We Knew It Would Be This Way For the Chiefs

I think Haley will be a fine coach. I like his approach to coach a lot. The record could be better, but we shouldn’t have assumed it would have been better. Todd took over a horrible team. To assume that he could term this team around on a dime is not realistic. I like the switch to the 3-4 D, but to assume that a team that is build for 4-3 can make the switch in one year is also unrealistic. This year they are trying to find out what players can play the 3-4 D and who can not. Then go from there. There needs to be more confusion in the backfield, and I think that adding one player on the line could make a huge difference (Suh – Nebraska). Suh could change the whole climate of that line. The focus would be on him and would allow for Tyson and Glen to cause more trouble which would allow for the LBs to cause more.

As for LJ. He needs to go. I would not put him in a game ever again. I would not wanting him to own more Chiefs records. I would not want him my lockerroom, on my field, in my uniform, in my community. I think the guy still has a ton of talent, but is mentally unstable.

Yes we all wanted the Chiefs to be better than they are at this point, but as I have tried to point out a few times, the Chiefs are much closer to a brand new expansion team than we are a playoff contender. I personally have faith in the new leadership, I know that sounds strange after what we have seen so far this season, however I think with time and a chance to draft and pick up FA’s that we did not really have this off season things can turn around.

The Chiefs were not a good team to start with, many of us older fans remember the dark times from before. We also remember when the Chiefs were always expected in the playoffs and that’s what I’m expecting in 2 or 3 more seasons. The whole team has and is being remade right before our eyes, and just like remaking a house it always looks much worse before it gets better. We can yell and scream at the contractor for making a mess and tearing things up, but sometimes it has to be done to get to the end product. If you were really expecting the Chiefs to be a playoff contender this season you were more hopeful than realistic. It will take time, we may not understand why things are done the way they are done, but the Hunt family hired people they think that will give us the best shot at being successful.

I agree that patience is the key. What Herm destroyed in 3 years Haley can’t fix in 7 games. You have the right people in charge to turn this around leave them alone. I only ask that Hunt, Pioli, and Haley go ahead and get rid of the biggest cancer on the team and I bet I don’t even have to give his initials for everyone to figure out who that is.

I just feel that Pendergast is not the answer at D Coordinator. He doesn’t seem to know when to blitz properly and this is putting undue pressure on our secondary to cover forever. Also, the breakdowns in the secondary are a result of his coaching and his packages. I just feel like he’s not the answer.

Haley, on the other hand, is our Head Coach for at least the next few seasons. I like how he shook things up at the beginning of the season and it goes in stride with what Pioli has done from the GM position. My only problem so far with Haley is what he’s doing as an Off Coordinator…but the jury is still out on this as I’m sure he’s learning on the fly how to handle both the HC and OC duties.

Our record…we are a loss under where I thought we would be. That Raiders loss is the one that really really bothers me. The blowouts by the Chargers and Eagles hurt but are expected from a team in transition trying to find its identity.

…everybody said then after looking at the trip thru the NFC East that we could easily be winless at the bye week. Best estimates were 2 wins at the bye. I laugh at all the screaming and gnashing of teeth at our current performance.

HELLO! We all knew and agreed that the schedule before the bye was brutal and we were right. We also marveled at how gentle our late schedule was and held out hope for a few wins there. I still think that’s accurate, but I was also counting on weak Bengals and Donkeys.

I place our team in the category of bad but moving in the right direction. I think that’s a far cry better than quite a few teams in the NFL (Titans, Rams, Raiders). I want a team that is in it for the long haul and that takes time.

I would expect huge staff and player changes. They didn’t have a lot of choices with staff because of waiting for Haley. As far as players go you can only dump so many of them – can’t replace all of them in one year.
8-8 next year, playoffs in 2011.

I don’t care about the record. That happens when your team is devoid of talent and sucks from every angle. I can deal with that. I don’t like how other teams were aggressive at picking up some real serious talent that was available to help their teams improve, while we did nothing. We bring guys’ out of retirement.

I don’t care at all about the record. Expected…yes! But, our team should be better than we currently are. Not record wise. Execution wise, trade wise, draft wise – hard to judge the draft this early. We don’t look well coached to me. I could be wrong and I’m ok with that and I hope I am, but PER HALEY – I have to go on what I SEE not what I WANT to believe.

I personally do not judge us on our record, but if I go by what I see, we are worse than last year in many areas. Many areas. I don’t see an improvement in the coaching so far. Again, I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t do kool-aid.

Kray, Congratulations on not wearing rose-colored glasses. Haley, to become a successful coach, needs to grow up, and improve his “people skills”; treat his players like adults, and loose some prejudgices he has, namely automatically assuming Edwards’ draft picks aren’t players. Secondly, he needs to delegate authority. Get an OC. Stay focused on game plans. Use the play-makers he does have. Keep his emotions in check during games.

I have one possible rebuttal to the point of this article. This team isn’t a very good team, true enough. However, last Firday evening, I was dumping some old programs off the DVR, and I came across the NFL networks’ condensed replay of the Chiefs-Ravens game of week 1. Our Chiefs played a very solid game against a much stronger team. The offense was efficient, and the D, while on the field most of the game, played tough until the final 3 minutes, when Pendergast went “all-in” with a double safety blitz. With the exception of the ‘boys game, we haven’t played to that level since. My point is, yes, we’re a weak team, but this team still isn’t playing up to it’s potential.

To think I got hassled so much during the off season when I questioned the moves the Chiefs were making and that realistically there wasn’t much hope the Chiefs would be any good this year. The chiefs are a BAD team and will continue to be for some time. Too many holes to fill.

Not a good draft this past year. I know you can’t fully judge a draft for 2-3 years, but you still have to believe you will see glimmers of hope for the future. I’ve seen no glimmers of hope for magee, washington, brown, lawerence, etc that they will be nothing more than a solid backup at best. Thats not going to cut it for a bad team that already has lots of starters on the team that are seen as holes. Jackson and Succop were great pickups but filling 2 holes a year through the draft will only equal more of the same where we stand now: BAD

Its historical for Chiefs fans to think that players/GMs will all of sudden make great turn arounds and produce. (LJ, DJ, Croyle, Carl Peterson, Pollard, etc). Its funny how you can be patient for people like that but not a guy like Jared Allen, Scott Fujita, Lawrence Tynes, etc. You have to know when to cut your loses and its certainly evident that Chiefs fans/GMs are simply too optimistic for the wrong people. I’m not saying get down in the dumps just be real. Its going to be a LONG time before things turn around in KC folks

Besides screaming?