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Whitlock: Chiefs steal play from the Colts
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...s/13569921.htm
Chiefs steal play from Colts JASON WHITLOCK Kansas City Star There’s virtually no mystery to what is driving Carl Peterson’s desire to hire Herm Edwards as the replacement for Dick Vermeil. Peterson is an uncomplicated general manager working in a copycat league. Bill Polian, the general manager of the Indianapolis Colts, is the best GM in professional football. He’s been chosen NFL executive of the year five times. He built the Super Bowl Buffalo Bills. He jumped to the expansion Carolina Panthers and quickly turned them into a Super Bowl threat. And now, this season, Polian has constructed the most complete football team of the salary-cap era. Bill Polian is the football man Carl Peterson wishes he was. Well, in 2002, shortly after firing Jim Mora primarily because the Colts had one of the league’s leakiest defenses and one of its most explosive offenses, Polian hired Tony Dungy to lead the Colts one week after Dungy had been fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dungy, a defensive-minded coach, had been canned by the Bucs because he was perceived to be an ultraconservative offensive coach with poor clock-management skills. Polian didn’t care about Dungy’s perceived shortcomings. Polian cared about Dungy’s high character, uncanny ability to lead men and “Cover 2” defensive genius. Polian figured that Peyton Manning and holdover offensive coordinator Tom Moore could keep Indy’s offense rolling and Dungy could fix the D. Polian was right. Dungy, Manning and Moore are the new envy of the NFL, replacing Belichick, Brady and Weis. Peterson is hoping that Edwards, the recently disposed Tony Dungy disciple from the Jets, can team with Trent Green and a yet-to-be-hired offensive coordinator and duplicate Indy’s success. It’s a beautiful plan … as long as Edwards buys in, Peterson retains offensive coordinator Al Saunders or lands a suitable replacement and Peterson gives Edwards the freedom to build a defensive coaching staff to his liking. You see, things work in Indianapolis because Dungy totally trusts Manning and Moore and because Dungy has shaken his Marty Schottenheimer offensive instincts. Dungy coaches without ego. He lets Manning and Moore do their thing without worrying about who gets the credit. Edwards is a lot like Dungy in many respects. They’re both high-character individuals with strong faith. But Edwards is a bit more unpredictable, more volatile. Dungy never raises his voice. Edwards doesn’t mind getting sassy with the people who challenge his decisions. Having said all of that, Edwards is far too intelligent not to recognize the similarities between his situation and Dungy’s. Edwards is too smart to screw this up. He’s leaving a team that finished 4-12 and needs to be rebuilt, and joining a 10-6 squad that has a chance to compete next season. The key will be talking with quarterback Trent Green and landing the right offensive coordinator. In my opinion, there are three options: 1. Al Saunders: He’s likely going to get a head-coaching job somewhere else. Maybe the Chiefs could pay him $2 million a year to stay on as offensive coordinator. But I’m not sure Saunders and Green have the same type of chemistry as Moore and Manning. Saunders and Green don’t have an equal partnership. Saunders believes in his system more than he does his personnel. 2. Norv Turner: Green absolutely loves Turner, who was just fired as head coach of the Raiders. Green credits Turner for being the guy who believed in him when no one else did when Green entered the league as a late-round draft pick. Turner was the coordinator of the Jimmy Johnson/Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl teams. There are a lot of similarities between KC’s current offensive personnel and the personnel on those Dallas offenses — punishing, run-blocking lines, Jay Novacek and Tony Gonzalez, Emmitt Smith and Larry Johnson, Troy Aikman and Green. 3. Mike Solari: Kansas City’s offensive-line coach has earned the right to be a coordinator. He has the necessary intellect and temperament to be a play-caller. The only thing I question is whether his relationship with Green is deep enough to handle the kind of autonomy Edwards will need to give the offense. I’m leaning toward Turner but would be satisfied with any of the three. It also will be interesting to see what Edwards thinks of defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham. Edwards, an assistant under Dungy at Tampa Bay, prefers the “Cover 2” scheme, which requires the safeties to hang back and the corners to cover the short zones. It’s quite a bit different than the blitz-happy, man-to-man schemes that made Cunningham famous in KC in the 1990s. Well, anyway, I can’t say that I disagree with King Carl’s plan. If he pulls this off — puts together the right coaching staff — I’ll hold off on my “Dethrone the King” campaign for at least another year. I’m excited about the hiring of Herm Edwards. Last edited by tk13; 01-07-2006 at 02:18 AM.. |
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Man this is like an episode of the twilight zone, the entire town has taken to the kool-aid. I won't drink it, I can't drink it. Must fight....urge....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Fabulous column. One of his best.
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I'm all for the Norv Turner deal. He is a proven OC, who has a solid relationshop with our QB. If we don't re-sign Saunders, we'd be crazy not to get Norv in here. He's also a class guy, always handled himself well regardless of how bad things are. Let's face it, no one is ever going to do well in Oakland as long as Al Davis is there.
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In drawing parallels between Carl's persuit of Hermie and Bill Polian's decision to hire Tony Dungy, he also inadvertently (I think) pointed out a couple of things that illustrate why Polian is a better GM.
First, he didn't trade a draft pick for his coach. He waited until he shook free. Second, he didn't alienate the man that built his offense, leaving him hoping that he could find someone that could maintain what another man built.
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if we are going to start running a Cover 2 defense ol' carl has a lot of work to do. Our personnel isn't suited for a coverage 2 defense.
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The thought of Norv Turner coordinating an offense with Trent Green, Larry Johnson, and Tony Gonzalez is very exciting to me. Id love to see it happen. [QUOTE] PS...Don't forget we have Kris Wilson too
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but that's just the start of it... kendrell bell is not a cover 2 linebacker and our defensive line isn't good enough to play a cover 2. for a cover 2 you need: 1. a front 4 defensive line that can generate pressure on the QB by itself. You still blitz in a cover 2 ... but it's very selective. 2. linebackers that can zone coverage (ie not a power LB like Bell) 3. good zone coverage CB's (we have none) 4. Maybe most importantly, you need safetys that can cover alot of ground and are smart. the way you attack a cover 2 is with the tightend down the middle or with the receivers over the top. The key is the safety play ... they need to be able to help cover the tightends in the middle of the field AND be able to help the corners deep down the sidelines. Our safeties can't do either right now. our defensive line can't generate it's own pass rush either.
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This was a good article by Whitlock. Turner sounds pretty good as O Coordinator. You know he would love to stick it to Al, too.
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