Clark Hunt Statement

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

"I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Romeo, both personally and professionally," Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said. "He is an accomplished coach, a man of great character and he helped guide our football team through some extremely challenging circumstances this season.

"However, I am embarrassed by the poor product we gave our fans this season, and I believe we have no choice but to move the franchise in a different direction. I will immediately begin the search for the next head coach of the Chiefs. The entire football operation will remain under review, and there may be additional changes to come. No final determination has been made at this point on the future of General Manager Scott Pioli.

"Finally, I want to personally apologize to our fans for our performance this season. We are blessed to play for some of the best and most passionate fans in the National Football League and they deserve better than what we gave them this season. I want our fans to know that I will do everything I can to provide them with a dramatically better team - both next season and in the seasons to come - and our entire organization appreciates their support."



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Clark Hunt: "I'm embarrassed by the poor product we gave our fans this season, and I believe we have no choice but to move the franchise...



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"... in a new direction. I will immediately begin the search for the next head coach of the Chiefs. The entire football operation will...

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Sorry man, the years from 1995-1998 were WORSE than the past 4. At least with this shot staff, there was no hope of winning. you just must not feel the intense and palpable pain I feel from the scars he left on my football psyche...

Yes, if Marty had won, he'd have a statue. But he didn't, he choked. I don't ever want to see him around the Chiefs EVER AGAIN.

DING DING DING! We have a winner!!

If you want Marty to come back as a coach or GM, you are officially OUT OF IDEAS. **** Marty. You know what second prize is--it's a set of ****ing steak knives. Marty has a warehouse full of steak knives.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Sorry man, the years from 1995-1998 were WORSE than the past 4. At least with this shot staff, there was no hope of winning. you just must not feel the intense and palpable pain I feel from the scars he left on my football psyche...

Yes, if Marty had won, he'd have a statue. But he didn't, he choked. I don't ever want to see him around the Chiefs EVER AGAIN.

Take away a McCluster return TD and a candy ass NFC west win Pioli's tenure would have zero winning seasons.

That's clearly better than not being eliminated from playoff contention by week six.

[OnTheWarpath15]

810 just brought up The Bad Guy's report about Pioli talking to Manning after yesterday's game, but attributed it to a Broncos blog.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

57 games over .500, yet has one Lombardi to his name.

Funny, Peyton Manning gets RIPPED here for similar accomplishments.

Hmmm. People here hate Manning, love Cowher.

I wanted us to get Manning.

Like I said Cowher brings an attitude that is sorely lacking here. His style also fits the current personnel.

[Hootie]

I'm pretty glad I'm over the arguing aspect of this site.

I'd be OK with Cowher, Billick or Reid. The only downside to one of these guys is...are they still hungry? Do they still want to work 100 hour weeks? Do they still have the passion?

I'd prefer Kyle Shanahan, Chip Kelly or Brian Kelly. Coaches with something to prove. With Geno at #1, I think Kyle Shanahan would be the BEST hire. Would he come to KC? No clue.

[Rexx]

Lots of talk about Cowher....has he even said he open to returning to coaching? He seems pretty content with his current gig and every year his name pops up somewhere but it never seems to get serious. If he is looking for more control before he reenters, he has several jobs with that scenario right now besides the Chiefs.

I'm not against Cowher, but I have not seen anything that says he is considering a return. Am I missing something?

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

I wanted us to get Manning.

Like I said Cowher brings an attitude that is sorely lacking here. His style also fits the current personnel.

I'd love it but don't see it happening...

[Hootie]

I'm also not convinced that "college, gimmick" offenses don't work in the NFL. The Redskins and Seahawks kind of showed us something this year. The Seahawks were kind of struggling until they tried out the old read option after watching Griffin have such great success with it. Since then, Russell Wilson has been *arguably* the best QB in the NFL (probably with the exceptions of the big 3)

I want a coach like Shanahan that will build his TEAM around our #1 pick QB (I'm assuming Geno Smith). Just like Seattle, just like Washington.

Those are the blue prints we should be following.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks

I'm also not convinced that "college, gimmick" offenses don't work in the NFL. The Redskins and Seahawks kind of showed us something this year. The Seahawks were kind of struggling until they tried out the old read option after watching Griffin have such great success with it. Since then, Russell Wilson has been *arguably* the best QB in the NFL (probably with the exceptions of the big 3)

I want a coach like Shanahan that will build his TEAM around our #1 pick QB (I'm assuming Geno Smith). Just like Seattle, just like Washington.

Those are the blue prints we should be following.

College, gimmick offenses work, but when is the last time they worked long term?

They are usually good for a season before the rest of the league catches up.

[Hootie]

the fact this site was torn over Peyton ****ing Manning still makes me laugh.

It's almost like people are surprised. I won a $100 bet with someone at work because I bet him Peyton Manning would start 12 games this season. He literally laughed in my face last year when we made that bet. He even offered me 8 games and I told him I'd stick with 12, and even go 16 if he wanted to up the ante.

I love Colin Cowherd. You know how he closed his show today? He closed it by saying Tony Romo is an ELITE NFL QB. He said he's not Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers...but that he is an ELITE NFL QB.

That is someone I can respect. Someone who can judge a player with his own eyes and not just jump to every conclusion because of a considered "choke" job. Romo was the heart and soul of that team and you put any QB on that team other than Romo and maybe 6 other NFL QB's and they would be almost as bad as our Chiefs.

This site hates Peyton Manning. It has never been objective about Peyton Manning.

I hate Peyton Manning being on Denver. Denver is my least favorite team. That is not stopping me from enjoying THE greatest player I've ever seen in my lifetime play football. I'm getting older, my favorite players retire over the years in various different sports. I grew up loving Ken Griffey Jr, Frank Thomas, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen...I respected Brett Favre...I hate seeing these players retire.

It's not going to be long before we see the two best QB's of this generation retire so if anything, lets all cross our fingers for another great battle in the AFC Championship game between Brady and Manning. That's ALL I want to see. That's better than any Super Bowl matchup this year.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

College, gimmick offenses work, but when is the last time they worked long term?

They are usually good for a season before the rest of the league catches up.

I look forward to seeing the design that can stop that read option play. If you have a smart QB who makes the right read 9 out of 10 times like RGIII and Wilson did this year...it's basically indefensible. The only defense for it? Knocking one of those two out of the game when they tuck and run.

I mean, seriously. They leave a guy unblocked. If RGIII makes the right read, there is no defense for it, especially considering the fact they have to respect play-action from that very read option play.

[mcaj22]

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks

the fact this site was torn over Peyton ****ing Manning still makes me laugh.

It's almost like people are surprised. I won a $100 bet with someone at work because I bet him Peyton Manning would start 12 games this season. He literally laughed in my face last year when we made that bet. He even offered me 8 games and I told him I'd stick with 12, and even go 16 if he wanted to up the ante.

I love Colin Cowherd. You know how he closed his show today? He closed it by saying Tony Romo is an ELITE NFL QB. He said he's not Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers...but that he is an ELITE NFL QB.

That is someone I can respect. Someone who can judge a player with his own eyes and not just jump to every conclusion because of a considered "choke" job. Romo was the heart and soul of that team and you put any QB on that team other than Romo and maybe 6 other NFL QB's and they would be almost as bad as our Chiefs.

This site hates Peyton Manning. It has never been objective about Peyton Manning.

I hate Peyton Manning being on Denver. Denver is my least favorite team. That is not stopping me from enjoying THE greatest player I've ever seen in my lifetime play football. I'm getting older, my favorite players retire over the years in various different sports. I grew up loving Ken Griffey Jr, Frank Thomas, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen...I respected Brett Favre...I hate seeing these players retire.

It's not going to be long before we see the two best QB's of this generation retire so if anything, lets all cross our fingers for another great battle in the AFC Championship game between Brady and Manning. That's ALL I want to see. That's better than any Super Bowl matchup this year.

it also wont be long until RG3 and Luck make you forget about Manning and Brady and in 10 years we will have the Luck and RG3 Coaching Trees of bad coaching polluting the rest of league. A bunch of Shananhan connections losing everywhere

[Hootie]

and RGIII is only going to get better...they mix their read option with some pro style, some spread and some old school Denver bootleg offense...

show me a game plan that can account for all of that?

We need a coach like Kyle Shanahan that is going to build his team around the strengths of his QB. In my eyes, there was no better coaching job this year than what the Shanahan's did for RGIII and the Redskins who, I believe, rattled off 7 straight to win their division.

Unless he flat out rejects interviews or offers, he will be a head coach next year. Hopefully he didn't hate the Chiefs as a kid growing up as much as I hated the Broncos.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by mcaj22

it also wont be long until RG3 and Luck make you forget about Manning and Brady and in 10 years we will have the Luck and RG3 Coaching Trees of bad coaching polluting the rest of league. A bunch of Shananhan connections losing everywhere

LeBron hasn't made me forget about Michael.

Ellsbury, Stanton and Trout haven't made me forget about The Kid!

I agree, great things always come along...but will we EVER see another artist like Peyton Manning or true competitor like Tom Brady.

I hope they both play until they are 43.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by mcaj22

it also wont be long until RG3 and Luck make you forget about Manning and Brady and in 10 years we will have the Luck and RG3 Coaching Trees of bad coaching polluting the rest of league. A bunch of Shananhan connections losing everywhere

Did Manning and Rodgers make you forget about Elway and Montana?

C'mon - Brady and Manning are not elite Quarterbacks....they are historically elite quarterbacks. They are no worse than 2 of the top 15 people to ever play their position.

No, RG3 and Luck will not ever make anyone 'forget' about Brady and Manning. People that are taking the greatness of these two QBs for granted are missing out on a hell of a show.