Is No News Good News for the Chiefs' GM Search?

by Chris Thorman on Jan 7, 2009 1:36 PM CST in Kansas City Chiefs GM Search

Reports have said that Clark Hunt and New England Patriots VP of Personnel Scott Pioli met sometime on Monday to discuss the Kansas City Chiefs' general manager position.

It's now Wednesday and we have...nothing new to report.

Is this lack of news right after the meeting an indicator that things didn't go well? Or are the two sides hammering out the details of a deal as we speak that would bring Scott Pioli to the Chiefs?

I'm guessing the latter. The Browns have all but moved forward with their decision to hire Eric Mangini as their next head coach. Ravens Director of Pro Personnel George Kokinis will likely follow Mangini to Cleveland as the GM.

Scott Pioli's best opportunity and apparently his only formal one right now is in Kansas City.

Chiefs' fans patiently await their new general manager.

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just a rumor

i heard it on the radio this morning that Clark and Denny Thum left in the team jet yesterday. Maybe this is just me, but you don’t take Denny to go interview candidates unless your hammering out contract details. Once again this is a rumor i heard on the radio this morning so take it for what its worth.

by wjp1982 on Jan 7, 2009 1:43 PM CST reply actions

Good Point

They could have also been interviewing other candidates.

And, Thum’s the interim GM and a good candidate to head the business operations so he’s probably involved with all the interviews.

by Joel Thorman on Jan 7, 2009 1:46 PM CST up reply actions

Interesting Rumor

and I think probably a correct one. I believe that they are heavy in to negotiations now. We may very well get Pioli as the new GM. Both camps have been extremely quite the last couple of days and I think if Pioli was no longer interested it would have come out by now.

by oldchiefsfan on Jan 7, 2009 1:46 PM CST up reply actions

Can only hope

Kevin Harlan and Jeff Chadiha appeared on different 810 shows today and even though they both know little more than we do, they both professed their personal opinion (based upon working in football) that he’ll stay in New England, where he has a good gig and he’ll likely take over fully when Darth Belichik retires. I have to admit they’ve planted a seed of doubt in my mind – but I hope it’s wrong.

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football"
- John Heisman

by Maddogmag on Jan 7, 2009 1:51 PM CST reply actions

AWWWWWWWWWW

I just got home, and I saw the big picture of Scott and I got excited. I thought we got him.

by SayHeyWerd on Jan 7, 2009 2:00 PM CST reply actions

Pioli And Secrecy

I’ve become of the opinion that no news is definitely good news where Pioli’s involved. We’re hearing out of Cleveland that the Browns have already settled on their head coach, which would seem to be a sign that the GM search isn’t as important to them as the search for a head coach. Can’t imagine that Pioli would want to go to an organization that sees the GM as an extension of the head coach…especially considering all the baggage Mangini would bring to a relationship with Pioli (although that may be overstated).

Plus, if I recall correctly, Seattle was quite open in their pursuit of Pioli a couple of years ago and let their contract offer get out to the press, and as I recall Pioli was not particularly happy about that. I get the impression that he likes things to be discreet, so if Hunt’s not announcing that Pioli’s out that’s as good an indication as any that we’re going to get that Pioli may still be coming here.

Herm Edwards will not be the Chiefs' head coach next season.

by UCrawford on Jan 7, 2009 2:14 PM CST reply actions

+1

by SayHeyWerd on Jan 7, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions

Really need to get some moles

at the local airport FBO’s to keep track of the coming and goings of all things Chiefs related.

by dragon6172 on Jan 7, 2009 3:01 PM CST reply actions

have you seen this (fake) clark hunt/scott pioli interview?

http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/magichands69/2009/01/05/Interview_With_Scott_Pioli

i love it. lol.

by ManDude on Jan 7, 2009 4:40 PM CST reply actions

I'm still hoping beyond hope...

Foxsports blew it out of praportion (even though it was humorous) that Clark Hunt is just a trust fund baby. Yes, we tried to be cheap with our money but everyone knew from the get-go that we needed to rebuild this team and anyone with football knowledge knows that you HAVE to do that throught the draft. You don’t go like the Raiders and get as many veteran free agents as you can. See how well that worked out for them? They’re not getting anywhere over the years but we have a much better chance to as long as we have the right people leading the Chiefs there with rebuild in mind.

All this quiet talk and secrecy is a good thing because that is what Scott wants and it would get out that he is talking with other teams by now if he didn’t take the job here. So something must have intreagued his interest with the meeting on monday between him and Clark. You would be hearing about the next team (Lions and so on…) for interviews. There is none of that on the web so he must still be listening or has made a decision about coming to K.C. and now is just working out the little contract details with Clark and Denny. That’s why they’re going to Dallas probably. Go back to Clark’s home, showing some hospitality towards Scott to meet them there in privacy, away from all the people here in K.C. trying to get a glimps of what is going on and working it out there.

There's no hope with dope...

by chrisjo07 on Jan 7, 2009 4:59 PM CST reply actions

610 says that an offer was made to Pioli

Their were just a few sticking points, control, money, but those are just minor issues. I think we will have our new GM soon! He apparently wants full control over the football side. Why would he come here if he could not have his own people in place, coaches, scouts, you know the things that make a team successful.

Lets hope Clark lets the new GM start fresh, with his guys. Who would want a coach, who has lost twice as many as he has won in KC?

by Eric Allen on Jan 7, 2009 5:21 PM CST reply actions

I Think He'll Get It

Hunt doesn’t appear to me to be a meddler. He’s not as hands-off as his dad was (which is a good thing, because frankly Lamar Hunt was pretty neglectful) but he seems to give his employees a lot of space to make their own decisions and (most importantly) seems to realize that he’s hiring them to do their jobs, not hiring them to let him do their jobs.

Herm Edwards will not be the Chiefs' head coach next season.

by UCrawford on Jan 7, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions

Clark is going to give him control

of the football side, no sweat. I agreed that we may indeed be very close to getting Scott (I’ll call him Scott now since I’ve gotten to know him so well through all of this) as the new GM. Now that the Browns question has been answered. The money is a moot point in my opinion, he’ll get pretty much what he wants there as well. Thum will get the President side of it.

by oldchiefsfan on Jan 7, 2009 5:42 PM CST up reply actions