Why people are disappointed: Exhibit A - Talent Evaluation

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

I agree, Keg, and good post.

However, just because we all knew this was a multiple year proposition does not make it acceptable to completely waste one of those years.

We are literally no better off than we were this time last year.

You could argue that the team is worse.

So basically, we're starting over, yet again.

I don't think this year was wasted. It was the dump year and the year to get a lot of tape on people for next offseason, several of them players who were let go late in the offseason or during the year. I think they wanted to take a hard look at a lot of young players both on the Chiefs as well as on the Cardinals and Patriots, players they were familiar with and (this is a guess) thought worth a look, and now they have a better idea of what kind of players they are. While there were a few free agents who I think would have made an impact over the long term, I don't think going whole-hog into free agency would have been the right move for this stage of the rebuild. As far as I recall they really only have two new contracts that have long-term ramifications on the squad (Cassel and Jackson) and they should have all kinds of freedom when it comes to spending, not just in 2010 but beyond that. The real issue will be whether the CBA is reworked and what kind of players they'll be able to look at. Like I've said, I think most of the people they brought in were stop-gap and the real moves come later. I think instead of trying to build on a rotten foundation, they decided to tear the whole house down and build new, with a few supports in place so they have enough numbers to actually play games (guys like Brown and Wade and Vrabel and Chambers, etc). And I've been fine with that since the start. The season's gone pretty much exactly the way I thought it would. I'm not a good loser, as they say, so I tend to get pissed as hell the day of a loss, but the sun always rises and so far I've been able to remember what's going on.

Doesn't mean I think they're going fix anything, or that I'm defending anybody, just that I think I have a vague idea of what's going on and I'm going to watch and see what happens. I think it's too early for panic.