The Chiefs dominated the game. Coaching staff deserves some credit.
Cassel made a mistake and didn't like getting called on it, is how I read this. Well, fuck him and the horse he rode in on. His career was a mistake.
He also fucked around with the chain of command and whether he intended it or not, he sowed distrust and disrespect towards the coaching staff.
When Reid told Mahomes to go get an x-ray in the Jacksonville playoff game and Mahomes told him, "Fuck no!" guess what happened? Mahomes got the x-ray. What if Mahomes pulled a Cassel and hobbled onto the field anyway? It says to the other players that you can indeed tell your coaches to fuck off and get your way. And that's what happened with Cassel and Haley.
And that shit isn't written anywhere in the Patriot bible. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
I must be pretty lucky that I never had to go through the Cassel years. He wasn't only a terrible, overpaid player but he was also an arsehole. **** him.
Steve Bono was malnourished in Kansas City. (Bad restaurants.) You missed that one too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by crazycoffey:
So between cassel and Haley, who is the bigger villain in Chiefs history?
Neither had any business being in the NFL as a coach or professional QB. Cassell was a lifetime mediocre backup QB in college and yet somehow smuggled himself into the NFL and rode a magic carpet into Arrowhead. Haley was a petulant anti-social type-b personality that got a job with the Jets because of his dad's (deep) connections. You could say Pioli was the real villain but than again he's even more of a pretender at GM. Never should have been hired. So then it goes to the Owner. In 2009 Clark had only been managing operations for a handful of years and to me it seems as if he got hoodwinked by riff-raff associated with Pacells and the Patriots. He's done better since. [Reply]
It baffles me that we made the playoffs in 2010 under Cassel and Haley. If I was a Hall of Fame voter, this would be my main argument for Jamaal Charles. [Reply]