3. Jackson with his 1st pick, he was a huge reach.
Many would say Cassell is a huge mistake. I don't think so. Cassell looked like he might be a quality QB the season he played for the Partiots. He was acquired for the right price and it just did not pan out. It happens all the time in the NFL. The mistake will be if they bring him back.
I'm probably in the minority, but I think Pioli has done a solid job. Not a miracle worker, but a solid job. Give him a B. However, if he does not move on let the Cassel era end then he will quickly turn the B into an F.
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Pioli hired Haley. And you want to give him "credit" for firing him after he turned out to be lousy? Really? It seems to me that Pioli is using Haley as a convenient scapegoat to cover up his other various mistakes.
And how in hell does anybody justify Cassel's contract as "the right price"?
Your last sentence is rather telling in that regard. You've already detailed Pioli's worst mistakes as his first three important moves as the Chiefs new GM... Hiring Haley, Trading for Cassel, and selecting TJack with #3 overall. And you finish your statement saying if he doesn't also admit his mistake with Cassel and cut him, that you'll then give him a failing grade.
2 out of 3 of Pioli's first major moves for the franchise, and you're trying to give him props for admitting to one of the failures and "hopefully" admitting to the other.
I don't get it....