Just when things were starting to make sense…
According to the Kent Babb (KC Star), Chiefs fans can scratch Bill Cowher’s name off the list of possible coaches for the team next season. Babb cited a source close to Cowher, who was admant that a deal between the Chiefs and the coach was not going to [...]
Late yesterday afternoon, news broke out reporting on the Chiefs’ dismissal of Herm Edwards from his head coaching position. Along with it came a major war of words between Chris Mortensen (ESPN) and Adam Schefter (NFL.com) over who was in line to take the reins in Kansas City.
Mort felt that it was going to be [...]
8:35 pm: Apparently, Chris Mortensen isn’t the rumor sleuth that ESPN makes him out to be. After battling back and forth this afternoon/evening, Mort finally relented to Adam Schefter (NFL.com) with regards to Shanahan taking over in KC.
Schefter had hammered away at Mortensen’s report, saying close friends with access to Shanahan would have to be [...]
Randy Covitz (KC Star) recently spoke with NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth about the future for the Chiefs head coaching position, and why he thinks Kansas City is taking so long to make a decision on Herm Edwards’ role with the club.
Collinsworth believes the Chiefs are targeting Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley to become their [...]
Adam Teicher (Kansas City Star) is reporting that the Chiefs have not sent a large contingent to this year’s Senior Bowl, and are currently waiting on newly hire GM Scott Pioli to make a decision on head coach Herm Edwards‘ future with the club before they began to scout in earnest.
Apparently, Edwards is not attendance, [...]
12:30 pm: Michael Smith (ESPN) is reporting that Pioli is not dead set on firing Edwards right now. Pioli is open to all possibilities and will likely meet with Edwards soon to discuss his future with the club.
Here’s the video from ESPN:
9:55 am: Citing two unidentified coaches with the team, the Kansas City Star is [...]
10:45 pm: Here’s the ESPN breakdown of the Pioli hiring and what it means for Edwards’ future in Kansas City… Hint: it doesn’t look good
5:45 pm: The league is ablaze right now with all kinds of discussion on the Chiefs move to hire Pioli. Here’s some of what’s being said:
Bill Williamson (ESPN) - Chiefs make [...]
Now that Kansas City reeled in the big fish of the off-season in Scott Pioli, it’s inevitable that the team will officially fire head coach Herm Edwards very soon.
While I agree with Bill Williamson (ESPN) that Edwards deserved better, as a life long Chiefs fan, I’m personally excited to see what kind of coach Pioli [...]
Both teams issued statements earlier this afternoon to address Pioli’s deal with KC. The Patriots were especially generous and kind in their words… something most of us are not used to seeing.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft:
“Scott Pioli was an integral part of the many championships the New England Patriots have celebrated this decade and I would [...]
Citing sources close to the negotiations, the Boston Globe is reporting that Patriots VP of Player Personnel Scott Pioli is close to starting significant negotiations with the Kansas City Chiefs to become their new general manager.
Apparently, Pioli seems willing to forgo some of the control on the business side of the organization that he was [...]
