What does a GM do?
by Steve_Chiefs on Oct 31, 2009 11:39 PM CDT
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The 2010 Draft will have a different feel than most of the past Draft classes. This draft class will be drafted to an Uncapped season because of NFL/Player negotiations. Thus, less player movement in the middle-tier of Players that have proven capable of playing at a NFL level. The top level will move around, and the bottom is always squishy with players that might/not make it on a NFL roster The middle is frozen with multiple tags being given to every team due to the negotiations to come. The Draft becomes more important, and with no clear direction on signing bonuses, the College players and Agents are expecting a feeding frenzy. Dallas, Washington, and Oakland with others are causing the Draft class of 2010 to rise. Seniors, Juniors, and Red-shirt eligible Sophmores are going to declare for this draft.
How should The Kansas City Chiefs and Scott Pioli position themselves for this un-common draft:
1. Have a war-chest of money to grab FA's that fit with the plan.
2. Have multiple high-value draft picks to trade/pick the best players that fit the plan.
3. Evaluate what we have and what we could get before 2009 season ends and start of 2010 FA in Feb 2010.
4. Keep on the right side of all the other GM's and work the phones to help ourselves while helping others. IMO
5. Keep the scouts busy with every possible player that would help us in 2010. Not just Drafted but UDFA's too.
6. We will at present have a Supp pick after the 7th round. Just like Succop, make it pay off!
7. Keep an eye on those possible guys for 2011.
I thought of a spreadsheet earlier of players/positions/contract status/projected replacements/year required...
Might explain why we took a DE when we have 2 already, drafting a safety when we have 3 servicable players.
Maybe a GM, is an Accountant/Talent Evaluator/HR Director/Public Relations/Head Cheerleader/Psychologist.
Mainly our Kansas City Chiefs GM is the Executor of the PLAN.
THE plan: Pioli has executed a plan before.
1. Build on the interior lines D-line, O-line
2. Get a QB that can execute the gameplan
3. Once the lines are in place, expand.
4. RB's and Wr's are the last pieces of the puzzle.
5. LB's are replaceable/interchangeable
6. 3-4 D's and Z-blocking O's are the proper schemes for 2010
7. Coaches can teach any scheme, if told too ..IMO..
8. The fans will be back, when we win ..IMO..
9. Players are replaceble, coaches too
I am just a fan. Not privy to any plan except that which is apparent. Scott Pioli has a good plan. Todd Haley is part of that plan, as of now. We have 9 more games this year. Cleveland and Oakland should be winnable. Buffalo, Jacksonville are possible. The rest at present are Pipe dreams. We need to evaluate and get playing time for those that will be with us, as much as possible, for next year. We need to continue to scour players on practice squads and former players bagging groceries:) The Special Teams are getting Special. The Defense is better than it was. The Offense is totally on Haley now. No wiggle, no scapegoats, no nothing. There are/will be candidates in 2010.
Geaux Chiefs
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My problem is..........
I see no improvement in this team, infact i would say we took a step back. Hell even with Herman as the coach we could have won 1 game by now. I’ll go even further and say that Bones could have still been the QB and we could have won 1 game. All this talk about how he has this team in shape now and what has that got us? We get rid of Pollard and McBride for nothing at all,and we still have a guy at RB avg 2.7 a carry, along with all his other crap. This jerk could end up having the most yardage for this team, it’s a sad day in K.C guys when that happens.
by CPT.Caveman on Nov 1, 2009 1:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think he is saying
they did all these changes so they would win more games than what last years team could have did. Not to do the same or worse
Chiefs set an NFL record,most roster changes in 1 season.
by bringbacktheglory on Nov 1, 2009 10:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
But he says “we could have won one game by now” in the second sentence. Hard to misinterpret that
by Fourstrike89 on Nov 1, 2009 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I see
as in “with Herm as the coach we could have also won one game by now.” For the record, I doubt that we would have even gotten that one win.
by Fourstrike89 on Nov 1, 2009 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree, and think last year's team, with a good draft this year would be at 2 perhaps 3 wins by now
and that WOULD be improvement
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisiton!
by upamtn on Nov 2, 2009 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty clear that they're looking to install a system for long-term.
3-4 is a big part of it. So is zone-blocking, although this flies in the face of the kinds of guys they brought in (except O’Callaghan?), and the E-P talk by some of our curly wolves in the offseason. It was a great learning experience for the likes of me, but I was caught wrong-footed by the zone-blocking that I saw (or didn’t see, but not because they weren’t trying it).
I still don’t think P-H expected to be WORSE at this point in their 1st season, but the philosophy changes manifest in the approach to the trenches appear aimed at making system picks down the road that simplify the decision-making, and make for less reaching-for-need. Easier to find OL, DL, RB, LB in this approach. Still want exceptional players at all these positions, but GOOD players will serve, if they have good vision and versatility.
In the past, especially with the 4-3, they needed pass-rushers at DE, and in serving that, fell short in terms of stout. Jared Allen was the kind of exceptional player that brought both (although strategy against him is still to run AT him), and we all know how hard he was to retain… Easier to just look for big men and have their job description be PLAY BIG, and we’ll find someone fast enough to finish plays without having to deal with the 2+ blockers you gobble up.
Hasn’t paid off, yet, and the place where they still need to REACH is in the secondary. With 3 stouts in the middle on D, you generate most of your pressure off the other 8 guys, and they need to be able to mix it up without leaving glaring holes (DBs who can single up in press).
No question. Otis Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame.
by hmills110 on Nov 1, 2009 11:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The point
wasnt to improve from last year. The point wasnt to build a winner right now. We ALL knew we were going to have a bad season.
The point…was to install systems/schemes to learn NOW, so we can compete for the foreseeable FUTURE. The point was to evaluate the young talent to see if they fit our system.
Think about it this way. When Herm was here, we were a bad team. But instead of tearing the house down and starting then, Herm thought we could compete because we had squeezed into the playoffs. He thought he could build on that, but when your team is old and falling apart, you cant do that. Herm should have torn the house down his 1st season but he didnt.
Pioli and Haley are doing just that. They dont care about the past. They dont care who WAS good or who has potential. They tore everything down, saw the things that COULD fit and would be evaluated as the season went on. I think Dorsey is a prime example here. We are tearing the house down, and rebuilding it. We have a good foundation. This offseason will be MUCH more active than last year because our coaching staff and Pioli will have a whole season that they evaluated as the time went on, instead of having to evaluate what happened when they werent even here.
Plus, its REALLY hard to evaluate players when you come to a new team. Because if you want to change up the schemes, you CANT fairly evaluate those players because they might not have ever played in that scheme.
This year was about evaluation, cleaning house, and starting over. IMO, we might not statistically be better than last season, but the TEAM is better off now than it was last year. Next year is where we will start to seee some real improvement.
by Petey14 on Nov 1, 2009 5:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with everything EXCEPT
Herm and the playoffs in his first season. I think Herm KNEW that we needed to go ahead and tear the whole thing apart then but was handcuffed by King Carl. Once we snuck into the playoffs that season Herm’s “rebuilding plan” got delayed by a full year because Carl wanted to try and ride that wave of ticket sales, no matter how tiny it was, until it collapsed under him.
I was never a big fan of Herm but I think he was unfairly judged by an unlucky sequence of events that pretty much fucked him and any chance of success he had.
Bask in the glory that is Kwame Harris. Poor Alex...
by JHWK on Nov 1, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thats
very true. I think CP had his hand in too much most of the time. It was outrageous to draft LJ for “insurance” on Priest when we had the worst D in the league and Troy Polamalu was in our laps.
I definately Herm was unfairly judged. Vermeil and CP had shitty drafts, they didnt hardly develop any of the young talent, they made no effort to fix the defense and finally age caught up with the offense, so the offense couldnt outscore what the defense was allowing anymore. I blame Vermeil partially, and mostly CP, and I do have a LITTLE bit of blame on Herm. But just because the team fell apart on Herms watch doesnt mean it was Herms fault.
He was way too conservative, IMO, but he had a plan that he never got to execute. He executed the first year of his rebuilding when we had all those draft picks and got Albert and Dorsey. He made it clear that he was going to be much more involved with FA until he got canned.
But even though I’m defending herm a bit, I think we’re better off without him.
by Petey14 on Nov 1, 2009 10:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that the Chiefs outright got rid
of like 22 players before the season started, and only 2 of them got on with another team tells me how bad this team was. If you think this was going to get turned around in one year you are thoroughly wrong.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Nov 1, 2009 7:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
correct CPT....
you are hereby annointed into the brotherhood of Matt Grbac, Upamtn and Krayfish….you have had your eyes opened. As Up would say “keep the faith”. (Matt would say something too but he’s eating cheesecake) (-:
by krayfish on Nov 1, 2009 9:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Opened to what?
That the team really WAS worse than anyone wanted to admit going into this season?
I fail to see how Herm or Thiggy Smalls would, in any way, be better than what we’ve got right now. No one in their right mind was expecting Haley and Pioli to come in and turn the Chiefs from worst to first in one offseason. From what I can tell, CPT is already throwing in the towel on the new regime because we’ve only won one game through the first half of the season, something that is flat out unfair and unwarranted considering just how little talent was on this roster prior to the 09 Draft.
Bask in the glory that is Kwame Harris. Poor Alex...
by JHWK on Nov 1, 2009 9:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The idea also fails to acknowledge the principal of "future"
lol…
It’s not as if the team is anywhere near what Pioli would LIKE it to be…its a work in progress. Anybody can rattle off what look like mistakes now, but in years may look genius. Examples abound in the Patriots rise to dynasty
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by woodman212 on Nov 1, 2009 9:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Easy now.......
I haven’t given up on this team, but i am alittle pissed off. We sure couldn’t have been any worse with Herm and Bones, and i know for a fact we wouldn’t have as many sack’s :P
I can tell you that i don’t like the way Haley’s coaches the team or calls plays. It’s almost like he wont except our o-line is shit and make some changes to allow for it.
by CPT.Caveman on Nov 7, 2009 12:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Gameplan
The Chiefs needs are obvious.
An increase in talent at OL, DL, LB, WR,TE, DB.RB.
The draft is loaded this year, and the Chiefs could easily find 5 starters on day 1.
Personally, I hope that they draft two offensive lineman, a balanced tight end, a solid receiver (big,strong physical type), a project runner and a project QB. Then round out with defense and special teams.
I know that they will likely not grab anyone I personally like as the Chiefs rarely do. I can’t remember the last time the Chiefs drafted someone I was high on.
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by Peterman700 on Nov 1, 2009 6:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the Chiefs are replete with big, strong, physical WRs.
A complete package guy, with hands and speed is what they haven’t. Somebody who can fight off the jam and get open quickly to mitigate against the blitz more consistently is called for. D-Bowe can “post up” against ‘most anybody anywhere at any time, but he doesn’t seem to have CB-scaring burst in the first couple seconds, or separation speed, so there aren’t many big windows for him, and last week, he regressed in terms of dropping the nice openings he DID have.
But it’s appropriate that OL is first on your list. EVERY bad thing I have to say about the receivers might largely vanish, if OL improves. I’d put DB (CB or S) ahead of LB, WR, TE).
No question. Otis Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame.
by hmills110 on Nov 1, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Several days ago
someone (I do not remember who or I would credit and link) championed the idea of signing A.Q. Shipley off of the Stealers practice squad. This seems to me to be an awesome idea. Yes, we have to keep him on the active squad but why would we not do that anyway? Let’s start plugging the guy into the games and see how he does – could hardly be worse than what we have. Also, it doesn’t prevent us from drafting another center if we think we still need to.
Air Cassel - approved for takeoff
by kabrink on Nov 1, 2009 10:58 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hard to see how bringing Shipley in would hurt.
That was a very nice FanPost the other day. Don’t know about putting him on the field, immediately, even though stealing him from PITT would mean having to carry him on the active roster.
No question. Otis Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame.
by hmills110 on Nov 1, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
At a minimum
we could put him in on some plays to spell the starting center (whoever that is these days – I guess Wade Smith)
Air Cassel - approved for takeoff
by kabrink on Nov 1, 2009 8:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What a GM does....
Wouldnt that be futile to try and guess what Pioli does? He does what he wants, he is the Don!
"Its going to be a challenge, its going to feel like forever, and there will be difficulties. But we will emerge on the other side of it stronger than we were when we entered." ~ Sudden
by Matt_Grbac on Nov 1, 2009 9:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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