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Dick Vermeil elected to the Hall of Fame (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=342553)

Dick Vermeil elected to the Hall of Fame

Just announced at NFL Honors.

Could have been the only coach to take 3 different teams to the Super Bowl, if we could have fielded a competent defense.

He took every team he coached except the Chiefs to the Super Bowl.

well deserved

someday I hope to be enshrined in something

Good.

In spite of coming up short so often with him, I have irrational fond memories of that era of Chiefs football.

Again, I know we didn't win anything, and his loyalty to certain defensive players and coaches is arguably what cost us a Super Bowl, but those were fun teams.

Also... he continues to be a huge fan of Andy Reid and KC. After the Rams shootout game, he's right here wearing KC swag, not Rams gear.

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 16139552)

well deserved

someday I hope to be enshrined in something

My best shot is a Pompeii-type enshrining if the Yellowstone supervolcano goes off.

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Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16139559)

He also help sell the Chiefs to Reid.

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According to the Kansas City Star, Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt called Vermeil to ask for advice on who to consider to replace outgoing coach, Romeo Crennel.

From the Star:

“He wanted to know my opinions on the coaches available,” Vermeil said. “My opinion was that there are only three you should think about and they were Andy Reid, Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher. I told him there was no way he could take another chance. But Andy is the one I know the best personally.

“So he contacted Andy Reid and Andy called me. I knew he was going to call. He said, ‘What do you know about Kansas City?’ I said, ‘Go.’ It’s a great place with great people. The Hunt family was outstanding to me. I just felt he would fit in the community and he’s an outstanding football coach. He needed a change, I felt. There were just so many problems he had with the Eagles the last few years, things that backfired, things that went wrong. There was just no way he could breathe without it being evaluated, positively or negatively.”

nice, you gotta love Dick Vermeil.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 16139560)

My best shot is a Pompeii-type enshrining if the Yellowstone supervolcano goes off.

I think we will all fit in that mold.

It is about time, he should have been in after the Rams won the Superbowl

Vermeil the 3rd former Chiefs HC in the HOF (Hank Stram and Marv Levy).

Assuming Andy Reid will get in eventually and hopefully Marty will as well…nearly 40% of Chiefs HC’s will be in the HOF.

Good. Deserved. Was a great coach who won a SB. Also, was the head coach and decision maker behind two of the most inspiring stories of a person becoming an NFL player that you will ever hear. Pretty cool.

Awesome. Amazing coach. Loyal to a fault. God we were so damn close. If he had a gm who challenged him just a little bit he would’ve easily won a super bowl in kc. Big reason he won a super bowl in stl was because the front office forced him to move away from Tony banks and embrace Marty and Faulk

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 16139549)

He took every team he coached except the Chiefs to the Super Bowl.

GodDAMN.

I could have done without that specific stat. That brings back a flood PChiefsSD. ****.

I’m happy he got in. Totally deserves it.

That team with Priest, Roaf, Waters, Shields leading the way was possibly just as powerful as todays offense.