Crennel falls, and Pioli better be next
Yael T. AbouhalkahChiefs owner Clark Hunt made the right call today to fire head coach Romeo Crennel after just one full season. But if Hunt keeps general manager Scott Pioli, that will be a big mistake.
Crennel is a decent and honorable man, by most accounts, and he and Pioli watched in vain when linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide several weeks ago.
But on the field, the Chiefs had a miserable year, in large part because of the lack of Crennel’s ability to coach his team (and, yes, also because the club had absolutely no one of NFL caliber to play quarterback; blame Pioli for that one).
Crennel is a lousy football coach. Take a look at the unbelievably bad 2-14 record this year.
Then keep going: Look at his whole body of work as a head coach. He’s 28-55, including his horrible job at the helm of the Cleveland Browns.
Hunt should have fired Pioli today as well, but it appears his job remains safe - for now.
That’s not going to please a lot of the fans who wanted a full housecleaning at 1 Arrowhead Drive.
Remember, these are the fans who are paying for most of the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stadium upgrades through a sales tax that will last 25 years.
These fans also are paying the $27 parking charges, the outrageous food prices and, of course, buying the expensive tickets.
Then again, if the Chiefs continue their losing ways, Hunt won’t be attracting as many ticket buyers as he once did.
Phil Cardarella
5 months, 2 weeks agoGreat guy, terrific defensive coordinator, poor head coach.
Hey, I couldn’t do it — and neither can Yael.
Nor could either of us have been a decent quarterback behind an offensive line that often did not even bother to yell “lookout” as the bad guys ran by. Or been much good when our receivers not only didn’t catch the ball, but ‘volleyballed” it up to the other team.
I know everyone would like to get the next Luck or RGIII — but neither of them could survive behind our line. We need to use #1 — and maybe 1A — to cover the blindside or center. Cassel and Brady are not superstars — but neither would Manning be in KC.
Michael Gallagher
5 months, 2 weeks agoLet’s make sure we get this right - it was the KC Chiefs Fans that made Crennel the Head Coach. That push came from the fans after the last 4 games of the previous season. It was stupid of him to continue to be the Defensive Coordinator too. However, the real problem is Scott Pioli. He had succes in New England but already had a very good team and with some luck he made it better. But, his time in KC has been horrible especially with the signing of Matt C and that idiot contract he made with him. I hate that the QB position was not filled yesterday by the other backup because we will never no. I think that fans will demand a heavy weight be broght in to rebuild this team. I only want to see about 12 players returning next season and none of the coaching staff. I want to see a new front office asap.