Chiefs’ general manager Scott Pioli accepts blame for team’s downfall – NFL News
Kansas City Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli has come forward to accept his responsibility in the failures that have hit his team hard.
The Kansas City Chiefs general manager had fired Todd Haley on Monday after the team reached the bottom of AFC West following a 37-10 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday that saw them fall to 5-8. Pioli had denied having any personal
problem with Haley and had looked quite optimistic of reaching the playoffs despite a bleak prospectus. However, reports leaking out suggested that a gap had in fact been generated between the two.
Pioli after sacking Haley had stopped short of blaming the former coach saying he did not see him as a failure and going further ahead as to call him a “good football coach”.
The recent upsurge in injuries to key players followed by inadequate and inefficient replacements had seen the Chiefs facing disastrous defeats. This is where exactly Pioli had failed to deliver and has now stood up to take the
blame.
"We have a locker room that has talent. 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."
Pioli said.
"We've made some progress the last couple years and we're at the point where some of that progress has slowed down. If we're going to be a good football team, we need to have a good roster." Pioli added.
The lack of depth due to injuries to Matt Cassel and Jamaal Charles could not be promptly filled. Tyler Palko stepped in to replace the injured quarterback but fared poorly with just two touchdowns in four games while running backs
Thomas Jones or Jackie Battle proved inconsistent to fill in the gap left by Charles absence. To make matters worse the Chiefs lost Tony Moeaki and Eric Berry for the remainder of the season to injuries.
Pioli known for his calibre to hunt out for new talent would need to undo the shortcomings in his failure to induct capable and right players. Accepting that he needs to do a better job is just a good starting for Pioli.
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