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Originally Posted by Raised On Riots
When he was hired, the two things that sent up flags for me were:
1) Why are you going to hire a coach that just won a Super Bowl? For one, he just completed a life-long goal. There's no moving the goal post because the goal has been achieved. The guy was old, had vineyard in California, and you can't tell me he was burning 24/7 with the "eye of the tiger". I mean come on.
2) He wasn't a good fit for the mentality of the KC Chiefs football experience. The man was too damned civilized! And then he quit after a great season! WHAT THE **** IS THAT?! 
He had some great players and if he were committed to a longer haul in KC, he could very well have led the Chiefs to Super Bowl.
But he didn't. He quit. |
I think you have the facts mixed up. Have you ever seen a Vermeil practice or press conference? You can't possibly tell me the man wasn't fired up to win. And civilized as he was, he had a reputation for running the toughest practices in the league--that's why the Chiefs always seemed to finish strong where other teams fell off.
Of course Vermeil made mistakes. One of his flaws was that he was overly loyal to some of his players and refused to play youth. But at the same token, what youth did the front office actually give him to work with? The Chiefs' personnel department was horrendous and that's not Vermeil's fault. I will again say that had the personnel department done an even AVERAGE job, the Chiefs would have made the Super Bowl. But they didn't--they did a horrendous job. And a team that was only a few pieces away couldn't add those few pieces through multiple drafts or free agency. And that's just embarrassing.