What pisses me off with Herm Edwards is that he has not shown anything period for the Chiefs. The Jets beat the Chiefs, there is a feather in there cap. we dominated the Raiders in the past 8 gams and we lose the game AT HOME, home field advantage at Arrowhead is something in the past. The Chiefs had a .975% win ratio (at HOME) in December and lost ALL HOME GAMES IN DECEMBER.
So the Chiefs in two years are 13-20.
The last time the Chiefs where even close to a 4-12 was in '88 when they where 4-11-1. This is the 3rd worst season in franchise history. the other two was in 1977 when they went 2-12 (the worst in franchise history, and then in 1978 when they were 4-12
Here in Kansas City, though, we can still argue whether Herm Edwards, riding a nine-game losing streak, should stick around.
But how long is long enough for Edwards, or any other coach trying to rebuild in the NFL?
Given the gradual process of drafting and developing winning players and keeping more talent than is lost in free agency, you might assume a coach needs five years to turn around an NFL team. In reality, most coaches build a winner within three years or not at all.
Just try to find many coaches who won a Super Bowl or enjoyed substantial success without making the playoffs by the end of their third seasons. Edwards, of course, took Chiefs and Jets to the playoffs immediately. But it’s doubtful that he or anybody else wants a 9-7 finish in 2006 to stand as the apex of his Kansas City career.
Check out the seven coaches of the last 10 Super Bowl winners. All reached the playoffs no later than their third season. Super Bowls have been won by Tampa Bay’s Jon Gruden his debut season, New England’s Bill Belichick and Baltimore’s Brian Billick their second seasons and Denver’s Mike Shanahan and St. Louis’ **** Vermeil in their third seasons. Indianapolis’ Tony Dungy and Pittsburgh’s Bill Cowher needed more time to win the Lombardi Trophy but made the playoffs in their first seasons.
It’s been a long time since Tom Landry was allowed to coach six years for the expansion Dallas Cowboys before making the playoffs and starting one of the NFL’s great dynasties. It’s been almost half a century, in fact, and how old does that make some of us feel?
Check out the other dynasty coaches – Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh or Joe Gibbs the first time around. Of that group only Noll, who inherited a Pittsburgh franchise bankrupt of talent, needed as many as four years to start winning big.
The third year was always a charm for Vermeil. He coached the Philadelphia Eagles, a down-and-out franchise when he took over in 1976, to the playoffs in his third year. After 6-10 and 8-8 seasons with the Chiefs, he got off to a 9-0 start in 2003 and finished 13-3.
This is a constant pattern for NFL coaches, whether before or after free agency began in 1993 or whether they inherited winning or losing teams. Three years seems to be the point at which a coach gets his fire blazing or remains futilely trying to light a match.
If there is a scientific explanation for this, you won’t read it here. You’ll just get a best guess.
Maybe players stop buying into a head coach’s program if they don’t experience success after three years. Maybe by his third year, a coach learns from his mistakes or keeps making the same ones. Maybe a coach who can’t win in three years doesn’t have the ability to win at all. Maybe he has the ability to win, but gets fired before getting the chance to work around a few detours.
You don’t need to fry your brain over this to know that next year will be critical for Edwards.
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LB Kendrell Bell
K John Carney
TE Jason Dunn
WR Eddie Kennison
CB Ty Law
WR Samie Parker
CB Patrick Surtain
S Greg Wesley
FB Kris Wilson
G John Welbourn
C Casey Wiegmann
Will probably not be in a chiefs uniform next year
So the Chiefs in two years are 13-20.
The last time the Chiefs where even close to a 4-12 was in '88 when they where 4-11-1. This is the 3rd worst season in franchise history. the other two was in 1977 when they went 2-12 (the worst in franchise history, and then in 1978 when they were 4-12
Here in Kansas City, though, we can still argue whether Herm Edwards, riding a nine-game losing streak, should stick around.
But how long is long enough for Edwards, or any other coach trying to rebuild in the NFL?
Given the gradual process of drafting and developing winning players and keeping more talent than is lost in free agency, you might assume a coach needs five years to turn around an NFL team. In reality, most coaches build a winner within three years or not at all.
Just try to find many coaches who won a Super Bowl or enjoyed substantial success without making the playoffs by the end of their third seasons. Edwards, of course, took Chiefs and Jets to the playoffs immediately. But it’s doubtful that he or anybody else wants a 9-7 finish in 2006 to stand as the apex of his Kansas City career.
Check out the seven coaches of the last 10 Super Bowl winners. All reached the playoffs no later than their third season. Super Bowls have been won by Tampa Bay’s Jon Gruden his debut season, New England’s Bill Belichick and Baltimore’s Brian Billick their second seasons and Denver’s Mike Shanahan and St. Louis’ **** Vermeil in their third seasons. Indianapolis’ Tony Dungy and Pittsburgh’s Bill Cowher needed more time to win the Lombardi Trophy but made the playoffs in their first seasons.
It’s been a long time since Tom Landry was allowed to coach six years for the expansion Dallas Cowboys before making the playoffs and starting one of the NFL’s great dynasties. It’s been almost half a century, in fact, and how old does that make some of us feel?
Check out the other dynasty coaches – Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh or Joe Gibbs the first time around. Of that group only Noll, who inherited a Pittsburgh franchise bankrupt of talent, needed as many as four years to start winning big.
The third year was always a charm for Vermeil. He coached the Philadelphia Eagles, a down-and-out franchise when he took over in 1976, to the playoffs in his third year. After 6-10 and 8-8 seasons with the Chiefs, he got off to a 9-0 start in 2003 and finished 13-3.
This is a constant pattern for NFL coaches, whether before or after free agency began in 1993 or whether they inherited winning or losing teams. Three years seems to be the point at which a coach gets his fire blazing or remains futilely trying to light a match.
If there is a scientific explanation for this, you won’t read it here. You’ll just get a best guess.
Maybe players stop buying into a head coach’s program if they don’t experience success after three years. Maybe by his third year, a coach learns from his mistakes or keeps making the same ones. Maybe a coach who can’t win in three years doesn’t have the ability to win at all. Maybe he has the ability to win, but gets fired before getting the chance to work around a few detours.
You don’t need to fry your brain over this to know that next year will be critical for Edwards.
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LB Kendrell Bell
K John Carney
TE Jason Dunn
WR Eddie Kennison
CB Ty Law
WR Samie Parker
CB Patrick Surtain
S Greg Wesley
FB Kris Wilson
G John Welbourn
C Casey Wiegmann
Will probably not be in a chiefs uniform next year
