Why people are disappointed: Exhibit A - Talent Evaluation

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Does George Blowfish not know what he's talking about?



Dane, you said we're $41M under the cap, and I swear I just saw something posted earlier where Clark's contributions to the renovations is $40M, if that's true don't you think it's just a little more than a coincidence?

Actually in December 2008, Hunt dropped another $75 million of his personal money into the stadium renovations and at that point, I posted that we'd see little if any free agency movement.

But that's NOT because of a lack of money. It's because the Hunts are notoriously cheap.

Furthermore, like OTWP stated, I highly doubt that after years of being pursued for a GM position, Scott Pioli would take a job with the caveat of not being able to spend money.

For proof, they shelled out over $30 million alone this year for Cassel and Jackson.

I personally believe that Pioli & Haley not only did a poor job of evaluating the talent available in the 2009 draft, but they also did a poor job of evaluating the existing talent on the roster.

Starting Niswanger and cutting Pollard being just two examples.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Actually in December 2008, Hunt dropped another $75 million of his personal money into the stadium renovations and at that point, I posted that we'd see little if any free agency movement.

But that's NOT because of a lack of money. It's because the Hunts are notoriously cheap.

Furthermore, like OTWP stated, I highly doubt that after years of being pursued for a GM position, Scott Pioli would take a job with the caveat of not being able to spend money.

For proof, they shelled out over $30 million alone this year for Cassel and Jackson.

I personally believe that Pioli & Haley not only did a poor job of evaluating the talent available in the 2009 draft, but they also did a poor job of evaluating the existing talent on the roster.

Starting Niswanger and cutting Pollard being just two examples.

The thing is, the two statements I bolded (which I both believe to be true) contradict each other. Something just doesn't add up here.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

The thing is, the two statements I bolded (which I both believe to be true) contradict each other. Something just doesn't add up here.

Yes, that appears to be true.

I honestly believe that the lack of spending in free-agency was due to improperly evaluating the talent on the roster.

How else can you explain Niswanger starting at center to this day? Or the lack of a big back for short-yardage carries? Or completely ignoring the offensive line?

1. Clark Hunt spent $75 million out of pocket. I declared that free-agency would be next to non-existent at that point.
2. Scott Pioli was hired, gave Cassel a $60 million dollar contract and Tyson Jackson a huge contract (about $30 million upfront for both).
3. The Chiefs didn't sign any high or even mid-priced free agents.

So, either Hunt mandated that the Chiefs not spend much money in free agency (unlikely) or Pioli & Company improperly evaluated the existing talent and the end result was no "real" money spent in free agency because the Chiefs had enough talent (in his opinion) to compete in 2009.

I'm going with the latter.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Actually in December 2008, Hunt dropped another $75 million of his personal money into the stadium renovations and at that point, I posted that we'd see little if any free agency movement.

But that's NOT because of a lack of money. It's because the Hunts are notoriously cheap.

Furthermore, like OTWP stated, I highly doubt that after years of being pursued for a GM position, Scott Pioli would take a job with the caveat of not being able to spend money.

For proof, they shelled out over $30 million alone this year for Cassel and Jackson.

I personally believe that Pioli & Haley not only did a poor job of evaluating the talent available in the 2009 draft, but they also did a poor job of evaluating the existing talent on the roster.

Starting Niswanger and cutting Pollard being just two examples.

But Dane, they'd rather have guys who are good citizens and don't talk back to coaches over talented players.

It took an injury to get Goff out of the lineup, and interestingly enough, ever since he's been out, Cassel's time to throw has almost ****ing tripled.

It took some gay slurs to get LJ out of the lineup, and what do you know, the running game is producing.

We're in an evaluation year, yet they won't give playing time to the players that need to be evaluated.

I'm starting to think Whitlock was right about the "ego" thing - can't wait to see the piece he puts together after the Denver game.