Carl the reason our d sucked last year

[Coach]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Carl Peterson deserves most of the blame for personnel problems. The reasons I can't excuse Gunther Cunningham is that he was given a blank check four years ago to load up on free agents, and he failed miserably. He brought in failures like Sammy Knight, Kendrell Bell, Carlos Hall, and Patrick Surtain--arguably, this spending spree was a large reason why the Chiefs struggled to rebuild.

Apart from that, you again have to understand what his direct accountabilities were. His job was to build the X's and O's, and to coach players on fundamentals. Carl Peterson may have brought in the wrong players, so I can understand if our players were too slow to make tackles. But it doesn't excuse players constantly missing tackles and it doesn't excuse Gunther calling lousy plays in the wrong situations.

In football, just as in business or in any aspect of life, sustained success relies on building a sound foundation from the outset. Building a team on solid ground (in cement, not sand) allows for future success. Pursuing shortcuts to quick successess may be tempting, but most of us recongize that those methods produce short-lived successes the can jeopardize the future of a team (Sounds fimilar? If you are thinking that's Carl, you are correct.)

One should build a solid foundation through strict adherence to a well-thought-out set of principles that represent a value system that is strongly believed in.