Chiefs reach out to Louis Riddick for GM spot

[Sure-Oz]

@RapSheet: The #Chiefs have reached out to ESPN analyst Louis Riddick to set up an interview for next week for their now-vacant GM job, sources say.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...louis-riddick-

Report: Chiefs want to interview Louis Riddick for G.M. opening

Posted by Josh Alper on June 25, 2017, 10:53 AM EDT

The Chiefs made waves last week with the surprising announcement that they had dismissed General Manager John Dorsey after four years with the team.

The team’s co-directors of player personnel*Mike Borgonzi and Brett Veach are expected to be candidates for a promotion, but the team will be looking outside the organization as well. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Chiefs want ESPN analyst Louis Riddick*to interview*for the job.

Riddick was a defensive back for several teams in the 1990s and worked in the personnel departments in Washington and Philadelphia before making the move to TV. Riddick interviewed for the 49ers General Manager vacancy earlier this year before they hired John Lynch.

Riddick said he was close to getting that job and,*true or not, it looks like he’s getting another chance to make his case for running an NFL personnel department.

[Eleazar]

lol fakenews

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

**** Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards. If that worthless, self important, know nothing, out of touch, dumber than a bag of ****ing hammers pile of ****ing trash is ever associated with this franchise again, I'm ****ing done. Forever.

**** that ****ing **** bitch.

Just looking at his dumb**** mongoloid face makes my blood boil.

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Smartest dude on that show.


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Winning the special olympics does not make you Usain Bolt.

[KranzDictum]

I like Riddick when he was on NFL Insiders but this sure seems like a desperation move by kc.

[penbrook]

Originally Posted by KranzDictum

I like Riddick when he was on NFL Insiders but this sure seems like a desperation move by kc.

How is it a desperation move?

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by KranzDictum

I like Riddick when he was on NFL Insiders but this sure seems like a desperation move by kc.

Since they didn't actually do it I don't think it counts as a desperation move.

[cdcox]

Reddick was initially an Alex Smith supporter but has changed his mind. By that standard the half of Chiefs planet that never wanted
Smith are more qualified.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

The Kansas City Chiefs have not contacted me and there is no interview set up for this week. Source? Me.

— Louis Riddick (@LRiddickESPN) June 25, 2017

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

Rooney rule

Tony Dungy

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by penbrook

How is it a desperation move?

I think going after an external candidate that was passed over by multiple teams including the team with the worst GM situation in the league (the 49ers) is pretty desperate. I don't understand the timing. They better be sold as hell on Veach to make this move.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Winning the special olympics does not make you Usain Bolt.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I think going after an external candidate that was passed over by multiple teams including the team with the worst GM situation in the league (the 49ers) is pretty desperate. I don't understand the timing. They better be sold as hell on Veach to make this move.

When you've decided to pick a new GM in the middle of summer after all positions have been filled, your options are pretty limited.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I think going after an external candidate that was passed over by multiple teams including the team with the worst GM situation in the league (the 49ers) is pretty desperate. I don't understand the timing. They better be sold as hell on Veach to make this move.

How many times does it need to be said: IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THE CHIEFS DIDN'T CONTACT HIM.

[Rausch]

Not a fan.

[Chiefs316]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I see what you did there. Haha

[Quesadilla Joe]

Riddick is a candidate in Kansas City, but he hasn’t directly been contacted yet

Spoiler!

A strange situation emerged on Sunday morning, when the league-owned media conglomerate (i.e., partially owned by the Chiefs) reported that the Chiefs had reached out to ESPN analyst and former NFL defensive back Louis Riddick about interviewing for the unanticipated G.M. vacancy in Kanas City. Riddick, who presumably would be interested in interviewing for the job given his interest in the 49ers G.M. position earlier this year, took to Twitter to declare that he hasn’t been contacted by the Chiefs.

So what’s going on? One theory, as offered earlier today on the non-vacation vacation edition of the PFT Live podcast (and in the video attached to this post) is that Riddick simply hadn’t been contacted yet, but that he will be. In that case, his more prudent move arguably would have been: (1) to appreciate having his name in circulation for another G.M. job; and (2) to wait for what may have been inevitable.

As one media source explains it to PFT, the truth is that, technically, the Chiefs hadn’t directly contacted Riddick, but that the team had contacted his representation. Which allowed Riddick to technically claim that he hadn’t been contacted by the Chiefs.

So why did Riddick, who definitely is a candidate for the job, shout down the report from Ian Rapoport of NFL Media on social media? It likely has something to do with what he said, or more accurately didn’t say, about the situation to ESPN. Another factor quite likely may be the fact that ESPN’s NFL information machinery ended up being scooped by a competitor — a dynamic that one specific reporter at ESPN is reputed to be very sensitive about, even if said reporter pretends publicly to not be.

For now, Riddick is continuing to pretend to not be a candidate for the Chiefs job, even though he is. It likely is a matter of time for him to interview, unless he withdraws his name or the team decides based on the clunky public denial to move on to another candidate.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...contacted-yet/