[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

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.

He also help sell the Chiefs to Reid.

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.”