Quest for a new OC.

[Micjones]

2010 brings some excitement with it considering all of the smoke these 'Crennel to KC' rumors we've been hearing lately. The organization would be remiss not to bring in an equally strong Offensive Coordinator to relieve Haley of his duties.

Who might be available for the job in the off-season?

Charlie Weis, La Canfora seems to think KC will be his eventual landing spot but this one hasn't been corroborated by as many sources. In fact, I think he's currently the only source speculating that this will happen. Weis would be particularly beneficial to the growth of our 60-million-dollar man Matt Cassel. Can he and Pioli play nice?

Rob Chudzinski, Currently an assistant head coach for the Bolts. He had a hand in the Top 10 offense that the Browns fielded in 2007. Derek Anderson, Kellen Winslow, Jr. and Braylon Edwards all posted their best single-season efforts with him at the playcalling helm. He's coached (and helped) some uber-talented TE's over the years.

Who else is out there?

I thought maybe Kyle Shanahan would shake loose from Houston, but it looks like Kubiak's going to retain his job.

...discuss.

[nychief]

Jagodzinski? Naw, not part of the tree...

[philfree]

My thing is will the new OC run the same offense Haley has been running? Same terminology and all? I think it would make for another transition period which I think would be bad for our players at this point if we changed schemes. I think the O line is getting "it" and Charles has "it". If Cassel's gonna get "it" changing the offense will only hender that IMO.


PhilFree

[Sam Hall]

It isn't overly difficult to see 10 wins on next year's schedule.

Home

Denver
Oakland
San Diego
Arizona
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Tennessee
Buffalo

Away

Denver
Houston
Indianapolis
Oakland
St. Louis
San Diego
Seattle
Cleveland

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by philfree

My thing is will the new OC run the same offense Haley has been running? Same terminology and all? I think it would make for another transition period which I think would be bad for our players at this point if we changed schemes. I think the O line is getting "it" and Charles has "it". If Cassel's gonna get "it" changing the offense will only hender that IMO.


PhilFree

That's an excellent point, but I'm sure they'll consider that a minor hurdle if we could land a guy like Weis.

I suppose you could keep the job in-house and promote a guy like Carthon (yuck).

[soundmind]

Shanamouse wants to be with his Shanarat father.....that's what I heard on the ESPN earlier. Weis is a total possibility, I just hope he doesn't "entrust" the offense to Big Mo Carthon - let him focus on the RBs.

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by soundmind

Shanamouse wants to be with his Shanarat father.....that's what I heard on the ESPN earlier. Weis is a total possibility, I just hope he doesn't "entrust" the offense to Big Mo Carthon - let him focus on the RBs.

La Canfora seems to think he (Weis) will come here.
I hope he's right.

[soundmind]

Originally Posted by Micjones

La Canfora seems to think he (Weis) will come here.
I hope he's right.

Here's to hope, Cassel needs professional help and player development has been a cancerous void around here far too long. I'm really hoping to see major strides coming into and through 2010.

[jAZ]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

It isn't overly difficult to see 10 wins on next year's schedule.

Home

Denver
Oakland
San Diego
Arizona
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Tennessee
Buffalo

Away

Denver
Houston
Indianapolis
Oakland
St. Louis
San Diego
Seattle
Cleveland

I don't understand why anyone would look at a future NFL schedule and try to predict wins and losses for any team. It's to the point where the only thing you can count on is a few likely losses and and whole lot of uncertainty.

[Sam Hall]

Originally Posted by jAZ

I don't understand why anyone would look at a future NFL schedule and try to predict wins and losses for any team. It's to the point where the only thing you can count on is a few likely losses and and whole lot of uncertainty.

Quite a few of those opponents won't be a whole lot better than us, if at all.

[BryanBusby]

Rob Chudzinski, Currently an assistant head coach for the Bolts. He had a hand in the Top 10 offense that the Browns fielded in 2007. Derek Anderson, Kellen Winslow, Jr. and Braylon Edwards all posted their best single-season efforts with him at the playcalling helm. He's coached (and helped) some uber-talented TE's over the years.

I wouldn't mind this if Weis decided he was more hungry for buffalo wings up in Buffalo over KC BBQ.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

Quite a few of those opponents won't be a whole lot better than us, if at all.

Every team on that list, save STL, was better than us THIS YEAR.

So, who is going to get worse, IYO?

Or is this the year of the Atlanta/Miami turnaround, + 1 year?

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Every team on that list, save STL, was better than us THIS YEAR.

So, who is going to get worse, IYO?

Or is this the year of the Atlanta/Miami turnaround, + 1 year?

Or this team could just get better...


Or maybe we could beat a team next year that we aren't supposed to like we did a couple times this year?

[Mr_Tomahawk]

We lost 6 game this year by 7 points or less. Baltimore we aborted in the last few minutes...I don't think winning 10 games next year is absurd to predict. I, however, think 8 games is more realistic.

[Bearcat2005]

I would be happy with 7 wins on that schedule, solid improvement.