nice pickups these guys will make immediate impacts haha

Comment by Mike41 — October 29, 2008 @ 1:55 pm

I just love when Carl signs these guys that have been in the league less than 2 years and have already been with 3 or 4 teams. Golly Gee Oh Wow!

Comment by Kansas City Krusher — October 29, 2008 @ 4:02 pm

Copied this from another story I read.

Sitting atop all this chaos is 43-year-old Dallas resident Clark Hunt. The youngest owner in the NFL faces his first crisis since taking over for his late father in 2007 but is keeping his thoughts mostly to himself. He has refused virtually all interview requests but was quoted as saying he thought Edwards and president/general manager Carl Peterson were doing a good job.

Comment by DanC — October 29, 2008 @ 4:15 pm

This DanC guy is obsessed with Herm and Carl. He writes about them on after every article even if the article has nothing to do with them. WE GET IT DanC YOU DON’T LIKE HERM AND CARL!!! Can you talk about anything else?

Comment by Chief Tom — October 29, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

Well Chief Tom what do you suggest we talk about. Our outstanding offense or our shut down defense? Herm and Carl are along with Clark Hunt are the reason we suck. We are without a doubt and by far the worst team in the NFL. You want to talk about what? Our one win, how we almost never show any improvement or the fact that our one sure HOF’er is wanting out? That’s the problem with the Chiefs, ignore the problems and stay the path. Herm is our main cancer so why not talk about it until something is done. By the way, you sound like a real dick.

Comment by Mark F. — October 29, 2008 @ 4:57 pm

WELCOME to a LOSER team gentlemen!! Good luck with that.

Comment by dennis — October 29, 2008 @ 4:59 pm

At least these guys didn’t come from the Bengals or Lions practice squads.

Comment by Jeff in VA — October 29, 2008 @ 5:44 pm

que onda, I’m from mexico and I’m a Fan of KC Chiefs since a was 14 years old, only I can tell it’s a… just wait, I’m doing that, the coaches and manager’s don’t stay forever, the fan always stay in there, and the next year will be better than this (I whish) other thing, buuu croyle, better stay at your home men, sorry about huard, he was my hope but… ya que, and herm… are you tryin’ to put the team in a big hole or make a playoff team for a superbowl sixteen…or may be you just have fun whit us.

sorry by my english, the classes of english here are so bad no veremos

Comment by Soad2019 — October 29, 2008 @ 8:14 pm

Soad2019′s comment makes a heckofalot more sense than running three straight HB Draws when you are 12yds away from the 1st down marker. Adios!
Andy O

Comment by Andy O — October 30, 2008 @ 7:29 am

WOW WHAT A GREAT TEAM CLARK HUNT AND CARL PETERSON HAS PUT TOGETHER.WHAT A FU***N JOKE.

Comment by Chris — October 30, 2008 @ 10:15 am

I am glad we have given up on Boney Croyle. Wow we signed a CB. Two things must have happened. Demetri Patterson is getting blamed for the lose against the Jets and Patrick Burntain is hurt worse than we all think. Sperm and Carla must be getting ready for next year with this CB situation. Goodbye Burntain. You are next to get cut from the “Oh my God, let’s get younger and rebuild” list.

Comment by J-Rock in Texas — October 30, 2008 @ 11:44 am

HERE IS A THAT I READ AND COPY Y NEED TO READ

They Like Him, They Really Like Him
Oct 29, 2008, 10:58:27 AM by Rufus Dawes – FAQ

The National Football League players like Herm Edwards, head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, if some of the local metro area fans don’t.

In a recent and supposedly, “unprecedented survey of players” commissioned by the Wharton Sports Business Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, players throughout the league listed Edwards along with Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts, Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears, Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers in their top five coaches for whom they would like to play.

Writing about the survey last weekend, the New York Times’ Bill Rhoden noted that “the study is especially relevant at a time of midseason coaching changes, wide swings of performance levels from week to week and periodic episodes of player-coach confrontations.” Interestingly and worthy of further note, “African-American players were not entirely race neutral when it came to head coaches,” Rhoden observed, but Edwards, for instance, “ranked sixth among white players.” Also worthy of mention: “respect and trust were listed by all players as crucial components.”

Edwards, more than any recent Chiefs coach, has been under attack this year for a variety of reasons but none of it has come from the hands of his players. Even those who have been at odds with the Chiefs head coach have not spoken out negatively about him, to my knowledge. Listen to any of his press conferences and you hear a man confident in his abilities and approach, no matter the criticism of those who are listening either in a crowded press conference or on car radios as they move about town.

Listening to another New York Times’ columnist, David Brooks, last night at Kansas City’s Folly Theater I was struck by something he said about leadership. Brooks was talking about presidents and how theirs is a job to make the decisions that others around them will not or cannot make. Underlings handle the day-to-day, the man on top the tough calls or settles arguments. That would apply to NFL head coaches as well. Assistants, or coordinators, do most of the game planning but when it comes to the crucial call or the overriding theme the head coach has to make the decision. In doing so he must have the respect and trust not only of the players he leads but the organization he helps head along with the franchise’s management to include ownership.

Edwards made the decision that the Chiefs franchise must retool its image if it is to make it to where it wants to go: the playoffs and ultimately the Super Bowl. In coming to that conclusion he had to have had the support of the man who hired him, Carl Peterson, as well as Clark Hunt, the team’s chairman of the board. It couldn’t have been an easy decision since the prospects of instant success were hardly promising.

“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm,” Winston Churchill observed. Edwards has had his share of failures over his short time here with the Chiefs – no more so than this year with the loss of the man he had hoped would be his quarterback. But he has never lost his enthusiasm, as his press conferences would seem to show. He is resilient at a time when other teams are shaking up rosters and coaching staffs and where the life span of an NFL head coach is ever in doubt. His critics punch him silly and he always gets off the canvas, if he even thinks he’s down there to begin with.

Some head coaches never survive the first blow they receive after they reach the national stage. If anything, Edwards combines a natural optimism with a capacity to see the big picture that as painful as this losing must be it has to be done this way if things are to change here, he no doubt is saying.

Just as a coach must have a strong character, he must be of clear purpose. He must tell the fans where he is heading so he can rally people around him. Edwards’ purpose was to change the team’s direction to get the team where it ultimately wants to go. He shows no signs of going back, no matter the level of criticism. By the results of this recent survey, the bulk of that is coming from the outside not inside the locker room.

Dwight Eisenhower liked to say, “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” A diminutive former cornerback, Edwards has plenty of fight in him, the players behind him, and a vision of where he wants to go. Who am I, the hopeless Chiefs defender, to deny him if it takes longer than I or anyone else can appreciate.

Y THAT I READ AND COPY

Comment by Michael Diedrich — October 30, 2008 @ 12:20 pm

HERE IS A THAT I READ AND COPY Y NEED TO READ

They Like Him, They Really Like Him
Oct 29, 2008, 10:58:27 AM by Rufus Dawes – FAQ

The National Football League players like Herm Edwards, head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, if some of the local metro area fans don’t.

In a recent and supposedly, “unprecedented survey of players” commissioned by the Wharton Sports Business Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, players throughout the league listed Edwards along with Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts, Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears, Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers in their top five coaches for whom they would like to play.

Writing about the survey last weekend, the New York Times’ Bill Rhoden noted that “the study is especially relevant at a time of midseason coaching changes, wide swings of performance levels from week to week and periodic episodes of player-coach confrontations.” Interestingly and worthy of further note, “African-American players were not entirely race neutral when it came to head coaches,” Rhoden observed, but Edwards, for instance, “ranked sixth among white players.” Also worthy of mention: “respect and trust were listed by all players as crucial components.”

Edwards, more than any recent Chiefs coach, has been under attack this year for a variety of reasons but none of it has come from the hands of his players. Even those who have been at odds with the Chiefs head coach have not spoken out negatively about him, to my knowledge. Listen to any of his press conferences and you hear a man confident in his abilities and approach, no matter the criticism of those who are listening either in a crowded press conference or on car radios as they move about town.

Listening to another New York Times’ columnist, David Brooks, last night at Kansas City’s Folly Theater I was struck by something he said about leadership. Brooks was talking about presidents and how theirs is a job to make the decisions that others around them will not or cannot make. Underlings handle the day-to-day, the man on top the tough calls or settles arguments. That would apply to NFL head coaches as well. Assistants, or coordinators, do most of the game planning but when it comes to the crucial call or the overriding theme the head coach has to make the decision. In doing so he must have the respect and trust not only of the players he leads but the organization he helps head along with the franchise’s management to include ownership.

Edwards made the decision that the Chiefs franchise must retool its image if it is to make it to where it wants to go: the playoffs and ultimately the Super Bowl. In coming to that conclusion he had to have had the support of the man who hired him, Carl Peterson, as well as Clark Hunt, the team’s chairman of the board. It couldn’t have been an easy decision since the prospects of instant success were hardly promising.

“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm,” Winston Churchill observed. Edwards has had his share of failures over his short time here with the Chiefs – no more so than this year with the loss of the man he had hoped would be his quarterback. But he has never lost his enthusiasm, as his press conferences would seem to show. He is resilient at a time when other teams are shaking up rosters and coaching staffs and where the life span of an NFL head coach is ever in doubt. His critics punch him silly and he always gets off the canvas, if he even thinks he’s down there to begin with.

Some head coaches never survive the first blow they receive after they reach the national stage. If anything, Edwards combines a natural optimism with a capacity to see the big picture that as painful as this losing must be it has to be done this way if things are to change here, he no doubt is saying.

Just as a coach must have a strong character, he must be of clear purpose. He must tell the fans where he is heading so he can rally people around him. Edwards’ purpose was to change the team’s direction to get the team where it ultimately wants to go. He shows no signs of going back, no matter the level of criticism. By the results of this recent survey, the bulk of that is coming from the outside not inside the locker room.

Dwight Eisenhower liked to say, “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” A diminutive former cornerback, Edwards has plenty of fight in him, the players behind him, and a vision of where he wants to go. Who am I, the hopeless Chiefs defender, to deny him if it takes longer than I or anyone else can appreciate.

SORRY ABOUT THE REPEAT BUT I HAD A TYPO

Comment by Michael Diedrich — October 30, 2008 @ 12:22 pm

Soad2019, Bienvenidos! Yo vivo in tejas y mi espanol no esta perfecta…..
You must be a real fan if you can weather this storm….
Don’t worry about your english, practice will make perfect….we are fans, not english teachers….at least I’m not!

Comment by Michael D. — October 30, 2008 @ 1:14 pm