We have a new GM and his name is Brett Veach
 

Ian Rapoport
@RapSheet
From @TomPelissero and me: The #Chiefs are finalizing a deal for Brett Veach to be their new GM.

Chiefs name Brett Veach as new GM
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero">@TomPelissero</a> and me: The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash">#Chiefs</a> are finalizing a deal for Brett Veach to be their new GM.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/884510386346754049">July 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Make sense. Ian said Veach and Borganzi were running the show last week

As if this is shocking surprise

Okeydokie

Makes sense. Ian said him and Borgonzi were running the show last week

Everyone knew that was coming.

Well yeah, because Ian said him and Borgonzi were running the show last week

Print 'em?

How good is he at wearing ties and picking up candy wrappers?

Do we know his stance on candy wrappers?

And people think this wasn't a Reid power play?

He's 39. I assume he likes to wear suits

Chiefs promoted co-director of player personnel Brett Veach to GM.

The move should give Kansas City stability atop the organization after John Dorsey's shocking firing. Veach has an extensive college scouting background and spent the last two seasons as the Chiefs' co-director of player personnel, working closely with Dorsey and Andy Reid. Veach followed Reid from Philadelphia to Kansas City. He was credited with playing a prominent role in drafting both DeSean Jackson and Fletcher Cox with the Eagles.

Name me a better option out there. Veach knows the system and I expect him and Borgonzi kind of running the show together. Both very good at finding talent

Good to hear. Now we can move on.

His first order of buisness is to get PM2 signed ASAP

When you are looking for a GM in July, your options probably are pretty limited.

Per John Middlekauff

Worked with Brett Veach for years. He'll be great. On the same page w/Andy, has a very good eye & is football 24/7

This had zero to do with Reid.

Coining and copyrighting "Son of a Veach" when this dude ****s up.

Veach enters his first season as an NFL General Manager and his 11th year in the National Football League. He will report directly to Hunt on all player personnel matters. Prior to being elevated, he previously served as the Chiefs Co-Director of Player Personnel.

Did Dorsey report to Hunt directly regarding player personnel matters?

I wonder if he was running the show last week already....

Bullshit

Don't waste your time on the troll

Yes he did. The HC and GM report straight to Clark. Not to each other.

Oh, you mean like taking a CB in the 3rd round, bypassing Dak Prescott, only to cut him before the end of Training Camp?

That kind of **** up?

Yep. Rapoport said him and Borgonzi were running it last week

Cool...I don't know much about him, but I hope he does well.

Just saying. I want to get in on this gravy train before it takes off like "Dammit Carl" and "Egoli."

He's founded the likes of Fletcher Cox, Desean Jackson, and Lesean McCoy

Whether Reid was in Clark's ear about getting rid of Dorsey or he was simply fired over money as per the official story, the team is not better off than it was before.

You have zero evidence that this is true.

who?

He has funky rooster hair. Hope he's not a numbskull.

The official story was that Dorsey stopped communicating and Clark wasn't going to extend someone he thought was too comfortable.

Ballard is the big loss here.

Great!! He can continue to babysit Reid's kids.

is on first

He has a Master's Degree in Education, interviewed for the Bills job in May, scouted and found several high quality players (LeSean McCoy, Desean Jackson among others) and according to NFL circles, would have been hired in 2018 as a GM elsewhere.

John Dorsey

Nice.

JFC he's younger than me. Time to reevaluate my life decisions.

'too comfortable' is not exactly a well reasoned justification for firing the GM right before the season IMO.

Especially, as you say, just months after the same owner let the top GM candidate walk away.

Call it a crisis of leadership.

Not to pick nits, but anyone with a pulse can get an MAE.

From Clark:

Remember the reports that internal employees were pissed that Dorsey got the credit for talent they found?

Do you think that Veach was the one finding a lot of the guys we brought in the last 4 years?

Apparently Clark does.

This is complete and utter bullshit.

Teams routinely fire their GM's just after the draft. On April 30, Doug Whaley was fired by the Bills and was replaced by Brandon Beane on May 12th.

Fortunately, Veach didn't get the Buffalo job.

His qualification don't point to him as being a "numbskull".

Maybe he is but I highly doubt it.

Clark Hunt clearly had his reasons.

Dammit Carl! Or somebody!

Matt Miller
For anyone and everyone asking...

Ballard would have been my A1 for Chiefs job, Veach is A2. Very good hire.


Matt also said in 2015 that Veach would be a GM shortly after Ballard.

The Sunshine, Rainbows, and Ice Cream assumption of Veach is that he had the lionshares credit selecting Jones,Hill, and Kelce.

OBVIOUSLY HE ****ING DIDNT, HE FIRED A GUY JUST TO FIRE HIM!

I feel like Veach and Borgonzi will be working closely with each other. Two great people with an eye for talent

you have said this multiple times and it sounds silly every time

I am sure he did, and since we will never get the real story we can only speculate. I just wish that the product on the field were the primary motivation for Hunt's decisions.

Just if anyone is interested

Brett Veach's introductory press conference with Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt will be Monday, July 24 at 10:30am.

I'm pretty sure the cap situation had some to do with it.

You remind me of Bob Dole. Always wanting to ban and having childish outbursts.

I don't think that's true at all.

Ryne Nutt, the Chiefs Southeast Scout, was the guy that heavily scouted Chris Jones and Tyreek Hill.

i was being sarcastic you stupid ****.

how many people have i actually banned? how many people have i actually voted to be banned?

if you dont know the answers to the questions you should shut the **** up.

Bullshit, again.

The "story" has been revealed by Albert Breer, Terez Paylor, Sam Mellinger and others.

You just foolishly choose not to believe it.

As I said it is the blind hope assumption.

I think he got a promotion. He's no longer listed as a scout.

Now he's Assistant director of college scouting per the team chiefs.com.

I know Veach is in management so it's different, but the morning you wake up and realize that there aren't any professional athletes as old as you are is pretty depressing. With me, it was when Jamie Moyer retired.

Thank God for the Senior PGA tour.

Not generally a fan of Arrowhead Pride but this is interesting, nonetheless:

https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2017/...e-gm-candidate

More ...

This is an exciting example of his eye for talent - he pounded the table for Fletcher Cox while with the Eagles.

Definitely give this podcast a listen, it features interviews with Veach (starting around 24-minute mark) along with Chris Ballard and Mike Borgonzi (another potential in-house candidate)

Veach indicates he has a dual role in scouting pro players (for cut downs) and traveling to scout college players (this is great preparation for a GM role). Veach discussed how the back end of the roster is critical, and the Josh Mauga and Husain Abdullah signings were the types of free agents that pay dividends.

Good hire. I heard him and Borgonzi were running the show last week.
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Beat you to it by two weeks, ya jackass.

Walter Football gives the hire a B+.

The good news: Walter Football usually hates every single move the Chiefs make.

The bad news: Walter Football doesn't know their asses from a hole in the ground.

Chiefs hire GM Brett Veach: B+ Grade
The Chiefs weren't expected to fire John Dorsey, but this move was more predictable. The Kansas City Star's Terez Paylor reported that Brett Veach was expected to be named Kansas City's new general manager, and that's exactly what happened.

Veach is a fine hiring. To be more precise, the Chiefs actually promoted Veach, as he was the co-director of player personnel. Veach has worked with Andy Reid for many years; he was once a top scout for the Eagles, so it's nice that the two have an extensive relationship.

In a vacuum, I'd say there were better candidates to be Kansas City's general manager. However, that doesn't matter in this instance because Reid is the one making all of the personnel decisions. Veach will handle the finances and contracts, much like Dorsey did.
Read more at http://walterfootball.com/coachfireh...gq4S3QQJCqI.99

ROFL

You have to think a guy that pounded the table for guys like Cox, DJax, and McCoy in Philly before learning from Dorsey/Ballard has the potential to be a really good one.

Can't wait to see how he does in his first draft without a 1st.

Wtf Reid has no say in this at all. Veach will run the show while Reid coaches. They might discuss a player or two here and there but Reid does not make the decisions

The Veach hire is a moot point for firing Dorsey LMAO


Moot

I don't know what this means

maybe he meant it was a mute point.



would have made as much sense...

I almost put those sentences in bold. They literally run a football-related website without having the slightest clue about anything relating to football.

Walter's been a dumbass since 1997

It's really uncomfortable every time I realize I have to pray to Jesus that our GM knows what he's doing..

Please don't let our drafting go to shit..Please.

I highly doubt it will go to shit, but it's going to be tough to match Dorsey's.

Notice how you get so defensive? Similarities show more and more.

You mean the cap situation he left us in. Pioli could do a better job than Dorsey at managing the cap