Pioli Will Take Over Chiefs Football Operation
From the Truman Sports Complex
Scott Pioli has been hired as the Chiefs General Manager the team announced early Tuesday evening. A press conference to formally introduce Pioli will be held Wednesday evening in the Chiefs administrative building.
The news broke earlier Tuesday afternoon on several national media outlets that Pioli had been hired as director of football operations. But his title is general manager and he will have final say over all football operations and report directly to Chiefs Chairman of the Board Clark Hunt.
“We are very excited to welcome Scott to the Chiefs,” Hunt said in a release. “With his proven track record of success, Scott is the finest player personnel executive in the NFL and we look forward to his leadership in building a championship organization.”
Pioli will step into the football shoes previously worn by President-General Manager Carl Peterson. Hunt has stated that Peterson’s duties will be split into two jobs, football and the business side of the operation. Current interim President/GM Denny Thum is expected to be named the club’s president. Thum was an active participant in the GM search.
He is the fifth man to hold the title of GM in franchise history, following Don Rossi (1960), Jack Steadman (1960-76), Jim Schaaf (1977-88) and Peterson (1989-08).
Pioli has 17 years of experience in the NFL, beginning in 1992 with the Cleveland Browns. He’s also worked for the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets. He’s spent the last nine years with the New England Patriots. In Foxboro, Pioli worked hand-in-hand with head coach Bill Belichick in building the team that won three Super Bowls following the 2001, 2003 and 2004 seasons.
“To sum up in words everything Scott Pioli has meant to this organization and to me personally would be difficult, if not impossible,” said Belichick in a statement released by the Patriots. “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.
“On a personal level, the Belichick-Pioli bond runs far deeper than our workplace, as we and our families have shared countless memories away from football. Working side-by-side with one of my best friends for almost two decades is special enough in itself. But to help each other achieve success beyond our dreams is a blessing and something I will always remember and appreciate.”
Patriots owner Robert Kraft said: “Scott Pioli was an integral part of the many championships the New England Patriots have celebrated this decade and I would like to thank him for his countless contributions throughout the past nine seasons. Scott is a great evaluator of talent. He is thorough in his evaluations, extremely organized and has done a tremendous job mining all possible resources to help Coach Belichick and his staff field the players needed to win consistently. He has played an important role in building a championship tradition with players that I am proud to call Patriots. On behalf of the entire Patriots organization, I wish Scott continued success in his new role and offer best wishes to his wonderful wife Dallas, and their beautiful daughter Mia. I think Clark Hunt and the Kansas City Chiefs have made a very wise hire.”
A native of Washingtonville, New York, Pioli was born on March 31, 1965. Washingtonville is about 60 miles northwest of Manhattan, not far from Newburgh, N.Y. He attended Washingtonville High School and Central Connecticut State University in New Britain where he played defensive tackle and was a three-time Division II All-New England selection for the Blue Devils. He graduated with a degree in communications and then accepted a two-year graduate assistant position at Syracuse University where he earned a master’s degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
From Syracuse, he accepted a job at Murray State University where he spent two years as an assistant coach for the Racers, working first with the offensive line (1990) and then the defensive line (1991) for head coach Mike Mahoney.
In 1992 he was hired as a pro personnel assistant in Cleveland by then Browns head coach Bill Belichick. In 1996, after the franchise had moved to Baltimore, Pioli was promoted to director of pro personnel. He spent one season there and then in 1997 moved to the New York Jets where he worked for three seasons. Belichick was the assistant head coach of the Jets at the time.
Belichick took over as head coach of the New England Patriots in 2000 and Pioli joined him as the team’s vice president of player personnel. In that time frame, New England has won six division titles, four AFC titles and three Super Bowls.
Pioli was named the NFL’s Executive of the Year by The Sporting News after both the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He’s the youngest winner of the honor and only the third person two win the award in consecutive years, along with Bill Polian of Indianapolis and the now retired Bobby Beathard.
In the last nine NFL Drafts, the Patriots have selected eight players who have achieved Pro Bowl honors: DT Richard Seymour, QB Tom Brady, C Dan Koppen, T Matt Light, G Logan Mankins, CB Asante Samuel, NT Vince Wilfork and K Stephen Gostkowski.
The Patriots have also had good success in the free agent-trade market acquiring Pro Bowl players like LB Mike Vrabel, LB-Special Teamer Larry Izzo, WR Randy Moss and WR Wes Welker.
In the nine seasons that Pioli helped Belichick build the Patriots, the team has had a regular season record of 102-42 and a post-season record of 14-3, for an overall record in nine years of 116-45, a winning percentage of .721.
Pioli is married to Dallas, the daughter of Bill Parcells. They have one child, a daughter Mia.
Cool. Let’s hope it was more Pioli than Belicheck in the building of the Patriots.
Thanks Bob.
Yahoooo….!!!
If Pioli’s smart he’ll do the right thing, and keep Herm – if he’s not so bright, he’ll go in another direction – and take KC down with him.
Either way, any success 2009 Chiefs will be due to Herm and his players he drafted, and coached through the rough spots of their 1st season the first the rebuild KC.
Me thinks it will be a looonnnnnnnnnnnnnng season if Scottie with the light bro- er, hardly no hair at all – decides to wipe everything clean.
Rin will remain a KC Chiefs fans as he has since 1963 but am prepared for the expansion team 2009 Chiefs if Pioli makes the wrong decision, hiring a new coach.
As Rin said & has been proven Herm Edwards will be the Chiefs Head Coach in 2009 – as it is now January 13, he already has been!
heh heh heh
Whatever the coaching decision, it needs to happen fast. Either keep them and get moving or cut them loose to find other jobs.
ESPN seems to think Herm is gone because Pioli would want a defensive coach. I thought that was why Edwards was hired… Whatever, I just hope his coach is as good a decision as Clark Hunts appears to be. At least according to the “experts”. Time will tell.
Here’s to hope!
Rin,
We just went through a loooooooooooong season WITH Herm. Slightly looooooonger than the year before that.
Herm did a job that had to be done, and was way over due to be done, and unfortunately, Herm was the fall guy in the process, but I don’t think Herm and his staff have done much of a “coaching job” with the team in the last 2 years. Basically, I think we were overdue to, at the very least, make a change at several coaching positions, which Herm had stated would not happen.
Will we be a better team for the change? Thats to be seen. Will we get a better coaching staff top to bottom? I sure as hell hope so.
I even read Frank Ganz Jr had interviewed for a position in Houston, so it sounds like everyone was starting to jump ship anyway.
Sorry,
I think that was Gibbs, not Ganz.
Hey rin… 13 days does not make a coach. I like herm too, but he will more than likely go. Hiring Mr. Pioli proves that God is a chief’s Fan. The rest of the nfl. should now know that we are now going to be a force to be respected. Just like during the days of MS.
Herm is gone.
U seem a little shaky there Rin. heh heh duh duh
I feel that keeping Herm for another year, his last pertaining to his contract, is the right thing to do but will not happen. I’m not a Herm Edwards fan as a head coach. Defensive coach maybe, DB Coach Yes, a motivator hell yes, but when you bring in a new gm why hold him back by forcing him to work with Herm, who has a losing record and who wants to do it his way???
As you stated Rin, the pieces are in place, thanks to Herm, but it is in the teams best interest to move on.
Pioli is excited and we must let him loose! Unleash your fury Pioli! ( Just keep Tony, Larry, and don’t draft a quarterback!)
Doggiepoo,
you dont seem so confident anymore that Herm is the man!
Hahaha!
I would caution that here in Kansas City we spell relief aka Pioli ‘Peterson’- in fact, we did just that 20 years ago. How’d everybody like that one?
Anytime something new appears, pulses increase, tighty-whities strain & all seems possible … sometimes tho, aft the fact, after you get what you wanted, not so swell. Reality is after the first glow has worn off & the bloom is off the rose, the smell of another overhyped savior is not so much pungent as repugnent.
When Hank Stram was fired in 1974, many cheered. How’d that work out? Chiefs haven’t had a decent coach since, other than Herm Edwards.
Schottenheimer? Gesundheit, tens years wondering in the wilderness – kissing your sister mulitple times.
Vermeil? I tear up just thinking about him. Paul Wiggin… w o w.
Mackovic, Levy, Gansz, interim Bettis…Pioli.
The fall may not be precipitous as this KC Chiefs organization hasn’t had anyone – outside of Herm -who operated with a common sense plan, so with 1 year rebuild in place, the next guy – Pioli – is certain to benefit. If he fails – and he will if he does start over again via coaches/plan etc. – I will not be surpirsed at all.
Won’t rejoice because it’s my KC Chiefs but will smile the smile of satisfaction that “I told ‘em all so.”
16-0 or 0-16, here we come…laugh while you cry.
Other than keeping LJ, who doesn’t even want to be here, and KC is ready for him to be gone, I agree jorge.
Larry is a punk woman beater. He needs to go.
Whoohoo, go Pioli. I wonder if the long delay in hiring had anything to do with the coaching situation? Too bad McDaniels already signed, that might have been interesting. But then again, i only know either of these guys by reputation and Patriots performance.. not the finer details.
I hope you guys are right and that Herm helped have “the pieces in place”. Unfortunately, i think the jury is still out on that. It takes more than one year to see how a draft went. In hindsight, the 2006 draft was no better than average (maybe worse) and Herm’s drafts with the Jets were similarly “blah”. For the 2007 draft to be a success, we need Bowe to stop dropping the easy ones and make the pro bowl, Tank and Turk to become real NFL starters (they really aren’t yet, they were just given the keys by Herm without earning it), and Kolby and Herbie to be productive backups.
Bob
Are you still working for the Chiefs
Thans Jim
Great move! Herm is a good guy, but he made a huge error in going too far too fast with little experience. Not sure Herm is the one to teach ‘em how to win. He’s not really done it. He went to playoffs with Parcell’s guys. I really respect him though.
Rin…all of the people that have come and gone through the Chiefs were destined to do so. NOBODY stays forever. Change is the name of the game. Its more a matter of timing. Marty, Vermeil, Carl, etc. They all had their day. So pointing out that some of them didn’t turn out so well isn’t really a profound observation.
Good luck to Pioli. Let’s go CHIEFS!!!!
And Head Coach Cunningham…why, we can’t forget Gunther… Rin remembers all the excitement that was up and about when he arrived, what with that German engineering and all that…
Speaking of ancestry, from ancestry.com:
Pioli Name Meaning and History – Italian: most probably from a pet form of the personal name Pio “ËœPius’, or a pet form of Olimpio.
Alternatively could be a metonymic occupational name for a peg or stake maker from piolo “Ëœpeg’, “Ëœstake’, or from a dialect word for celery, from erba apiola “Ëœhorehound’, a medicinal herb, or from melo apiolo meaning “Ëœapple’.
Otherwise, it could be a Tuscanized form of Calabrian piulu “Ëœscreech owl’, or from Piedmontese piola “Ëœax’, “Ëœhatchet’.
Scott ‘Celery’ Pioli? Or maybe ‘Pet’ Pioli, or perhaps ‘Apple’ Pioli (he does have rosy cheeks, appears.)
Yup, Scottie sounds like a real peach…or a chia pet, depending.
heh heh heh
‘Peg’ Pioli or just – ‘Peggy’ – for short… yup, that’s it – as in fit a rotund square peg he into a square hole we, KC. We shall see…heh heh heh.
‘horehound’? Nope, not gonna say it…wouldn’t be ‘prudent’, as George Bush Sr. once intoned.
Jorge…….. do you really want LJ the woman abuser to be a part of the TEAM????? Not good. He is a punk that has showed little respect to the orginization,and needs to go. All of the little kids coming out of school to the big world need to know that a position on an nfl team is a privilege. That means they need to excell in order to retain their position. Beating women is not excelling……. it is being a PUNK. LJ and pacman are in the same class. He needs to go. Other than that let Mr. P. decide.
Hey Rin ……. dude you buy cheap weed. It is really hard to follow your rantings.. even after two margaritas. All hail Mr. P.
Psst! I’m up here ‘dog’…top row!
Grim realization yours nee self-indictment.
Pioli should keep Herm. Herm’s 6-26 record the last two years speaks for itself: something legends are made of… NOT!
And to those of your who think the Chiefs are close, you are unfortunately misguided. We have more holes than Swiss cheese:
WR, OT, OG, C, FB, RB, TE, QB, DT, DE, MLB, OLB, SS, KR/PR
If my math is correct, that’s 14 of 23 positions that need immediate replacement, or replacement in the next 2-3 years. The team also needs a sound #2 QB (whether it’s Thigpen or someone else). I’m an optimist, but also a realist. Pioli has a big job ahead of him and this will not be created overnight unless the stars align.
-J_r0kk
Wait, where is this “pieces in place” talk coming from? Which pieces, exactly, are you talking about? The mostly makeshift offensive line? The linebackers, with their one legit starter? How about the historically AWFUL defensive line? Or maybe you’re talking about the QB, who seems to completely lose himself in any offense apart from the spread. Or were you counting Brodie.
As far as I see it, Herm has ONLY improved ONE area of this team: the secondary. That shouldn’t be a surprise, he’s really not much more than a great secondary coach to begin with.
I can think of 7, maybe 8 “pieces” that Herm put in place on this team that will help the next coach win games. Apart from that, the next coach is going to be cleaning up Herm’s mess, not riding his coat tails.
Pioli = from Piedmontese piola “Ëœax’, “Ëœhatchet’.
That’s what he’s going to be to herm, an ax, a good deal of others will see the ax also. Players too!
“Scott The Ax”, yeah! I kinda like the sound of that.
Hey Ax man, no one would complain much if you were to apply your ax to a couple of idiots in KC, the one who wishes he could bare herm’s pups and the other a dumb ass radio head known as kietzman.
rin i can respect your knowledge and longevity as a chiefs fan but you hate to accept facts. there is no way a competent coach can’t win at least 4 games.
Things may not happen overnight, but can they give us more than 2 wins next year? How about 8-8? Anyone…Anyone????
Regards Pioli, you live by the sword – and you’ll die by the sword. As he breathes his first breath Kaycee today, so shall it be extinguished another day by his executioner, even now as we speak upon the wings of an angel making way toward this new overhype.
If Pioli cooks his own goose, he will be replaced within 3 years, his only possibility of retention being in retining Herm Edwards or possibly a Kirk Ferentz. Spagnuolo & Schwartz who are rumored (as off this moment) as the hot choices, could in tandem not carry the shoes Herm Edwards.
Herm’s The Man – Head Coach of the KC Chiefs 2009!
heh heh heh
Rin your name is also a pets name that was named after a puppet. Go Chiefs
RedandGoldRice and Devildog,
I agree with both of you. I also despise men that abuse women, however, I think in LJ’s case, a lot will change for him once he is able to step out of the closet. But that is neither here nor there.
The truth is guys…he can run hard and mean. I don’t care if he bitches or whines, like Herm said, “LJ is under contract.” I just don’t want to lose a good athlete. Jared Allen is a good athlete, his motor does not stop.
When the chiefs were successful offensively, they ran with Okoye, Word, Holmes and L.J. Now I know that didnt’ get them to the big game, but right now, we should just fill some holes, let a good fullback lead L.J. , back him up with Charles, and get our running game back.
That’s where I stand. I’m looking forward to Pioli. The game has changed, players have changed, and if he decides to trade, well, so be it. But we do need our running game back!
I too have been a Chiefs fan since 1963. Enjoyed the highs and suffered the lows as all of us have. So, Rin don’t get uppity on us because you think you are the oldest Chief fan. This is the first season that I was so upset with the Chiefs. More so that in the 40 some years before. We all have our opinions. Only time will tell who is right. Right now the only opinion that matters is Clark’s and Pioli’s. If the decision (what ever it is) is right, Scott is a hero. If not there will be plenty of I told you so’s. I liked the Herm hire when it happened. But plain and simple He is not getting it done. Coaching is a results oriented business. We can all look back with 20/20 hindsight and see what should have been done. So let’s wait and see and hope as Chiefs fans that the right decision is made and improvement is will happen.
deployed kc fan says:
“rin i can respect your knowledge and longevity as a chiefs fan”
- the adulation line forms to the right…
“but”
- uh oh, here it comes – cue Paul Reuben’s and his “everybody’s got a big but” from ‘Pee Wee’s Big Adventure’…
“you hate to accept facts. there is no way a competent coach can’t win at least 4 games.”
- Tom Landry, not even one winning season until his SEVENTH as a Head Coach – should have fired him, right, “at least 4″ etc. etc.?
Rin has a few (hundred) more examples, but Landry is proof of what happens when you have patience & faith…Marty Schottenheimer is what happens when you pledge blind allegience to a Coach.
Hank Stram is what happens when egos- his, Hunt’s and Steadman’s- collide & things go too corporate (spelled $ oriented…these last 40 or so years the result.
Change is ‘not’ always a good thing, only a convenient one.
Herm Edwards is what happens when you have bigger balls than the State of Missouri and set yourself up (least potentially) for a fall via a derierre puckering owner. If Herm goes, will have nothing to do with his coaching ability which is regarded highly throughout the NFL but rather personality. More so, a Pioli may choose his guy ‘X’, while a GM Domenik might chose his guy Herm or ‘Z’.
Pure chance, a roll of the dice, failure not a matter of ‘if’ but more so of ‘when.’
Like Rin said, let’s all meet back here in 2011, or sooner (probably aft the 1st exhibition game – a loss – 2009, or after the 14th regular season game 2009 – a 12th loss on the year) and see how Pioli is looking then.Bring your earplus, ’cause Rin will be here to sound the clarion call Scott and his odoriferousness thence.
Hope springs eternal…fool’s continue to be born with every new GM hire. Mssrs Steadman, Peterson, and Pioli…and soon enough aft him, the next.
md554chiefs says
“Rin don’t get uppity on us because you think you are the oldest Chief fan.”
- Rin would never do that…He could tell as soon as you pled that you were but old married man and bore the scars nee stripes of not having had the right to your own opinion for decades…until Bob created this outlet for your angst; you go ahead and let it all out there pardner.
I have been patiently waiting for this, will it work? Things cant get much worse and I agree any competent coach should win 4 games. There were at least 4 games that decisions Herm made or didnt make cost the game. Herms a good man and good example for young men but those two things are not the only thing an NFL coach needs. “just call me captain obvious” Pioli will bring a fresh look to the organization and also light a fire under the players because they know there are no guaranteed spots. Goodbye Herm, and Rin when the Chiefs are successful without Herm Im sure youll be taking credit for that too and telling us all how you called it again! Wisdom and delusion do not go hand in hand!
I believe Herm is a great defensive coach. The problem is the cover 2 relies on a pass rush. Peterson(God Bless him) as good as he was ran off Jared Allen. Last year through 8 games we held every opponent to under 20 points. Honestly I suspect that Herm Edwards might really have a blossoming D right around the corner, however despite Rin”s optimism I doubt KC keeps him sadly, but we shall see. Herm is a righteous man and I wish him good luck wherever he goes……but hope he stays as defensive coordinator.
Herm is now free to go suck someplace else.
Must be “flustrating”
Guys, Rin is a cranky old racist who won’t accept change. According to him, nothing good has happened in the world since the 1960s. Better find your ointment old man. You boy Herm is done!
Welcome to the Kansas City Chiefs Scott Pioli! ALL of KC is behind you and we know that you’ll be leading us back to glory very soon now.
AND NOW Clark Hunt has affirmed Pioli’s the man!
heh heh HACK! wheeze…..
Herm won’t last until the end of the week.
LMAO colby!!!!!
Every win in 2009 will be Herm’s, ever loss same will be Pioli’s!
Herm’s The Man!
heh heh heh
On a side note, Casey Wiegmann has just been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster. A big congrats to him. He deserved to go a time or two here in KC but it never worked out. This is good news for us as his success will only help us this offseason when the league hands out compensatory draft selections. Since Wiegmann is now a Pro Bowler, we might get a 3rd or a 4th round compensatory pick for letting him walk last year.
As Mr. Spock intoned after he’d in fact realized the love he’d sought nee pined over (aka ‘Pioli’)whence under the influence that seven year (aka, 40 years our KC model) Vulcan ‘itch’ -
(raised eyebrow) “gentlemen, you may find that ‘having’ is not as much as ‘wanting.”
Testify Brother Spock, testify!
heh heh heh
So says Rin, herm’s the man, sitdownorelsew…, the poor fellow has more alias than john dillinger and it is his only pleasure.
And now Rin Tin Tin you proved through the extensive amount of your postings that you have no life and are completely delusional. Please go somewhere else now. You have been proved completely wrong and NOW Pioli will kick your Herm Edwards out of town. I personally really like Herm as a person but I believe its best for a fresh start. KC and the Chiefs are moving on. Rin Tin Tin for your mental well being I sure hope you do the same
And when Rin ‘has’ them, he knows he ‘really’ has them!
heh heh heh
Blah, blah, blah. We all want the same thing here…for the Chiefs to return to being a competitive team again.
I don’t expect things to turn around at the snap of a finger…but here’s a sincere hope that Scott Pioli can build a winning team in KC.
So long, Herm. “You play to win the game”. Very true. But the problem is, you didn’t.
Oh, and my prediction for KC’s new Head Coach?
Steve Spagnuolo.
Sorry, Rin.
Pioli will soon confirm…that Herm’s the man.
Looking for a job.
Hey Rin ten ten…… ten martinis right? I am sorry it is not bad weed just lots of martinis. Maybe we can really stick it to Pat Bowlen now……. Mike Shanahan can be the Chiefs head coach in 2009! hey,hey,hey,hey. Who’s laughing now Rinny?
Herm Edwards – KC Chiefs Head Coach in 2009!
heh heh heh
Leave Rin alone! The poor soul has had very little to do since ‘63 except crawl out on that limb & saw himself off.
Since we let two players walk as UFAs who subsequently made the Pro Bowl this year (Wiegmann and Carney) and signed very little UFAs of our own, we should get a few compensatory picks from the league this year. More ammo for Pioli to work with.
Chiefs PA announcer opening game 2009: “And now the Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs…Herm Edwards! (YAAAAAAAAY!- the crowd goes wild)
And trailing behind Herm, head bowed/subserviant, Herm’s assistant…Scotti Pioli (as a hush comes over the assembled- first, the gnashing of teeth then the sound open weeping grown men.”
It’s gonna be a great 2009: every win added to the total Herm Edwards, every loss credited to anyone not so named who fails to win with the thence second year rebuild players Herm has readied – Rin can’t lose!
heh heh heh
Rin, I intone that you are self indicting yourself as a jackass. The crowd goes wild? Maybe in a fit of rage. Doubtless there wouldn’t be much of a crowd as we’ve all seen that Herm can’t win. A monkey at head coach couldn’t hand away games like he does.
Looks like you’ve already admitted he’s gone and are planning your future reign of idiocy on this board by saying we win because of Herm even though he’s not part of the organization any more. How long will you cling to your false truths?
Yes, I’ll admit that Herm brought talent to the team. But why couldn’t he do anything with it? 6-26 over two years? That’s an absolute disaster. Any coach (with the possible exception of Norv Turner) could have won more games with the exact same talent and assistant staff. Herm is a failure and admits it himself:
“I let my work speak for itself.”
Your work has spoken.
Rin’s favorite movie is, ” Of Mice and Men.”
Time check: 2:28 a.m. CST, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 . . . and yup, Herm’s STILL The Man!
Read “Ëœem and weep – Herm Edwards, Head Coach KC Chiefs 2009! heh heh heh
Uhhh Jimmy Johnson only won one game his first year of a rebuild in Dallas.Competent coach? You tell me.
Anyone who makes the “Jimmy Johnson was 1-15 with the Cowboys” argument to support Herm doesn’t know much about football. Johnson went 1-15 in his FIRST year as coach. That was the year they decided to rebuild. Herm has had three years to coach players. Three drafts. Three offseasons to sign free agents. Three years to install schemes. That’s just for staters. The NFL was very different in 1989. That was before free agency. That was when the draft lasted 12 rounds. Also, Jimmy Johnson drafted a franchise QB with the first pick of the 89′ draft to build the team around. Herm threw an undeserving, brittle, former third round pick onto the field as his QB. PLUS the Cowboys (and Johnson) were GREATLY aided by the Herschel Walker trade, which brought in draft picks out the wazoo.
Two totally different situations. If Jimmy had sucked in his third year to the tune of 2-14, you’d better believe Jerry Jones would have run him out of Dallas.
Time check: 1:55 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 . . . and yup, Herm’s STILL The Man!
Got to take the time and take my hat off to Clark Hunt. He got it done in getting Pioli even when some Chiefs fans were complaining about him taking too long and wanting him to make a rush hire. Got to give it to Mr. Hunt for doing it his way and getting it done despite the critisism. Sign of a truly good owner. Keep up the good work Mr. Clark Hunt.
Colby the only problem with your comparison to Jimmy Johnson and HErm is that Herm didn’t rebuild the team in 2006 he did it in 2008 which was his 3rd year. Herm did want to rebuild the franchise in 2006 but was denied because of previous success in 2003-2005. So he kept the same roster 2006 -2007 seasons. So thats not a fair comparison.
colby, the argument isn’t the same though because in Herm’s first year he wasn’t allowed to dismantle the old chiefs and rebuild… Remember, Carl wouldn’t allow it until the end of last year, so it’s not fair to say that he had 3 years to start his rebuild because he didn’t…
It’s all hindsight with QB’s, Ryan Leaf was a first round pick too taken with McNabb and Culpepper, who really know’s who’s going to last in the NFL?? Croyle could have been the one, he actually still could be the one, Gannon took forever to become a very good QB…
The chiefs would do well with keeping Herm who can draft and Pioli if he is such a great mastermind… I also question why the Patriots wouldn’t try to keep Paoli if he is the mastermind behind the dynasty?? instead you let him roll and give him all kinds of respect in statements? Bill is the real master mind there, but we’ll find that one out this year…
sorry I was a year behind, Leaf was picked right after Manning…
Also that franchise QB you speak of was 0-11 in his first year starting, so that doesn’t really help your argument out any..