Charlie Weiss Goes to Kansas.

tallaghtoutlaws

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4802526

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Charlie Weis has agreed to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, according to team and league sources.

Weis could be named to the position within the next 24 to 48 hours, the sources said.

Weis will be reunited with head coach Todd Haley, with whom he shared an office when both were young assistants with the New York Jets. Weis also will be reunited with Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, who was the Patriots vice president of player personnel when Weis was the offensive coordinator for three Super Bowl championships before going to coach at Notre Dame.


The Bears had also been in the mix to hire Weis as offensive coordinator but the Chiefs won out.

Haley ran the offense in his first year with the Chiefs after dismissing offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. Haley had expressed a desire to find a coordinator so he could better manage his head coaching responsibilities.

Weis was dismissed last fall with a 35-27 record in five seasons at Notre Dame.

"Charlie's a guy I have a great amount of respect for as a coach," Haley said Wednesday at his final news conference of the season. "He's a coach that system-wise, I would say we're as close as you can be. Charlie's a guy I consider a friend and I've talked to throughout the year, no different from some of the other guys I lean on for things and advice."

Haley has begun a staff evaluation and said he has already released offensive line coach Joe D'Allessandris and defensive line coach Tim Krumrie. Defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast may also be replaced by former Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.

Haley has been noncommittal about Crennel and Pendergast.

"No conversations in that order to this point," he said.

The emergence of running back Jamaal Charles, voted the team's MVP, gives the offense something to build on next year.

"I really believe we were able to lay a foundation for the Kansas City Chiefs," Haley said. "We were able to set expectations for our players of what's expected of them both schematically and offseason, in season and practice -- the way we're going to do things as a team on a consistent basis. I believe that foundation was laid.

"It was a very difficult year, a year we were able to make progress, as evidenced by the way the season wound down."

The Chiefs are expected to be busy in the offseason trying to fill gaping needs, including defensive back, wide receiver, linebacker, defensive line and tight end.

They pick fifth in April's draft. The could have picked third, but instead ended Haley's rookie year on a rousing high by beating Denver 44-24 in the season finale.

eagle eye

Oh what a shock, Pioli signs another ex-Patriot.

Tristram

Chiefs are getting things together.

Si Conando

Can anyone link me to that article which was posted here, which was basically a piss take on belichick letting people leave the patriots to ruin other teams? I remember thinking it was pretty funny. Pioli was sent to Kansas, apparantly to destroy them for injuring Brady:)

Tristram

this?

http://secondstringfullback.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/bill-belichicks-plan-to-sabotage-the-afc/ wrote:

Bill Belichick’s Plan To Sabotage The AFC

June 30, 2009 by samerochocinco

Image via Google Images, awesome evil facial hair by me.

Image via Google Images, awesome evil facial hair by me.
Football analysts have called Bill Belichick a genius ever since he took the Patriots from mediocre to winning three Super Bowls in four seasons. He is known for his innovative, new ideas, and thorough scouting for draft picks, sometimes picking lesser-known rookies who turn out to be very consistent and talented. Enough with me crowing about the Patriots’ success. As much as I love Belichick, Brady, and Moss, I have wondered at times whether or not he has some kind of scheme going along through the seasons. My theory is this: Bill Belichick has trained his assistants, preparing them for head coaching jobs. When they get the job, however, they don’t have success in their minds. They deliberately sabotage the teams so that there is one less team in Belichick’s way to get into the playoffs and try to add another Super Bowl ring.

The evidence is as follows:
Josh McDaniels

"Heh, this team is soo ****ed."

McDaniels was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at New England, lauded for his rapid development of Matt Cassel, who never started a game at quarterback in college. Due to one year of coaching the offense and helping the Brady-less Patriots attain an 11-5 record, McDaniels was hired by the Denver Broncos to be the head coach after the release of Mike Shanahan.

When McDaniels got to Denver, he proceeded to start ****ing **** up. McDaniels put the franchise (although that’s debatable) quarterback Jay Cutler up on the trade block, trying to get Cassel to repeat the success he had in New England with the Broncos. Belichick didn’t like that McDaniels was swaying from orders, and got Cassel sent to the Kansas City Chiefs (more on that later). Cutler got all pissy about being put on the market, and demanded a trade. The Chicago Bears gave up an arm and a leg for Cutler, giving up a boatload of draft picks and Kyle Orton. Now, Brandon Marshall might want to be traded, and the Broncos team morale is falling quickly. McDaniels succeeded in ****ing up a team that might have had second-round playoff potential with all the pieces intact. If Denver goes 8-8 with good ol’ Neckbeard, I’ll be very surprised.

Romeo Crennel

"Hey! Make sure you do something that will cause the suicide rates in Cleveland to go up tonight!"

Formerly the Patriots defensive coordinator, Crennel was picked to be the head coach of the Browns. In 2005, Cleveland went 6-10, then 4-12 in 2006. In 2007, he surprised the league by using Derek Anderson at quarterback and taking the Browns to 10-6, narrowly missing the playoffs in some tiebreaker with the Titans. The only reason for that success was due to the fact that Belichick was leading his Patriots in a dominant season, going 16-0 in the regular season. Cleveland could enjoy some minor success while everyone was talking about New England. It was back to normal in 2008 when the Patriots had to start trying again after Tom Brady was done for the season after only minutes in the first game of the season. The Browns went 4-12 and at the end of the season, Crennel was fired, ending his campaign of ruining the Browns.

Eric Mangini

Before you rebuff my theory due to this last person, hear me out. The reason that Mangini and Belichick exchanged cold, quick handshakes after each Jets-Patriots game was a ploy. They can’t be friendly towards each other, or it would be very suspicious.

Mangini followed Belichick around through his coaching jobs, being the defensive backs assistant with the Patriots. He then got a head coaching job with the New York Jets. He went 10-6 in 2006, his first season, but lost to the Patriots in the AFC Wild-Card Game. The Jets declined sharply in 2007, going 4-12.

Mangini was sick of taking orders from Belichick and sabotaging the Jets, the AFC East rival of New England, so he decided to make an elaborate story involving video cameras and signals being taped. This was a dent in Belichick’s master plan, so then he decided to have the Patriots beat the Jets into submission both times in the 2007 season. Belichick ignored Mangini, as his services were no longer needed. Bill had called in the big guns, or should I say, the big Gunslinger. He convinced Brett Favre to join the Jets, who was the ultimate Team Imploder. Mangini struggled and fought for the Jets to have success, but the Ego of Favre fiddled with his plans. The Jets went a measly 9-7, missing the playoffs and falling apart at the end of the year after a close division battle with the Patriots. Mangini was fired from the Jets… but got a head coaching job.. WITH THE BROWNS!

I hope you’ve learned something today. Belichick’s plan is unstoppable and covert, and it cannot be stopped. He will not run out of assistants to send off for head coaching jobs to destroy other AFC teams. Beware, your team might be next.

Oat23

Good news. Wanted Mike Martz or Jeremy Bates in Chicago before Weiss.

LuckyLloyd

Good signing for the Chiefs imo.

Fidelis

Holmgren comes in and lets Mangini stay on. What a spoon. And now it looks like they're going to trade Cribbs away after only offering him a relatively criminal $1.4m a year.

tallaghtoutlaws

Fidelis wrote: »

Holmgren comes in and lets Mangini stay on. What a spoon. And now it looks like they're going to trade Cribbs away after only offering him a relatively criminal $1.4m a year.

Wouldn't be a good move for Holmgren to rock the boat straight away by sacking Mangini. If Mangini lasts until Sept I would be surprised but they will most likely give him a chance to start well and with Holmgren helping them in Draft you never know it could be an option.

As for Cribbs. All rumours right now I wouldn't pay too much attention to them until he is actually gone. Oh and these days 1.4m isn't that criminal. Just above the average.

Fidelis

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

Wouldn't be a good move for Holmgren to rock the boat straight away by sacking Mangini. If Mangini lasts until Sept I would be surprised but they will most likely give him a chance to start well and with Holmgren helping them in Draft you never know it could be an option.

Honestly, I don't think anyone would've cared if he had dropped Magini. The Brown's 4 game winning streak at the end of the season really saved him.

As for Cribbs. All rumours right now I wouldn't pay too much attention to them until he is actually gone. Oh and these days 1.4m isn't that criminal. Just above the average.

I meant it was criminally low! For a talent like Cribbs, who plays everything from KR to QB, and who just broke the NFL return TD record, $1.4m is laughable. Compared to other players in the NFL, he should be earning $3m a year, minimum.

tallaghtoutlaws

Fidelis wrote: »

Honestly, I don't think anyone would've cared if he had dropped Magini. The Brown's 4 game winning streak at the end of the season really saved him.

I meant it was criminally low! For a talent like Cribbs, who plays everything from KR to QB, and who just broke the NFL return TD record, $1.4m is laughable. Compared to other players in the NFL, he should be earning $3m a year, minimum.

To be honest I don't see Mangini as the Browns coach next year anyways. He will be dropped at some point. As time goes on and the more Holmgren works with him he will sack him.

at the Cribbs thing. When you said criminal I just assumed you meant his wage was too high :D