Chiefs hire Steve Spagnuolo as new defensive coordinator

[TLO]

The #Chiefs are hiring Steve Spagnuolo as their new defensive coordinator, sources say. The former #Giants DC and interim HC/#Rams HC began his NFL coaching career as an #Eagles assistant under Andy Reid. Now rejoins Big Red in KC.

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 24, 2019

[Chargem]

Originally Posted by bringbackmarty

Steve spag about to be the next head coach of... The Kansas City Chiefs. We win it all this year, andy, trav, maybe CJ ride off. Spags takes over. I'm good with that.

He is only 2 years younger than Andy - while I would like it to happen, I don't think it will

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by bringbackmarty

Steve spag about to be the next head coach of... The Kansas City Chiefs. We win it all this year, andy, trav, maybe CJ ride off. Spags takes over. I'm good with that.

Lol Andy's not retiring

[JimNasium]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Lol Andy's not retiring

Andy appears to be on a GLP-1 weight loss program to me. If he loses some weight and maintains that, he can stay at it until every record is his.

[Wallcrawler]

It is entirely unrealistic to expect that Andy Reid would even remotely consider the idea of retiring before the wheels fall off of the run he's on.

He has a qb that the floor is overtime of the afc championship game. The greatest qb that ever lived.

Andy appears to enjoy coaching very much. He's compensated very well for the job he's doing, and he's headed to the 7th straight afccg.

He's not going anywhere until he either physically cannot do it anymore, or the wheels fall off through failure to maintain a championship roster by the front office.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Lol.

Spags is very much a "do what I do no matter what" guy. Have you already forgotten his insistence on playing an Anthony Hitchens wearing cinderblock sneaks?

How about Dan "Throw Here" Sorenson? Ha ha. All NFL coaches are going to do what they want, and the KC coaching staff is no different.

The Texans coming out of half, holding the football ten minutes and surrendering what should have been the game tying score suggests to me, that Spags was stuck in an "I can stop em playing soft" mode.

5 plays in, nope, it'll work. It'll work just stick with it.

10 plays in, ha ha still not changing, it'll work God dammit.

15 MOTHER **** YOU SPAGS plays later for 82 yards taking 10:24 of the third quarter and a touchdown later, it finally ****ing clicks that oh hey, yeah that didn't work.

After pulling his panties back up, and bleeding from his asshole down both legs, we saw him get that mindset changed real quick. The problem is that you should not need to get bukkake'd on national television allowing them to hold the football for damn near an entire quarter on one drive before you understand your shit ain't right.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a team come out of half in the ****ing playoffs, and get the train run on them marathon style like that.

Spags was in bad need of goggles and a snorkel to survive the load that Slowic dropped on his ****ing face after that 1st possession of the third quarter.

Fortunately, it appears that those 15 plays were their best shot, and they didn't have much left after that.

Jesus. Spags has been nails in the playoffs. And at least in recent history he has used the regular season to test out players he likes only to tighten it up for the playoffs. You’re clinging to guys like hitchens and Sorensen as if that wasn’t a bygone era where we didn’t have quality depth. He’s been a stellar coach the past few years including mostly solid rotations. We are always playing around with our DL and secondary rotations.

[Chitownchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Lol.

Spags is very much a "do what I do no matter what" guy. Have you already forgotten his insistence on playing an Anthony Hitchens wearing cinderblock sneaks?

How about Dan "Throw Here" Sorenson? Ha ha. All NFL coaches are going to do what they want, and the KC coaching staff is no different.

The Texans coming out of half, holding the football ten minutes and surrendering what should have been the game tying score suggests to me, that Spags was stuck in an "I can stop em playing soft" mode.

5 plays in, nope, it'll work. It'll work just stick with it.

10 plays in, ha ha still not changing, it'll work God dammit.

15 MOTHER **** YOU SPAGS plays later for 82 yards taking 10:24 of the third quarter and a touchdown later, it finally ****ing clicks that oh hey, yeah that didn't work.

After pulling his panties back up, and bleeding from his asshole down both legs, we saw him get that mindset changed real quick. The problem is that you should not need to get bukkake'd on national television allowing them to hold the football for damn near an entire quarter on one drive before you understand your shit ain't right.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a team come out of half in the ****ing playoffs, and get the train run on them marathon style like that.

Spags was in bad need of goggles and a snorkel to survive the load that Slowic dropped on his ****ing face after that 1st possession of the third quarter.

Fortunately, it appears that those 15 plays were their best shot, and they didn't have much left after that.

Dude. We get it. You hate the chiefs.

[Chris Meck]

Sometimes guys need to PLAY BETTER. Sometimes, they're just not GETTING IT DONE.

Sometimes, maybe it's not the CALL, but the execution.

During that drive, The Texans were shoving the defensive line around.

And after that, the defense played better. Yes, Spags saved the blitzes for later in the game, and yes, Furious George played like a man possessed in the 4th quarter, but there were stretches of the game (especially that drive that was the entire quarter pretty much) they just weren't playing well as a unit.

Rust? maybe. Worthy opponent? For sure. Crazy cold, I'm sure.

The Texans were loose and fired up. KC was maybe a little flat at times. We still got what, 8 sacks? And gave up 12 points?

[GloucesterChief]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Lol.

Spags is very much a "do what I do no matter what" guy. Have you already forgotten his insistence on playing an Anthony Hitchens wearing cinderblock sneaks?

How about Dan "Throw Here" Sorenson? Ha ha. All NFL coaches are going to do what they want, and the KC coaching staff is no different.

The Texans coming out of half, holding the football ten minutes and surrendering what should have been the game tying score suggests to me, that Spags was stuck in an "I can stop em playing soft" mode.

5 plays in, nope, it'll work. It'll work just stick with it.

10 plays in, ha ha still not changing, it'll work God dammit.

15 MOTHER **** YOU SPAGS plays later for 82 yards taking 10:24 of the third quarter and a touchdown later, it finally ****ing clicks that oh hey, yeah that didn't work.

After pulling his panties back up, and bleeding from his asshole down both legs, we saw him get that mindset changed real quick. The problem is that you should not need to get bukkake'd on national television allowing them to hold the football for damn near an entire quarter on one drive before you understand your shit ain't right.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a team come out of half in the ****ing playoffs, and get the train run on them marathon style like that.

Spags was in bad need of goggles and a snorkel to survive the load that Slowic dropped on his ****ing face after that 1st possession of the third quarter.

Fortunately, it appears that those 15 plays were their best shot, and they didn't have much left after that.

Wait, you are bitching about a defense that gave up, let me check, 12 points in a playoff game. 12 freakin points. You will take that every game. If your D only gives up 12 points and you lose, your problem is offense not defense.

[T-post Tom]

Spags, you came through with a glorious sack fest. Let's build on that for next week. You're a rock star.

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Lol.

Spags is very much a "do what I do no matter what" guy. Have you already forgotten his insistence on playing an Anthony Hitchens wearing cinderblock sneaks?

How about Dan "Throw Here" Sorenson? Ha ha. All NFL coaches are going to do what they want, and the KC coaching staff is no different.

The Texans coming out of half, holding the football ten minutes and surrendering what should have been the game tying score suggests to me, that Spags was stuck in an "I can stop em playing soft" mode.

5 plays in, nope, it'll work. It'll work just stick with it.

10 plays in, ha ha still not changing, it'll work God dammit.

15 MOTHER **** YOU SPAGS plays later for 82 yards taking 10:24 of the third quarter and a touchdown later, it finally ****ing clicks that oh hey, yeah that didn't work.

After pulling his panties back up, and bleeding from his asshole down both legs, we saw him get that mindset changed real quick. The problem is that you should not need to get bukkake'd on national television allowing them to hold the football for damn near an entire quarter on one drive before you understand your shit ain't right.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a team come out of half in the ****ing playoffs, and get the train run on them marathon style like that.

Spags was in bad need of goggles and a snorkel to survive the load that Slowic dropped on his ****ing face after that 1st possession of the third quarter.

Fortunately, it appears that those 15 plays were their best shot, and they didn't have much left after that.

Okay so.....

Is there a coach on the Chiefs you DO like?

[irafreak]

This was a normal spags game. Opening drives a little rough with supreme adjustments. The only reason it felt different is because the texans held the ball so long...which I was ok with due to shortening the game. Now I assumed the offense would move the ball the next series because that's what they do when their backs are against the wall.

I like that spags doesn't panic. He makes those adjustments when the defense gets off the field. And I agree with Chris above. Defense needed to make some plays up front.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

Okay so.....

Is there a coach on the Chiefs you DO like?

Nope.

He's one of these guys that no matter what the Chiefs do (meaning WIN all of the damned time), he knows a better way.

And no, he doesn't, because nobody has ever won the way The Chiefs are in this stretch, it's historic.

What he said about Spags is moronic. Spags is the ONLY defensive coordinator I can think of that doesn't so much have a strict SYSTEM as an approach. His approach is to utilize smart, versatile back end players to cause confusion and disruption. THAT is why his defenses are sustainable from year to year.

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Nope.

He's one of these guys that no matter what the Chiefs do (meaning WIN all of the damned time), he knows a better way.

And no, he doesn't, because nobody has ever won the way The Chiefs are in this stretch, it's historic.

What he said about Spags is moronic. Spags is the ONLY defensive coordinator I can think of that doesn't so much have a strict SYSTEM as an approach. His approach is to utilize smart, versatile back end players to cause confusion and disruption. THAT is why his defenses are sustainable from year to year.

There's always one very specific thing that gets his feathers so ruffled that he has to make it into a 200 word rant.

This time, it was the 10 minute drive the Texans pulled off. He was probably convulsing in his chair in anger so much, spewing it onto CP was the only way to get the toxicity out of his system.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

There's always one very specific thing that gets his feathers so ruffled that he has to make it into a 200 word rant.

This time, it was the 10 minute drive the Texans pulled off. He was probably convulsing in his chair in anger so much, spewing it onto CP was the only way to get the toxicity out of his system.

I was watching that drive laughing.

Texans straight up dicked themselves taking that much time off the clock.

The Chiefs have an incredible talent for losing slow whether it's the only TD they give up during the game, or every snap for our terrible guard-cum-tackle.

And everyone complains. When the Chiefs are not winning the game they are finding ways to not lose it.

Making the offense go on a 10-minute drive to score is making them be perfect to get that score. So many chances for things to go wrong during that kind of drive. If they pull it off you tip your cap and move on. The other guys get paid, too.

[A Salt Weapon]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

It is entirely unrealistic to expect that Andy Reid would even remotely consider the idea of retiring before the wheels fall off of the run he's on.

He has a qb that the floor is overtime of the afc championship game. The greatest qb that ever lived.

Andy appears to enjoy coaching very much. He's compensated very well for the job he's doing, and he's headed to the 7th straight afccg.

He's not going anywhere until he either physically cannot do it anymore, or the wheels fall off through failure to maintain a championship roster by the front office.

Not only that but also, what was the biggest knock on Reid as a head coach his entire career? Clock management, remember we had that issue with him when he got here too. The last 6 years that hasn’t been an issue, I don’t think he fixed it, but someone did. My guess is Mahomes did. So you have one of the best coaches that now has the best qb that also fixes that coaches biggest weakness. It’s a recipe for perfection.