Chris Ault

[O.city]

@danhinxmanRGJ: Chris Ault's agent, Bob LaMonte, confirms Ault has agreed to a consultant position with the Chiefs. Details to come.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

He can.

He was 21-1 in college in Urban Meyer's spread pistol-ish system, an All-American and first pick in the NFL Draft.

He runs a 4.71 40 at 6'4", 225 lbs. and had a better 3 Cone Drill and 20 Yard Shuttle times than Cam Newton.

He'll run a Pistol Offense just fine.

I wish people would stop being such negativists with regard to Alex Smith. I wanted Geno for the Chiefs more than just about anybody in the country, but I'm not going to be a bitter pessimist and dump all over A. Smith because we didn't draft him. Smith has some pretty good tools and was completely screwed over by some really, really bad coaching for the majority of his NFL career to this point. When he finally got the opportunity to play for a decent coach, he played pretty darn well.

He'll be just fine here in Kansas City where he meshes exceptionally well with the coaching staff and rest of the personnel.

If not, then we get to move on when/if that happens, but I'm not going to take a shit on a guy who was the best option available to get this team on the right track right out of the gate.

Quit being a bunch of pussies for Christ's sake.

Yeah!

[Titty Meat]

You can be a passing offense in the pistol. I doubt Smith will be running a lot of read option.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

He can.

He was 21-1 in college in Urban Meyer's spread pistol-ish system, an All-American and first pick in the NFL Draft.

He runs a 4.71 40 at 6'4", 225 lbs. and had a better 3 Cone Drill and 20 Yard Shuttle times than Cam Newton.

He'll run a Pistol Offense just fine.

I wish people would stop being such negativists with regard to Alex Smith. I wanted Geno for the Chiefs more than just about anybody in the country, but I'm not going to be a bitter pessimist and dump all over A. Smith because we didn't draft him. Smith has some pretty good tools and was completely screwed over by some really, really bad coaching for the majority of his NFL career to this point. When he finally got the opportunity to play for a decent coach, he played pretty darn well.

He'll be just fine here in Kansas City where he meshes exceptionally well with the coaching staff and rest of the personnel.

If not, then we get to move on when/if that happens, but I'm not going to take a shit on a guy who was the best option available to get this team on the right track right out of the gate.

Quit being a bunch of pussies for Christ's sake.

this, this, a thousand times this.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

I doubt that's going to matter. Pederson, Childress, Reid have all worked together before. Nagy won't have much of a voice.

Head Coach by committee

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

http://sulia.com/channel/new-york-gi...source=twitter

But does AS have the stones to get hit and keep running it based on his injury history that say's he might be getting soft as he gets older??? The pistol may be here to stay but it will have to be limited for sure because you saw what happened to RGIII when Shanny ran it too much. Yeah he won BUT we don't know if RGIII will be the same again either

[Thig Lyfe]

I heard Alex Smith ran a 10.42 40 earlier this year

[KCSLC2008]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

But does AS have the stones to get hit and keep running it based on his injury history that say's he might be getting soft as he gets older??? The pistol may be here to stay but it will have to be limited for sure because you saw what happened to RGIII when Shanny ran it too much. Yeah he won BUT we don't know if RGIII will be the same again either

Alex is a tough player. He probably had that concussion because he was being tough (though I think he was just trying to get the extra yard). He played through a torn throwing shoulder, etc. I don't think that toughness is an issue with Smith. As for the rest, a lot of us have differing opinions. Don't want to get into that right now.

[KCSLC2008]

Originally Posted by Thig Lyfe

I heard Alex Smith ran a 10.42 40 earlier this year

Haha. Thanks for being so over-the-top, otherwise some would believe you. Had you said a 6 or a 7, I bet some people would have ran with it, even though he is still faster than that. He may be older but he's still an under-30athlete.

[Coogs]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

He can.

He was 21-1 in college in Urban Meyer's spread pistol-ish system, an All-American and first pick in the NFL Draft.

He runs a 4.71 40 at 6'4", 225 lbs. and had a better 3 Cone Drill and 20 Yard Shuttle times than Cam Newton.

He'll run a Pistol Offense just fine.

I wish people would stop being such negativists with regard to Alex Smith. I wanted Geno for the Chiefs more than just about anybody in the country, but I'm not going to be a bitter pessimist and dump all over A. Smith because we didn't draft him. Smith has some pretty good tools and was completely screwed over by some really, really bad coaching for the majority of his NFL career to this point. When he finally got the opportunity to play for a decent coach, he played pretty darn well.

He'll be just fine here in Kansas City where he meshes exceptionally well with the coaching staff and rest of the personnel.

If not, then we get to move on when/if that happens, but I'm not going to take a shit on a guy who was the best option available to get this team on the right track right out of the gate.

Quit being a bunch of pussies for Christ's sake.

To be quite honest, I am pretty damn excited to see this team play.

[dmahurin]

Originally Posted by Thig Lyfe

I heard Alex Smith ran a 10.42 40 earlier this year

10/10 Would read again.

Your ability to contribute to a thread with actually contributing anything is amazing. Second to none.

[Direckshun]

It is concerning that we're going with a system that asks the QB to double as a run threat with a dude that cannot stay healthy.

[ChiliConCarnage]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

It is concerning that we're going with a system that asks the QB to double as a run threat with a dude that cannot stay healthy.

You can run the read option out of the shotgun formation like Vince Young did at Texas but just because we had shotgun plays last year didn't mean we were having Cassel hall balls down the sideline.

The pistol is just an attempt to get the benefits of the shotgun while maintaining your traditional downhill running game.

I'm sure there will be something in the package for Smith to run but I imagine it will be used incredibly sparingly. A trick play.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

It is concerning that we're going with a system that asks the QB to double as a run threat with a dude that cannot stay healthy.

As far as I can tell, the key concept of the pistol is that you get some of the passing advantages of the shotgun while still maintaining the ability to use a power running game. The QB doesn't have to double as a run threat to make it work, although because it's not a full blown shotgun formation, it probably helps if he's mobile (which is the case with both Alex Smith and Chase Daniel).

And I'm not sure what you mean by "going with". I doubt that the pistol formation is going to become the base offensive formation for the Chiefs.

Edit: Good post, ChiliConCarnage

[Pasta Little Brioni]

The Chiefs were ahead of the times. Who knew??

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by dmahurin

10/10 Would read again.

Your ability to contribute to a thread with actually contributing anything is amazing. Second to none.

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