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Lloyd Wells was the guy who brought real talent to the team. As the world became more integrated and more great black athletes attended more traditional powerhouse universities his influence waned. He was interviewed by Pat Summerall after the SB victory over the Vikings and Summerall referred to his connection at the HBC’s.
The 70’s roster just aged out. And Jack Steadman and Jim Schaaf were business men, not NFL talent men.
Failure to draft a decent QB. I mean for ****s sake, the allowed Frank Seuer a chance to start.
In the 80’s they had a lot of great individual pieces. And John Mackovic got them to a wild card playoff spot. They got eliminated by the JETS. But Nick Lowry didn’t like Mackovic and had a players meeting with Lamar where they demanded he be fired and that Frank Ganz could take over. This was AFTER mackovic signed a 2 year extension for getting the chiefs to the playoffs. Lamar cited a “Lack of chemistry between players and coach”.
The Chiefs clinched a playoff spot on the road in Pittsburgh while being outgained 571 - 190. They blocked a punt and returned it for a TD. Ran back a kickoff for a TD. Blocked a FG and returned THAT for a TD to hold on and win.
And that kids, is how Frank Ganz got a head coaching position.
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