Meh. He would still take bad angles and overshoot the player and land somewhere in the stands....

My excitement in the off season started with Krummy not returning, things have been looking up since.

Yup

That too. GREAT start to the Chiefs off-season.
We need a good D-Line coach though...

This is the reason I'll give Haley props. He holds players accountable, but he's also showing that he'll keep his assistants accountable.

I said it before, half the battle to me with being a good head coach is being able to surround yourself with excellent coordinators. Say what you want about these guys, they've done it before.

And say what you want about Pioli, he could have said F it, and made Haley hire no name, cheap coordinators and if things fell apart, blamed it on the coaches. In the past it was easy to blame our defensive shortcomings on GRob or Ddumbther or Krumrie or any number of coaches we blamed. By hiring these two guys, the heat is now squarely on the GM, because everyone knows these guys can coach and these guys can help lead teams to Super Bowls. So if there is failure, the only real place to point is at talent acquisition. The heat is now on Pioli to get these guys players...

Rumor has it that Crennel is going to coach the DL as well as coordinate.

At this point I wouldn't be giving them credit for hiring their buddies.

Two years from now this could stink like Gunther redux.

I would imagine that they'd keep Pleasant and have Crennel help with coaching D-linemen. It's hard to argue Crennel's credentials as a D-line coach.

Is that his area of expertise? Anyone know?

Interesting.

Weis won't be.

I was worried about this with Crennel, though. We'll see.

Yes, thats where he started in coaching

Almost his entire history has been in the 3-4 as D-line coach, especially with this Patriot version of the 2-gap. He's one of the best at it.

Can he coordinate a defense w/out Belichick? Dunno. But he can coach the hell out of the 2-gap line scheme.

Failure's always possible.
That's beside the point as long as you're making the right decision for your franchise. Fans can deal with failure when the organization has made sound decisions that just didn't pan out. What we can't deal with is standing pat with coordinators we KNOW won't cut it.

Don't forget the Clark is cheap crowd.
I doubt Haley is that expensive but if you look at what Pioli, Haley, Romeo,and Charlie are making it has to be one of higher $ staffs around.
I doubt Charlie and Romeo were cheap.