Chiefs Now that he’s settled in Lawrence, Weis reflects on time with Chiefs

Stewie · 07-13-2012, 01:48 AM

Kansas’ Weis looks back on his year with Chiefs with fondness and sees good days ahead.

BY RUSTIN DODD
The Kansas City Star

LAWRENCE -- Here is Charlie Weis, leaning back in a leather chair, relaxing in an office fit for a corporate dynamo. Flat-screen TV on the wall. Hulking desk. A picturesque view of the Kansas football program just beyond his right shoulder.

If you look out this wall of glass windows, you can see Memorial Stadium, sitting quietly in the sun. If you look a little farther, you can see the roads that lead back to his old office, the one just 50 miles east down Interstate 70.

It’s been more than a year since Weis left his post as offensive coordinator for the Chiefs, departing for the same role at Florida. But Weis still has plenty of connections down the road in Kansas City — and he’s still proud of the work that was accomplished there.

“You know,” Weis says, “obviously, there’s trials and tribulations wherever you go, but I enjoyed it.”

Weis’ stay in Kansas City was brief — a one-year touchdown before his return to college. At the time, the Chiefs and Weis cited family reasons as the prime motive for his exit. Weis’ son, Charlie Jr., would be able to work alongside his dad at practice while attending school at Florida. And Weis’ daughter, Hannah, who suffers from a rare seizure disorder, would be able to attend a respected special-needs school in Ocala, Fla.

In the past, Weis downplayed a reported rift between him and then-Chiefs coach Todd Haley — a relationship that perhaps caused friction as the year went on. Still, in just one year at Arrowhead, Weis guided an offense that helped quarterback Matt Cassel — who threw 27 TD passes and just seven interceptions — make the Pro Bowl. Running back Jamaal Charles became a force while averaging 6.4 yards per carry. And the Chiefs won the AFC West after finishing just 4-12 the year before.

Those are the numbers that allow Weis to lightheartedly assume that Chiefs fans still have fond feelings of his short tenure in Kansas City. Those are the numbers that give him the confidence to slip in a sly reference toward what took place behind closed doors that season.

“When (the fans) read through the lines,” Weis says, “they can figure out the whole year that I was there. They can figure it (from) the beginning, to right through the end. They can kind of read through everything there. But I really enjoyed my experience, my one year with the Chiefs.”

Weis and Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel remain tight from their days together on Bill Parcells’ staff in New York and Bill Belichick’s staff in New England. Weis’ ties to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli go back more than a decade. And Chiefs tight-ends coach Bernie Parmalee played for Weis with the Jets before coaching on his staff at Notre Dame. (Parmalee’s son Tre is a freshman receiver at KU.)

Despite being down the road in Lawrence, Weis may still be one of the most qualified people to assess the Chiefs’ quarterback situation. Weis spent a year with Cassel and coached backup Brady Quinn for two seasons at Notre Dame.

Even now, nearly six years after Quinn entered the NFL, Weis still has confidence in his old quarterback. Last month, they were together in South Carolina for a charity golf tournament benefitting Weis’ “Hannah and Friends” organization, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children with special needs.

Weis was quick to mention that Quinn won the long-drive contest with a blast of well more than 300 yards.

“Brady could have been a starting quarterback for me in the NFL,” Weis says.

Weis has this conversation with his wife, Maura, all the time, he says. It’s the same conversation he had with Quinn this past weekend. He looks back at the numbers Quinn put up at Notre Dame — more than 7,300 yards passing and 69 TDs in his last two seasons — and he still believes he could have made Quinn a winner in the NFL.

“Go back and look at those numbers for the two years he played for me,” Weis said. “He was great. He wasn’t good. And I know if I had him as a quarterback, I would have felt very comfortable that I could have won no matter where we were.”

Even so, Weis says he’s not necessarily rooting for Quinn this season. At least, not in the traditional sense He still has too much of an affinity for Cassel, he says, and he thinks his other old quarterback is in position to have a solid year. And this is where Weis’ sly sense of humor comes through again.

“If I root for Brady, I’m recruiting against Matt,” Weis says, “and I won’t do that … even though he went to USC.”

Back in Lawrence, Weis sits in his office and talks about his own program.

There are plenty of other pressing concerns to worry about — recruiting, the Big 12 schedule, his defensive personnel — but he does believe the Chiefs are in good hands.

Crennel is a coach that commands respect, he says. And in the NFL, that’s a pretty good place to start.

“Romeo is very well-respected by the players,” Weis says. “Very well-respected and very well-liked. I think that anytime that you have players that want to win for you … they obviously want to win for him.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/12...#storylink=cpy

Hammock Parties · 07-13-2012, 01:50 AM

Translation: I left those sucka MCs behind.

mcaj22 · 07-13-2012, 03:34 AM

Thanks Haley you shit idiot

Deberg_1990 · 07-13-2012, 05:14 AM

Translation: Todd Haley can suck my nuts

Radar Chief · 07-13-2012, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Translation: Todd Haley can suck my nuts

That's what I read.

Kidd Lex · 07-13-2012, 06:19 AM

Is this my vindication from the All Star Pizza incident?

Lex Luthor · 07-13-2012, 07:46 AM

As a KU fan, I wasn't particularly happy about the Charlie Weis hire. I don't think he'll win very many games here, and we'll waste at least 3 years in the process.

Reerun_KC · 07-13-2012, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Brainiac

As a KU fan, I wasn't particularly happy about the Charlie Weis hire. I don't think he'll win very many games here, and we'll waste at least 3 years in the process.

JFC, seriously? When did Tuner Gill become a member of CP?

themanwithnoname · 07-13-2012, 08:05 AM

Ugh, can't belive he fellated both Quinn and Cassel. Then again, I actually think that's more his personal bravado than his belief in those guys' talent. He did make both of them look like pretty decent QBs (well he made Cassel not look like he sucks quite so bad), so I'm not surprised.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brainiac

As a KU fan, I wasn't particularly happy about the Charlie Weis hire. I don't think he'll win very many games here, and we'll waste at least 3 years in the process.

The issue there is I don't see it being a long term thing, regardless of how things go.

Reerun_KC · 07-13-2012, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by themanwithnoname

The issue there is I don't see it being a long term thing, regardless of how things go.

You dont see it as being long term.. Neither does Wies or anyone else... He has already stated its not a long term deal...

**HemiEd** · 07-13-2012, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brainiac

As a KU fan, I wasn't particularly happy about the Charlie Weis hire. I don't think he'll win very many games here, and we'll waste at least 3 years in the process.

I strongly disagree with you. The program had fallen to the bottom, joke material, nowhere to go but up.

You bring in a legitimate experienced coach, with some recruiting capability in Weis.

How can that not be a good thing?

**Saulbadguy** · 07-13-2012, 08:18 AM

What a liar. Can't wait for Snyder to run it up against him.

Lex Luthor · 07-13-2012, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

JFC, seriously? When did Tuner Gill become a member of CP?

Here's some trivia for you:

Who was the head coach when Notre Dame lost 9 games in a season for the first time in its history?
Who was the head coach when Notre Dame lost 6 home games in a row for the first time in its history?
Who was the head coach when Notre Dame lost 38-0 to USC and 38-0 to Michigan in the same year?
Who was the head coach who had records of 3-9, 7-6 and 6-6 his last 3 seasons at Notre Dame, despite all of the built-in recruiting advantages that Notre Dame enjoys?

Charlie Weis failed at Notre Dame. Because I am a realist about Charlie Weis's resume, that makes me Turner Gill? Um, OK.

themanwithnoname · 07-13-2012, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

You dont see it as being long term.. Neither does Wies or anyone else... He has already stated its not a long term deal...

They did? All I got was the usual fluff about how happy both sides were happy for him to be there. But then I couldn't care too much less about KU football and don't follow it much. I get enough punishment being a Chiefs fan, I'd ****ing kill myself if I was also a KU football fan.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brainiac

Here's some trivia for you:

Who was the head coach when Notre Dame lost 9 games in a season for the first time in its history?
Who was the head coach when Notre Dame lost 6 home games in a row for the first time in its history?
Who was the head coach when Notre Dame lost 38-0 to USC and 38-0 to Michigan in the same year?
Who was the head coach who had records of 3-9, 7-6 and 6-6 his last 3 seasons at Notre Dame, despite all of the built-in recruiting advantages that Notre Dame enjoys?

Charlie Weis failed at Notre Dame. Because I am a realist about Charlie Weis's resume, that makes me Turner Gill? Um, OK.

Weis failed at Notre Dame because it was a horrible fit and Notre Dame is just plain not the program it once was. It had fallen to mediocrity before he got there, he got a couple of decent seasons out of it, and then it went back to being mediocre which it has been since as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HemiEd

I strongly disagree with you. The program had fallen to the bottom, joke material, nowhere to go but up.

You bring in a legitimate experienced coach, with some recruiting capability in Weis.

How can that not be a good thing?

This. The program is a joke, and aside from a few years of not total shit with one all time good year, under Mangino they fell back to total joke status. They were lucky to get Weis, and they'll be lucky if he can do anything with the program while he's there.

**gblowfish** · 07-13-2012, 08:51 AM

I think Chaz Bono is one HELL of a football coach. Beak em, Chaz!

07-13-2012, 01:48 AM
Stewie MVP Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West of the Equator Casino cash: $-1620099	Now that he’s settled in Lawrence, Weis reflects on time with Chiefs Kansas’ Weis looks back on his year with Chiefs with fondness and sees good days ahead. BY RUSTIN DODD The Kansas City Star LAWRENCE -- Here is Charlie Weis, leaning back in a leather chair, relaxing in an office fit for a corporate dynamo. Flat-screen TV on the wall. Hulking desk. A picturesque view of the Kansas football program just beyond his right shoulder. If you look out this wall of glass windows, you can see Memorial Stadium, sitting quietly in the sun. If you look a little farther, you can see the roads that lead back to his old office, the one just 50 miles east down Interstate 70. It’s been more than a year since Weis left his post as offensive coordinator for the Chiefs, departing for the same role at Florida. But Weis still has plenty of connections down the road in Kansas City — and he’s still proud of the work that was accomplished there. “You know,” Weis says, “obviously, there’s trials and tribulations wherever you go, but I enjoyed it.” Weis’ stay in Kansas City was brief — a one-year touchdown before his return to college. At the time, the Chiefs and Weis cited family reasons as the prime motive for his exit. Weis’ son, Charlie Jr., would be able to work alongside his dad at practice while attending school at Florida. And Weis’ daughter, Hannah, who suffers from a rare seizure disorder, would be able to attend a respected special-needs school in Ocala, Fla. In the past, Weis downplayed a reported rift between him and then-Chiefs coach Todd Haley — a relationship that perhaps caused friction as the year went on. Still, in just one year at Arrowhead, Weis guided an offense that helped quarterback Matt Cassel — who threw 27 TD passes and just seven interceptions — make the Pro Bowl. Running back Jamaal Charles became a force while averaging 6.4 yards per carry. And the Chiefs won the AFC West after finishing just 4-12 the year before. Those are the numbers that allow Weis to lightheartedly assume that Chiefs fans still have fond feelings of his short tenure in Kansas City. Those are the numbers that give him the confidence to slip in a sly reference toward what took place behind closed doors that season. “When (the fans) read through the lines,” Weis says, “they can figure out the whole year that I was there. They can figure it (from) the beginning, to right through the end. They can kind of read through everything there. But I really enjoyed my experience, my one year with the Chiefs.” Weis and Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel remain tight from their days together on Bill Parcells’ staff in New York and Bill Belichick’s staff in New England. Weis’ ties to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli go back more than a decade. And Chiefs tight-ends coach Bernie Parmalee played for Weis with the Jets before coaching on his staff at Notre Dame. (Parmalee’s son Tre is a freshman receiver at KU.) Despite being down the road in Lawrence, Weis may still be one of the most qualified people to assess the Chiefs’ quarterback situation. Weis spent a year with Cassel and coached backup Brady Quinn for two seasons at Notre Dame. Even now, nearly six years after Quinn entered the NFL, Weis still has confidence in his old quarterback. Last month, they were together in South Carolina for a charity golf tournament benefitting Weis’ “Hannah and Friends” organization, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children with special needs. Weis was quick to mention that Quinn won the long-drive contest with a blast of well more than 300 yards. “Brady could have been a starting quarterback for me in the NFL,” Weis says. Weis has this conversation with his wife, Maura, all the time, he says. It’s the same conversation he had with Quinn this past weekend. He looks back at the numbers Quinn put up at Notre Dame — more than 7,300 yards passing and 69 TDs in his last two seasons — and he still believes he could have made Quinn a winner in the NFL. “Go back and look at those numbers for the two years he played for me,” Weis said. “He was great. He wasn’t good. And I know if I had him as a quarterback, I would have felt very comfortable that I could have won no matter where we were.” Even so, Weis says he’s not necessarily rooting for Quinn this season. At least, not in the traditional sense He still has too much of an affinity for Cassel, he says, and he thinks his other old quarterback is in position to have a solid year. And this is where Weis’ sly sense of humor comes through again. “If I root for Brady, I’m recruiting against Matt,” Weis says, “and I won’t do that … even though he went to USC.” Back in Lawrence, Weis sits in his office and talks about his own program. There are plenty of other pressing concerns to worry about — recruiting, the Big 12 schedule, his defensive personnel — but he does believe the Chiefs are in good hands. Crennel is a coach that commands respect, he says. And in the NFL, that’s a pretty good place to start. “Romeo is very well-respected by the players,” Weis says. “Very well-respected and very well-liked. I think that anytime that you have players that want to win for you … they obviously want to win for him.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/12...#storylink=cpy
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