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My Chief Concerns: The Kansas City Chiefs Are Filling The Coaching Void

by My Chief Concerns

Hey! What in the heck are you guys doing without me?

Matt Cassel, Dwayne Bowe, Jamaal Charles, Brian Waters, Branden Albert, etc. all know the offense.

Eric Berry, Derrick Johnson, Brandon Flowers, Ron Edwards, etc., all know the defense too.

In fact these players have been involved in football for so long, (most of their lives), I am absolutely sure they can design and implement a few, or maybe even a lot of, plays on their own.  They can coach, and apparently are coaching, themselves.  And they should…

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If I was one of these players, I would be champing at the bit to have a hand in designing my own plays.  I would be excited at the possibility of teaching any rookie the team’s plays.

If anything, the lockout has the players and owners worried about their money; but the lockout should have the coaches worried about the control of their teams.

I could not help but think that Todd Haley was a bit pleased to see Matt Cassel, Derrick Johnson, and John Mcgraw holding their own squad practices.  Thankfully we have those types of leaders on the team.  Can you say that about other NFL squads?

However, at the same time, Todd Haley had to be a bit worried about what they were doing.  What they were implementing and the fact that he had no control over it.  The coaching void will have to be filled by the players, whether he likes it or not.

If the lockout continues, the odds of this happening will grow exponentially.  Thankfully, the Kansas City Chiefs’ players are competitors.  Despite the lockout they want to play, and they want to win.  The deeper the lockout goes, the more “player only” practices will occur, and the higher the likelihood that the things being practiced and implemented by the players will (have to) be implemented when the season starts.  If we know NFL players, and we do, this should make for some rather exciting new things.  At least that is what I am hoping for.

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jeremy

what if haley or pioli talked to one of their old coaching friends, that is not coaching at this time, and gave them some things to tell the players, and do some second hand coaching, in the way haley would want it done, is this against the rules, if so what if the players got an out of work coach that haley and pioli are high on and have that guy come in and train them, without anyone talking to the chiefs management?

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tom

Would it be cheating if a choach passed some plans for practice to his probowl QB? I doubt either of them would feel like it was. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

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jeremyriversideca

Technically it would be cheating, so they should not do so.

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Lyle Graversen

Let me throw this out there, do you think that when Haley had players run practices during the bye week last year it was to prepare them for this? He said it was just to change things up and make the bye week fun for the players. However, Todd Haley is the ultimate planner and I can't help but wonder if he had the lockout in the back of his mind.

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Nick Rodgers

No secret that's what I think happened based on my post this week. I still think that even with preparation, there will be things that the players have wanted to do, and talked about doing when away from the coaches that they probably tried out. If anything it would be a good time to throw a bunch of ideas at the wall to see what sticks. It will be interesting to see exactly how much of a control freak Haley really is if they come up with offensive schemes on their own.

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jeremyriversideca

Sounds like a real possibility to me.

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jeremy

what if haley or pioli talked to one of their old coaching friends, that is not coaching at this time, and gave them some things to tell the players, and do some second hand coaching, in the way haley would want it done, is this against the rules, if so what if the players got an out of work coach that haley and pioli are high on and have that guy come in and train them, without anyone talking to the chiefs management?

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Would it be cheating if a choach passed some plans for practice to his probowl QB? I doubt either of them would feel like it was. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

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jeremyriversideca

Technically it would be cheating, so they should not do so.

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Lyle Graversen

Let me throw this out there, do you think that when Haley had players run practices during the bye week last year it was to prepare them for this? He said it was just to change things up and make the bye week fun for the players. However, Todd Haley is the ultimate planner and I can't help but wonder if he had the lockout in the back of his mind.

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Nick Rodgers

No secret that's what I think happened based on my post this week.

I still think that even with preparation, there will be things that the players have wanted to do, and talked about doing when away from the coaches that they probably tried out.

If anything it would be a good time to throw a bunch of ideas at the wall to see what sticks. It will be interesting to see exactly how much of a control freak Haley really is if they come up with offensive schemes on their own.

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Sounds like a real possibility to me.

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