I got the impression that Herm will probably be gone.

Thum gone?

Is that what that meant?

What was the question asked when Clark answered "that's confidential?"

Illuminati!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is kind of surprising that Thum hasn't been given the go ahead on the Financial side of the business

He was asked about the Team President position.

He just wants to talk to him now that he's official and say "thanks but no thanks, good luck, may the wind be at your back" and so on and so forth.

I'm guessing by Friday. He already knows who his head coach is and he'll want to start putting together a coaching team.

JIZZ IN MY PANTS

It'd be cool if he would enter in full Native American garb, holding two scalps that are purported to be from Carl and Herm. He could throw them into the press area and then say, "Any questions?"

It's just a matter of time before Pioli understands that CP runs the Chiefs. After all, if not for CP his ass would still be in New England. You better recognize.......Mr. Pioli!

I am imaging a blanket firing. Probably a memo or something...maybe a principal type thing over the speakers in the building:

"Would Herm Edwards, Gun, LJ, DMac, all position coaches, all trainers, **** it, everybody who was hired by Carl, please come to the GM's office immediately. Please bring the contents of your desks as well."



Also, did it seem to anyone else that Pioli really likes Cassel, and should there be more speculation about an attempt to bring him here? And if he does, do we accept that Pioli knows more about Cassel, or do we continue to think that he sucks and that we judge talent better?

The only titles that Scott Pioli cares about:

http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fb...94894_1191.jpg

I like the guy.

Here we go boys. Looking forward to it.

I'm impressed. Its almost like overnight we went from a franchise that was never a destination for good players to want to play, to one of the best places to play in terms of ownership and class.

This is exactly what you have to have if you want to bring a championship to KC.

:bravo::bravo::bravo::bravo:

i can not believe we have this guy...

we have a GM with a PLAN who has been an integral part of CHAMPIONSHIPS

i ****ing love it


and no one in this franchise is safe now...all the mediocrity is about to get killed dead...

I'm going downstairs to break open a couple micro-brews. After being so down on this team for so long it's worth a Wednesday beer.

:BLVD:

A new day! An END OF AN ERROR!!!

i can't emphasize enough how happy i am that we are finally gonna put priority on finding guys THAT FIT OUR SYSTEM.


one of the biggest fuggin train wreck things we did .... grabbing some guy who wouldn't excel at what we were gonna ask them to do.

sign/draft a zone guy for a man-to-man scheme ... sign/draft a mauling offense lineman for a pulling/space blocking scheme :banghead:

i agree with pioli's thoughts on the combine I usually don't buy into it its fun to see who is in the draft I watched what Flaco did last year and judged him by the combine and I was wrong. Normally I don't do that in a qb who cares if he can bench or throw far how does the guy play the game and lead? I like pioli I just hope he fires herm and gets a good HC here.

I think the comment that both Pioli and Hunt are the same type of men is entirely accurate.

thank god. I am ready to get back to winning seasons and hopefully be able to see the Chiefs in the SB in my lifetime

ROFL

Good call, that would be hysterical.

i can't wait until this guy starts swinging the ax....

I take it as a personal afront that Clark Hunt hasn't fired Herm already. To leave the fanbase hanging like this is more than is deserved. The fact that Clark ever gave Herm a vote of confidence lessens my opinion of him as an owner, and a human being. We can read whatever we want into the situation after todays presser, but the fact that it hasn't been resloved already is a slap in the face of the average fan.

This deserves a cold one. Cheers everyone!

Ridiculously overblown.

Heh... that was the headline in Detroit the day Millen left.

Good lord.

Is that good or bad?

But yeah I noticed that too...

I hope I can catch this on NFLN tonight. I could not get the audio on computer I was using.

It's good. He's not an salesman or a semi-professional actor.

810 made a great point...he was asked about KC's personnel guys...Pioli said "they're competent"....that is not an endorsement, that is not praise...that is borderline contempt...

same with Herm...what is most important is what Pioli didn't say, he didn't praise anyone but Clark....

i think the truth is that he sees right through this franchise...he isn't impressed by anything left by Carl and he's going to fugging wreck it....

i hope he puts on his championship rings and proceeds to pimp slap his way through the organizational chart of this crap stain franchise...

So how long before we are competitive again next year, two years, three years?

A-f***ing-Men.

Calm down.

My optimistic outlook says we sniff a .500 season next year showing great improvement like the Cards did last season under Wisenhunt and make the challenge for the AFC West title the following year. Just my hunch.

here's a clothes hanger...abort yourself

ROFL

Was it? ROFL Awesome. It applies! heh

Herm is a loud mouthed braggard

Pioli is a humble,respectful professional


oil and water don't mix

Does anyone think he's saying what he's saying about Herm because you're suppose to interview a black candidate to be HC?

Does anyone who calls into the 810 radio show....know how to ****ing speak?

kietzman love him or not had a great point the patriot way is not talking herm talks thats not the patriot way. Also herm was not in the room today.

Didn't see the presser, but read through the details here, and saw a quick snippet on ESPN. As for Herm, another thing to remember is that Clark has obviously expressed his desire to retain Herm. Given that, I imagine that Clark would at least agree to meet with Herm and talk about things, if nothing else than to appease Clark. Plus, it wouldn't do Pioli any good to just immediately axe the owner's choice for HC - there is some professional courtesy involved here.

At this point, I wouldn't read too much into his comments about Herm...

810 is reporting that Herm wasn't at the press conference today and was at home.

Nope.

95% of callers to shows like this are full reerun.

No not usually.

GOD DAM KC FANS ARE THE DUMBEST MOTHER****ERS ON THE PLANET EARTH



****


these callers are flaming reeruned moran idiot assholes

Doesn't count because he is already under contract with the Chiefs

FFS....everyone seems like they just crawled down out of the mountains to call in.

"I like this Pioli guy"

Why?

"I like him."

Why? Because he was a part of the Patriots?

"Yep"

Okkkkkkkkkk then.

From today we fire herm we will try to get Frentz if not him Spagnolo giants d coordinator both don't talk. LOng shot Shwartz from tenn.

Paydirt is by far the best football caller on 810

Competitive? Next season....

Hell, at this point sniffing .500 might mean we're playing for the division week 17...

Someone should tell Herm he can watch the Super Bowl this year since he's never going to be the head coach of team that is actually in the game.

Didn't Clark state that final decision on HC would be his? I can't hear the pressed, but would assume this is why he is not saying much.

did you just call 810?

Now you see why the sterotype comes out.....about half this city is full of redneck baffoons.

what a minute ..... aren't YOU a KC fan?

I have a feeling he is not going to be impressed upon hearing about LJ being suspended for blowing off team meetings...then when he watches LJ attempt to pass block...

LJ's KC career is over.

This...

Get used to that "being at home" position.

Holy shit.....I guess. It's like listening to the Raider's radio show here in Oakland. Everyone that calls in....has no clue what they're talking about.

Caller #1 - JaMarcus is the best evar!!!!!
Caller #2 - McFadden is a God!!!!
Caller #3 - Cable is the best HC evar!!!!
Caller #4 - We should bring back Rice!!!!

It certainly could. The Raiders are going no where fast. The Chargers are getting old on the O line along with LT, and there is no telling how Merriman comes back next season. The Broncos will definitely score points but overall their defense has much less talent, especially young talent than the Chiefs do. I do not expect a division title next season but anything is possible. The right hires for coaches and a good draft could go a long way to making that happen.

no, i don't drive a Camero and think Gunther is a great DC because he cusses a lot....

I'll be curious to see if Pioli can finagle compensation for him. The nice thing is that if it were Carl, he would have too much emotion invested in it, like he did with Gonzo, because the guy was his personal #1 pick. Pioli probably doesn't give a #$%^ and would probably look to deal him with a plan to use any compensation in another deal, because he has an actual plan on how to do things...

Yeah, like others, I got the feeling that Herm is gone, but regardless of what Pioli is actually thinking right now -- keep him, fire him, gonna talk about it -- he wasn't going to say anything that would give it away. He's obviously showing Clark and Herm some respect... it's not like he's going to fly into KC and start firing people like he's been a GM for 30 years.

Based on what I've read about Pioli though, I agree with Laz... Pioli is humble, doesn't care about titles, etc; while Herm is pretty damn arrogant for a guy who's won two football games since 10/22/07. After 'careful consideration' and 'talking with many people' and 'losing sleep over the decision', Pioli needs to throw Herm under the bus and never look back.

LMAO!!!

He'll take what he can get for him, because he values ALL draft picks, not just 1st day picks.

Not sure about the fandom, but I do know he's a dumb****.

Exactly.....there will be no more holding out for a 4th instead of a 5th. Take what you can get and move the **** on.

.500 would be great next year with our schedule.

Was he wearing a Chiefs pin on his lapel
or did Carl kill off that fashion statement

no pin

Then he's gone.

No way the HC doesn't show up to the introduction of the new GM if he thinks he's still employed by the organization. I think he has already been notified and the Chiefs are just working on the timing.

I wish Herm nothing but the best, he seems like a genuinely decent guy, but good lord is he stupid. Just be gone and live out the rest of your years being an exceptional DB coach while mumbling in incoherent bliss like Corky from "Life Goes On".

Three Super Bowl rings can make a pretty effective set of brass knuckles. Perhaps the sign of progress will be people cleaning out their desks with jaw bruises that say (backwards) XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX.

This.