Hey, Wait A Minute...Did Herm Just Say He's Not Doing Any Prep For The Tennessee Game This Week?

by UCrawford on Oct 8, 2008 5:33 PM CDT

This week's Q & A with Herm on the mothership is just full of apparently unintentional nuggets of insight into what's going on with the Chiefs.

Q: Are you doing anything this week to prepare for Tennessee?

EDWARDS: “No. We can wait until next week because we have a long week again. We will probably look at them over the weekend, we’ll probably watch the Tennessee tape over the weekend.”

Granted, I'm speaking from a position of ignorance here, but do most teams on a bye week take the entire week off from studying their upcoming opponent? Especially when they got stomped as badly as the Chiefs did by their last opponent? Seriously, I'm not sure about this so if anyone could set me straight on it, I'd appreciate it.

It's been mentioned by a few commenters here and elsewhere about how the Chiefs show up looking like they had no clue of who they were playing each week...which has obviously resulted in the season we see before us. Herm's also made comments before about how little research he does regarding football (doesn't watch the Super Bowl, doesn't have the Internet). And it's been brought up recently by an alleged former colleague of Herm's (via ProFootballWeekly) that he's not exactly the best study on film. To be honest, I'm starting to wonder whether he does much film study at all on the Chiefs' opponents or if he spends most of his time just running his mouth about all the great things he'd like to see his team do. Because right now the Chiefs certainly play like a team whose head coach doesn't put in a lot of work preparing for the games.

And if you read through the entire Q & A he mentions Tennessee exactly once...in passing. Does Herm actually know anything about the Titans this year? Can he actually name all of the members of their defensive line? Or their top rusher? Or who their QB is right now? I guess what I'm wondering is how much work, exactly, is Herm Edwards putting into this season?

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Jesus

You’re going to give yourself an aneurysm with all this obsessing about Herm. Nobody here has the power to fire him and at least half of us wouldn’t do it if we did. You’re not convincing anyone with your fanposts a day on various subjects that all lead to bashing Herm.

Granted, I’m speaking from a position of ignorance here, but do most teams on a bye week take the entire week off from studying their upcoming opponent?

You don’t usually spend two weeks preparing for one opponent. You spend time figuring out why stuff isn’t working in general and trying to fix it and getting your players familiar with new plays you’re installing.

by ChiefDJ on Oct 8, 2008 5:40 PM CDT 0 recs

You Mean

Like teaching them the basics on how to tackle, how to block, how to run, how to pass, how to catch? Because that’s pretty much the problem…this team seems to have trouble with the most basic functions of playing football and the lineups Herm puts out there aren’t helping.

You’re going to give yourself an aneurysm with all this obsessing about Herm.

It would technically be a stroke, and no need to worry about me. :) I’m not angry, just bemused. And the column wasn’t meant as a rant, it was posed seriously…is Herm Edwards actually a lazy coach who doesn’t do the basics required of his job? Because more and more I’m getting the impression that he is.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Oct 8, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

at least half

I don’t mean to be ignorant but has there been any sort of poll on this? I would imagine that the sentiment is that more than 50% of the people see him as a problem. I don’t know if firing him now does anything but if he is the coach going into next year, i think i might just gag myself and throw up during all the games instead of watching them

by skibum1537 on Oct 8, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

I noticed that

I wouldn’t take much out of it. Their problems go a lot deeper than preparing for a team we play in 11 days.

But the not watching the Super Bowl and not having the Internet point is becoming more valid IMO. I think it shows his old school mentality (which is also manifested in the run the ball down your throat mentality) is hurting us, or will hurt us in the future.

by primetime 07 on Oct 8, 2008 5:40 PM CDT 0 recs

Problems

I agree, the team’s problems definitely run a lot deeper.

Although I disagree with you about it being an old-school mentality. In the NFL (and with most pro sports) success is often predicated on having more intel on your opponent than your opponent has on you. Teams hire lip-readers, steal signals, send spies into other teams’ stadiums, keep records on the habits of players from other teams…there may be more ways to access information today but this stuff has been going on since before Vince Lombardi was prowling the sidelines for Green Bay. I’m just wondering how much work and thought Herm puts into finding ways to beat his opponents. Because from the way he handles himself it doesn’t seem to be a lot, even when you take his distaste for modern amenities out of it.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Oct 8, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Very valid points

How many times have you heard, “Well, because of the bye Team X has 2 weeks to prepare for Team Y and Team X will be ready.”

It is even factored into betting spreads.

But, our coach (who refuses to watch what makes championship teams via the Super Bowl) decides to not look at Tennessee so he can go back, again, to try to fix what should have been rectified in OTA’s and training camp.

Does anyone remember the 2006 playoff loss to the Colts? Remember how bad the offense looked in that game…in 2006? Remember how it was a record low offensive output?

What, exactly, has changed about the situation now in 2008?

The players have, the OC has, the O-line has, the receivers have, the QB has, the WR coach has, etc., but we are even WORSE than that performance against the Colts in 2006.

Guess what position hasn’t changed.

by DThomasReigns on Oct 8, 2008 6:29 PM CDT 0 recs

And I would say

98% of us see this.

by Eric Allen on Oct 8, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

He's The Common Factor In All Of It

I realize it’s beating a dead horse to keep pointing the finger at him and Carl, but at some point you just have to admit that there’s really nothing else to point it at but the dead horse. The team went younger this year with the goal of ostensibly increasing our talent level from last year and building a team that could be competitive this year (if not playoff-caliber competitive) and a playoff contender in another year or two. That’s not what’s happening…except for a few individual players this team is regressing in every area, even to the point that we’re trailing by a significant margin two teams (Oakland and Atlanta) who were in the same boat as us last year.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Oct 8, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Tony Gonzalez was here at that time too

Does it mean the losing is all his fault?

by ChiefDJ on Oct 8, 2008 7:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

What? You are reaching rather far now.

by DThomasReigns on Oct 8, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think he's just trying to make a point

But Tony G. didn’t have control over the franchise.

by primetime 07 on Oct 8, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

Thats crap dude,

You so willingly ignore the obvious.

by Eric Allen on Oct 8, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Oakland

has been sucking for the better part of half a decade. They should be better than us considering they have had top 5 picks 3 out of the last 5 years. Atlanta has consistency at the quarterback position, which is the most important aspect of this game. Plus, Atlanta has a few traces of veteran talent that was salvageable from last year. Eight of our starters on defense are 3rd years or less! Do you know how mentally complicated professional football is? This stuff takes time to figure out. But, your right we need to see improvement in the second part of the season when we might have an advantage against older veteran teams that are tiring down the stretch.

by chiefsfan1384 on Oct 9, 2008 2:12 AM CDT up 0 recs

Jeff Fisher saying the same thing about the Chiefs...

Fisher’s remarks.

Bye weeks typically provide an advantage injury-wise and with general preparation a little more spread out. Herm said they’d move on to Tennessee over the weekend, 24 hours is a much larger increment of time in the NFL than anywhere else so two days earlier of study is actually quite a lot.

Also, there is some logic in that this is one game out of 11 left, spending a full 2 weeks on a game we’re not favored to win, versus general revaluation for a team so desperately in need of that makes sense.

by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Oct 9, 2008 12:06 PM CDT 0 recs