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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Vermeil sucked ass.

His "drafts" sent this team back to expansion franchise status.

For future reference, Skip has a hard-on for the Marty years.

Why, I have no idea.

Does Dick Vermeil have the power to spend hours a day scouting college talent? Is he the coach ever the loudest voice in the room on draft day?

To the first point, it's not Vermeil's job to scout and recruit drafted players or free agents. The Chiefs have a whole personnel department that gets paid to specialize in that. To blame Vermeil for something that wasn't in his job description is ridiculous. It's not Vermeil's fault they botched so many drafts. Before you blame Vermeil, you HAVE to blame Peterson (whose hardball tactics kept the cream-of-the-crop out of Kansas City), and then you blame guys like Chuck Cook and especially Lynn Stiles.

To the second point, yes Vermeil screamed for guys like Ryan Sims, but that's the personnel department's job to cross-check to make sure he's got the facts straight. They didn't do nearly enough due diligence. I read a report that said that Lynn Stiles' method of scouting top players was to watch tape, instead of actual workouts, and then ask for recommendations from some of his buddies. That's why we got swindled into taking Sims.