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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy
It looks more and more like his downfall was Cassel and inability to get a decent head coach.
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Pioli's downfall was his ego, and both of these are examples of it. He couldn't admit failure with Cassel, and his ego wouldn't allow head coaches to coach... he just wanted them to be a proxy for Pioli. He's the only GM I can remember (outside of Al Davis, who was FAR more accomplished than Pioli ever will be) that dictated scheme on both offense and defense and forced his coaches to work within his tiny bubble of experience.