Carl Peterson
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| Position(s) | General Manager |
| College | UCLA |
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| 1989-Present | Kansas City Chiefs |
Carl D. Peterson grew up in Long Beach, California, and is an alumnus of the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He has served in those roles since 1989. Peterson has hired four coaches for the Chiefs since 1989, Marty Schottenheimer, Gunther Cunningham, Dick Vermeil and most recently Herman Edwards. Peterson took over the general manager duties in 1989 from Jim Schaaf.
[edit] Mixed feelings
Peterson has been both praised and criticized by Chiefs fans. Peterson has been criticized for not being much of a general manager[1], and is considered to be more focused on team revenue than he is about winning.
He has been praised for hiring in quality coaches, and re-establishing a winning tradition for the Chiefs that had greatly diminished in the 1980s, but also criticized because the Chiefs have failed to reach the Super Bowl during his tenure, despite having some spectacular teams in the 1990s.
Some fans dislike the fact that Peterson has held his current job for over 18 years, which is considerably longer than most other NFL general managers, despite the team not winning the Super Bowl in his tenure. Due to his longstanding term in office as general manager, columnist Jason Whitlock has famously dubbed Peterson as "King Carl"[1] [2] in the Kansas City Star and the nickname has become a Chiefs fan favorite among the criticism of Peterson. During a broadcast of a Chiefs game, ESPN personality Tony Kornheiser questioned if Carl Peterson was similar to a Supreme Court Justice in the fact that he still maintains his job despite the Chiefs not winning a playoff game since 1993 and repeatedly failing in the NFL Draft.
Leading up to the 2007 Chiefs season, criticism was drawn to the Chiefs' attempts to trade quarterback Trent Green [3] especially towards general manager Carl Peterson's failure to execute the trade. [1][2][4] The media were critical of Peterson and his apparent neglect to return the phone calls of Trent Green's agent, Jim Steiner. [5]
On June 5, 2007, the Chiefs traded Green to the Dolphins for a conditional fifth round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Whitlock, Jason. Where's Trent's love? Kansas City Star, 13 May 2007.
- ^ a b Whitlock, Jason. Two sides to sad Green story Kansas City Star, 24 May 2007.
- ^ Merrill, Elizabeth. QB situation not a distraction for Edwards ESPN.com, 2 May 2007.
- ^ King, Jason. It's not easy being (Trent) Green Kansas City Star, 22 May 2007.
- ^ Associated Press. Green's agent says Chiefs won't return calls ESPN.com, 24 May 2007.
- ^ Pasquarelli, Len. Green goes to Dolphins from Chiefs in trade ESPN.com, 5 June 2007.
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