Mike Shanahan to Kansas City?

Too many personalities for that to sound like a match to me. The Chiefs just signed Pioli and now have a proven GM, enter Mike Shanahan? I don’t see how this would work.

If he is willing to just be a coach and not a personnel man or the VP of Football Operations why not stay in Denver where he at least help build the foundation?

At least in the sense that any money KC pays him is money Bowlen doesn’t have to pay him… And his $7 million salary has to be limiting our options free agent wise…

I told you so. This will be interesting, let’s see if Shanny goes all Al Davis on Pat and spends all of his time exacting his revenge on our heads.

On the bright side, we could take the money and go spend it on free agents. On the darker side, we will have to contend with a competent franchise w/ Pioli and Shanahan. Man, this is going to be wild if it happens.

now that he has Scott Pioli running the show, he can focus on running the team. I hope we kill the chiefs every time we play them. I hope we drive shanny and the squaws into the ground at every turn, but never underestimate the drive and motivation of Mike Shanahan. To do so would be a mistake.

I live in KC (obviously a CO native and lifelong Broncos fan). Here is the link to the actual story.

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/sports/story/Mike-Shanahan-Could-be-Next-Chiefs-Head-Coach/EjWyJUYPT0q-lAAApuqgXw.cspx

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/sports/story/Mike-Shanahan-Could-be-Next-Chiefs-Head-Coach/EjWyJUYPT0q-lAAApuqgXw.cspx

Mike Shanahan Could be Next Chiefs Head Coach
  Reported by: Jack Harry
Email: harry@nbcactionnews.com
Posted by: Justin Unell
Last Update: 1/21 11:11 pm

 
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – NBC Action Sports has learned that the Chiefs are getting very close to naming their new head coach.

While we can’t confirm it, we’re hearing that it sounds like Mike Shanahan could be the replacement for Herm Edwards. We should find out by Friday.

Shanahan spent 14 years in Denver but was fired after this past season. That’s when the Broncos failed to make the playoffs after blowing a three game lead with three games to play.

The 56-year-old Shanahan was known as a “mastermind” after leading Denver to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999. But it’s been a different story since John Elway retired. He only has one playoff victory since that happened.

His teams went 24-24 the last three seasons. Shanahan had total control in Denver. If he comes to Kansas City, that won’t be the case since Scott Pioli is in charge of football operations.

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/sports/story/Mike-Shanahan-Could-be-Next-Chiefs-Head-Coach/EjWyJUYPT0q-lAAApuqgXw.cspx

I think that’s a good place for Shanny to go and I’ll wish him all the best for a max of 14 weeks every year he’s on the Chiefs sideline. For a team rebuilding, you can’t do much better than Pioli/Shanny at the top…

I would LOVE this move. The biggest knock on Shanahan was wearing 2 hats which he wouldn’t be doing in KC.

By the way, this same sportscaster said (in an unconfirmed fashion like this rumor) about a week and a half ago that Shanahan “reached out” to the Chiefs. So, this rumor isn’t totally out of the blue.

I’d rather have him in KC than SD.
It makes sense. This way he still gets to beat up on old Al twice a season (it doesn’t dissipate), AND have a healthy rivalry with Pat, his most recent former boss. This actually seems like exactly the kind of set-up Shanny would love. And he wouldn’t have to sit out a year waiting for Jerry Jones to call -he doesn’t seem the type to just take a year off.

and all the initial speculation that Shanny took a stand on Slowik so to get fired so to go to SD. Could Shanny be the best actor ever? Could it be staged? hmmmmm?

They’re really letting him twist in the wind while other HC positions fill up.

Shanny to KC would make for some great rivalries, and I know Bowlen would be fired up for it, but I sure hate the thought of being beat by our old playbook! Losing to Kubes was bad enough! LOL

Lombardi says KC front office now in total lockdown mode and there will be no leaks, due to Pioli.

While we can’t confirm it, we’re hearing that it sounds like …

Maybe they’re hiring Kyle Shanahan. ^^

this is him email from when I asked him this morning

Jack Harry is notorious for jumping the gun on a lot stuff…1. Priest Holmes retiring a 2 years before he did. 2. Larry Johnson being traded 3. Tony Gonzalez being traded. 4. Marty Schottenhiemer was coming back to take over for Dick Vermeil. Jack likes to splash the sports news and then act like nothing happened when it does not come true. Couple hot rumors: Shananhan would be the coach next year and bring in Romeo Crennel as d-coordinator. Another was Pioli’s father-in-law is Bill Parcells and he would get out of Miami and coach in KC. And the last one was the Whitlock/Cris Collinsworth rumor of the Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley to become the Chiefs next head coach. So to answer your question = I have no idea.

you’ve gotta love that if you’re Tony Sheff.

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_11526760

He has never said that he has to have COMPLETE control. If he believes in Pioli, he might be persuaded to do to to KC.

I dont believe it. Plus if Schefter is already refuting this. But then again BBS is always full of BS and this is a non story seeing that Herm is still employed and the Chefs would have to interview a minority candidate first. The Hunts are not going to take a huge fine by skirting the Rooney Rule.

http://chiefsblog.kansascity.com/?q=node/641

And it’s our job to SPECULATE!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3808287

Ok, he doesn’t, but could is such a lovely word…..

Adam Schefter
Chiefs haven’t contacted Shanahan
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 | Adam Schefter | Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Shanahan

(Jack Dempsey/AP)

Nearly a month after the season, the Chiefs still haven’t made a coaching change. Mike Shanahan still doesn’t have a job.

Thus, in the past 24 hours, like a virus that has spread, some have concluded that Kansas City is pursuing Shanahan and he could be the Chiefs’ next head coach.

Time to squash that rumor. As of mid-day Thursday, the Chiefs and Shanahan haven’t had any contact. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

Yet, within the past hour, I’ve received a half-dozen calls and e-mails from various Kansas City and Denver media outlets, asking if there’s any truth to the rumor that the Chiefs and Shanahan are talking.

No, there is not. There is no truth to the rumor. Chiefs officials are at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., and Shanahan just finished a morning run on the treadmill.

The Chiefs’ coaching mystery continues — minus Shanahan.