Comments on: Merlin's Magic: Cherm Versus Piolichick Edition

By: hmills110

hmills110 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:25:30 +0000

Jared Allen trade was a symptom of deeper-rooted problems, not a blunder, in itself.

Pioli’s very much a collaborator on talent questions. Wants to be on the field with the coach in practice and keep an eye on the football end of things and wants to be on the same page with his HC on personnel. This can be construed as “rubber-stamping” what the HC wants. Myself, I’d want to be in agreemt with my HC, and I’d prob’ly have ideas he didn’t that are pretty good and he’d have ideas I didn’t.

The key is to have a HC who knows football and knows personnel, and a working relationship that makes those decisions the best that 2 (or more) minds can produce.

By: Huscarl132

Huscarl132 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:17:13 +0000

Hate to have a “me too” post, but I am with Max on this one…I will never forgive the trading of Jared Allen, no matter how much he and the GM did not get along. Peterson was a complete moron to let him go. And the D still suffers because of it.

huscarl

By: Max (formerly known as ikeadced)

Max (formerly known as ikeadced) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:17:25 +0000

Also you must remember that Carl/Herm added 3 points to their drafts (using your scoring system) BY FREAKING TRADING JARED ALLEN, and keeping Larry Johnson.

That counts for -3,684 points in my system.

By: shane.smith

shane.smith — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:47:55 +0000

Merlin, thanks for taking the time to get this in depth about this very topic! Great Article! I personally am over the Carl/Herm era. I don’t feel that it does any good to bitch about it. It is what it is. I hope Pioli & Haley are everything that they were hired to be. It is frustrating as a fan to see draft picks lost. It is said throughout the league that you build a team through the draft. We all know every stud in the draft can be a bust and that there are diamonds in the rough. But damn I hate seeing a mojority of our recent draft picks go packing. It feels like a waste. I do know certain players fit a certain team, but damn! I guess I will just have to set back and hope that Pioli & the boys are smart enough for all of us even when it feels like they are not. Either way there isn’t shit I can do about it, besides set here and chat it up with you great Chief fans. Right?