Chiefs Hire Scott Pioli as General Manager, Herm Edwards Likely Out as Head Coach

The Kansas City Chiefs have hired New England Patriots Vice President of Player Personnel Scott Pioli as their next general manager, likely signaling the end of Herm Edwards' tenure as the Chiefs' head coach.

Adam Schefter of NFL Network first reported the Pioli news, and although there's no hard news about Edwards, it stands to reason that Pioli would want to bring in his own head coach. In Edwards' three years as head coach, the Chiefs have gone 9-7, 4-12 and 2-14.

For the Chiefs, hiring Pioli makes a lot of sense: He's highly regarded as one of the best personnel evaluators in football, and he's played an integral role in assembling the Patriots dynasty.

For the Patriots, it's the second time this week that head coach and general manager Bill Belichick has lost one of his top lieutenants, coming just two days after offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels left to become the head coach of the Denver Broncos.

UPDATE: Michael Smith reported on ESPN that Edwards had already come to terms with the fact that he was going to be fired whenever the Chiefs found a new general manager, and that Pioli will clean house with the coaching staff.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-13-2009 @ 4:24PM

JTZ said...

Pioli is jumping the spygate ship. Smart move.. Notice that Bill and none of his coaching protege's around the league made the playoffs the first year defensive players had headset communications to the sidelines.. ie. first year they didnt have tapes of the opposing teams defensive signals.
Crennel, Mangini, Belichick no post season..Not a coincidence.

1-13-2009 @ 4:45PM

Jerry said...

Did you notice that the Patriots still went 11-5? What did your team do?

1-14-2009 @ 9:28AM

Fio said...

LOL LOL SPYGATE - Well the NFL already punished the Patriots for SPYGATE since they fixed last years superbowl for the Jersey Giants!

1-13-2009 @ 4:44PM

Mike Demary said...

JTZ you are a Dumb _ss

1-13-2009 @ 5:13PM

dj said...

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1-13-2009 @ 5:39PM

Chiefs#1 fan said...

Hurrah. Hurrah. This is the best news the Chiefs fan had in last 3 years.
I feel bad for Gun and the offensive coordinator. They flat got screwed like the rest of us by Herman.
What a failure as a head coach and he got two dumb deserving GM,s fired.

1-13-2009 @ 6:45PM

KEN said...

JTZ said... DAM YOU ARE A STUPID PERSON

first the Patriots went 11-5 with a QB that has not started a game since High School

2nd the team lost numerous starting players

um what team are you a fan of? what was there record? how do you think they would have down with back up's in for the complete season and sometimes 3rd stringers were in playing & starting and I for one am proud to say I am a PATRIOTS FAN to finish 11-5 with what happened this year is dam good. Yes they missed the Playoff's by a game.

as i said in the beginng JTZ your a idiot

1-13-2009 @ 8:34PM

ewebb111 said...

Hopefully this g.m. will know what a REALLY qb looks like instead of the trees that have rooted in the ground type... Can you say someone who can more and throw.. Get some 1st downs will you.. GET Rid of these boring ass QB's dam.
Herm is a good coach coaching alot of bums. mainly the QB'S...

1-13-2009 @ 9:28PM

jasoncbulman58 said...

thank you !!! I like the Pioli hire and was hoping for it. Now herm can go away. I did not like him for the head coaching job. He did not show me anything in ny and he wrecked kc. now the wolfpack can come back to life and get loud again. 118 decible loud. yes i am a chiefs fan!!!!!!!!!!!!

1-13-2009 @ 11:33PM

My team didnt achieve 11-5 but they are still playing. AND are in the playoffs without cheating. BB should return the Super Bowl trophies (see Wikipedia under "spygate").

Its not a coincidence that Belicheat and his lineage of coaches, Mangini, Crennel, Weis (albeit ND) etc, have performed poorly since the league provided defensive players headset communications to the sidelines. As you might remember from last March's NFL meetings, THIS WAS INNOVATED BECAUSE OF BB and SPYGATE!! In this first year BB didnt have tapes of the opposing teams defensive signals, no post season and 5 more losses.....Not a coincidence.
Without Ernie Adams (spygate videographer boss) BB will show he is really the coach that went 36-44 at Cleveland.

1-14-2009 @ 5:45AM

Laura said...

You are sooo jealous of the patriots and their success that you can't let go of the past. You need a life and you need to grow up.

1-14-2009 @ 6:06AM

KSmith said...

JTZ - by process of elimination, you're an Eagles fan. That explains why your head is so far up your a$$.

1-14-2009 @ 10:54AM

Good luck to the Chiefs

1-14-2009 @ 2:32PM

chiefsfan said...

man i envy the patriots and have for years. Yes the whole spygate thing was bad but i don't think that it would have stopped them from winning the superbowl three times. I am a die hard chiefs fan and this is a very exciting time for any chiefs fan now that hopefully we can start winning again instead of losing with a head coach that is the worst in the game. i like herm edwards as a person but he isn't fit for head coaching....he's better off as a defensive coordinator

1-14-2009 @ 4:07PM

jack said...

JTZ . Is right, belicheat will not lose 5 games next year. They will lose 7 games ..............No cheating no more playoffs

1-15-2009 @ 12:13AM

Right, Jack
Belicheat told Goodell that he had been doing it (breaking NFL rules on signal taping) since 2000. Ummm about the time his coaching record improved over the Cleveland days..
Fraud...and Pats SB wins are a Fraud, too.

1-17-2009 @ 8:32PM

taz1sg said...

JTZ - You are a moron! Research your facts, the ONLY game any evidience ever came forward regarding NE "cheating" was 1st 1QTR, 1st Game against the Jets after which the camerman was kicked out and NE continued to kick everyones butt. Yes, they broke a rule and should have been penalized for it but for all you conspiracy theory idiots - get off the crack!