Comments on: Pioli’s limbo status is keeping him from playing musical chairs

By: jgedgar70

jgedgar70 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:05:08 +0000

tednancy says:
Jan 1, 2013 11:39 AM
That Clark Hunt would jeopardize the future of the franchise in the hopes that someone else will pay Pioli is a bush-league move.

Any NFL owner worth his weight in gold would simply doi what is best for his team, and not put what is (to him at least) chump change ahead of winning.

The Chiefs? More like “The Cheaps”
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That sounds good, but it isn’t happening. None of these owners are willing to pay 2 people to do one job. It would have been “for the good of the organization” if Jerry Richardson had fired Marty Hurney and John Fox at the end of the ’09 season. But he admitted out loud last year he wasn’t willing to pay the $10 million-plus to buy out the contracts of Hurney, Fox and the assistant coaches. So he left Fox with his butt hanging in the breeze, and with the lockout looming he told Hurney to field a team for $50 million. So we went 2-14 and were completely unwatchable. (Of course it took another year and a half for Richardson to come to his senses and fire Hurney, but that’s another sermon for another post.)

Whether we like it or not, the bottom line will always trump the win/loss record for sports team owners.

By: gooboy6

gooboy6 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:55:08 +0000

Somebody else wants this guy ???? Plzzzzzz take him

By: vols84

vols84 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:06:33 +0000

A lot of people suspect that they are negotiating a buyout but Clark is focused on hiring a head coach. It’s a numbers game. Pioli has left the franchise a mess, including several personnel lawsuits, one involving not paying Todd Haley.

By: macker1283

macker1283 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:26:40 +0000

Chiefs fans lay blame on everything and anyone except the reason that is obvious to every other fanbase in the league, they dont have a QB. When you don’t have a QB, you can’t win in the league these days. Sure you can blame Pioli for not making it a bigger priority, but to say Pioli is a disaster as a GM is a bit misleading. Especially since they had a successful season just two years ago, in Pioli’s second season. They have virtually the same roster as back then. So at what point do you put it on the players? Pioli isn’t coaching the team. If anyone, look at Todd Haley’s who ego forced out Charlie Weis, which was the start of the downswing.

By: richabbs

richabbs — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:10:09 +0000

Pioli is friends with Belichick. Chip Kelly is friends with Belichick. Maybe Hunt is keeping Pioli around to see if he can land Kelly.

By: gvbulldogs

gvbulldogs — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:06:47 +0000

Chiefs fan since 1970, fire everyone down to the janitors, the whole organization sucks.

By: jr4real

jr4real — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:51:17 +0000

Please keep him in the AFC. One more team he can ruin will help AFC contenders.

By: borisbulldog

borisbulldog — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:23:30 +0000

When will ownership and mgmt realize that the only fruit coming from the Belichick tree is Belichick himself?

By: kattykathy

kattykathy — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:13:30 +0000

Maybe Hunt has his eye on a coach in whom he will give control of personnel decisions??? Then he can keep Pioli on just for salary cap issues.

Or maybe he is just hoping to reduce Pioli to irrelevent status, thus hoping he will ask to be released from his contract

By: blogatron2000

blogatron2000 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:52:19 +0000

Pioli has essentially been demoted from GM to player personnel guy for right now. If Clark’s coaching search turns up someone who wants full control (Cowher anyone?) then Pioli will get axed. Otherwise Pioli and the new coach will both report to Owner/GM Clark Hunt.

Absolutely love what Clark is doing here.

By: txxxchief

txxxchief — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:46:09 +0000

Clark needs to axe Pioli now, end the pain for the team and fans and get to work rebuilding the organization. It’s time to get serious about winning!

By: rajbais

rajbais — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:42:17 +0000

Let him out of his misery Clark!! Then we’ll be out of ours!!!

By: coachhowi

coachhowi — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:42:15 +0000

just get rid of the guy he has been stripped of duties so fire him geez!!!

By: tednancy

tednancy — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:39:44 +0000

Don’t the Chiefs think they should be in the game for Pioli’s replacement if they are in fact planning to get rid of him??

That Clark Hunt would jeopardize the future of the franchise in the hopes that someone else will pay Pioli is a bush-league move.

Any NFL owner worth his weight in gold would simply doi what is best for his team, and not put what is (to him at least) chump change ahead of winning.

The Chiefs? More like “The Cheaps”

By: gbatap

gbatap — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:34:23 +0000

Or maybe Clark Hunt has absolutely no intention of firing him.

By: yelix

yelix — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:19:19 +0000

Clark’s strategy here is strange, but I love his attitude. Taking it upon himself to find a head coach who reports directly to him really goes against the “absentee owner” that most people think he is. I could tell in his interviews yesterday that he genuinely cares about the future of the franchise.