Bill Maas: Cassel = Grbac

[RealSNR]

Cassel's probably a step above Grbac. But Cassel has made a ton of stupid plays this season.

Let's say Maas is right. I thought the entire reason Pioli brought in Cassel was because he ate toughness for breakfast and shat out 20 pounds of leadership every day before going to work. That he was going to be a Tom Brady-type QB with a power, accurate arm and a gritty toughness and smarts to make big plays when necessary.

HUGE ****ing botch on Pioli's part. He's been around that player for 3 years and he STILL midjudges him.

[The_Doctor10]

Originally Posted by SNR

Cassel's probably a step above Grbac. But Cassel has made a ton of stupid plays this season.

Let's say Maas is right. I thought the entire reason Pioli brought in Cassel was because he ate toughness for breakfast and shat out 20 pounds of leadership every day before going to work. That he was going to be a Tom Brady-type QB with a power, accurate arm and a gritty toughness and smarts to make big plays when necessary.

HUGE ****ing botch on Pioli's part. He's been around that player for 3 years and he STILL midjudges him.

You have to wonder if Haley's approach just isn't getting the most out of Cassel. In Arizona, his QB probably had a longer rope because he was a former MVP and Super Bowl winner, having one of the finest seasons of his career. He's got pedigree. Maybe Haley's been telling Cassel the same thing that many on the Planet have been saying: 'You're nothing without Belichick, you were a product of the system, and you lack the strong, defined jaw-line of Tom Brady to make the ladies of KC go weak at the knees'.

Now I understand there are coaches who are shouters, and they've got great results, but would it seem to me to be counterintuitive to have your QB more scared of the coach flipping shit for calling a time out (When Haley's game-management has been suspect at BEST) than he is of getting pummeled by the defence (And with the line Cassel's had, it's happening sooner rather than later on almost every snap).

Shouting doesn't equal coaching. Haley's gonna have to realize that before he becomes a far less successful Tom Coughlin. Maybe his legacy willl be 'he taught Jamaal Charles how to hold the football' but that would actually require more than just overt threats on Charles' life and excessive f-bombs.