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1) Why are you going to hire a coach that just won a Super Bowl? For one, he just completed a life-long goal. There's no moving the goal post because the goal has been achieved. The guy was old, had vineyard in California, and you can't tell me he was burning 24/7 with the "eye of the tiger". I mean come on. 2) He wasn't a good fit for the mentality of the KC Chiefs football experience. The man was too damned civilized! And then he quit after a great season! WHAT THE **** IS THAT?! LMAO He had some great players and if he were committed to a longer haul in KC, he could very well have led the Chiefs to Super Bowl. But he didn't. He quit. |
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To the first point, it's not Vermeil's job to scout and recruit drafted players or free agents. The Chiefs have a whole personnel department that gets paid to specialize in that. To blame Vermeil for something that wasn't in his job description is ridiculous. It's not Vermeil's fault they botched so many drafts. Before you blame Vermeil, you HAVE to blame Peterson (whose hardball tactics kept the cream-of-the-crop out of Kansas City), and then you blame guys like Chuck Cook and especially Lynn Stiles. To the second point, yes Vermeil screamed for guys like Ryan Sims, but that's the personnel department's job to cross-check to make sure he's got the facts straight. They didn't do nearly enough due diligence. I read a report that said that Lynn Stiles' method of scouting top players was to watch tape, instead of actual workouts, and then ask for recommendations from some of his buddies. That's why we got swindled into taking Sims. |
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The responsibility for the failures of the Chiefs in Carl's 20 years start with Carl, but that doesn't absolve the ****heads he hired to coach this team of any responsibility. |
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Of course Vermeil made mistakes. One of his flaws was that he was overly loyal to some of his players and refused to play youth. But at the same token, what youth did the front office actually give him to work with? The Chiefs' personnel department was horrendous and that's not Vermeil's fault. I will again say that had the personnel department done an even AVERAGE job, the Chiefs would have made the Super Bowl. But they didn't--they did a horrendous job. And a team that was only a few pieces away couldn't add those few pieces through multiple drafts or free agency. And that's just embarrassing. |
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Vermeil can recommend players all he wants. But shame on Peterson for giving him the power to do so. Peterson and company had the power to veto any move Vermeil made. And they had the time Vermeil didn't have to sift through lots of film and workouts to tell Vermeil he was wrong. Vermeil is very low on the list of people to blame when it comes to personnel decisions. |
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He and his staff, however, do have the months between the end of the season and the draft to watch film on potential first and second round picks, and more, and to attend workouts and the combines. You are making excuses for Dick, and this is a poor excuse. Dick shares the blame, so just stop trying to convince everyone that he doesn't own any responsibility. |
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Schottenheimer will go down in history as one of the greatest "regular season" coaches of all time. Unfortunately, he will also go down in history as one of the worst "playoff" coaches of all time. Doesn't take away from the fact that he was a great motivator. |
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I bet you think Chuck Knox was a great coach too. |
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Marty never got us where we wanted to go, but enjoying regular season wins is sure better than what we've seen the last couple of years. |
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It's measured by championships. By that measure, the Chiefs were the very definition of mediocre. |
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