Originally Posted by DaWolf (Post 5406419)

You have to put everything in perspective. Pioli and Clark keep talking about stability, and Clark wants to emulate the Pittsburgh model, and Pioli and Clark keep talking about the head coach and the GM sharing a vision and the head coach being the face of the franchise and going out and getting players that mesh with the head coach's personality.

So if Clark really wants to keep stability in the organization, he either has to give Herm an extension, a commitment for the long term, or go out and get that new coach who they will be patient with. Letting Herm coach one year while speculating all year as to who replaces him or if he's doing enough to come back would be totally in contradiction to the whole stability thing they keep harping on.

Keep in mind that Pioli also threw out something there in the interview about the draft, while it is the main way to build and sustain your team, is not the only avenue the NFL provides, and that all avenues need to be looked at to bring in talent, wherever it is. You can't restrict yourself to the draft. This to me signals his intention to target certain free agents for this team or trade for certain players, and remember Herm wasn't exactly for that last year, he just wanted to stockpile as many draft picks and free agent non-draftees he could and build the team that way, and not sign many free agents. There's a lot of things I've heard Herm talking about that don't seem to mesh with the way Pioli wants to do things...

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC (Post 5405925)

Who says we are transitioning from the Tampa 2 and bucsification to a 3-4?

Originally Posted by C-Mac (Post 5406393)

One version is on my classic games site.

www.kcchiefsgames.com

Originally Posted by C-Mac (Post 5406393)

One version is on my classic games site.

www.kcchiefsgames.com

Originally Posted by MTG#10 (Post 5406898)

Whats up with Clark's bottom lip?

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC (Post 5406408)

Hes got a long rope to work with, but it could very easily become a 5 ft rope with a nuse at the end of it, by keeping Herm..

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy (Post 5407019)

If he keeps Herm, I STILL will give him as much rope as he needs.

Some of you are just way too obsessed with what happens with this team FOR NEXT YEAR.

If Herm is here, it tells me that Pioli couldn't get the other targets he wanted, and ended up saving the team 4 million instead of locking in a lesser candidate.

If you are ready to run him out of here because he keeps Herm for one year then I don't know what to tell you.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5407030)

Obviously I've made it clear that I believe it's long past due for Herm to go away.

But for me, this isn't about next year's wins and losses at all. Keeping Herm might hamper our philosophy in the draft and will definitely curtail the development of players.

For example, I can't imagine drafting a QB at #3 overall with Herm still at the helm. Perhaps I'm wrong..

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy (Post 5407068)

I hate Herm just as much as anyone, and want him gone, but it doesn't make much sense either to can Herm to hire someone who was like his 5th or 6th choice to take over this team.

Originally Posted by RippedmyFlesh (Post 5406006)

I was a kid when they did this. They were one of the coolest teams in the league back then. They even had a better way to huddle!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2232/...09346b40_b.jpg

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 5407083)

That's very tough.

Yeah, it would be ridiculous for Pioli to hire someone whom he doesn't believe in, yet it would be equally ridiculous to hold on to someone who is limiting (or at the very least not contributing to) the development of young players. See our defensive line.

My biggest concern would be at the QB position. With such an important draft position, would Herm jeopardize/influence this coming decision?