If they let Carr and Bowe both walk and some impact FA aren’t signed then I would be willing to carry his bags to the airport to get him out of town. May also depend on the draft. He’s had two solid drafts in a row, if he has a third that can help but we can’t continue with the lack of depth we have and not spending any money.

If only for the opportunity to have some continuity. Damnit people, stop being so short sighted. We’ve had 2 GMs in 5 years, 3 Head Coaches, and 5 offensive coordinators. We’re not going to be able to build a damn thing if the revolving door on the front office doesn’t stop turning for awhile. Have some patience and ride it out.

Don’t people bitch that we kept Carl around too long? At least he had winning teams and filled the stadium. I think Pioli gets two more years. If we’re still hanging around .500 he can go back to riding Belicjick’s coattails.

Pioli stays, IMHO

you can say “keep losing”… but, this is a team that made the playoffs last year, and was a blocked FG away from them again this year.

I think people should be excited about the direction the Chiefs are going, not talking about more turnover

“won twice as many games as the previous year”

Thats a nice way to spin winning 4 games

You don’t fire a GM after 4 years unless you are the Browns.

It’s time to start moving on from Cassel. He can be on the roster next year, but we need to start looking to sign or (ideally) draft his replacement.

If Pioli does neither of those things, that’s fine. It’s certainly his call. But he needs to understand he’s betting his job that Cassel will develop into a legit franchise QB in year 4.

Even if he has 3 lossing seasons in 4 years?

This is an entire blog of some of the smartest fans in the league, yet when it comes to Pioli and Cassel, we act like some of the dumbest.

Pioli attempted to get a franchise QB. To hold that against him asinine. He has no one on the roster currently to legitimately replace him as the starter. He has absolutely ZERO control on if any free agent QB comes here; all that can be done is offer contracts. He has absolutely ZERO control on the draft to get a QB; all he can do is make trade offers that won’t sap the team of what he values: developing draft picks.
What frustrates me about this is that some fans believe that if some trade or signing didn’t happen, it absolutely and unequivocally means that Pioli didn’t try, he’s “married” to Cassel, that Pioli is an idiot who wants to have mediocre QB play because he doesn’t want to admit a mistake in trading for Cassel. We should be the first to know that we aren’t going to hear about everything that goes on behind the scenes, what offers are made and rejected.

We are too smart of fans to want to overpay for a player or trade, then crucify Pioli when we are over the cap or don’t have any draft picks. Ridiculous

He has had solid drafting since he got here, good player management and feeling things out without getting too aggressive. Had we not had the injuries we had, we would be talking about another year as teh Executite of the Year candidate.

You cannot just “address the QB” whenever you feel like it, there are costs associated with it. Since he arrived, there really have not been many QB’s available for us to get anyway.

at a minimum.

The continuity argument is overrated. 1976-2008 we only had two GM’s, raise your hand if your happy with the results.

If we see another wheels off campaign without trying a rookie/2nd yr qb then goodbye. No more spares like Cassel/Orton. We can find any of 22 gm’s of the street to sign Cassel/Orton and go 7-9/4-12.

Pioli spins that he will continue to “build through the draft!” We already know that he has given up a high second round pick and a huge contract for a QB that still has tons of questions. The Patriots used that pick for a player(#25/Patrick Chung) who helped them to a Superbowl in only his third season. I see the value of what we MIGHT have had using that second rounder AND the $60 + Million as a couple of reasons we had depth issues. That combination could easily be broken into 3-4 quality players and better depth. In my view, we(Scotty Boy) SHOULD be looking for a trade partner looking for a back-up QB and look to get a pick(or player) in exchange for Cassel. THEN we go all in for the number 2 pick OR find the right answer for Peyton Manning IF healthy. Matt had his shot and has not demonstrated what is neccesary to make us better solely based on his own ability. I believe that if Daboll is going to spend extra time teaching and training Matt that his time would be better served with a QB with more natural abilities and instincts!
IMHO OF COURSE!!!