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Originally Posted by Sperm Edwards <\/strong>
\nme, me, me
\nlol
\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not the Chiefs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 players or owners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 field. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Herm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. mmm-kay
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2
\n
\nTranslation: write a piece with me as the hero & my predecessor as the goat & I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll keep giving you stuff to write about.
\nOk, so Vermeil going 10-6 the year before was an abysmal failure b\/c there was enough good talent on the other teams that even a 10-6 record didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get them into the playoffs. But when the other teams fall apart in the AFC to the point where 9-7 can get you in, that is a resounding success. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not about how good your team is; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about how bad other teams are that define one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s success or failure.<\/p>\n

A myth. The Chiefs ran the ball MORE times under Vermeil in 2005 (520) than under Edwards in 2006 (513). All Edwards did was give a higher percentage of carries to one person. It sure paid dividends by the time they were lucky enough to make the playoffs. Everyone knew what was coming up & even a piss-poor run defense like Indy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s was able to stop Larry Johnson like he was William Green II.<\/p>\n

What resistance? Only resistance I read about all season was the best TE over the past decade calling him out for only using him as a blocker. On defense? There was no resistance. Edwards made it up. What defense would be resistant to change after being among the league\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worst for the past bunch of years.<\/p>\n

Even the alleged drastic improvement on defense was a bit of a myth.<\/p>\n

Teams passed more against the Vermeil Chiefs b\/c their offense was so proficient that they scored so much. Only way for a team to keep in the game was to pass. A team with a bad run defense & a mediocre offense will generally give up fewer total yards. But when the Chiefs stopped scoring, teams were content with running the ball more since passing so much was no longer a necessity. Edwards takes this to mean the defense went from abysmal to very good.<\/p>\n

Chiefs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 2005 rush defense: 2nd-fewest attempts, 7th-fewest yards, 4.10 ypc
\nChiefs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 2006 rush defense: 21st in rush attempts, 18th in rush yds, 4.18 ypc<\/p>\n

And for all the keeping of big plays in check,<\/p>\n

Chiefs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 2005 pass defense: 6.92 ypa
\nChiefs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 2006 pass defense: 6.96 ypa<\/p>\n

The only real difference was that teams attempted more passes in \u00e2\u20ac\u212205 to keep up with their juggernaut offense:<\/p>\n

Chiefs 2005: 558 pass attempts (27th fewest\/6th most)
\nChiefs 2006: 506 pass attempts (12th fewest)<\/p>\n

What did all this translate to?<\/p>\n

The 2006 Chiefs gave up 10 fewer points than the 2005 Chiefs (0.6ppg). If that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an improvement, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on paper only.<\/p>\n

The Raiders\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 offense (at least early-on) was MUCH better in 2005.
\nThe Broncos\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 offense was MUCH better in 2005. Added benefit to KC in 2006 of playing vs Cutler in his first NFL start.
\nThe Jaguars played their 3rd-string QB against KC in 2006 vs KC
\nThe Seahawks were without BOTH Hasselbeck AND Alexander in 2006 vs KC
\nGave up 23 pts to a rookie QB in Matt Leinart in his first NFL start.
\nPittsburgh scored 33 pts in the 3 prior games to the KC game. Vs Herm? 45 pts.
\nGave up 31 pts to the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, they were great.<\/p>\n

They were aging at OT & OG. Herm was so keenly aware of this that they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t address it in the most OL-rich draft in memory. His idea of addressing it was to add that high-performing youngster Kyle Turley to the mix & get younger in the secondary by giving a 32 year-old CB a giant contract.<\/p>\n

Herm has never taken the hit; he blamed others for it as usual. Always calling his gameplan a sound one & that the players didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t execute well.<\/p>\n

As far as listening quietly in the playoffs, he did nothing of the sort. What he did was babble on with his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I told you so\u00e2\u20ac?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when Chicago & Indy went to the superbowl with cover-2 defenses. Odd that he never uttered a peep about defensive schemes when non-cover-2 defenses were going to & winning superbowls for years.<\/p>\n

The best OG in NFL history retiring is an example of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Edwards had had enough\u00e2\u20ac????<\/p>\n

As soon as he became nothing once Herm got to town.<\/p>\n

Trent Green wanted out. If Edwards was so insistent that the team go in another direction, what was wrong with last year? He had a QB with an 11:1 TD:INT ratio who was 5-3. It was HERM who chose to go back to Trent Green, not to exile him.<\/p>\n

Until he shows that he can even perform at an NFL level, on 3rd & 2 you go to Tony Gonzalez, not a rookie.<\/p>\n

What a complete a-hole.<\/p>\n

The team got old? He added a 32 year-old CB to a big free-agent contract, added has-been Kyle Turley, and was all-too content to stick with his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153old\u00e2\u20ac? offensive line that he inherited. And he reacted so quickly to this that they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t address OL in the draft despite the loads of talent there.<\/p>\n

So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The team was good before, but the second I got here they were terrible & got old. I was in a no-win situation & did as good as anyone could have done with such a lousy group of has-been\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.\u00e2\u20ac?
\nThen why all the going all-out on his own success in this league?<\/p>\n

Herm, will never win a championship. When he has talented teams, he can beat lesser-talented teams. When the talent on his teams run dry, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s as bad as any coach in the league.
\nI have no problems with the man spending time with kids. One of the decent things he does.
\nSo why did he go back to & stick with Green when Huard was playing so well & Green was playing so badly? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obvious: it was the path of least risk. If he stuck with Huard & failed, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be open to criticism. Herm doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the stones for that. He went with Green. If he wins, then he was smart for going back to Green; if he loses, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because Trent Green got old.<\/p>\n

And this is unlike any other subject in what way?<\/p>\n

Hahahahaha.<\/p>\n

Typical Herm. Making up questions & comments that no one has asked or made, and then responding to his own fabricated questions & comments that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you\u00e2\u20ac? (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153others\u00e2\u20ac?) say.
\nAnd Herm can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t handle his own team. Why doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t he just come out and say: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think the team has enough faith in my football knowledge to have competition & play someone else while the veteran is on the roster.\u00e2\u20ac?
\nNo one thinks that Herm. Absolutely no one.<\/p>\n

Easy for Mr. All-talk to say, knowing full-well that Green won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be there.<\/p>\n

Read: I have no imagination<\/p>\n

So which are you: a liar or a fool? What coach wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spend 5 minutes thinking about whether or not his HOF left tackle would come back?
\nDoes anyone else notice how many times Edwards uses the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac? in these interviews? There is no \u00e2\u20ac\u0153we\u00e2\u20ac? in Edwards\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mind. When it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s relative success or his own perceived notion of what looks good to the public, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac? all the time. When it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bad things, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153they\u00e2\u20ac? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c except when he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually had the temerity to single out his scapegoats by name.<\/p>\n

Of course he does. It means he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not expected to succeed. If the team fails, then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not his fault. If the team plays well, then in his mind he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a genius.<\/p>\n

So with such talent, will Edwards admit to being an idiot if they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t succeed? Fat chance. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be another excuse du jour.<\/p>\n

Only because they expect so little.<\/p>\n

And if they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t? What will your excuse be? My money\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on Brodie Croyle.
\nYou know how it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obvious Herm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fibbing? He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not talking about his gameplan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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