With the much speculated hiring of G.M. Scott Pioli official the next question becomes what will happen with Herm Edwards. More often than not a new G.M. will want to bring in his own guy to coach the team regardless of the sucsess or failures of the previous coach but there have been instances were [...]
It appears that Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards better not buy any green bannas. That is, it does not appear likely that Edwards will be back with the team now that Scott Pioli is now the Chiefs GM and has say over pretty much everything in the organization. ESPN’s Michael Smith reported today that it [...]
From: ProFootballWeekly
Whether or not the Chiefs bring back head coach Herm Edwards in 2009, we hear that defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham and much of his staff are unlikely to be retained. K.C. finished 31st in the league in total defense, allowing 27.5 points per game and setting an NFL record for fewest sacks in a [...]
From: Yahoo! Sports
On a day when three of his peers were fired, Chiefs coach Herman Edwards said Monday he would not lobby to retain his job. “Maybe it’s my upbringing, but I’m not one to try and build cases,” Edwards said. “I let my work speak for itself. That’s the bottom line. I’m not big on [...]
From: KC Star
Herm Edwards might pay for it with the loss of his job, but he remains convinced the massive youth movement he embraced for the Chiefs was the proper way to go. Even knowing how the season turned out — the Chiefs are 2-13, giving them the most losses in club history — Edwards [...]
From: NFL Network
Chiefs coach Herman Edwards told his entire coaching staff last week to start searching for jobs for the 2009 season. One coach said Edwards told them they would not be back in 2009, and some Kansas City assistants immediately began making job inquiries around the league. Another Chiefs official said this was simply [...]
From: ProFootballTalk.com
General Manager Carl Peterson is on the way out in Kansas City, and there are growing signs that Chiefs coach Herm Edwards could follow Peterson out the door.
Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that sources say Edwards is “somewhat disappointed” in the team’s GM search, and specifically in owner Clark Hunt’s elimination of Bill Kuharich, [...]
From: Topeka Capital-Journal
Even though Chiefs chairman of the board Clark Hunt on Monday repeated his belief that Edwards was doing the right thing in rebuilding the Chiefs through the draft instead of reloading via free agency — and Hunt had the ultimate say in the coaching decision — he also said his new GM selection [...]
