A Tale of Two Cities

by Casey Byron Adkins on Jan 20, 2012 7:57 PM CST

I am sitting here and wondering, "Why the hell are the Chiefs not getting their staff hired?"

I then look down and realize that I am a fan of a second team. Being a fan of two teams gives a person the chance to compare and contrast the two. Although I pity people who are fans of the Browns and Lions (until recently).

My second team, like the Chiefs, have fired their head coach and starting from scratch. The difference is that they already have a nice chunk of their new staff done.

After the jump I will go into details and my reactions.

I am of course talking about the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In late November, they finally cut ties with Jack Del Rio after 9 years. The very same day it was announced that Wayne Weaver was selling the company to Shahid Khan *insert Kirk screaming here*.

Change was coming and the moment the season ended, GM Gene Smith and the new Owner Shahid Khan took care of business by interviewing candidates.

Eventually they settled on Atlanta Falcons OC Mike Mularkey.

Next up was the retaining of DC Mel Tucker and the signing of Atlanta Falcons QB Coach Bob Bartowski.

Now at the time of this writing, they have their TE Coach, QB Coach, WR Coach, RB Coach, DL Coach, Secondary Coach, ST Coordinator among others.

While I understand that the Chiefs are closer, the fact that they have yet to name even the Defensive Coordinator is insane. They have two guys on their staff that fit the bill (Thomas and Gibbs) and they interviewed a potential HC candidate that would be a phenomenal DC (former Jaguars HC Jack Del Rio).

This maybe me overreacting to the no news period but the fact that a franchise that changed owners has 90% of their offensive staff shored up baffles me.

For all the connections Pioli has, he sure as hell ain't using them. The Falcons GM is your best friend, the former Dolphins Executive of Football Operations is your damn father in law.

You cannot tell me that there is not a few people on those staffs that are connected to said people. Give me a damn break.

You have two big Free Agents to do something with and a new staff that needs to be stocked. Throw in the whole scandal and this beginning to be too much.

I am the ForeverRanger and this is it.

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I think you might be Forever Rangering a bit too far afield here ...

the Chiefs have already let it be known that they’re looking at OC and/or DC from playoff teams, and they can’t/won’t interview or hire til those teams are done … and I’m sure they’ve already interviewed others

the fact that we even know this is an improvement over former times, and the fact that they’re looking at guys on those top teams is a good thing (I think) … wanting quality people who happen to be associated with quality teams (although it does leave me thinking we might be in for more Patriots Way in the future, and that I could live without, unless it includes Gronkowski, which is doubtful, but a guy can dream)

as for Carr and Bowe, it’s early in the game yet … relax, let it play out before you blast the guys too much for not getting things done immediately … besides, we have to have SOMETHING to bitch about or Thorman would be out of a job, right?

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by upamtn on Jan 20, 2012 8:13 PM CST reply actions

I like Gronk too

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by LadyChief on Jan 20, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions

agree

No need to be hasty and make a quick hire just to have a staff here. Take your time and get the right people in here. Having all your staff in place in January is completly overrated anyway. These coaches don’t even start working till mid march anyway

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by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Jan 23, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions