I dunno, they probably weren't in the bathroom pulling rampant speculation out of their asses like your butt buddy though.

He appears to be wrong in this case.

Right. When he talked to Schefter yesterday, which he almost certainly did, he either told him the truth, or lied to him on orders from Pioli.

Perhaps. Nothing official has come out yet, and right now it's Schefter's sources against Mort's sources.

I am starting to have my doubts

I just love it that the Chiefs are causing a fight.

With the SB right around the corner what are the chances we'll even hear anything about our new HC hiring till after the big game? Doesn't the NFL have a rule against non SB related announcements within a certain timeframe of the game? Just curious.....

Schefter said that his sources aren't DIRECTLY INVOLVED, they're on the periphery.

BIG difference.

Well, Schefter was acting like it was a joke to even consider the possibility, and it looks like it's more than just a possibility. Shanahan pretty much clowned him.

Schefter is backtracking? lol. This is entirely confusing. I love it.

That's not what he said yesterday. He implied that he had just talked to Shanahan by dropping the nugget that Shanahan had just got done with his morning workout on the tread mill.

That would be funny.

Well that's what he said just a bit ago on NFL Radio.

Yea, because Mr. No name gets all the good scoops, that is if you don't pay attention to what that clown actually says. Athan knows less than most average fans and it shows. To pretend he does, makes you foolhardy.

He just sounded eager to go somewhere that will win quickly and he didn't sound too confident the Chiefs were going to be the team to do that. It was just in his tone and hesitation.

Where did that quote come from?

ESPN

I don't get the money thing. I think Bowlen would have still paid Shanahan rather than see him go to the Chiefs. I think the Chiefs are going to back load the hell out of the contract if they can get away that, so Shanahan effectively gets two paychecks and doesn't work for "free".

Shanahan is ours.

Pioli didn't wait all this time to can Herm Edwards for no reason. He waited all this time because he wasn't sure he could get Shanahan. Now that Herm has been fired, and news is leaking all over the place that we're "targeting" Shanahan (which I've been aware of for weeks now), it's pretty clear:

Mike Shanahan, Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs

Soren Petro is on ESPN News now

Bowlen has to pay Shanny regardless unless he signs a new contract worth the value of his old one. It's just funny that Clark would be like "OK, here's basically the minimum we could pay him and still get it approved" so that Bowlen is still on the hook for a lot.

If Shanahan signed such a contract, it's even funnier.

Schefter usually wins the credibility war against Mort.

Schefter just about had an aneurysm on NFLN.

He says no way in hell, then follows it up by saying that you can't trust anything coming out of KC.

Now Brian Waters on ESPN News

His heart could force blood up a giraffe's neck right now...

I'm torn between wanting to see Taco John have a conniption, and wanting to see the complete failure of WPI.

Unless I am mistaken, Bowlen is only on the hook for the difference. I think Clark will make that difference as big as possible, then when his contract expires from Denver, he'll jack it up. Else why would the Rat work? (Yes, I know that technically Shahanan is supposed to look, but I doubt Bowlen would take him to court.)

Brian Waters: Herm wasn't a good fit for the Chiefs from the start.

DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

You really are laying it out there, aren't you?

How awesome would it be to have Shanny as the head coach, with his paycheck still coming from Denver..... :D

Shefter still adamant that it "will not happen"

said he talked to Shannarat's agent today

Win-win.

Win/Win!

Wow, I thought Waters loved him.

Did WPI actually report it?

I thought it was merely wishful thinking on the part of GoChiefs.

ROFL

ROFL what the hell is going on

Brian Waters: Bringing in an inexperienced guy to be head coach would be a step backwards

Shot at Todd Haley perhaps

He was just non committal on anything. He said he liked the idea of having Pioli as the GM because of NE's record. He can't speculate what Pioli is going to do. He seems to want to be part of a winning organization if it can be in the next 3 years because he was coming close to the end of his career.

Supposedly in their private forum.

I will say that 3 weeks ago, Clayton sent me a PM saying that Nick was told that Shanahan had a conversation or two with the Chiefs.

Clayton also PM'd me several weeks before the story broke, what was going on with LJ. He hit the nail on the head.

So, give them some credit, they've been right before.

And considering there has been some smoke from other sources, I'd say this thing has some legs.

WPI never reported that we hired Shanahan.

Didn't know this.

Thanks.

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Waters practically endorsed Shanahan in that interview.

I was asked politely to keep quiet.

I'm assuming it's OK to disclose our conversation, and if it's not, then WHOOPS.

I think the deal may be almost done but the Chiefs need to keep it down because they need to interview a minority candidate to satisfy the Rooney Rule. If they're openly in talks with Shanahan and have a preliminary agreement they're not even going to get guys go come in for interviews because it would be a farce.

I'll keep a lid on it. No worries.

It's fine. Now people know that we don't just randomly predict stuff.

Nick has nailed this entire offseason so far.

Darn it I thought I was the only Clay's secret PM buddy

Chris Mort on 810 now

3 sources with the knowledge of the Chiefs

1 says there has been negotiating and 1 says that Clark is targeting

Rat not returning texts.

Mortenson is on 810 right now

says he has 2 sources: 1 says they're negotiating, 1 says only that Hunt is targeting him

Knows Rat and would be easy for him to kill the story if not true.

no deal is near

"There is no way a deal is near as far as i'm concerned"

- Mort

Hunt targeting?

Can't imagine Clark doing much except patting Scott on the back right now.

Isn't this the same guy that said that it was nearly done?

...revenge is a dish best served cold......

someone put the late Ricardo Montaban's quote as Khan on here...

Shefter is a Denver suckass. He'd personally hate for Shanny to be in KC.

He's allowing personal emotion to take over. LMAO

maybe clark wants "the chin?"

other words he has no ****ing idea what's happening

From the ESPN.com article:

However, a league source said that Hunt has focused on Shanahan after hiring Scott Pioli as the team's general manager. The source said Hunt did research on the last 19 coaches who have been hired in the NFL and determined their average salary to range between $2 million and $3 million, which would be an acceptable proposal by the NFL Management Council. Broncos owner Pat Bowlen would be obligated to pay the balance of Shanahan's three-year contract at approximately $6.5 million per year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3855917

He has respect for Schefter and his sources

Suddenly, I believe him


:D

Mort flat-out backtracking.

It's not gonna happen, folks. Haley's the guy. Good.

i'm just passing it along

Oh well.....at least Herm isn't the coach anymore.

I can feel it slipping away.

It's not.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/20/shannykc2pd5.jpg

GoChiefs still bringing it strong.

Your confidence level is what?

Im loving Claythans fortitude

Claythan believes!

These are going to be embarrassing times to relive when the bump randomly appears 3 years from now....

Seriously, are you high? Do you really need to be reminded that Nick initially said Pioli had no interest in coming to KC? And that he (and you) were reporting Pioli was hours from a decision DAYS before Pioli even interviewed with Clark?

Does someone need to repost that screencap?

And if Schefter turns out to be right that KC and Shanny haven't even spoke, it would be an epic fail of biblical proportions on WPI's part.

I'm not going to argue with you.

Nick nailed this stuff. From beginning to end. No one else was close.

If you are wrong, I'm going to fly to Houston and rip out your spine.

how about all the wpi losers go to wpi, where people care about wpi


i'd love to have a thread - just once - that wasn't just claythan spamming wpi....


****

Translation:

You are right. Nick is still a ****ing reerun.