You think they're a-ok? They've got a FB at QB.

If Del Rio tells Pioli he doesn't wanna work with Cassel, after having to work with Garrard and Gabbert, maybe egos will fall.

Yea and Nicks the one who said jeff fishers a done dealROFL

It's kind of hard to figure out which AFC franchise is the most ****ed up anymore. They are all so ****ing reeruned.

Yeah, well, from what I'm told, Romeo is walking if he doesn't get the HC job.

Out of everyone interviewed, it's sad to say that Romeo would be my #1.

I'm glad to know they are turning every stone to make sure Crennel is the right HC for this team. Wouldn't be against Del Rio becoming the DC either.

I'm pretty sure he would agree to anything to get any job.

You guys are looking at all this wrong.

If all these guys are saying no (hopefully), it's likely that they don't wanna work with Cassel.

This is a good thing.

Walking where? I haven't heard of anyone interviewing him for a HC gig.

I'd rather have Herm or Haley...wait a sec, are there any other candidate out their whos last name begins with "H"? Hmmmmm

Maybe as the DC.

After having the shit he has had at qb, I'd say hell no to Cassel and Pioli.

How is that even possible? He's under contract.

He's gonna resign and leave 2-3 mil on the table?

Romeo is the clear cut number 1 out of this shit fest.

He must mean retiring. Unless he means walking after his contract expires.

He's already a multi-millionaire...

Boy...Wright was wrong on his breaking news that would upset everyone...

I don't think they are being turned down, except maybe by Fisher, but he just wants to coach for the team with ownership that is committed to winning.

Committed to winning = team that will pay me the most.

Team that is commited to winning and has a franchise qb in place.

That had to strike home for Pioli.

They are just bringing in a couple of shitty token white guys......LOL

Then why is Miami considered the frontrunner?

Apparently he likes Matt Moore alot more that Matt Cassel. Or he likes the fact that he knows they will draft a qb high in the draft.

And they will pay him alot.

Carl Peterson has a way with words.

nick wright @getnickwright
#Del Rio to bring in Byron Leftwich to compete against Cassel. Feels he has something to prove.

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2012/1...oaching-search

Report Says Jack Del Rio Will Interview With Chiefs
by Joel Thorman on Jan 5, 2012 9:23 PM CST


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Interesting report coming out of KCTV5, the CBS affiliate here in KC. Michael Coleman reports that the Kansas City Chiefs will interview Jack Del Rio for the head coaching job sometime on Friday. Del Rio, of course, was fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this year. He was a linebacker for the Chiefs in the '80s.

I'd be shocked if this was the move they ultimately made. It just doesn't make very much sense right now. I think the question for Chiefs candidates is: Are you better than Romeo Crennel? And I don't think you can say that without a doubt about Del Rio.

He's not exactly an inspiring candidate but, then again, neither was John Fox and Denver's in the playoffs this year.

This is the second "big name" guy we've heard connected to the Chiefs via a local report. Bob Gretz reported on Wednesday that the Chiefs interviewed Jeff Fisher last week.

We should also point out the curious source behind this report. KCTV5's Michael Coleman doesn't have a track record of breaking Chiefs news here in KC. I'm not saying it's false or anything (In fact, it sounds like a Chiefs-type of move).I'm just pointing out that it raised my eyebrows

What would be the feeling of him as DC under Crennel.

I think the last thing is the most important.

No.

We know who Jeff Fisher is.

He's a conservative mediocre coach.

Jack Del Rio aspires to mediocrity.

He falls somewhere below Fisher and but above Rich Kotite.

Del Rio made it known that the qb thing was big with him. It's why the Rams were in play.


I don't think there is any way he winds up in Miami.

I don't remember hearing about Del Rio kicking Otis Taylor's ass.

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/st...16934098.shtml

Rumor has it that Del Rio will arrive in the back of a pickup truck wielding a shotgun and demanding he be hired as HC.

The odd thing about this is when Dimitroff took over in Atlanta, he hired Mike Smith, who was Del Rio's DC. Wonder if that connection had anything to do with this interview.

We'll see what Bradford is he and an ok rookie year, and a bad, injury filled second year. The Chief are in much better shape than the Rams, and are ready to win (at least the division) next season.

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Random to see Michael Coleman break a Chiefs story citing sources in Jacksonville. No track record of breaking Chiefs news here in KC.

We wouldn't know anything about that around here.
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Crennel was a DC in New England, then a HC in Cleveland, then took a step back to DC in KC, and was promoted to interim coach with decent success and apparently is well-liked by the players. If, after four days of offseason, the team is already bringing in castoffs to interview, you can bet Crennel would tell them to go **** themselves with a rusty pipe if they hire a Del Rio or Fisher and tell Romeo, "Well, you can still be defensive coordinator..."

I wouldn't mind Crennel, but I think it'd be a 1 maybe 2 year thing. A stop-gap coach until they find the REAL next head coach.

On a positive note, Del Rio likes to cut his starting QB a week before the season starts.

Maybe Cassel will go the way of Leftwich and Garrard.

Del Rio is the white Herm.

Do not want

I'd imagine he would and rightly so. In two years Romeo built that D into something respectable. That D has been shit since Gunther took over as HC.

That man has 5 Superbowl rings and coached on some of the best defenses in the NFL.

He's brought out the talent in guys like Hali, DJ, Carr and Flowers. It wasn't Haley. They sure as **** weren't playing like that for Pendergast.

He's united a team, they're all chanting his name.

He's won that team over in the midst of chaos and had them playing for a playoff spot.

And you wanna replace him with JACK ****ING DEL RIO????????

If I were Romeo, hell yeah i'd be pissed. I'd ****ing burn that place down if you chose JACK ****ING DEL RIO over me.

I'd take him as a DC

Can he still play middle linebacker?

Carl Peterson is on the rise in Miami, maybe we can talk it out with him. Ya know, just for old times sake.

Jacksonville always ran a 4-3, right?

Exactly. This seems like due diligence to me and nothing more. Romeo is going to be our next coach. I say give Zorn a shot at OC and let's roll.

That's what I thought. But I think ChiefsandO's dude proved me wrong.

I believe Jax still runs a 4-3. Remember, they ran a 4-3 for years with Stroud and John Henderson dominating the middle.

Bahm. There it is. I knew i was right.

They just recently started playing some sort of Hybrid 43/34 D. But They played a lot of 43 before that.

All Cassel would have to do is rip his sleeves off & grow a beard in pre season

If this is the 128th post, I sure hope the other 127 all said, "Heck, no." Why would any team hire a coach who had years to prove unequivocally that he's mediocre?

Maybe Pioli is having to go outside of the 34 coaches just to find someone who will say, yeah I will work with Cassel.

That's the plan

Del rio and cassel would work. Cassel is better than the shit del rio had in jax

Pioli is just making an interview. No chance JDR gets hired, as his defense doesn't fit. Great 4-3 mind when you have pro-bowlers at DT and LB along with Fred Taylor/MJD. IMO, he's really not that fantastic and it will be doubtful anyone picks him up as anything other than a DC.

Maybe we can hire Mike Tice as the OC.

He can coordinate a 3-4 d
DO NOT WANT as headcoach

**** that hire him as HC :p

Do we plan on interviewing anyone good?

Report: Jack Del Rio to interview for Chiefs job

January 5, 2012 10:08 pm

By Ryan Wilson / CBS Sports

We didn't see this coming: Former Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio will interview for the Chiefs' head-coaching job Friday, according to Kansas City's KCTV5.

Jacksonville fired Del Rio in late November after a 3-8 start. It was his eighth season with the Jaguars and he left with a 68-71 record, including two playoff appearances. But the Jags under Del Rio hadn't finished above .500 since 2007, a four-year span that included two 5-11 finishes (including '11, when they went 2-3 with Mel Tucker as the interim head coach). And sources told CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco that Del Rio had lost his drive, showing up to work at 9 a.m., which is swell for your garden-variety sedentary pencil pusher but equivalent to banker's hours for an NFL head coach.

Former Jaguars running back Fred Taylor, who played for Tom Coughlin and Del Rio before ending his career with Bill Belichick and the Patriots, said that Del Rio played favorites and that contributed to his downfall.

"Why do you think I'm not there?" Taylor asked the ThePostGame.com's Eric Adelson shortly after Del Rio was canned. "… At the end of the day, [Del Rio]'s not a head coach. He's a great defensive coach. But he's not a head coach."

Also not helping Del Rio: the Jaguars' dreadful offense, exacerbated by a rookie quarterback and zero playmakers outside of Maurice Jones-Drew. But it's not like the Chiefs are an offensive juggernaut. They "featured" Matt Cassel, Tyler Palko and Kyle Orton under center at various points this season. Yes, Del Rio, a defensive coach, could higher a brilliant offensive mind to turn things around but if that's the thinking, why hire Del Rio at all? Just hire the brilliant offensive mind.

Or, if general manager Scott Pioli is interested in a defensive-minded head coach in the Belichick mold, here's a thought: give the job to Romeo Crennel, the Chiefs' defensive coordinator who took over after Todd Haley was fired late in the season. Crennel has the support of his players and he did something no other team had been able to do in 12 months: beat the Packers.

Kansas City has also interviewed Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin are are reportedly interested in speaking with Falcons' OC Mike Mularky.

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/e...75988/34211956


Mike Lombardi believes the Chiefs will hire Romeo Crennel as head coach: 01/05/12

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...xt-head-honcho

A lot of potential in Philbin.

He knows what good QB play looks like.

jfc

Interesting......... a Dimitroff connection

First I've really heard of Mularky. I would love to have him here.

Mularkey's an interesting candidate. I don't know if "love" is a good word.

He was okay as a coach in Buffalo--probably left before we really knew what he was capable of. My concern is that he, like so many coaches we seem to be interested, are very big on a very run heavy offense. His roots, after all, are with Cowher's smash mouth offense.

BOWE RATIO!

(It's clever because they rhyme... well... sorta...)

I think this is a completely different circumstance. I get that Romeo says he wants to coach. He's also 64, literally burnt out from his first stint, and probably doesn't want to spend the last few years of his coaching career re-arranging the defense. The only team he might consider is Miami.

My visions of Jack Del Rio will always be with a shotgun in the back of a pickup during the players strike.

The Falcons became more pass-oriented this year. Matt Ryan finished 10th in passing attempts per game, ahead of guys like Rodgers, Romo, and Roethlisberger. What impresses me most is that Mularkey realized that the strength of the Falcons had become the passing game, with Turner starting to fall apart (his play fell off considerably after week 11 or so). It shows that he isn't too stubborn to try things one way when it's obvious there's a better solution.

Really? :spock:


BTW, i have always thought that Del Rio was a complete and utter asshat. I think this would piss me off more than McDaniels. :shake:

YOUR AND IDIOT WE SHUD HIGHER HIM NOW

Yep. Me too.

Jacksonville plays a 4-3 defense --

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog...harts-defense/

Amazingly Fat Scott has managed to find a candidate who would be WORSE than Romeo, and worse than Herm.

From a report on CBS Sports.com about Del Rio after Jacksonville shit-canned him:

http://peteprisco.blogs.cbssports.co...15047/33582271

Mike Mularkey

Offensive Coordinator

Biography

Mike Mularkey’s outstanding work with the Falcons offense in 2010 continued its successful upward trend in his third season, helping to lay the groundwork for an NFC-best 13-3 record and an NFC South Division title.

Mularkey’s unit broke the team record for most first downs in a season with 353 while scoring the third-most points in club history with 414. Other superlatives included: ranking third in the NFL in time of possession (32:15), third-down conversions (46.7%) and scoring efficiency (scoring on 70 of 178 possessions), finishing 6th in the NFC in total offense per game (averaging 341.1 yards), and ending up 5th in the NFC in rushing yards a contest (118.2).

With Mularkey’s steady hand on the offensive helm since 2008, the Falcons rank second in the League with 45 touchdowns on drives lasting 10 plays or more and seventh in average rushing yards per game with 129.4.

His quarterback, Matt Ryan, enjoyed a career-year in just his third campaign in 2010, earning Pro Bowl honors for the first time with a career-best 28 touchdown passes (second-most ever in team history), 3,705 passing yards and just nine interceptions. Ryan’s 357 completions and 60.8 completion percentage established new team records under the watchful eye of Mularkey. Also, the 3,725 total net passing yards were the third- highest in a season in club annals.

Mularkey’s efficient offense allowed WR Roddy White to lead the NFL in receptions with a career-high and franchise-best 115 catches while breaking his own club record for receiving yards with an NFC- high 1,389 en route to his third straight Pro Bowl nod. RB Michael Turner was the starting point again for Mularkey’s ball control offense as “The Burner” paced the NFC with 1,371 yards and scored 12 times while being voted to his second Pro Bowl as a Falcon. With the addition of TE Tony Gonzalez, T Tyson Clabo and FB Ovie Mughelli to the NFL’s All-Star game, the Falcons boasted an NFC team-high six Pro Bowlers on offense, which was quite a compliment to Mularkey’s successful system last year.

For his efforts, the former NFL tight end was afforded “Coordinator of the Year” honors by the prestigious Sporting News magazine.

Although injuries hampered both Ryan and Turner in 2009, the offense still averaged 340.4 yards per game while the passing game improved to a 223.2 yards per game average as the Falcons earned back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history. Among individual offensive highlights, White led the team with 1,153 receiving yards and became only the second player in franchise history to total three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. White also added a career-high 11 touchdowns while earning his second consecutive Pro Bowl selection. Mularkey also pieced together an offensive game plan which featured Gonzalez, who provided a large contribution in his first year with the team. The future Hall of Fame tight end set a franchise record among players at his position with 88 receptions while adding 867 yards and six touchdowns.

Mularkey’s successful impact on the Falcons was immense in his first season in Atlanta in 2008.

Under his direction, Atlanta’s diverse offense finished second in the NFL with an average of 152.7 rushing yards per game, sixth in total offense with an average of 361.2 yards a game, 14th in passing yards with a 208.5 average per contest, and 10th in points scored at 24.4. The Falcons broke a 27-year old team record by totaling 5,779 net yards gained in ‘08 and also established a new club mark by only surrendering 17 total sacks overall. The 391 points scored and 61.1 passing completion percentage were both the fifth-best marks in a season in club history. Mularkey’s efficient offense helped the Falcons finish with an 11-5 record, only the sixth double-digit win total in a season in team history (at that time) and earn a Wild Card playoff berth.

Read more: http://www.atlantafalcons.com/roster...mike-mularkey/

Atlanta Falcons @ New York Giants Sunday Jan 8th 1 PM ET :facepalm:

Mularkey worked under Saban in Miami. Not to mention with Dimitroff, thats all apart of the tree.

Then he can GTFO.

Looks like Frank was right when he said a few days ago a wide net would be casted.

More than likely...

Oh my freaking GOD! A post that makes sense. I thought this board was just full of haters. The same guys who had "Super Bowl wet dreams" when Haley was hired piss and moan when someone qualified who actually played the game gets an interview.(not the job just an interview)Nice post!