Originally Posted by
bwilliams
I opened the negative thread because I think everyone's gone crazy.
For three years, we had one of the worst NFL management duos to walk the face of this earth in Herm/Carl. They traded, released, or inexplicably benched our best players (JA, Mitchell, Huard), they drafted skill, scheme, or project players over big linemen/LBs, and they ran schemes for which they didn't have the personnel. It wasn't until our team bottomed out at 2-14 that most Chiefs fans were willing to admit that these guys weren't working.
In the past two offseasons, Pioli/Haley have traded, released, or inexplicably benched our best players (TG, Pollard, DJ), drafted skill, scheme, or project players over big linemen/LBs, and are running schemes for which they don't have the personnel.
Now both groups had disadvantages coming in. Herm/Carl faced a rapidly aging roster that lacked any young talent due to years of poor drafting. Pioli/Haley face the aftermath of Herm/Carl's "youth movement." But those excuses only go so far.
A blind man can see that we have massive holes on this team. That while we're improving our glamour spots (FS, KR/PR), our best guys (Chambers, Vrabel, Waters) keep getting older and older. That we're becoming the Royals of the NFL. We let our best players go or trade them to big markets while spending as little as we can to put a team on the field.
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