JR4

Better job? Chance to do it on his own?
A few reasons but maybe there was another added motivating factor.
Maybe he saw what is about to happen with the PATs.
After this year, it looks like the PATs will have to put forth a huge rebuilding effort.
Over 30 players of the current 50 signed will have their contracts expire
after this year
Maybe this had something to do with his decision to leave.
I would not say he left the PATs in a real good position in this respect.

Pat_the_Patriot

I'm thinking that this has something to do with the CBA... going into an uncapped year, we've got to be careful of contractual obligations, etc... I'm thinking that Pioli (one of BB's best friends... reportedly) and a man that the organization has shown nothing but love and respect for worked hard to make sure that he left us in a great position. Just my 2 pennies, man... but I'm thinking that he wanted to run the whole show and left to join a great NFL franchise (great defined here as great fans, great ownership) w/ the blessing and approval of the Kraft family and BB.

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

No matter what happens with all the players next year,do you really think NEs future looks worse than KCs right now?

Lets face it KC has not been a formidable team is quite some time,It will take quite a while to get that franchise going in the right direction

I think Pioli has his hands full at this point going forward

BelichickFan

Players come and go, we don't have that many irreplaceable guys.

Belichick.
Brady.
Wilfork.

Would you think we couldn't continue if we lost the likes of Light, Faulk and Seymour ? They're a group I'd LOVE to keep but we'd move on without them.

Give Pioli credit for leaving with multiple picks in rounds 2 & 3 in hand and Cassel to trade.

Brettlax3434

The pats are fine going foward, i think pioli simply wanted to show he could build a team on his own.

JR4

This MAY be true. Lose a key guy no problem. But when sooooo many
players are needed and several of them starters it's like a major rebuilding
effort. That is a very uncertain situation and we don't have the key man
Pioli to help in this rebuilding.
Well at least we can enjoy this year and hope things look differently next
February.

Rob0729

Let's not get overly melodramatic! Quite a few players will be resigned by the Pats either this or next offseason. If you go back and look at most years and the Pats only have 30-40 players on the roster two years out. There are a lot of guys like Larry Izzo, Jabar Gaffney, and others who live off of year to year contracts or at most two year deals. I guarantee you by the end of the offseason there will be at least 5-10 more players under contract for next season.

Besides, the Pats only have a cap of $64 million for 2010.

Ochmed Jones

Don't all the contracts for guys we have on staff expire sometime after this year? And isn't the same true for all players on the other teams in the NFL?
Are you saying KC locks up their players for life?

MassPats38

Why do you think this year is any worse than previous years personnel-wise? The Pats usually have a ton of players with short term contracts, thus the near future does not look any worse than the prior years he stayed with the Pats.

As for the uncapped contract problem, if the NFL turns into MLB, who would you rather work for as a personnel guy, the Yankees or the Marlins, the team with the money or the team without? No way can KC go head-to-head with New England if the competition is a money game.

In the end, Pioli likely left to stretch his wings because he otherwise would never know how much of the team's success is Belichick, nor what it is like to actually run the team alone and establish your own identity. No way I see him bailing because the situation gets a little tense with contract management.

patchick

Or perhaps he's saying that KC has a much better talent base locked up for the 2010 season?