Chiefs Kingdom sounds supportive of potential return for Eric Bieniemy to Kansas City

On Thursday, the UCLA Bruins football program decided to rid themselves of their offensive coordinator in hopes that changes might keep the team from finishing at No. 117 overall a year from now. That move set longtime coach Eric Bieniemy free, looking for his next job just one season after taking the SoCal gig in the first place.

The sudden availability was a major source of discussioin this week for Chiefs fans on social media, who had immediate opinions about what happened at UCLA and where EB should look next: Kansas CIty.

Plenty of Chiefs fans were calling for Bieniemy to come back to K.C., even if it's in a short-term advisory role. Let's look at some of the responses from fans in the wake of Bieniemy's termination.

Eric Bieniemy was let go from Deshaun Foster's staff at UCLA after a single season.

One narrative that some fans or analysts are purporting has to do with discipline for the Chiefs' offense. The notion is that Bieniemy was always willing to call out players who were out of line for one reason or another—even if they were the team's stars. Without that discipline...

Another appreciateid facet of Bieniemy's coaching style is the "juice" that he brings to the sidelines. There's no denying Bieniemy's undying passion for the game he played himself as a running back.

Several responses were overwhelmingly supportive of Bieniemy given his body of work and extensive experience—even if it's not a return to K.C. in his future.

Some fans admitted they needed a bit of time to think about it before coming to a positive conclusion about bringing EB back into the fold.

While some fans and general NFL experts want to call out Bieniemy's inability to get a job as a reason why he's "overrated", including his recent short stint in UCLA, there are reasons to be listed and some fans of Bieniemy were offering those arguments on social media in the wake of his firing.

And of course, correlation isn't causation, but some fans want to simplify things anyway and romanticize the firepower the Chiefs once exhibited on offense in Patrick Mahomes' early seasons.