Spags deserves more credit

[MightyMouse]

I think it was best coaching hire across the nfl last year. Selfishly I hope he doesn’t get another HC job.

The media barely talked about the crazy turnover of players, change of system and how spags nailed it.

[smithandrew051]

It’s crazy. The more I think about it, the more I praise the job Spags did...AND the more inept Sutton seems by comparison

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

It was fun to watch the whole thing develop. How many game threads were most of us screaming nothing had changed? And then it did. It just took time. Spags telling Veach what he needs for the future. Andy, Spags, Veach, could be dangerous for a long time.

The knee-jerk idiots hated Spags, Clark, HB, et al. The rest of us said they'd get better with time.

[RealSNR]

Spags needs more carries

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by FAX

Spaggyboots did a good thing. There's no doubt about that ...

However, I don't think he could have pulled it off without a couple of key, defensive leaders in the locker room.

The fact that those guys were willing to accept the coaching then support the vision on the field was critical to making it work, IMO.

FAX

True of any team.

and when you think of who those players were and that they were specifically brought in I think Spags deserves credit there too.

[SuperBowl4]

He earned his pay and got a ring. That's plenty.

[Simply Red]

im horny

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

The knee-jerk idiots hated Spags, Clark, HB, et al. The rest of us said they'd get better with time.

I don't remember anyone attacking HB, but the truth is that Clark played very poorly early on. We didn't really know that his poor play was due to the nerve issue until later in the season.

Without making his injury known, the people who criticized him were only doing so based on what they knew at the time.

I also think that most everyone realized that it was going to take time for the defense to pick up an entirely new system. However, it was still frustrating to see them performing at Bob Sutton levels of suck. We lost 3 consecutive home games, and that was tough to watch.

But, even with the defense coming to life late in the season, and helping to win the SB, I can't see anyone hiring Spags as a HC. He was absolutely inept with the Rams.

Defensive Coordinators like Spags and Gunther, and offensive coordinators like Weiss and McDaniels, are the epitome of the Peter Principle.

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[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

im horny

I just watched the top 10 games of 2020, as decided by the NFL, and we were involved in 3 of them, all wins.

The Baltimore game, the Texans playoff game, and of course the Super Bowl.

So, I get where you are coming from.

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[Cosmos]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Everything just went right. The year off allowed spags to update his scheme. And we got hella lucky Brandon Daly got screwed in New England. I'm still stunned spags pulled Daly and house here. And just as stunned they're still here. But huge credit to spags for making adjustments and veach for listening. We got wrecked in the run game so we failed with McClain, then hit the jackpot with Pennel. Green Bay embarrassed us with their rb in the passing game so we adjusted Sorenson which gave honey Badger the chance to freelance. Losing Thornhill led to finding a brilliant way to use Fuller. All while questioning if frank Clark was damaged goods. It's crazy to think about what a journey last year was for this defense.

Glad to see you mention Daly.

He’ll be a DC within 2 years IMO.

[UK_Chief]

Not sure he isn’t getting the credit he deserves TBH. Masterminded stopping the ‘unstoppable’ Derek Henry and turned a terrible D into a serviceable one in less than a year. Let’s see what he can do with another year (obviously the current situation doesn’t help)

[Couch-Potato]

Originally Posted by MightyMouse

I think it was best coaching hire across the nfl last year. Selfishly I hope he doesn’t get another HC job.

The media barely talked about the crazy turnover of players, change of system and how spags nailed it.

So true! Can't believe he's not getting more praise. Those advanced DB stats last year tell the tail of how he turned our secondary around with basically no-name players.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Everything just went right. The year off allowed spags to update his scheme. And we got hella lucky Brandon Daly got screwed in New England. I'm still stunned spags pulled Daly and house here. And just as stunned they're still here. But huge credit to spags for making adjustments and veach for listening. We got wrecked in the run game so we failed with McClain, then hit the jackpot with Pennel. Green Bay embarrassed us with their rb in the passing game so we adjusted Sorenson which gave honey Badger the chance to freelance. Losing Thornhill led to finding a brilliant way to use Fuller. All while questioning if frank Clark was damaged goods. It's crazy to think about what a journey last year was for this defense.

Completely in retrospect, last year was definitely a fairy tale. Like a modern day Hero's Journey.

With all of the injuries to key starters, including the one to Patrick that had us all feeling like hope was lost midway through the season, coaching changes, under-performing FA acquisitions early in the season, surmounting incredible leads, bringing home the Lamar Hunt trophy, and finally winning the big one.

Now I feel like we've shaken the filthy stigma of being a loser franchise. We're winners. Top of the mountain.

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

If there was a HOF for assistant coaches. He'd go in

[Deberg_1990]

I think hes been given plenty of credit already.

[LiveSteam]

The D was late to the games. Way to many times.
Being down 10 or 17 or 24 points in the 1st quarter is not how KCs D want to start games. Halftime adjustment were excellent. Having an offense that can put up 40 points a half helps bail out a defense that struggles in the 1st half.

Still. Was his 1st year in KC. I look for bigger and better things out of Spags as the years role on.