they hired pendergast and didn't name him to a position

they were waiting on crennel to make up his mind, he decided to have hip surgery and pendergast was named dc....

i thought this was common knowledge at the time

and, now, voila, crennel is healthy and rumored to be our new dc...

This.

What is the exact quote? Was it "Crennel is likely to join Chiefs" or was it just some naked speculation that they think makes sense just because Pioli is here?

LMAO I had to re-read it before I posted just to be sure....but if he had locked him in there with a coma then my .02 changes by a whole lot and firing him wou'dn't have been a harsh enough punishment.
Nothing personal, just f'in with ya

Yes it makes sense but at the same time it doesn't. That would mean this franchise wasted a year developing chemistry on the defensive side of the ball waiting for a retred defensive cordinator. It's not like some young guy couldn't run a New Englands cover 4. So if Pioli dicked around hiring a DC he also dicked around with the draft.

it was both....he said "crennel is likely to join the chiefs," but he never tells you if he has a source or just speculating on what's obvious

so he can walk it back later...schefter is the worst at this...

What difference would it make if our one year hire to hold the seat for Crennel was a young guy or a guy who had experience being a DC? How would that affect chemistry?

I think this year was a throw-away year anyway. Pendergast was not going to be a long term guy here. He's awful. When you get fired as the SB D coordinator, you must be a bag of ****ing shit.

I think this is good news. Crennel is an upgrade. He can effectively use talent. I'll be happy once Clancy is re-assigned to either a position coach or gone all together.

This is so common now, that the fan watching has no clue who actually has a source for what they say. It's all carefully worded so that it sounds like they have actual information without them claiming that

What would be Clancy's area of expertise, if he were to stay on as a position coach?

LB fluffer.

Keep in mind how late we were in the coaching hire process... there weren't exactly A-listers out there ripe for the plucking.

Depending on Crennel's health, you could also be looking at a co-DC scenario like the Lambs had in their Super Bowl season if they elect to keep Pendergast around for continuity...