Who the fans should be booing

Chief fans made headlines this week with their notably bad behavior, as they continued to boo Matt Cassel and even cheered as he was knocked out of the game with an injury.  However, the fans are taking out their frustration and anger on the wrong person.  Matt Cassel is not the best quarterback in the NFL; he is not a top five, ten, or even fifteen quarterback in the NFL, but it isn't like he doesn't try to be.  In reality, the fans have three people to blame: Romeo Crennel, Scot Pioli, and Clark Hunt.

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Romeo Crennel is where the problem begins.  If he is going to leave Cassel as the starter that is one thing, but if he thinks the solution is to run thirty times a half, then he is mistaken.  The problem starts with him because he has no faith in the former Pro-Bowl selection.  He prefers to run and only chooses to throw in obvious passing situations, which is why an overwhelming majority of Cassel's interceptions come on tipped passes and not bad throws.  In these situations the defense can sit back and wait for Cassel, and anything short of a perfect throw and catch will fall incomplete.

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Scot Pioli is another major issue with the team.  He refuses to recognize that Matt Cassel is not going to win in this league, and has drafted players based off of a system that doesn't work.  Under Pioli the Chiefs have wasted numerous high picks, and that has caused the team to stay in the limbo that is having a record between 4-12 and 6-10.  Last year Pioli had an escape.  The second overall pick in the NFL Draft went to the Saint Louis Rams, a team that was only poor because their starting quarterback was injured for the year.  The Rams new that with the second pick they would have the draft rights to either RGIII or Andrew Luck, and the Rams came out and said that any team that offers them two additional first round picks along with this years first round pick could have their excellent position.  Robert Griffin III was the prize, and the Chiefs chose not to play.  Now the Chiefs will have to pray that their team doesn't win three or more games because then they could be stuck with neither Geno Smith or Matt Barkley, but rather Landry Jones.  Should the Chiefs not get the first pick they need to sell everything they can to get it, because draft picks are worthless when the man making them is as incompetent as Pioli.

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The last man you can blame is Clark Hunt.  Nothing is directly his fault, so why should you blame him? You should blame Hunt because he is the owner and has the right to get rid of Pioli, and he hasn't.  Scot Pioli is not going to give up his job, rather he is going to have to be fired, and Hunt hasn't done that, yet.

The Chief fans need to learn that while they may be disappointed by the path that the team has taken, booing the players is not the way to go.  Ultimately nothing will be better until Pioli is gone and the Chiefs can move forward.