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Scott Pioli: “I need to do a better job”
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 13, 2011, 7:08 PM EST
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After Kansas City fired Todd Haley on Monday, some Chiefs fans said the team was only halfway to making the necessary changes at the top, as General Manager Scott Pioli should have been been on the way out as well.

Pioli says he agrees with the part about him needing to do better. But he also defended the talent he has acquired.

“We have a locker room that has talent,” Pioli said. “We also have a good makeup of character in that locker room, but it’s abundantly clear that we’re not in a spot we need to be with our record where it is and our team in a position it is. I need to do a better job.”

Frustrated Chiefs fans would say that it’s a little hard to square Pioli’s belief that the roster has talent with the results on the field this season, but it sounds like Pioli has the trust of the one person whose opinion really matters, Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt.

“I do have a lot of confidence in Scott and I do believe he’s going to help us be successful over the long run,” Hunt said.

So Pioli may need to do a better job, but that doesn’t mean his job is on the line.

But play calling vastly improved.. Screens were executed to perfection and there werent any head scratchers like running DMC up the middle on 3rd and 11 or a draw.

It looked like the team as a whole played at a whole different level with Haley gone. The line was dominate. They gave Orton plenty of time in the pocket, which was unheard of when Palko and Cassel were at QB. If they play with that intensity every game from now on into next season, we are going to be a VERY dangerous team. Even with Orton at QB.

Its crazy how much it sounded like Haley didn't have them watch film or prepare.

Lol the more I hear about Haley, the more I realize that he was coaching JUST like a stoner would! No film brooo, We play our game maaaaaaan, Let them prepare for us!

Unreal, I thought Haley was better than that. But the truth keeps coming out.

It sounds like Haley was not on the same page as everyone else. Getting rid of him might have been a blessing. If the players want to play for Crennel than it will attract other players in FA that want to play for a guy like Crennel.