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Article: Pioli gets up close and personnel.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- September 6, 2002
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Byline: MICHAEL FELGER
FOXBORO - He stands on the sidelines for nearly every practice, his arms crossed, gazing over the creation he helped form.
Scott Pioli may look like he's admiring, but he's not. The Patriots personnel director is thinking, plotting, constantly trying to come up with ways to make the Pats a better team.
He's certainly done pretty well so far. When the Super Bowl champion Patriots officially kick off their title defense against Pittsburgh at Gillette Stadium Monday night, all but nine of the players in uniform will have been brought in by Pioli and head coach Bill Belichick.
Of the 22 offensive and defensive ...