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DaFace
01-14-2010, 10:01 AM
No new news really, but here ya go.

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2010/01/14/chiefs_name_romeo_crennel_defensive_coordinator/

Chiefs Name Romeo Crennel Defensive Coordinator
Jan 14, 2010, 10:00:52 AM

The Kansas City Chiefs named Romeo Crennel as the club’s defensive coordinator on Thursday. Crennel enters his 29th season as a coach in the National Football League. He has coached in six Super Bowls and has been a member of five teams that have claimed Super Bowl wins. He joins the Chiefs after a four-year stint as head coach of the Cleveland Browns (2005-08).

Crennel inherits a Chiefs defensive unit that ranked 30th in the NFL in total defense (388.2 ypg) and 31st in rushing defense (156.5 ypg) a year ago. Kansas City was eighth in the league in three-and-out percentage in 2009 after ranking 31st in that category a year earlier. The Chiefs finished the 2009 campaign 15th in third-down percentage (38.1%) after ranking 31st in that area a year earlier at 47.4%. The Chiefs also registered 19 of their 28 takeaways in the final eight games, including 12 of the team’s 15 interceptions.

Prior to joining the Browns as head coach in 2005, Crennel served four seasons as New England’s defensive coordinator (2001-04). During that four-year span, the Patriots won three Super Bowls (XXXVI, XXXVIII and XXXIX) and he was named the NFL’s Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003. Prior to a stint as defensive coordinator/defensive line coach in Cleveland (2000), Crennel spent three seasons as defensive line coach with the N.Y. Jets (’97-99), where he worked with current Chiefs head coach Todd Haley as a member of Bill Parcells’ staff. Crennel also served on Parcells’ staff with New England (’93-96) and was part of a Patriots squad that earned a berth in Super Bowl XXXI.

Crennel’s initial NFL coaching experience came with the N.Y. Giants from ‘81-92. During that 12-year span, he was part of New York’s victories in Super Bowls XXI and XXV. He also enjoyed collegiate coaching stops at Georgia Tech (’80), Mississippi (’78-79), Texas Tech (’75-77) and Western Kentucky (’70-74). The Lynchburg, Virginia native was a four-year starter on the defensive line at Western Kentucky.

CaliforniaChief
01-14-2010, 10:05 AM
You know how the Chiefs' web site had 2 pretty funny videos spoofing The Office and 30 Rock? I think someone should do one "24" style trying to get inside information about new hires, where we send KnowDouche out front in a half Kyle Orton/half Derrick Johnson jersey to get tackled by KC Wolf while BigRedChief and The Bad Guy sneak in the side of Fort Arrowhead to steal all the inside information.

KC kid
01-14-2010, 10:34 AM
Anyone hear if they are doing a conference call or anything?

InChiefsHeaven
01-14-2010, 10:39 AM
Coached in 6 SUperbowls, 5 were SB wins with 2 different teams, assistant coach of the year 2003...

...yeah, this guy sucks balls. What a horrible hire.

MMXcalibur
01-14-2010, 10:44 AM
Awww man...I wanted *insert obscure unknown young defensive assistant from college or NFL*.

This hire sucks.....what were the Chiefs thinking?!?

Mr. Flopnuts
01-14-2010, 10:45 AM
Was this really thread worthy? Oh. Mod. Shit. Sorry. :D

DaFace
01-14-2010, 11:12 AM
Was this really thread worthy? Oh. Mod. Shit. Sorry. :D

Probably not. I'll ban myself.

DaFace
01-14-2010, 11:14 AM
Anyone hear if they are doing a conference call or anything?

Yep.

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2010/01/14/insider_blog_longstanding_partnership/

CHIEFS TO INTRODUCE CRENNEL THIS AFTERNOON
January 13th – 10:00 AM

Circle the wagons, Chiefs head coach Todd Haley has made it official with Romeo Crennel. He will officially be introduced to Kansas City via conference call later this afternoon. Stay tuned to kcchiefs.com for everything that Crennel and Haley have to say.

Less than a week ago Haley changed the face of the Chiefs offensive system with the hiring of Charlie Weis as Kansas City’s new offensive coordinator. Today, he did the same on the defensive side of the football by replacing Clancy Pendergast with Romeo Crennel as defensive coordinator.The Chiefs, however, have not removed Pendergast from the coaching staff as of this moment.

“Fit is the most important thing,” Haley has continually said over the past two weeks as rumors began to swirl involving the Chiefs place in the 2010 NFL coaching carousel.

When Haley hired Weis last week, that’s exactly what he went for – a “mutual fit.” The man calling the offensive shots may have changed, but the system already in place remains at its core. Everything that the Chiefs became comfortable executing offensively in 2009 will be built upon in 2010, rather than rebuilt. The same can now be said defensively.

Becoming excellent at something takes practice. Thus far, Todd Haley and the rest of the Chiefs have had 16 games of on-the-job training to implement their schemes on both sides of the football. Like any first crack at something, there were both highs (like Jamaal Charles and Tamba Hali) and lows (like no rushing TDs through the first eight games and 792 rushing yards yielded over a three-game December homestretch).

Now, Haley has taken the next step by adding another steady, widely-respected hand to the Chiefs coaching staff. Over a period of less than a week, Haley has added a combined 44 years of NFL coaching experience, 11 Super Bowl appearances and nine Super Bowl rings to his coaching staff.

Even better, however, might be the fact that both of the Chiefs new coordinators are coming directly off of stints as first-time head coaches. Most everything that Haley has seen, or will see, Weis and Crennel have experienced within the last two years.

Much like Weis, Crennel will take control of the defense and make it his own, in the mold of the 3-4 scheme introduced to Kansas City in 2009. His roots running this particular scheme date back to the 1970s when he landed a job as a defensive assistant under Bill Parcells at Texas Tech. From there, he went with Parcells to the pros, met Bill Belichick, and the rest has been written in the history books.

Crennel seems like the perfect elixir to what many Chiefs fans point to as the problem-area involving Kansas City’s defense in recent years – the defensive front. All defenders must be on the same page to run the 3-4 system effectively; it’s not as simple as a “shed and attack” approach that a 4-3 scheme carries.

Kansas City’s new defensive boss specializes in teaching the big men up front and getting them on page with play-making linebackers. To be consistent at the second-level, it all starts with the big boys being consistent on the first-level.

New personnel acquisitions and existing player progression now become two primary focuses for the Chiefs defense for the 2010 offseason. In “year one” of the 3-4 scheme landing at Arrowhead, seven of the Chiefs 11 regular starters had been targets brought in to play the 4-3 scheme. Many of the players from the previous coaching administration were asked to do new and different things than they were accustomed to doing. The learning curve showed far too many times this past regular season.

Some “hold-overs” went through drastic changes and answered the call (such as Tamba Hali and his career-high 8.5 sacks), while others weren’t able to handle the transition as well (such as Turk McBride who never seemed completely comfortable as a linebacker and was subsequently released on September 15th).

There is now a full season of game and practice film involving the Chiefs defensive personnel. It becomes Crennel’s job to shuffle through the tape, determine what role each will play (if any) and lead the Chiefs defensive future.

“On good teams it’s very important that guys understand their roles and have a role they fit,” Haley said. “The key to having a winning team is having good competition with guys that are here and guys that are coming in.”

Crennel’s seen this setting before. When he took over as Cleveland’s head coach, Crennel made the switch to the 3-4 defense with 4-3 personnel. Between year-one and year-two the Browns focused on setting their personnel properly, particularly up front.

The Chiefs newest coordinator’s specific craft has always been building and teaching the defensive front. He has a difficult task ahead of him in taking over the league’s 30th ranked defense, but it appears Haley has found a man capable of steering a turnaround.

“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” – Chiefs fans have been asking for nearly two weeks.

Fear not, Romeo is in place at Arrowhead.

talastan
01-14-2010, 11:18 AM
Yay!! We got Crennel!! Now we won't have to have another fifty threads started on this subject!! :clap: Good job Don Pioli

Mr. Flopnuts
01-14-2010, 11:18 AM
Probably not. I'll ban myself.

LMAO Look out for the self loathing mod. You knew I was fucking around.

Pants
01-14-2010, 11:28 AM
Obligatory :facepalm:.