What leads you to believe that isn't what Pioli's doing?
Look at Dimitroff (former Pats personnel guy) in Atlanta. We're going to follow that exact template - draft well, trade our malcontents, and make useful FA signings of good young players.
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what makes you think he planned on bringing in free agents this year. he did not even have the ba##s to fire gunther.yeah herm did a ok job coaching vermeils team in his first year. he did the same with the jets his first year there.and if you can not tell the jets do not have a great group of young talent from herms drafts years ago.and fyi piolis teams have been drafted for the most part exclude moss seau and a few others.that is another thing about herm he would not know a good free agent signing even if it hit him in the face
these words are right out of bellichecks mouth
To sum up in words everything Scott Pioli has meant to this organization and to me personally would be difficult, if not impossible," Belichick said in a statement. "From the day I met him, he has demonstrated a passion for football and respect for the game that is second to none.
"It has been extremely gratifying for me to follow Scott's career ascension from the bottom of the totem pole in Cleveland to his place as a pillar of championship teams in New England. Now with the opportunity to steer his own ship and a vision of building a winner, there is no more capable, hardworking, loyal, team-oriented person than Scott Pioli."
I still think a lot of the patriots' succes stems from "Spy-Gate"
Every ex-player said that is you could go into a game knowing how they will line up in given situations, that you're way ahead.
I think that is why the pieces have struggled when they've left NE. Hopefully that doesn't apply in this case since we're talking about personnel, not game time coaching
Untill it is said and done by Clark or Pioli, I think Herm is still the head coach.
Its gonna be hard for a new coach especially a new nfl coach if pioli goes for a college coach to take over a team of 2nd year players and finish herms job productively.It makes more sense to give herm one more year to finish what he started instead.Pioli is not coaching the team.If pioli gives this young team to a different coach and fail it will be his and clarks weight to carry.rookies and free agents dont save a team it takes planning also!football is a game of pieces and stategy and we need both.
We just need to wait and see. I do not know! That is for sure, but what ever the fall out is, I hope it does not set us back even one year!
There is a flip side of that coin. Let's say he keeps Herm and the Chiefs win 8 games next year. Now it becomes hard to get rid of Herm. Herm's contract will be up and now he could be in a position to have t extend a contract for a coach that he doesn't believe in.
I think the change has to be made now. Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher! Cowher!:yahoo:
If the chiefs were to have anything less than a playoff win, that would still warrant a coach firing in clarks and fans eyes.Pioli knows hes has great expectations placed on his choices.If he were to fail in his first year it would've been a bad career choice to come here and damage his reputation as a gm.As fans we've already hit bottom with our team and we do not want to see 2 or more years of developing players or rebuilding or any new name they give to terrible a season!Cower would be a moral booster but it could backfire becaude its nothis team and we end up with a joe gibbs type of team.With thigpen as QB it wouldn't be difficult to play cower/steeler type of football.The closest coach to our direction would be shanahan but thats far fetched I would think.