The buyout is 150k not 300k, match his 650k salary, extend his contract out 5 years, and add a bonus.

Easy to say when it’s not your money lol.

True, but if he resigns the Chiefs are saving 150k right there and he has the potential to be your next DC if things don't work out with Spags.

I like the hire. Good move front office, you've impressed GloryDayz..

What hire ??

Glory Dayz is easily impressed...

:hmmm:

His contract could easily say he can't resign to take another job...

By NFL standards it's chump change. If he turned Hitchens into a good player that alone is worth more than that.

It's okay to pay out wads of cash to shitty cap-wasters because "it's not our money", but it's not okay to pay whatever it takes to put the best coaching staff together?

Hobospirit29 GREATLY approves of this dumbassed sentiment.

Smart use of money to invest in a quality coaching staff imo

How can Clark make any $$ without that $150K????

The 150k is couch lint to Clark Hunt.

I say pay the buyout and hire him....and ****ing make Kentucky look bad in the process since they were dicks about it.

**** Kentucky.

Put it into a CD account and watch the interest climb.

Here's an article I found on assistant salaries. Fwiw

Recent trends have boosted prospects for assistant coaches, who traditionally earned far less than their higher-profile bosses. Once confined to the $200,000 range, between 20 and 25 assistants now earn seven-figure salaries, The Los Angeles Times reported in January 2005. Wide variations still persist, however. Assistant coaches earned the highest average salary in Dallas, whose organization paid $301,710, The Jacksonville Florida Times-Union reported. The Washington Redskins had the highest budget, with $5.22 million for their 20 assistants. By contrast, Jacksonville Jaguar's 17 assistants averaged just $194,782.

I drove to Kentucky from Texas in 2005 to buy a Feed Truck. All I remember is all the Black barns in the country side. Turns out they were tobacco barns.

That was 14 years ago. I doubt its still relevant. Im sure the numbers are much higher now.

If the defense is rock solid, and we're in the AFC Championship/Super Bowl for the next few years, Clark will make that money back easily without breaking a sweat.

I doubt it’s happening. Hope they have a good alternative

yep, national guys on Twitter are saying he can’t just resign and go work for someone else.

I think they are getting $1 million these days to coach in the NFL. Another $150K to get talent for a Super Bowl run doesnt seem like a time to go cheap. Especially when it doesn’t count against the cap.

DJ

Well I was hoping..

Oh well, they tried.

hmm well this is somewhat disappointing.

any chance something changes soon?

oh yeah...**** UK. Never get tired of saying that.

Sucks. But oh well. Plan b.

Matt Burke. Dolphins.

Lots of UK people on Twitter acting claiming house used kc for a better offer. I mean... Cmon. So an up and coming coach would ruin his reputation with the NFL and piss off his mentor all so he could make a few more dollars? I think UK wouldn't let him leave and that is really not a good look for a program to not let your assistants advance their careers.

He works for a douchebag named "Stoops", a family of well-known douchebags.

Surprised?

Mark Stoops installing a motivational message for his employee Matt House

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House will leave for the NFL eventually so I am not sure what Kentucky is gaining by doing this block?

Not a chance. Thats BS from fans knowing their team ****ed this up royally. Every reputable national sports writer is saying he wanted to leave and was blocked by Kentucky.
Blocking your coaching talent from a big promotion would seem to not be a big motivator. If I'm an up and comer coach, why would you go to Kentucky now?

I didn't find a date for the article. It could be old, and probably is. But no way it's 14 years old. It references salaries paid in 2010. That's still pretty old though.

Teams in the National Football League are not required to release salary information for coaching staffs and generally choose not to. However, "Forbes" reported in 2011 that the highest paid head coach earned $7 million per year with the average NFL head coach salary coming in at around $3 million per year. Assistants such as linebacker coaches would be expected to earn in the high six-figure range to over $1 million depending on tenure and previous accomplishments.

In other words, peanuts. So let's buy this school out and get our man.

Based on the information I just posted, matching his salary plus paying the buyout shouldn't be extremely high after all. I never realized that LB coaches were that highly paid. But, now that I think about it, some highly touted DC's have coached linebackers to re-establish themselves after losing their jobs. Heck, Gunther coached linebackers after being a head coach.

Maybe I'm giving Clark the benefit of the doubt, but I doubt it's because we're being cheap. I get reasons beyond money to say no to a buyout. Nfl teams have to be a little careful pissing off college programs. And a lot of this drama isn't worth it for a LBs coach.

I’d argue that the LB coach hire is nearly as important as the DC hire.

Hitchens is getting paid a lot and needs to be coached up to realize the potential showed in Dallas.
DOD is raw and needs developed, but has high end potential
We will be drafting LBers for the 4-3 that need good coaching for today’s nfl.

This is a very important hire.

House would be a big time hire that would be worth paying big time money to hire.

It would be huge for us. I'm bummed about it. I just wonder how much money is the issue. I can't see $150k being an issue for Clark. I wonder if the Chiefs are more worried about pissing people off than they are money.

Good God UK fans are spinning the hell out of this as if kc got used or were too cheap.

I agree. LB has been a deficient position for us in both the run game and short pass and if they plan on keeping Ford, I want the best coach back there that money can buy. Besides, they wouldn't have approached House if they didn't feel that he fit that bill to a "T".

Spend the money, raise the hell, and roll the heads to get the very best candidate(s) you can for this team because the time is NOW.

We would be "pissing off" one institution; Kentucky. And even then, everyone already knows that House wanted to be in KC with his former coaching associate, and that UK put the cock-block on him.

We would lose absolutely no collegiate relationships over this except for Mark Stoops, and who gives a flying **** about THAT?

Basketball schools... :rolleyes:

Twitter seems to be buzzing a little more that the Chiefs will find a way to make this happen.

I don’t see anything

I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

Just tell Stoops that Andy is on his way to Lexington, KY now and he won't leave the buffet until they release House from his contract. House will be a Chiefs coach within 24 hours!

House looked like post-Spags future D-coord type hire.

So does Brendan Daly.

Wonder if the hiring of Daly has as much to do with House not coming as the contract situation.

We need to burn Lexington to the ground!!!!

It was the first thing I thought. Both seem like natural defensive coordinator successors.

Me neither

So is this one still alive or is it now dead In the water? I saw on twitter that KU haven't even announced House's extension yet despite reports that he was staying?

Still day to day.

Trust the process

Heh.

I’ve not seen a thing indicating this is still a possibility

[QUOTE=ILChief;14102206]I’ve not seen a thing indicating this is still a possibility

Marty Macdonald suggested on Twitter that there still might be hope the Chiefs can negotiate for House’s release. I think some are hoping Marty’s sources are correct and this somehow comes to fruition.

What the ****

ROFL


KU - UK - easy to get them mixed up I guess.......

WE know it's not about Clark being cheap. With every head coaching and GM hire, he's gone out and found what was considered the best option available. Money was never an issue with them as he paid all of them well. IMO... This is all on Kentucky, who are screwing themselves for future coaching opportunities.

Well damnit. Matt Burke ends up in Philly. The longer this drags out the more we get ****ed. If it's not house, we're on plan C.

Some guy from a prominent wildcats site (cats illustrated) is saying the Chiefs are being very aggressive in round 2 in trying to get Matt house. May not be over yet, baby!

UK Twitter seems to believe Matt house is officially joining the Chiefs! Boom!!!!

Link?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New: Cats Illustrated has learned that the Kansas City Chiefs are still interested in adding UK defensive coordinator Matt House to their staff and they are being more aggressive in Round 2 <a href="https://t.co/pVlYWn0mhN">https://t.co/pVlYWn0mhN</a></p>&mdash; Justin Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) <a href="https://twitter.com/RowlandRIVALS/status/1095319010827292672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Even better.... Multiple UK sources now saying the deal is done. House to the Chiefs.

**** yes

Time for another thread title change :D

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Matt House clearly wanted to leave for the Chiefs and I think the final decision was to let him go, if that is where he wanted to be</p>&mdash; Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/status/1095323402049593344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Hell yeah

Cats fans owe terez paylor a huge apology. They've been calling him a hack and a sore loser for a few days. He was reporting the truth.

It's a no-brainer for him. I'm sure he was basically told he'd be the DC-in-waiting and once that happens, we all know what happens to Andy Reid disciples.

I have wood.

Whether or not we accomplish it, I respect this immensely if it is true. I'm sick and tired of "nice Chiefs", and I hope Clark is too.

UK fans are the same ones who tried to trash John Higgins who is a referee business and sent death threats to his house over a call in a ncaa tournament game. These people are psycho

THE DEAL IS DONE

Credit to Reid/Clark for not giving up on this.

We have a guy that could’ve easily been the Pats DC coaching our DL and one of the best DC’s in college football coaching our LB’s. All have a history with Spags. Phenomenal job.

**** yessssss!!!!!!!! Clark is getting it done!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING:<br><br>After a conversation with UK last night an agreement has been reached and a source tells KSR that Matt House IS taking the job with the Kansas City Chiefs <br><br>UK Will now look for new Defensive Coordinator</p>&mdash; Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/status/1095322985240633350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As I discussed with <a href="https://twitter.com/SorenPetro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SorenPetro</a> yesterday, the Chiefs are reportedly going to pay Matt House’s buyout from Kentucky for him to become their linebackers coach. <a href="https://t.co/9Oz85oGKxn">https://t.co/9Oz85oGKxn</a></p>&mdash; Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/1095327222280450049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I call BS. ohhh we are the nice guys letting him follow his dream....


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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can confirm story first reported by Jack Pilgrim that KC Chiefs made ANOTHER run at UK’s Matt House last night and this time got their man. Official UK announcement expected shortly</p>&mdash; Dave Buzz Baker (@buzzbaker) <a href="https://twitter.com/buzzbaker/status/1095327985140416513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bro this Marty Mac guy called this a couple days ago. I now believe in whatever he says

Gentlemen it feels like a new era in the front office now too. I wasn’t surprised a bit when we got chiefed but it looks like they stayed the course and got their guy.