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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
I was hard on Pioli. As a fan its hard watching your team get killed every week with no end in sight. I had to vent somewhere, and that somewhere is here where I can make an ass of myself because its anonymous.
Still, a lot of the players making plays this season are players that Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards brought in. I think Pioli has got the right coach and the right co-ordinators in place to maximize the potential of these players. The job that Romeo Crennel has done with that defense is simply amazing.
One slap against Pioli is his 2009 draft class. I'll have to do my research on this. I read recently that outside of Tyson Jackson (who is looking to be a world class bust), none or only one of the other draft picks from that class is still playing in the NFL. However, he was hired in February of that year and only had a small amount of time to prepare for that draft.
Edit: Only four of the 8 picks from the 2009 draft are currently on the team. The lone shinning star is K Ryan Succop (so far).
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It's never easy to draft guys with another regimes scouts. Using that 2nd round pick to get Cassel and Mike Vrabel does have to count for something too. Having had a full year to get all his people in place you can really see the team starting to take shape. The coaching staff deserves a lot of credit though as guys like Dwayne Bowe and Derrick Johnson who didn't fit initially have battled back and are playing at their talent levels. Haley and Weiss have done a really good job with Cassel too. To me he's playing as well or better than Trent Green ever did and thats really all a Cheifs fan can ask for.
Credit does need to go to Petersons staff for their 08 draft as Dorsey, Albert, and Flowers are all solid starters and Jamaal Charles is a star running back who doesn't get much press.