It seems as though the Chiefs are going to ride or die as a team with Mahomes. The Braves put our faith in a lot of the young talent and haven't exactly been rewarded. They may call it a re-tool and try and sell it, but you either fully commit or don't at all. New GM is now gone (thanks to his cheating ways) and although we have a great farm, we are not really projected to much at the big league level until next year or even the year after.Īll of this is not to say that is what will happen with the Kansas City Chiefs. In skipping to the end of the story, here we are four season later and no closer to competing in the NL East. Words around Talking Chop were that he was trying to re-create his old draft and international signing crushes. Marcus Peters, anyone? The new hot-shot GM had running affinities for guys that were previously highly thought of prospects, and did what he could to gather them. Premium talent on cheap contracts traded for much less than they should have been. That is, until.Īndrelton Simmons, Craig Kimbrel, and Alex Wood were all traded. Guys on expiring contracts and a barren farm system was the reasons given. Then, John Copolella (said, hot-shot assistant) decided on tearing the team down, rather than adding pieces to get us back to the 96-win team we were the year prior. No similarities to Chiefs of 2017, right? Well, hold that thought.ĭespite the fact that we won the division with a 96-66 record the year prior, the team fired the GM and promoted his young, hot-shot assistant. That year, the team went 79-83 and missed the playoffs.
Not sure how many guys follow MLB as closely as the NFL, but for those of you that aren't just followers of the Royals, the Atlanta Braves underwent a fairly substantial rebuild at the conclusion of the 2014 season. Anyway, the moves the Chiefs are making now are very similar to me with what the Braves did a few years ago. Also a big Clemson Tigers fan, but I digress. Hi, honey) is the Kansas City Chiefs and the Atlanta Braves. My two greatest loves in life (other than my beautiful wife. Anyway, I had some thoughts on the recent moves the Chiefs have made.
Hope I don't get run off the site (only half-kidding).
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