Pioli already knows who he's going to draft.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by BossChief

"So far, my dislikes for the new regime are outnumbering my dislikes from the previous one. "

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Tell me one move this regime made that has shown to be a good one before the hires of Weis and Crennel.

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Carl may not have drafted well, but I dont think he ever had a draft as bad as ours last year. Im not sure you could have bombed a draft much worse, at least from first glances.

Pioli cut Pollard and signed Mike Brown to replace him
they benched DJ
didnt let Page on the field as much as he should be before he got injured
signed Goff to start and wouldnt take him out till injuries took him out
continue to start Rudy at a position he is getting dominated at all year ...badly
traded for Mike Vrabel
benched and even deactivated Jamaal Charles and started LJ
wouldnt let Studabaker on the field on defense in fear he would completely show up Mr Vrabel like against Pittsburgh
went for it on our own 30 yard line
called a hail mary from the opponents 25 yard line with their 63 million dollar qb they got after he started one year since high school,
fired our OC and QBC mere days before the season started and started from scratch on offense showing total irresponsibility toward the needed development of our new qb with such drastically limited amount of experience with such moves,
took a 5-tec in the top five when about every position we needed offered a legit prospect for us to draft at that spot including qb
Switched from a scheme that had multiple first rounders invested in it and basically jettisoned half the talent and a top 5 pick to make the change and it still wasnt successful, even remotely.

I dont want to add more, it hurts too bad to remember all the ****ups and all I hope is that these arent stubborn guys and that they can show to learn from their mistakes and not just try to cover them up, if they are they type to want to cover them up we might be in for some very disappointing moments in the near future.

I hope not.

I dont even know where to start on making a list of things I like that this regime has done so far. It would be a short list, to be sure. Ill try.

Didnt go with a has been or never was as the new HC, instead went with a up and comer with a good track record for getting the most out of his players through various motivational techniques.
Weis
Crennel
I like that they didnt change the team colors.

Im sorry, but I am a guy that loves this team but has been burned in the past by drinking the koolaid instead of being objective and right now if you were to grade this regime overall for their job so far it would be a d at absolute maximum and IMO it should be a F.

I hope the hit a homerun offseason and we get that average up to a c by training camp.

Well, Boss, while Pioli's offseason was bad, it wasn't a whole lot worse than the kinds of offseasons Carl Peterson was stringing together late in his career. The difference is that Peterson had a below average season time-after-time-after-time, whereas Pioli has only had one. (that excludes the last season of the Peterson era where, I believe, Peterson lost most control and Kuharich was calling most of the shots on the personnel side).

So I dislike what Pioli has done in 2009 as much as I hated what Peterson does. I think it's fair to give last offseason an F. But until Pioli flubs the offseason consistently, he's not going to match my hatred for Peterson.

I don't like what Pioli's done so far either (even though I've been labelled an apologist, for some reason). I just don't understand the overreaction and can't stand when people fish for small, stupid, exaggerated details. And this thread is the classic example of that. The fact that people are actually going to believe that Scott Pioli is yawning through the combine is a pretty good testament to how far some people will go.