The Case For Romeo Crennel

2 of 3 is where it gets interesting. It depends on how the loss goes.

And if they both prove themselves over that tough of a three-game stretch, they’ve earned my vote.

Never thought I’d vote for Orton, really. Pretty surprising.

So, say we only win the GB game and none of the rest. That makes Romeo shitty? I’d say it says that the same team lost for 2 different head coaches which would indicate that the problem is the team (i.e. injuries and QB) and less so the coach at the time.

Berry, Charles, Etc. The team was nowhere near as talented as the Packers and they beat them up and down the field (a few TDs would have been nice). Either way, the Chiefs did what 13 other teams failed to do.

They should keep RAC just based on keeping the ship steady and the obvious love the players have for the head coach. The things you mentioned happen on a weekly basis in the NFL, and most have nothing to do with RAC.

Don’t see how a defensive coach should have this held against him…

1) Actually you can when you contain/pressure the QB and cover well, IE the gameplan for the day. Many of the drops were because of great coverage, hurried throws and knocking the timing off between Rodgers & his WRs
2) Like that matters, Hali still would’ve feasted and Houston was going 15 rounds with Bulaga. You can’t depend on something like that, but these kinds of things happen all the time.
3) I agree, but him getting all that time was because of a successful gameplan. Packers were so afraid to blitz because of the successful screens.
4) I don’t think that is a worry, Crennel knows how to prepare the players and we’ve got divisional opponents the next few weeks. The Raiders-Chiefs game especially, there’s bad blood there after the late dirty shots. The players know what’s up.
5) Yes they did, but a win is still a win. We punched them in the mouth and didn’t back down and did something no other team could do.
6) What can be gleamed from it? That if you give Orton time the WRs will eventually get open? This can be said of any QB in the entire league.
7) How this can be put on the HC I have no idea, our RZ offense is quite literally the worst in the league and has been for a few years now. Rome wasn’t built in a day either. The fact we even reached the RZ should be applauded.

The fact that an outside prospect completely blows up the philosophy and the continuity that we’ve built, quite specifically on the defensive side of the ball if the man at the top of the list is Fisher, is the main point. I don’t see a whole lot of realistic candidates out there, and what I do see in Crennel is that guys want to play for him, the transition is for the most part seamless — no rebuilding — and he clearly understands that there is a hole at QB.

As for Orton, despite all his inconsistencies, he’s got more talent around him now than he’s had ever, particularly when he gets JC and TMo back, and unless we get an elite QB from the elite QB tree where they dangle for everyone to get a taste, there isn’t going to be a better rookie or a better FA out there to fill the gap. If we can shore up a few areas of concern that he’s displayed in the past… the RZ issues… he CAN be successful, and we can run the type of game plan we want to run… efficiency between the 20s, and very good running game, somewhere around a top 10 defense, and solid special teams, which can take you far in any division.

But also too early to clean up everything that was wrong with the team.

He started calling plays himself, and that’s why we saw the plays get out there much more efficiently in his last couple of weeks.

Now Romeo is in charge, so the play calling went back to Zorn and/or Muir which was the problem earlier in the year. However, that is the kind of thing that can get sorted out as the team moves forward.

Shouldn’t make a huge difference either way, IMO. I think if they made this hire it would be more about what Romeo has done over the last two years (and what Pioli has known for the last however long they’ve known each other) versus what happens in these three games.

It doesn’t sound like he’s close to hanging it up. I really don’t think that’s much of an issue.

He’s good for several more years, man.

I hear Pioli doesn’t want anyone over 40. That’s probably why he REALLY got rid of Haley… at 44 he was no spring chicken.

I think there is some danger in mortgaging our future based on 3 games.

You mean like the 3 game cinderella run that Arizona went on?
Yeah, I agree.

It’s based on Romeo as a coach in KC for the last two years.

I may not be against a HC that isn’t Romeo, but it sure as shit better not be anyone that will disrupt the defense. If they bring in a different HC, it needs to be an offensive guy that is willing to mostly leave the D to Romeo.

I believe he laid that out as a possibility. Orton is not even signed for next year.

the chance on drafting top tier QB falls drastically… and I’m not comfortable going into 2012 with just Cassel and Stanzi.

I was at that game at Arrowhead. I remember listening to the radio on the ride home, not believing the events that were unfolding.

I think u should voluntare every time the chiefs play!!!

Primetime doesn’t post opinion pieces.

I’m afraid.