Somewhere...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:01 pm
…Carl Peterson is laughing his ass off.
Heard Billy-Bob on one of the local blowtorches this morning, and he is predicting the Clarks will blow out Pioli and RAC over this bye-week. Love him or hate him, Bill Maas WILL have an opinion. Maas went on to say that Hunt has been consulting with Marty Schottenheimer this past week (despite rumors that Pioli is mulling a contract extension) to determine his next move.
This cannot happen soon enough. The Veil of Secrecy that appears to define The Patriot Way only works when you’re winning. Oh, and if Tom Brady is your quarterback. The Chiefs aren’t winning. Pioli has completely lost the fan-base, and this town is in full revolt. Romeo is clueless, and Matt Cassel saw the last shred of any confidence he ever had buried in the Arrowhead turf last Sunday.
But that isn’t why Hunt makes this move – if he, indeed, decides to do so.
No, Hunt makes this move because Pioli’s incompetence is hitting him where it hurts most: In his pocketbook. Not only has Pioli failed to draft and develop a franchise quarterback – he’s failed to draft and develop any kind of skill-position star at all. Perhaps Justin Houston has promise, but the core of this franchise – Charles, Bowe, Flowers, Hali, and Johnson – were all drafted by Peterson and Herm Edwards.
Add Pioli’s draft failures, along with his inability to persuade a Jeff Fisher or a Peyton Manning to even land a plane anywhere near Kansas City, to two straight losing seasons highlighted by spectacular blowout losses and you have a pissed-off fan-base that only knows one way to voice its disgust: By staying away from Arrowhead in droves.
Something's gotta give. The Chiefs are a stellar 52-53 at Arrowhead since Marty Schottenheimer left. There is no Arrowhead magic. Look for blackouts – once thought to be ludicrous to ever occur – to become the rule and not the exception in Kansas City.
Heard Billy-Bob on one of the local blowtorches this morning, and he is predicting the Clarks will blow out Pioli and RAC over this bye-week. Love him or hate him, Bill Maas WILL have an opinion. Maas went on to say that Hunt has been consulting with Marty Schottenheimer this past week (despite rumors that Pioli is mulling a contract extension) to determine his next move.
This cannot happen soon enough. The Veil of Secrecy that appears to define The Patriot Way only works when you’re winning. Oh, and if Tom Brady is your quarterback. The Chiefs aren’t winning. Pioli has completely lost the fan-base, and this town is in full revolt. Romeo is clueless, and Matt Cassel saw the last shred of any confidence he ever had buried in the Arrowhead turf last Sunday.
But that isn’t why Hunt makes this move – if he, indeed, decides to do so.
No, Hunt makes this move because Pioli’s incompetence is hitting him where it hurts most: In his pocketbook. Not only has Pioli failed to draft and develop a franchise quarterback – he’s failed to draft and develop any kind of skill-position star at all. Perhaps Justin Houston has promise, but the core of this franchise – Charles, Bowe, Flowers, Hali, and Johnson – were all drafted by Peterson and Herm Edwards.
Add Pioli’s draft failures, along with his inability to persuade a Jeff Fisher or a Peyton Manning to even land a plane anywhere near Kansas City, to two straight losing seasons highlighted by spectacular blowout losses and you have a pissed-off fan-base that only knows one way to voice its disgust: By staying away from Arrowhead in droves.
Something's gotta give. The Chiefs are a stellar 52-53 at Arrowhead since Marty Schottenheimer left. There is no Arrowhead magic. Look for blackouts – once thought to be ludicrous to ever occur – to become the rule and not the exception in Kansas City.