What would do if you were Pioli?

Clean House.

…..get rid of larry for picks, try and bring in Kurt Warner to mentor our newly drafted QB and hopefully get another WR or defensive player in the late first with our pick we get for sending larry packing, get Shonn Greene in the second or third….im not really knowledgeable with the overall prospects in this years drafts so that is all I have so far.

DO a freaking happy dance cause I just got paid! Then I would begin constructing my new franchise.

Measure that mantle holding the Super Bowl IV trophy and make sure there’s room for more! If not, hire a carpenter and make room.

- Sign either Rex Ryan or Mike Shanahan as head coach. If Ryan, find a good up and coming Offensive Coordinator to pair with him. If Shanahan, find a good Defensive Coordinator to go with him (don’t let Shanny pick his own DC).

- If sticking with the 4-3 defense, sign the best pass rushing DE in free agency since there are NO good prospects in the draft.

- Sign either Bart Scott or Karlos Dansby to add experience to our LB corp.

- Try my best to get whatever I could trade-wise for LJ. If can’t get anything, cut him.

- Use our 1st round pick to draft a franchise QB to build around.

1. Keep thigpen, he has some tools and shown he is willing to learn.
2. Draft an LB/OL with 1st pick.
3. Draft a QB in rnd 2/3 to compete w/thiggs
4. Get an LB in FA
5. Get a pass rushing DE in draft/FA
6. Tell Pat Thomas to go suck d*ck for another NFL team
7. Mention #7 to McIntosh, Boone, and Brodie.
8. Did i mention get a pass rusher?
9. Count the money Clark just gave me.
10. Still counting….
11. Stil counting….
12. Get some late round developmental OL (they are always the meanest and nastiest.) Preferbly big corn-fed boys who have been working on the farm their whole life. Those dudes just don’t have any quit in them.
13. Hire new coaches
14. Still hiring cause i had to fire ALL of them.
15. Re-hire Krumrie (but fire him as DL coach first) and appoint him conditioning coach/official team motivator/abusive father figure
16. Fire gunther then re-hire him as wise old grandpa type greeter for the New Arrowhead. (i would love to hear his stories) “Sir, which way is the bathroom??” “It right the fuck over there, ask me again and i’ll fucking strangle the life out of you!”
17. Think about keeping Chan Gailey…
18. Tell Tank and Turk to produce or GET THE FUCK OFF MY TEAM!!!
19. Tell D-Bowe he will be fined $50000 for every dropped pass/onside kick.
20. Have a BBQ competition in the Arrowhead parking lot in the pre-season.
21. WIN A FUCKING PLAYOFF GAME

Frist the HC position I would give to Rex Ryan. He’s a hardcore defensive minded player that has built probably the best defense right now in the NFL. They are strong and dominating. If not Ryan then Spangoulo. He builds on the same philosophy.

Kurt Warner is not going anywhere. After the season he’s lead the Cardinals to he is staying put. On the vets we let go will be Patrick Surtain, Jon McGraw, Pat Thomas, Donnie Edwards, Larry Johnson, Devard Darling, Rudy Niswanger (he might be put as second string or practice squad), Damion McIntosh, Jeff Webb, and Alfonso Boone. We should look as a starting QB in the FA but not to get our hopes up. We really should pick a QB out of the draft to lead our franchise.

In the Free Agency we should look at Peppers and Suggs for consideration, depending on what either team does (i.e. franchising those players) and also look at getting a veteran OL and LB. Donnie is over-the-hill and injury prone and he knows it. No use dangling him any longer than we should.

If we could pick up Matt Cassel than we should go for him because we need someon young enough to lead our offense and Matt did really, really well with the Patriots this year…but it’s Tom Brady’s offense. Matt is not really apart of that equasion.

We undoubtably need a pass rusher for our defense to be any good up front at all. Hali is comfortable where he is but in JA’s old spot is a HUGE void that needs to be filled. We pick up a veteran that has already proven himself but hasn’t fully reached his prime yet. Next year get a DE and build him up to replace the vet and he’ll succeed him when he retires.

We need to get a vet on the OL either the center or a G/T we also need to draft one and build him up the same way. Nothing should be concrete with these players. They need to earn their jobs by showing it on the field.

There’s a lot more that would go on…but I think this could be a good starting place. And it’s just my opinion…

It will be interesting because most of the top free agents are going to get franchised. It may be tough to hold on to Bart Scott, Ray Lewis, Dawan Landry, and Terrel Suggs. Not worried about Landry because he is a safety. Just showing that they have 4 players that they don’t want to lose. We should have a shot at Scott or Suggs.

1. Sign Haynesworth for whatever he wants;
2. Sign Houshmazilly for just about whatever he wants;
3. Take Bradford if he’s available at #3, if not, then grab Andre Smith to bookend with Albert for the next decade;
4. Assuming the Smith pick, take Curtis Painter or Nate Davis with the 2nd round pick;
5. Sign Bart Scott and/or Karlos Dansby;
6. Force Derrick Johnson to spend at least 3 hours per day in the weight room during the offseason;
7. Spend the rest of the team’s draft picks on LB’s and DL’s;
8. Burn the KC Wolf costume and send Peterson the ashes in a nice urn;
9. Begin process of vetting music that was made in this millenium to play in the stadium on gamedays.

Its just a hunch. As a Hawkeye follower, to see him in tears after the season makes me feel as if he is going to stay put. Also, he has a son on the team and I’m pretty sure he wants to see him through at Iowa before taking off for the NFL. Ypu could just tell this year was really special to him and considering that most of the guys are coming back next year, I think he will stay. If he does go to KC though I have a feeling he will do much better than Herman Edwards.

Either way I would be happy.

I would sit around in KC licking my chops knowing that i’ve got 20 years of job security.

You can’t build a team through Free Agency. Were not the New York Yankees and this is not baseball… it’s the NFL. We have a salary cap. Let’s not forget that it is Free Agency and the ineptitude of Peterson that put the Chiefs in the position that hey are in. When you have a bunch of old players that make high salaries and don’t produce anymore, you have to rebuild. It happened to 49er’s (one of the most consistent Dynasties of the 90’s) and it happened to the Chiefs. That’s not to say I’m completely against Free Agency. You can grab a young legitimate playmaker through Free Agency to make a run at the post season when you are one piece away from a championship squad. Sure, you will overpay, but such is the price of proven talent. The Chiefs are not in this position. When you get lazy with you free agent signings you get in the business of paying washed up players to play for other teams or sit on their couch. (Ty Law anyone?) We need to Draft well, which Pioli is known for (this guy grabbed Asante Samuel in the 4th round). If we have another successful draft, like last year, we will be on the right track.

…is get me some of the best BBQ in the country as soon as I landed in KC.

Especially now that Gunther is gone FIRE HERM and seriously pursue Shanahan.