Are you getting the message IslandKing77? It's time to apologize to Connie Jo.
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Are you getting the message IslandKing77? It's time to apologize to Connie Jo.
Whoa, this thread went way off course.
First of all, can we keep this thread from becoming yet another contest of who has the bigger "fan junk"? Seriously...
Second of all, Connie knows her stuff and bases her opinion off her interpretation of the facts (as she should). Her posts are for the most part well-written and thought-out.
Third, whether you're cheering or criticizing, anybody who's here to discuss the team, (especially when things haven't been going so well) is most likely a pretty dedicated fan. Doing one more loudly than the other at any particular time doesn't make one any more or less of one. It's been said a kazillion times, but for the sake of redundancy: We're all passionate about the Chiefs in our own ways.
Now back to the original point: It's not Pioli's differences from Peterson that concern me. It's the similarities. No GM is going to strike gold on every draft pick, no matter how good. Likewise, no matter how bad he may be, no GM will always strike-out on every pick. Matt Millen drafted Megatron, for instance.
I was excited to have Pioli in KC but watching him repeat the same mistakes at QB as his predecessor is certainly a justifiable cause for concern.
Sorry for the hijack mOefOe.....but some people deserve to get called a troll. Connie Jo ain't one of them. Anybody that spends any substantial time on Internet Bulletin Boards is bound to make a post that goes a little over the top from time to time. Lord knows I have done it often enough myself. But I have a very hard time having any respect for someone that won't admit they went too far. I just wish IslandKing77 would have the decency to withdraw his "troll" comment.
Back to your thread....
Pioli worries me as I gather he does you. As a team and a fan base we seem to be in chaos.
Our QB situation is at best a mess.
RC hasn't even been head coach for 16 games and a lot of people seem to want him gone.
No doubt A LOT of people want Pioli gone.
And now the whole "Why were they cheering" controversy.
Our beloved Chiefs seem to be in worse shape than I have seen them in all the years since I became a fan in the late '60s.
And yet I believe that purely from a talent point of view we are a team that is only a quarterback away from being a real contender.
The quarterback situation is hurting us and the chaos the quarterback situation is causing is KILLING us.
I think Pioli can be a great GM given another year or two, but I seriously wonder if he'll get the chance.
I may be wrong about Pioli, but I know for sure that if we dump Pioli then we will be starting from ground zero again. New GM, new coach, new QB, new offensive scheme, new defensive scheme and with all that "new" we will wind up losing a lot of what is good about this team. I really don't want to see us start another 5-7 year rebuilding process now. I don't think we are far away from some serious success.
That said....*IF* Cowher were willing to come to KC in some capacity I would probably dance a jig in Times Square at high noon wearing nothing but Chiefs Paint.
No problem. I agree that Connie definitely isn't a troll. She did come riding into this thread on a high horse, though. When I called Scott Pioli "overrated trash", I believe it was neither "foul" nor "vulgar". There were A LOT worse things to say about him swirling in my head and I have said MUCH WORSE in reference of others I felt were worthy of criticism in the past. Again, she's not a troll but things ALWAYS degrade like they did in this thread when people go all "holier than thou" on the internet. I'm not defending him but whether the dude apologizes or not is on him (between them and God so to speak). It ain't up to you and me.
I agree on all counts and if Pioli gets the QB situation figured out it would go a long way toward giving me some confidence in his leadership as I really do like some of the talent he has drafted and feel that he HAS improved the roster overall. It's a shame all the good things he has done are being cancelled-out and overshadowed by one huge, glaring mistake that he keeps repeating.
I tend to agree with the not firing Pioli thought most of the time, he pisses me off sometimes but if he would just get the QB "situation" here ironed out he would become a good GM for us IMO. To be honest RAC may have 3 good years left in him at his age and was a short term fix at best. Given the circumstances with coaches and available QB talent it's not going to surprise me if CJ is correct in stating he was given the 3 yr extension.
Do you mean to say that: "I'm incredibly disappointed." "Connie is what being a Chiefs fan is!!!"...
or
"I'm incredibly disappointed Connie is what being a Chiefs fan is." ???
Your sentence structure leaves one wondering. I only bring this up because these are the kinds of things misunderstandings in written form are made of. :smile
Question did pioli bring in Phil emery or was he here already seems like he's going to be a pretty good gm. The bears fans I hang out with ask why he wasn't our gm. I have no clue. They love him in Chicago.
Emery was here in 2008 and Pioli was hired in 2009 so it doesn't look like it.
So that could have been our mistake. MAybe 2 more years of carl peterson allowing phil to get on the job training and should have promoted him. Then we wouldnt be going the new england/ cleveland route. I really don't know much about him but bears fans seem to be impressed.