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Chiefs Coach Herm Edwards Fires Offensive Coordinator Mike Solari, Other Assistants

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards will be back in 2008, but his coaching staff can't survive this year's 4-12 record intact. Adam Teicher of the Kansas City Star reports that Edwards has fired all of the offensive assistants left over from the Dick Vermeil era. Those coaches are offensive coordinator Mike Solari,...

Chiefs Offensive Coordinator Taking Some Heat for Inept Chiefs Offense

Yesterday, I wrote that Herm Edwards bungled a late-game 3rd and 1 when he called for a Damon Huard pass. Predictably, the pass was intercepted, the Chiefs lost, and the finger-pointing commenced. But as was pointed out in the comments, the head coach, generally, doesn't call the plays. That chore falls to the offensive...

Who's to Blame for Chiefs' Playoff Loss: Herm Edwards / Mike Solari Edition

The Chiefs' offensive players were inept, as I mentioned in part II of this series. However, there's a lot of reason to also blame the Chiefs' unimaginative offensive playcalling for the Chiefs' offensive struggles.Even a 2-year-old can predict the Chiefs' offensive strategy:-Run-Run-PassAnd it goes on like this....One...

Rumor Mill: Mike Shula to Replace Terry Shea as QB Coach?

I generally don't like to post rumors, but this one may be worth discussing (though keep in mind that these are very unconfirmed rumors). According to some folks over at ChiefsPlanet, Terry Shea, the Chiefs' QB coach, might be on the hot seat. A name that has been bandied about as his replacement? The...

Chiefs' Offensive Coaches Join the Goat Herd

I deliberately left out the Chiefs' offensive coaches, namely Mike Solari, from my last post listing the goats of the game. I actually was not sure if they deserved goat status. It was hard to tell how effective their gameplan was because the players did not execute. Further, there is always the train of thought that...