That's pretty sad really - bringing in Romeo pretty much means it's Pioli's way or no way.

Who's the hot OC? Kim Kardashian? If Romeo is the coach it would be cool to bring Bowles in as the DC. He's done a great job as a secondary coach and Miami has played well since he's been the HC. I'm honestly surprised it took this long for him to get a look.

Bowles would be a damn fine hire. He's from the Parcells tree, so he'll fit that one track jerkoff we have as a GM.

http://arrowheadaddict.com/2011/12/2...ing-to-report/

Bill Cowher Interviews With Chargers, According To Report

AUTHOR: Patrick Allen | IN: Chiefs | COMMENTS: 3 Comments |
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According to Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post, former Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Bill Cowher has already interviewed with high-ranking officials in San Diego to become the next head coach of the Chargers.

I was told this week by an in-the-know source with intimate knowledge of the San Diego sports scene that Cowher already had “an interview’’ with high-ranking people inside the Chargers organization who were gauging his interest and that he expressed his interest in the job should Norv Turner be fired.

There have been conflicting reports about Cowher’s plans now for some time. He has said publicly that he enjoys working in TV and that he has no plans to return to coaching at this time. However, potential coaches often say things like that to avoid creating a media frenzy.

Some have Cowher pegged as a candidate to land in New York should a vacancy open up with the Giants.

As for the Chiefs, Cowher has a past in KC but most believe that he will want power over personnel decisions, something Scott Pioli is unlikely to give him.

One thing is for sure, I’d rather Cowher not land in the AFC West, or the AFC for that matter. The Giants sound like a good fit to me.

http://arrowheadaddict.com/2011/12/2...ing-to-report/

Bill Cowher Interviews With Chargers, According To Report

AUTHOR: Patrick Allen | IN: Chiefs | COMMENTS: 3 Comments |
Home » Chiefs » Bill Cowher Interviews With Chargers, According To Report

According to Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post, former Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Bill Cowher has already interviewed with high-ranking officials in San Diego to become the next head coach of the Chargers.

I was told this week by an in-the-know source with intimate knowledge of the San Diego sports scene that Cowher already had “an interview’’ with high-ranking people inside the Chargers organization who were gauging his interest and that he expressed his interest in the job should Norv Turner be fired.

There have been conflicting reports about Cowher’s plans now for some time. He has said publicly that he enjoys working in TV and that he has no plans to return to coaching at this time. However, potential coaches often say things like that to avoid creating a media frenzy.

Some have Cowher pegged as a candidate to land in New York should a vacancy open up with the Giants.

As for the Chiefs, Cowher has a past in KC but most believe that he will want power over personnel decisions, something Scott Pioli is unlikely to give him.

One thing is for sure, I’d rather Cowher not land in the AFC West, or the AFC for that matter. The Giants sound like a good fit to me.

Nice! Reports of an interview before the coach is fired. Way to go Chargers

• Kansas City -- The Chiefs' coaching scenario seems the most tidy of all, and of course, the NFL is rarely tidy, so it probably can't happen the way we're envisioning. But here goes: Win or lose Sunday at Denver for Romeo Crennel (although a win and a 2-1 interim head coaching record makes the rationale a much easier sell), there's a pretty good shot he gets elevated to the full-time gig. League sources then expect Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli to go out and hire Rams offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to the same post in Kansas City, with the expectation that McDaniels will be let go when Spagnuolo is canned.

Pioli will then have made his own locker room very happy with the retention of the popular Crennel, who he likes and greatly respects, but also will have put in a place a succession plan with the arrival of McDaniels, who could use another couple seasons to let the radioactivity from his failed Denver head coaching tenure die down. Crennel is 64, and gives Pioli a trusted short-term coaching option. McDaniels is 35, and gives Pioli a trusted long-term coaching option.

Both men are known quantities by Pioli, who will absolutely gravitate to the familiar in this hire, knowing he has to get it right in order to protect his own job security in light of the failed Todd Haley experiment in his first hiring decision. In McDaniels, there's the added bonus of having him work once again with Chiefs starting quarterback Matt Cassel, who he developed in New England. If McDaniels can get Cassel's game cleaned up, then the Chiefs aren't in the market for another starting quarterback option, other than maybe retaining Kyle Orton as Plan B. And McDaniels even worked with Orton in Denver and started 6-0 in 2009 with him under center.

With Crennel's great work with the K.C. defense, McDaniels overseeing the Chiefs offense, and Pioli having both stability and potential on hand, he'd be positioned about as well as he could have dreamed of being in the team's post-Haley era. As I said, this probably makes so much sense it can't possibly happen. But I'm willing to be wrong about my lack of faith. At least until Kansas City hires Kirk Ferentz away from the University of Iowa.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1hxWWvKjy

McDaniels with the Chiefs? My Sundays will be free next season.

:cuss: ****

Maybe McDaniels would bring Bradford with him if the Rams somehow get the number 1 pick and draft Luck? :shrug:

Because he's done so well with him so far?

McDaniels is an overrated piece of shit that ruins franchises. If he is on this team next year.....I won't watch a game.

Oh I agree I don't McFistpump anywhere near our team. What other Parcell's tree OC could be available and are viable options?

I have heard people say over and over that Pioli wants to prove he was right about Cassel. At the expense of your job, thats a lot of want to be right.

I don't get it. Was it a bad deal in the end? Yea but not Ryan Leaf, JaMarcus Russel bad. Its not even Akili Smith, Ricky Williams, or Mark Sanchez bad (seriously).

We gave a 2nd rounder for him and an old LB who helped the transition to the 3-4 defense.

Why would it be so much crow to eat to say hey, wasn't what we expected time to move on.

I guess what I am saying is contrary to what Hamas thinks, the Cassel trade sucked but isn't near as bad as probably 15-20 other trades or draft picks the last 20 years in the NFL. Its probably not even top 25 on the bad scale.

The Tyson Jackson pick is still more questionable at this point. So why he couldn't eat crow on Cassel escapes me.

lol, McDaniels is not coming here. 100% sure.

I honestly hope that he doesn't. Talk about donkeys revenge. Being stuck with Orton/Cassel thus eliminating us drafting a QB, and McFistpump. :shake:

I'm looking for something bold. I would love for Hunt to take the podium and say, you know what, I made a mistake with Haley. I'm giving him a new 3 year contract and I'm making a change with Scott Pioli. I think coach Haley did a great job given the circumstances and he needs the support of the organization to hire the coaches he wants and needs more authority with personnel matters. I expect coach Haley to be in Kansas City a very long time. Kansas City needs a passionate leader on the field and the organization will do whatever it can to bring promising play makers to the critical positions on the team. We are pressing ahead with the coach Haley's vision and we wish Scott Pioli the best in new endeavors. I want the head coach of the Chiefs to have the freedom to discuss issues pertaining to the team with more openness. My vision of the KC Chiefs is to become the talk of the town and in the league. We are going to become the bold innovators that my father once was to bring the thrill of professional football into high gear.

...too bad Hunt is just another visionless republican consumed by greed.

Go **** yourself, hippie.

I smell a mult...... First post and this is how you greet the Planet? This will not end well for you whoever you are. :thumb:

You are such a douche

ROFL

This franchise is ****ed

What do you think of Haley's "passion" and "leadership" when he started Tyler ****o for 5 games?

You could be Vince ****ing Lombardi and you would still deserve to get fired for making a decision like that.

If we pick up McDaniels and retain Cassel as starter I really don't know if I'll be able to watch another game until they play a legitimate QB. I was so excited by the fact that Orton showed that anyone else with the exception of Failco could run our offense better than Cassel. I am ready for the next QB to come in and take over, whether that is Orton for a couple of years while a good draft prospect is being developed; or whether we throw Stanzi or another rookie to the fire. Anything other than the futility that we've thrown out there in Cassel.

He obviously lost his players though. I think he can be a great HC, but not here, not now, no way.

The way you guys view Clark just blows my mind.
The guy went out, and got the GM that damn near every source around the league said was the best available, and made him, IIRC, the highest paid GM in the league. He did that to WIN.
Please give me examples of hunt being "cheap" "greedy" and "visionless"
I think people who believe Clark doesn't care about winning are ****ing ridiculous.

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien, whose sideline dust-up with quarterback Tom Brady made headlines a few weeks ago, has emerged as a head-coaching candidate, according to league sources, and is expected to receive overtures to interview with teams.






Working in O'Brien's favor is the fact his contract is set to expire. He loves working with Brady and coach Bill Belichick, according to sources, and making a lateral move isn't very likely, as the Patriots want to keep him. However, it's very difficult to secure top coordinators in the NFL -- teams routinely block permission for assistants to interview for lateral moves -- and O'Brien's contract status makes him, in essence, a free agent.

One job that could intrigue O'Brien is with the Kansas City Chiefs, according to a source familiar with his thinking. The team is considering lifting the "interim coach" label from Romeo Crennel and promoting him, with an offensive-minded "coach in waiting" joining the staff, according to league sources. Josh McDaniels, currently the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams, will be a candidate for that role and also the head-coaching position, given his relationship with general manager Scott Pioli and prior work with quarterback Matt Cassel from their Patriots days.

O'Brien also worked with Pioli in New England, worked with Cassel and knows the system and terminology.

In an offseason in which seven teams or more could be interviewing head-coaching candidates, and at a time when there are fewer "hot coordinators" than normal, O'Brien's stock is on the rise. Playoff success with the Patriots would only boost his profile.

O'Brien also is among the list of candidates that Penn State has compiled for its opening, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d...hing-candidate




This is the second person now that said crennel and mcdaniels where there's smoke, there's fire

I saw this post on Twitter. Interesting. Hope we get an interview. Him as OC/Assist Head Coach and eventual takeover for RAC could make sense.

**** yea bring back a guy who sucks as a coach and a QB who sucks. The Patriot way baby!

Great. More hand-me downs from the Patriots. Can they just put a wig on us so that everybody is clear that we're a red-headed step child?

No shit.

I'm beginning to hate the Patriots even more than I hate the ****ing Broncos...

we should hire every person who has ever liked Matt Cassel...

We're probably screwed until Pioli leaves. Until then, we're always gonna get his buddies. We just have to hope we get the next Tom Brady so it'll work out for Pioli and us.

I see you got crack for Christmas.

So how many more seasons does Pioli have here? 1 or 2?

Wasn't that what they said about King Carl?..... about 10 years ago.

A couple weeks ago ESPN was saying that Pioli has to hit a homerun with this next coach because if his next hire flops like Haley did, Clark will fire him. If true, Clark isn't as patient as his daddy was.

I just about started a thread titled "This franchise is ****ed!". LMAO

Honestly, at this point I'm on board with Fisher, Gruden, or any of the other "name" hires available.

1) They're not ex-Patriots.
2) They all reportedly want some level of control which means that, if they are hired, Scott lost some of his.

Which is why they won't be hired and why Pioli will hire former Patriots. His ego is incredibly large. He's not gonna hire anybody outside "the tree" during his tenure in KC again. If so, I'd be shocked.

Todd Haley was technically a "tree" hire.

I'm talking about former Patriots. Men that Pioli have worked with on that type of basis. Buddies. Todd was like the odd cousin at the family reunion nobody knew but he's family so you put up with him. ;)

I'm starting to think we're screwed unless we can land a franchise QB. Belichick is overrated. Brady is the Patriot Way.

After watching Brady this year with that crap defense the Pats put out there I'm convinced if we had him in 03 we would've won the Super Bowl. Dude is nails. I liked Green, but he was a game manager 2.0.

Really can't envision a scenario where Pioli goes out of his comfort zone. It's great that we have a forward thinking GM who can adjust and adapt to others. (/sarcasm)

Green was hardly a game manager that year.

That was an attacking offense.

Difference is the Chiefs ran the ball a ton.

HC: Winston Moss
OC: Joe Lombardi
DC: undecided

But he wasn't/isn't in Brady's league. Brady has carried his team this year. He's amazing. We'll never know, but IMO, with a real franchise QB we win it that year. Even with a crap defense.

Tony still would have pushed off, Anderson misses a FG, Holmes fumbles. Trent was great that game we still would have lost with Brady.

I wouldn't mind if we took a chance on Jay Gruden

This idea is growing on me. Plug in Kevin Greene from GB as DC and I think we would be set.

Thank you Captain Obvious. Of course Green wasn't in Brady's league. Brady is one of the 10 best QBs ever.

No shit. I hate this team.

That's the thing, for some unknown reason, I decided when I was a kid I liked the Chiefs. Everybody around me either ignores the NFL or likes the Bears.

I'm such a ****ing idiot. If I could go back in time and slap the **** out of my kid-self, damn....

Bringing in Kevin Greene from Green Bay would be interesting. IIRC correctly, Capers isn't strictly a 2-gap guy.

We have all the 3-4 personnel, but it would be interesting to see, especially with Jackson and Dorsey up front, what a 1-gap scheme could do.

You assume that Pioli is calling the shots.

Moss is the LB coach on a defense KC beat up on. He also has all that talent on his LB corp. Is that a good resume for a new HC?

Plus, Pioli will not wait for a Super Bowl bound team to finish their season in order for their coaches to become available for interviews.

Oh, you are still a kid to me, young man. ;)

Isn't there an NFL rule that assistant coaches by those teams with a first round playoff berth can be interviewed in the week leading up to the wild card games?

You assume that he isn't.

We'll find out in a few days. I have a hunch Clark is the one calling the shots.

I hope to hell you're right.

Well I hope so. I don't know about a rule like that.

I will believe it when I see it.

I am counting on Romeo being the HC and McDaniels being the OC

I don't know about that. At that point you still needed a pretty good D to win.

And it might still be that way. This year will be the biggest test yet, considering the two #1 seeds (GB/NE) have two of the worst defenses in the league. You've always needed some semblance of defense to win it all.

yep which is why I think the Saints should be the favorite

With the rumors of McDaniels pounding us from all angles
Any scenario the Douchy one is not part of will be welcomed

getnickwrightnick wright


... A Crennel/McDaniels duo. This was true BEFORE the Packers game, hell, it was true before Haley was fired. #Chiefs

2 hours ago

getnickwrightnick wright

Pioli wants McDaniels as HC, but Hunt won't allow it. Thus, when Pioli discovered the $ wouldn't be there for Fisher, the plan has been...

2 hours ago

getnickwrightnick wright

Pioli has wanted to bring in McDaniels since Weis left, couldn't last year with Haley... #Chiefs

2 hours ago

getnickwrightnick wright

As I reported the day after Haley was fired, the plan was then, and remains today, to hire Romeo and bring in McDaniels as OC... #Chiefs

FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK

"The $ won't be there for Fisher" not buying it
THe Hunts have never been cheap when it came to coaches before
DV's was gold leafed

Wright is FOS

Keep romeo, bring in mike gundy as oc

As much as I don't want it, I think we all knew deep down that the Crennel/McDaniels tag was the most likely scenario. Really too bad as we now have to live with Matt at QB for another couple of years as many of the other players will be in there prime. Pretty discouraging, but nothing we Chief fans haven't felt before...beat goes on.

agree. no $ = we dont want him.

Per Rotoworld:

Impending free agent Brandon Lloyd suggested his future in St. Louis is tied to that of OC Josh McDaniels, who is expected to be fired in a house-cleaning.


"I can't even lie about that," Lloyd said. "I'm tied to McDaniels. He uses me differently than other offensive coordinators used me in my entire career. He uses me as an every-play receiver. The short game, mid-range game, gimmick passes, deep balls." McDaniels is reportedly on the Chiefs' radar, and the St. Louis front office that traded for Lloyd is likely to be replaced. His chances of re-signing with the Rams would seem to be less than 50-50.

Keep romeo, bring in mike gundy as oc

Wow so we're gonna sign this ****tard to take away playing time from Breaston or Baldwin.

LOL i could see them letting bowe walk for this clown.

We're boned.

Come on guys, rotoworld? LMAO

Rotoworld just reports what they hear from other sources, it's not like THEY made this up.

In which case they're just regurgitating the same speculative bullshit we've been hearing since Haley was fired.

Please no...

McDaniels would be a perfect hire, he would do wonders with Cassell. All we gotta do know is shore up the line with a few high picks and we are set.

If we just do the opposite of what you say we should be set.

Uh oh watch out, the wrath of Kahn is gonna get me!