I can't believe this thread is still going. I also can't believe that I'm still reading it and responding to it....so I guess that makes me an idiot as well
Here's the deal in a nutshell. Obviously it's possible that the Chiefs were hoping to move on from EB and get the picks. Obviously it's possible that EB wanted more play calling responsibility in his contract to build his resume, and even possible that the Chiefs gave him SOME added duties. And it's certainly possible that Pat and EB bumped heads a lot throughout the season. None of that is breaking news or critical insider information. It could all be gathered by watching games, sideline interactions, reading between the lines of press conferences. Or even someone knowing a lower level employee like the equipment manager and being told that players and EB have issues.
The overall issue is the presentation and "fluff" that was put into the piece, as well as what this DJBill guy adds. Does anyone in their right mind really believe the ****ing Chiefs franchise is using CP as a medium to get information out into the public? That's as stupid as people thinking lawyers are suing some nobody who wrote a blog post for defamation. Give me a break. And the extra shit about verbatim interpretation of headset communication? As if said nobody would be privy to that kind of information if it were even true to begin with? Throw in all the race talk and how the Chiefs are trying to avoid being labeled the team who cut bait with an African American coach. All that added noise to the "breaking news" did nothing to add to the story, it's possible legitimacy, etc. It was a bunch of opinion and innuendo and doesn't make sense to begin with. I mentioned it before, but who in the world would believe that Clark Hunt would allow a contract that would neuter his head coach and most successful hire in franchise history to be stripped of his ability to have last say? That's just asinine. These are the things that ruin Clay's story from the start.
I believe there was likely some heated discussion and falling out at halftime. I can't remember who it was, but some pointed out how much screaming Pat was doing at AR over the timeout fiasco in the first quarter. And then Pat pleading for one more play before half and shitting the bed and AR being irate afterwards. But you know who that sequence is on? It's on Pat. He should know how many TO's we have. He should also know that you can't throw it anywhere but in the endzone on that play. There is no way Tyreek was option 1 in that play, and if he was....it's on the ENTIRE coaching staff and Pat for letting something like that fly.
EB will either sign another contract or we'll move on. If, and it's a big if, Kafka was truly the intended heir apparent and we lost him by being worried about optics with EB, than we're dumber than I thought possible. Either way, I suppose this exercise has been entertaining so we do owe Clay a small debt of gratitude for filling the two weeks post superbowl with something to talk about.