Being exposed as the frauds they are?

Did any of these employees contact authorities on these illegal activities or contact a work \ labor commision or something.

Did Haley give his personal cell to authorities for investigation. Or is everyone looking to sue and get a payday?

If that many people felt it was illegal i am sure the authorities can investigate and even get a warrant to look around. Unless there is no story other than It sucks to work there.

Just drafts, free agents, and big brother/paranoia? Well, here’s my two cents, and then I bow out of this discussion:

I totally get it – if these people work under a dark cloud every day, and a job that used to be cool and fun is now not really either anymore, I can understand why these people are upset – especially if they were subsequently fired. Their statements almost certainly hold a lot of truth, but I’m sure the statements on the flip side hold some a lot of truth too – there probably was a need for more accountability. There often is in a workplace. I’ve been on both sides – I’ve been micromanaged and ‘big brother’-ed to the point that I found a new job, and conversely I’ve been part of a team that had to set some real accountability in place where there really hadn’t been any.

There is a fine balance to making sure there is accountability and at the same time making your organization a place where good people want to work. I’m at the job I’m at now because they have a reputation for treating employees with respect, rewarding good performance and not micromanaging – yet they are a prosperous business that has experienced significant growth because of the efficiency of operation. I had job offers closer to home and friends that I didn’t even consider because I was familiar with an organization’s reputation for cutthroat practices. Having this perspective, the main concern I have with the story is not to what degree it’s true – it’s whether this will cause us to lose out on talented behind-the-scenes personnel. I hope not.

Unless any of us work there, guess what, it is none of our business. When did all of us care so much about how things get done as long as they get done? I could honestly care less as long as this teams start winning, if they don’t win, get someone else in there…

Until I hear players coming out and talking about how much this was screwing up their ability to perform this year and how it was a distraction on and off the field, I’m not going to get too worked up about it.

Yes impacting coaches can indirectly influence players – but it depends on the degree to which they allow that to happen and if they are open with the players about the situation. If they (coaches) let it influence them in that regard then that’s their problem and they’re at fault for allowing it to impact their game.

Have we heard a player say – “you know, I think we could have won that game vs. Pittsburgh if only the coaches didn’t spend the first 20 minutes of every meeting looking for secret microphones…. and they kept using code-words when speaking to us and made us use sign-language – it was a real distraction”.

Of course some of this sounds fishy and secretive and like stuff we wouldn’t want to deal with. But honestly, if this isn’t rattling the cages of the players, then I’m inclined to not give a flying fuck.

Why the hell does Pioli… sorry, Scott…. have any say in how things are run on the business side when all he’s supposed to be handling is the football side? “The employees are mostly on the business side (under Donovan).” Yet, somehow Pioli has some power over that side of the organization?

Or, maybe its that all of this crap begins and ends with Clark “Mr. Goldman-Sachs” Hunt. Perhaps this is who Hunt is. He’s not Lamar. He’s a full pendulum swing away from what Lamar was. Maybe Hunt hired this guy because they are like twins. They both think the same things.

The saying goes… “These aren’t your grandfather’s….”

No, they certainly aren’t. Because my grandfather would do one of two things… he’d never hear this stuff or he’d go cheer for another team. My money is on cheering for another team. Which is just sad.

Have you ever listen to a player talk about they are afraid of losing their job? This is the same thing right? Maybe Pioli should be a workers GM, like a players coach.

In actual football news the Browns seem to be in the RG3 sweepstakes.

He really has done a good job of making everyone focus on something other than football when talking about a football team.

That being said these people aren’t slaves they are free to quit anytime and yet how many of them have? This job is so intimidating and fearsome that people continue to want to work hear and choose to put up with it? Then stop bitching. If you are unhappy with your job and don’t want to work there… then don’t! It’s that simple.

Also a boss who wants his employees to be afraid every day of being fired isn’t that uncommon. A lot of bosses think that it will get the best work out of your subordinates and a lot of times it will. But there are also quite a few people that hate it and refuse to respond to that tactic.

What have I missed the last couple of days? Haven’t been following the Chiefs much since their season has ended. WTF is going on?

The team president job may be a “in name only” job. Clark wanted to split them up, but to get Pioli, he may have given him full reign on all matters. I dunno, I’m on Valium right now (for my back).