[Kansas City.com] Marty Schottenheimer apparently is out; Scott Pioli could still be in – but there’s little time to waste.
The Chiefs’ search for a new general manager still appears centered on Pioli, the New England Patriots’ vice president of player personnel, and Kansas City reportedly has received permission to speak with him. It’s not clear when that meeting might take place, but Pioli met Wednesday with the Cleveland Browns, who have a history with Pioli and reportedly are eager for an answer as soon as possible.
The Boston Herald reported that Browns owner Randy Lerner was prepared to make a “huge” financial offer to Pioli that would include full control of the organization. The Browns also have a coach to hire after relieving Romeo Crennel of his duties this week.
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt has already decided that the duties of former GM Carl Peterson will be divided rather than giving full control to his replacement. The new president will handle the team’s business operations; the new general manager will oversee the football side.
Denny Thum, the Chiefs’ longtime executive vice president, is serving as interim president and GM, and is expected to be a strong candidate to be named president.
The interviews scheduled for Pioli are the first he’s accepted since joining the Patriots in 2000. In the past few years, he had been granted permission to interview with two teams but declined both offers. In 2005, the Seattle Seahawks, despite having not formally interviewed Pioli, offered him a five-year, $15 million deal, which he turned down. He also declined a request to be interviewed by the New York Giants in January 2007.
The 43-year-old Pioli began his NFL career in 1992 in Cleveland as a pro personnel assistant under current Patriots coach Bill Belichick. He gradually became Belichick’s right-hand man and is one of the NFL’s hottest front-office commodities.
CLARK NEEDS TO JUST FIRE HERM NOW AND THEN SIGHN A GM
Comment by Chris — January 1, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
Get PIOLI! Let him run everything!
Comment by Chief Tom — January 1, 2009 @ 4:48 pm
FIRE HERM NOW
Comment by Michael Diedrich — January 1, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
1) Hire Pioli
2) Let Pioli fire Herm, and hire either the quarterback coach or offensive coordinator (Or both from New England).
3) Pay the price tag (No matter how high it is, he will be worth it.) for the soon to be franchised Matt Cassell.
4) Trade Larry Johnson, it may not please all of the fans, and you may not get all of what you need to get for him, but the guy is a cancer and he wants out get rid of him before he kills someone and makes the team look even worse.
5) Draft, Offensive Line or Defensive End (Best available in first round two rounds), after that linebacker, cornerback, safety, then repeat the cycle until you are out of draft picks. Somewhere in there we need to add one more wide receiver as well, obviously some of this may be done through free agency…
You know what, screw Pioli, why don’t they hire me, I think I’ve got it figured out! LOL…
Comment by Mike Noonan — January 1, 2009 @ 7:32 pm
mike noonan
we need a DE OR linebacker with the first pick and then another linebacker an offensive lineman wont be the highest priority we have bigger issues to deal with like our f**king terrible run defense and we dont need a cornerback or a safety!!!! we have three rookies who looked damn good for the future Flowers,Carr legget and our paige and pollard are pretty good and will only get better you know how they get better?????? when our D LINE AND LINEBACKERS HAVE MORE THAN 9 SACKS A SEASON!!!!!!! sorry mikr noonan but you would be a worse GM than queen carl lol
Comment by Mike41 — January 1, 2009 @ 11:08 pm
Pioli – smioli. You still have an owner who can’t fire the worst coach ever. We need a stand-up coach. It also wouldn’t hurt to have a coach who understands coaching like… making adjustments in a game, time clock managment and player motivation in a game.
Comment by ed f — January 2, 2009 @ 10:34 am
I as a chiefs fan would not take this job lightly. I would be on the firing carnival when things do not improve or satisfactory for the program.
Comment by kcchiefs19692003 — January 2, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
I cannot understand why Herm Edwards is still around. He has 1 year left in contract, pay the guy and good riddance. as far as the draft goes, get either the USC linebackers Malauga, Jenkins or Ohio State MLB Laurianitis. Trade Larry Problematic Johnson and get a 2nd or 3rd round pick and draft a good DE, OG or WR. We need a coach that can make decisions, knows about time management and can just plain coach. Get in the face of the players like Cowher. No fussing around. I and all Chief fans and followers for many years are just pissed off. Look at the Dolphins. Last year a bottom dweller and this year in the playoffs. Just think we could have had Pennington in KC. Nice going Edwards and Ex-GM King Carl. That was a great move.
Comment by Andy Gomez — January 3, 2009 @ 11:34 am
Maualuga, Lauranaitis, and Jenkins arent worth the #3 pick overall. Jenkins is the highest and he’s overrated I’d rather have Vontae Davis from Illinois. We will either get Matt Stafford or Sam Bradford I think. Depends on if Bradford comes out then Detroit get Matt and we are left with possibly Andre Smith/Aaron Curry/Michael Oher. I wouldnt mind trading down and getting a guy like Michael Johnson at DE and getting another 1st rounder either.
Comment by Marques — January 4, 2009 @ 10:36 am