Comments on: Longtime personnel man Floyd Reese leaving Patriots

By: realfootballfan

realfootballfan — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:26:06 +0000

tedmurph,

No, Pioli did nothing in KC. The Pro Bowlers were drafted before he got there, along with Eric Berry who made it on reputation (sure wasn’t based on all the burn he got being thrown over in that secondary this year).

If the Patriots bring him back, it would strictly be Belichick helping out a friend, thus I don’t see it happening. He doesn’t fit anymore in what they’re doing. Difference for McDaniels was that with O’Brien leaving, there was an opening. He gambled thinking he could do that job in KC and failed miserably.

Reese always got a bad rap while Jeff Fisher skated from their time in TN. While I’ve always thought Fisher was more of the problem (5 winning seasons in 17 years and a complete collapse of that roster once he’d won the power struggle with Reese), but he always got the positive slant on him because he has more media friends perpetuating this myth of him as a great head coach.

Reese really deserves another shot at being a GM if any of these bottom feeder teams were smart.

By: patfanken

patfanken — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:20:52 +0000

A 64 it could be that Reese simply wants to retire and go fishing some where. He’s did a great job in NE helping to retool the Pats roster, while maintaining a high level of competitiveness.

Thanks Floyd, good luck in whatever you plan to do in the future.

By: toybkshr

toybkshr — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:07:35 +0000

I hope Egoli doesn’t return, the Pats drafts have progressively improved since his departure.
09 was so-so, 10-12 were very good to excellent.

By: tedmurph

tedmurph — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:05:54 +0000

Reese was just a contract guy, maybe offering up some old school wisdom on players. Caserio is the player guy and now deserves to run the whole show. Pioli is a run the show GM that put together a pretty good roster in KC(5 Pro Bowlers, I think). He just made some big mistakes in QB and coaching selections, as well as rubbing some people, especially the media, the wrong way(ask BB how much that can hurt you, i.e. Cleve). He’ll land somewhere, especially w/his resume and connections(Parcell’s son-in-law), but prob not in NE under Caserio.

By: grogansheroes

grogansheroes — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:56:15 +0000

After what I’ve read about his tenure in K. C., and the last three drafts he was in N.E. for, we don’t want him back in any capacity.

By: James Light @JamesALight

James Light @JamesALight — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:44:20 +0000

Piolo was an unmitigated disaster with the Chiefs, hard to believe he would be back with the Pats in a high level front office position. I could see the Pats giving him some sort of role, but Pioli’s ego probably keep him from accepting a lesser role.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:29:10 +0000

Tennessee should bring him back because he can actually let Bud ADAMS know that Dowell Loggains will ruin this offense. They did nothing under him after Palmer got fired.

Plus, they went to the Super Bowl with him as GM.

Floyd and Belichick likely had philosophical differences and he had a good run in Tennessee. Bring him back, but owner is too egotistical and unintelligent to think of that.

By: saturdaysgame

saturdaysgame — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:28:18 +0000

Caserio gets the job.

By: mrconnors

mrconnors — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:18:23 +0000

No thanks on Pioli. The Patriots have really bounced back these past three drafts. Pioli was a part of that dreadful stretch before.

By: pinion8ted

pinion8ted — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:14:02 +0000

Hmmmmmm …… if Pioli isn’t coming back, should we be concerned that they’re losing Reese as well?

Nah, “In Bill We Trust”