Rumor: Pioli Deal Offer 6 years/$40 million

by Chris on Jan 8, 2009 5:56 PM CST Comment 27 comments

Word around the interwebs is that 610 Sports has announced that the Chiefs have offered Scott Pioli a 6 year/$40 million deal. One caveat is that Herm has to be fired before the Super Bowl. This is very hazy right now so take it with a grain of salt.

Make sense to you? It doesn't make much sense to me. Not the money so much as the deal with Herm. Why not just fire the guy now?

This one is a big time rumor for the time being. Not saying it's not necessarily true. Just that it's a bit out there right now.

H/T kcsno56

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Fire him yesterday, get the man in here!!!!

He has major construction project to take on!

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 8, 2009 5:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That's a TON of money

I would imagine that would easily make him the highest paid front office guy in the game.

Wow…that’s just a ton.

by primetime 07 on Jan 8, 2009 6:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That is nothing compared to my coin!:)

I go to work just for fun.

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 8, 2009 6:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm wondering how the flunkys at 610AM are getting all this info

And no one else has heard anything about it.

by ChiefDJ on Jan 8, 2009 6:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Something to keep in mind.

Who knows though? Maybe with Carl gone nobody is scared to leak info.

Arrowhead Pride

by Chris on Jan 8, 2009 6:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's also

Why this is a FanPost in the sidebar and not on the front page.

Arrowhead Pride

by Chris on Jan 8, 2009 6:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Somebody at Arrowhead wants this out there.

Just a thought.

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 8, 2009 6:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think its the complete opposite

Everyone is worried about keeping their jobs so are keeping their mouths shut and not letting anything out.

by ChiefDJ on Jan 8, 2009 6:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That is not going to

Stop the biggest hire in Chiefs history, or save their jobs.

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 8, 2009 6:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not going to stop it

But if they think they will be swept up in the house cleaning and lose their job because they are leaking info they will keep their mouths shut, which is exactly whats happening.

by ChiefDJ on Jan 8, 2009 6:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Agree

That is an lot of money, which seems to go against what we normally do. I guess it means we are serious about getting him.

by TheQ on Jan 8, 2009 6:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

I’m wondering that too.

If you want my opinion, their source is full of it and wants to put out a huge number like that to keep change the public perception of Pioli so that he’s not hired and said source can keep their job with the Chiefs.

by primetime 07 on Jan 8, 2009 6:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Herm?

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 8, 2009 6:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Carl?

Oh wait, we already fired that guy.

by TheQ on Jan 8, 2009 6:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Is 610 trying to go out on a limb each day and not learn from falling off?

More importantly, are they going to try to verify something?

by DThomasReigns on Jan 8, 2009 6:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

why

why arent the big sports newscasts talking about any of this. You would think this is big NFL news. Or at least AMAZING news for us faithful chiefs.

by chiefs56 on Jan 8, 2009 6:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It's a rumor

That’s the luxury we have on this site. We label things as rumors and facts as facts. Newspapers or bigger outlets can’t jump on every rumor like we can.

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by Chris on Jan 8, 2009 6:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

unless they're in Cleveland

We need a future defensive leader, his name is James Laurinaitis and he can be selected in round 1 of the upcoming Draft.

"But what do I know, I’m like an empty room with a large ECHO"

by Lanier63 on Jan 8, 2009 6:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hahahaha

by Sudden on Jan 8, 2009 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ba-ZING!

by SayHeyWerd on Jan 8, 2009 8:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Rumor Mill

This is the K.C. Chiefs version of Ain’t It Cool News so they can post rumors on here whenever they hear it as long as it is posted as a rumor.

I like this rumor. If anywhere near the truth then it shows that Clark is not playing around and is setting this team and this city up for greatness. Pioli would be foolish not to jump at this opportunity. $40 million is worth it to bring back some glroy and pride to our great city. We all deserve it, the players on the team deserve it and Clark deserves it to prove to his father (rest in peace) that he learned well from him but he is also doing it his way. Let’s hope something comes out soon to prove this true.

There's no hope with dope...

by chrisjo07 on Jan 8, 2009 6:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The other reason this rumor seems pretty sketchy

Is not only did they leak it to 610, but its to ‘Corey Anderson’ again, I don’t listen to this station, but if it was Twibell who actually worked the Chiefs preseason games or even Neal Jones the drivetime guy…just would be more plausable.

I also found it interesting that when I heard it on 610, they made it really clear that it was ‘Corey Anderson’ is reporting, “blah, blah” almost like the station as a whole isn’t trying to own it…

Anyway, this is just my speculation, it could very well be accurate, we’ll see. If it is, kudos to Clark for opening the purse and proving his commitment to winning. Also if its true, there is no way that compensation is still a sticking point, thats an insane contract.

And to be fair, if it is true, you have to give props to 610 for breaking a story no one else has, and one that has been locked down very tight…we should know soon.

by kcsno56 on Jan 8, 2009 7:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

YAY

No more Hermie! Yay! No more Hermie!

Herm Edwards - the new Art Shell.

by CBaller13 on Jan 8, 2009 7:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

$40 million? Damn....is that a package deal with DE Rich Seymour?

Opinions are like A--holes, everyones got one.

by aPacificChief on Jan 8, 2009 9:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Prediction

He takes the job Friday or Sat. and is introduced tuesday.

Indecision is the key to flexibility

by cmpotter on Jan 8, 2009 11:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

UUUhhhhhhhh

Am I wrong but was it not 610 radio that said Marty was seen at the airport in KC. At the same time he was in another town I believe it was New York. So anything I hear reported from the flunky’s on 610 I take as a grain of salt.

by DLChiefs on Jan 9, 2009 1:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs