What Clark has created by NOT firing Herm immediately...

[FloridaMan88]

UNCERTAINTY...

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/957115.html


Uncertainty hangs over the Chiefs
By ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star

The typical last-day-of-school scenes played out at the Chiefs’ Truman Sports Complex practice facility Monday. Players said their goodbyes and walked out for the season carrying black trash bags loaded with their belongings.

Each year, the tableaus carry an overwhelming sense of finality. This year, there’s also the awareness that they could eventually return to a very different world.

The next time the Chiefs convene as a group, sometime in March or April, they will have a new general manager — and perhaps a new coach. That means uncertainty for all, even players who are sure of having a job next season.

One is safety Jarrad Page. One of the Chiefs’ better defensive players, Page has known only one head coach, defensive coordinator and secondary coach in his three NFL seasons.

When he’s back in the spring, Herm Edwards, Gunther Cunningham and David Gibbs could be working elsewhere.

“I try not to think about it,” Page said. “So many scenarios can go through your head. Who could it be in the end? What kind of guy would it be? I don’t know.

“I feel I can work with people. Whatever decision is made, I’ll be fine and I feel this team will be fine. I won’t figure out how I’m going to deal with it until I figure out what the situation is.

“I don’t think players are getting too stressed out about it. Whatever’s going to happen is going to happen.”

Edwards and his staff still had their jobs Monday. They most likely will at least until chairman Clark Hunt hires a new general manager to replace the departed Carl Peterson. The two will then decide whether Edwards will be retained.

Until then, Edwards is going about his business, but he acknowledged during Monday’s occasionally awkward season-ending news conference that some of the business he might normally tend to at this point is off-limits because of his tenuous situation.

Edwards might like to make changes on his staff, particularly the defensive assistants, but that apparently will have to wait.

“I’m not free to do anything except evaluate our players until we find out who the GM is and he comes in and decides what he’s going to do,” Edwards said. “We’re going to continue to evaluate our players.”

That state of limbo has Edwards in an uncomfortable position.

Edwards said he wants to finish what he’s started with the Chiefs but won’t promote himself to Hunt or the next general manager.

“I’m not one to try and build cases,” Edwards said. “I let my work speak for itself, and that’s the bottom line. I’m not big on promoting Herman Edwards. I never have been, and I’m not going to start now. I’ve been in this business too long. I’ve tried to do things the right way. I’ve tried to do the thing right for this organization and this football team. I know it was the right thing to do. You do the right things for the right reasons. You don’t do them (for personal reasons).

“I’m pretty sure when there’s a new GM, he’s going to know who I am, unless he’s not an American. I’ve been in this business 30 years. What do I have to do? He’s got to make a decision what he wants to do. He’s got to look at it and say, ‘Is this guy the right guy?’ If he’s not, that’s OK. That’s his decision and I’m OK with that.”

Whether the Chiefs are coached by Edwards or someone else, they’ve got some work to do filling in holes on their roster. The Chiefs could use a pass-rushing defensive end and a couple of linebackers. The offensive line needs some work, and the Chiefs, as always, are looking for a franchise quarterback.

“On defense, I think three (players), four maybe,” Edwards said, when asked how many new starters the Chiefs need. “On offense, you probably need two and then you’re pretty good. The rest of the team is going to be back, 85 percent of these kids are going to come back and they’re going to have experience.

“There are still some pieces missing. That will be corrected in the draft and some in free-agency. This team going through this has a lot of money under the cap. That’s part of the process, too, when you’re trying to rebuild.”

Roster turnover won’t be as great as last year, when the Chiefs lopped several starters after a 4-12 season. It was clear changes then were coming, but they were obvious and didn’t involve the front office.

This time, the way the Chiefs are doing business will change.

“When you make changes in the front office, there’s a lot of things that are unknown,” said cornerback Patrick Surtain, who has likely played his last game with the Chiefs. “Guys can bring in their own people, and nobody knows what that means for any of us. The young guys, the draft picks, they’re safe. The rest of us, you can just hope things work out.”

[Cosmos]

"What Clark has created by NOT firing Herm immediately..."

An impending bidding war among teams looking to fill their HC vacancies resulting in draft pic compensation coming our way.





















I kid....

[blueballs]

HA

[BigChiefFan]

Originally Posted by Brock

Herm's staying.

Doesn't sound like it to me. In Herm's presser he said the new GM would have to make a decision about him and Herm said, he was FINE, if the team decided to go another direction at head coach. That doesn't sound like a coach preparing to stay to me.

[Micjones]

I'm fine with Clark taking his time to make this decision.
As long as he eventually decides to throw Herm out on his ass.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by Claythan

He agrees with Herm.

We need replacements at

QB
C
RG
RT

RDE
MLB
OLB
SS

We also need a legit third wide receiver and a legit strongside defensive end, but I'll be nice and say Franklin and Hali can fill those spots. I'm not even going to get into the rest of the depth we need. Good defenses have a hell of a lot more than one pass rushing defensive end.

Either way we're gonna suck next year. Herm has already proven he's a terrible judge of talent.

He wants to go into the year with his golden boy Thigpen, anyway. Woohoo!

You have become real bitter lately

[RippedmyFlesh]

Originally Posted by Micjones

I'm fine with Clark taking his time to make this decision.
As long as he eventually decides to throw Herm out on his ass.

The longer this drags on the more likely herm stays.If you want herm gone then you want more of a sense of urgency not sit back and let everyone else fill up their available slots.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

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Originally Posted by Brock

Herm's staying.

Die. ( I kid, I kid )

Originally Posted by Micjones

I'm fine with Clark taking his time to make this decision.
As long as he eventually decides to throw Herm out on his ass.

You could argue "shortest distance between two points is", but as long as we get to Wally World, who minds stopping to look at the worlds biggest ball of twine on the way?

Originally Posted by RippedmyFlesh

The longer this drags on the more likely herm stays.If you want herm gone then you want more of a sense of urgency not sit back and let everyone else fill up their available slots.

If we've learned ONE THING about Clark's MO, what would that be?

That's right; the Chiefs are not attention whores who care about having their every move broadcast on ESPN. What did I tell you before? Expect BIG THINGS and results from the Quiet Chess Master.

Big things, Hush-hush.

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

You could argue "shortest distance between two points is", but as long as we get to Wally World, who minds stopping to look at the worlds biggest ball of twine on the way?

"Deep Riverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, My home is over Jordan"

Haha... Love that movie!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Micjones

"Deep Riverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, My home is over Jordan"

Haha... Love that movie!

"Roll 'em up"!!!