Chiefs Lose a Coach to the Texans
by Chris Thorman on Feb 8, 2010 7:54 PM CST
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NJ Chiefs Fan caught this over the weekend in Arrowheadlines but we're just now getting it to the front page.
Last week, we thought the Kansas City Chiefs and head coach Todd Haley had rounded out their coaching staff. Apparently not.
Strength and conditioning coach Cedric Smith is headed to the Houston Texans, says Bob Gretz and others:
"I’m extremely excited to be here," Smith said from his team office. "Knowing Gary Kubiak from being in Denver, I look at it as a great opportunity to be part of something special here, with a team up-and-coming and on the cusp of winning a championship."
"To me it is a natural fit, having a chance to work with great personalities and good people that you know," Smith said. "After having a chance to work around them and understanding their mindset, it’s just a natural fit."
There are bigger losses than the strength and conditioning coach. The more interesting issue is, as Gretz notes, there remains only one coach on staff who was there prior to last season: Assistant strength and conditioning coach Brent Salazar.
H/T to WTexKC for the inital FanShot this evening.
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"Its going to be a challenge, its going to feel like forever, and there will be difficulties. But we will emerge on the other side of it stronger than we were when we entered." ~ Sudden
by Matt_Grbac on Feb 8, 2010 8:03 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Make like a tampon..
And go with the flow?
"The first step to penetration... must not be lateral"
-Confucius
"Window peeker, that's his name...
He’ll chew the wood right off the frame."
OK, that has nothing to do with anything, but it just came to me.
Predictions:
1) Fans will feel just scads better from mid-to-end of the 2010 season.
2) During the 2021 season, Ryan Succop will become the Chiefs’ all-time leading scorer with 1469 points.
Color me DEVASTATED
Like Chris said, Smith leaving isn’t a big loss. It seems like an easy position to fill,
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
Probably by promoting Salazar
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by Chris Thorman on Feb 8, 2010 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed 1K%
Brent does an awesome job! We see you New Mexico ;o).
by chiefsfan62 on Feb 8, 2010 9:47 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
…as Gretz notes, there remains only one coach on staff who was there prior to last season.
Sounds good to me. ;)
My long, drawn-out predictions that no one cares about, nor will bother to remember:
1. Todd Haley will still be the Chiefs Head Coach up to the 2011 season.
2. Clancy Pendergast won't make it to the 2010 season and was never intended to. Last-minute hire for a position that needed to be filled.
3. Todd Haley will not be the OC at the start of the 2010 season.
Buh bye, now
From his comments…kinda’ sounds like a dick, to me. So you go on and enjoy your “something special, up and coming team”…and all those “great personalities and good people” you’ll get to work with now.
Mr. Smith goes to Houston. Big deal.
What? They havent ever even made the playoffs...
“Knowing Gary Kubiak from being in Denver, I look at it as a great opportunity to be part of something special here, with a team up-and-coming and on the cusp of winning a championship.”
does this mean
that Houston would have needed to request permission to speak to him? i’m not familiar with how the rules apply to this situation
if rhymes were valiums, i'd be comfortably numb
That may only apply to coordinators
Not sure though.
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by Chris Thorman on Feb 8, 2010 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
My response to that is... Who cares.
Let me read a book and I will be as qualified as anyone to be a strength coordinator. I would imagine the hardest thing about being a strength coordinator is knowing the revolving door of approved supplements.
Pitchers and Catchers report February 17th... And so begins my masochistic addiction.
by averagegatsby on Feb 8, 2010 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
Stupid comment
You have absolutely no idea how hard it is to be a strength and conditioning coach. Go ahead read that book and I would love to see the program you would write for a team. There is so much that goes into being a strength coach that no one realizes.
by RJ4 on Feb 9, 2010 8:33 AM CST up reply actions
We should hire these guys to replace Cedric Smith
Pitchers and Catchers report February 17th... And so begins my masochistic addiction.
maybe this guy would be a great S&T coach
"For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius." Scott "Young Frankenstein" Pioli
Uh This is a stupid link
Chuck is not stupid the commentator is an A-hole
"For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius." Scott "Young Frankenstein" Pioli
Cedric Smith
I remember going through his resume in Herm’s last year and seeing he had almost zero qualifications to be the strength and conditioning coach except for being a former NFL player. No additional training apparent in his bio, no certifications for being a cardio or physiotherapist, and the team was plagued with the type of injuries that a S&C coach was supposed to be there to help them avoid.
Maybe the guy was great, but honestly I doubt he’s going to be that tough to replace with someone just as good or better.
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agreed
to many shoulder and arm injuries last year, knee injuries the year prior to lasts. I always felt there was someone who was going to be moved in that department. Hopefully we can find someone to come in here and keep them healthy and ready to play.
Warriors come out and play
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