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Report: Chiefs OC Bill Muir 'Likely' To Retire

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We may have seen the end of the Bill Muir era with the Kansas City Chiefs. At least according to Jason La Canfora.

The NFL Network insider reports that Muir, the Chiefs offensive coordinator and primary play caller, is "likely" to retire. Muir is 69 years old and there has been speculation lately that the Chiefs will hire a new offensive coordinator so the report shouldn't come as a major shock.

Muir spoke to the media last week and I didn't notice any indication this is the way he's leaning.

Even without a retirement decision, you have to wonder if Muir would be back. This was his first season as the Chiefs offensive coordinator and play caller and KC ended the season ranked 31st in the league. Yes, there were quarterback concerns in the second half of the season but even with Matt Cassel early in the year the team was too inconsistent.

So we'll keep an eye out for news on Muir's future. Plenty of folks have been speculating that the Chiefs will hire an offensive coordinator. If Muir retires, that will confirm a new OC is coming to town.

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69!

He looks about 89 in that picture. Being that old calling plays you know he had to fall asleep a few times in the booth.

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Bill, but time for you to just go away.

I would keep muir as an oline coach

Don’t forget muir called some plays but it was haley calling alot more than muir.

Think you got that backwards

Muir called most of the plays. Haley called some.

wrong haley called the plays most of them
come on would you hire someone to be your oc who never really called plays before, and turn the guy loose calling plays

muir was a puppet for haley calling plays. Haley was looking for a yes man. If u watch alot of the sideline action u always saw haley holding his play card and covering his mouth calling in plays when the chiefs had the ball. I would say it was about a 75 to 25 mix of haley caslling the plays over muir.

I've been givng muir shit all year, but I can see that it was more haley than muir. calling plays

i would keep muir as oline coach

Because the play calling was so much better after Haley left?

The execution and QB play improved some but it was the same bad playcalling especially in the red zone.

the green bay game offensively was probably the best game plan the chiefs had all year offensively.

they moved the ball, and it wasn’t the 3 and out bullshit I watched all year. Granted they didn’t score like they should of in the redzone, but what a break it was for the defense to catch there breath on the sidelines. alot of times under haley i was just hoping for a first down on offense just to give the DE a rest.

With Matt Cassel as the QB he probably was

Caslling the plays in…

I agree with WarPaint

Wow! NO body challenges The Joel Thorman like that!

Respect.

also

i wasn’t too impressed with the o-line performance this year

Wiegs went from old to older ... we lost Waters, Lilja had to change sides, Asamoah's first year of starting

… and Moeaki gone, TE does help block as well

Yep

I’m now hoping for a C.Weigmann retirement to be announced. I’m excited about the possibilities for the o-line next year especially if we draft someone early on. I don’t think people knew how important T.Moeaki in the blocking game either, and you see the difference he made.

i agree on all counts
No, Tony Moeaki is out of Iowa

just like Stanzi, and therefore he was drafted only as a personal favor from Pioli to Ferentz, and really isn’t any good at all. /sarcasm

Where is SullyWA2 when you need him?

He had inside information from a source he couldn’t name that confirmed Haley was calling all the plays… and that Matt Cassel is a bona fide NFL starting QB and that the Chiefs need not upgrade that position.

5 OCs in four years.

The future looks bright. ;p

gotta wear shades
Alex Smith says hi
that alone is good for at least 25 more percentage points of TDs per red zone possession.
not bad news

But, then again… he was good with the OL, so this leaves several openings now… DC, OC, OL coach….

I think him being OC is part of why the Oline regressed this year.
i am not convinced the OL regressed

Plug JC back in, and the rushing numbers would have been as good… the sacks alowed were about the same.

Lilja had issues adjusting to the left side and Richardson(who actually showed some promise last year) completely fell off.
true statements

But, I stand by my assesment.

I also think that Albert and Asamoah improved and Hudson looks good… so on balance, the OL isn’t worse

Right on all counts

I wonder how much of Lilja’s struggles were related to Weigs going from old to super old.

just curious why did the chiefs let gaithers go when they never played the guy very much.

I know about the san diego game, but b rich does that all the time and he’s still on the team.

because he wanted to play LT. I forgot Albert or B Rich is LT

he can’t play RT…for some odd reason

i dont think that was the reason
or maybe haley hated him. Who knows. My money is on the LT issue
haley said publicly that Gaither could play either side

Kent Babb said that Haley never gave him a chance… didn’t get snaps in practice or on game day… Gaither had no idea why

Gaither said

he’d be fine playing either side. One of his best friends is Albert.

yep
tark gaither is a potential free agent right
Yep.

That’s one reason he was let go, I’m sure. Haley wasn’t playing him, so no use in him taking up a roster spot.

yes but i don't think the chiefs signed gaither for a whole lot

How f*cked up is it to be 30 mill under the cap and cut somebody you need back up or starting help on the oline. Another haley ego f*ck up

I still say blame belongs to more than Haley

If Pioli thought Gaither was worth keeping, he wouldn’t have cut him, especially knowing he planned/hoped to fire Haley soon.

explain my 4 week nightmare watching palko play when haley was coach.

or lets change the offense game plan on the plane when the chiefs headed to play the jets. Haley ego got the best of him and it cost him his job. He was more about screwing the team at the end then doing what was right.

I'm not saying Haley was blameless

Just that Pioli should share some of it. If Pioli thought Gaither was worth keeping, why would he cut him off word from the coach he was planning to fire?

Because an organization cannot work

If you don’t trust people to do the jobs you’ve delegated to them. Management 101.

The only thing you can do is, once you’ve totally lost faith in them, let them go. Which Pioli did.

I don't think he planned on firing him until the end of the year.

I think the Jets game fiasco accelerated his plans.

Fair enough

I’m certainly not trying to take all the blame off Haley here. He clearly mishandled the situation, as well as others, but I don’t think Pioli is completely blame free either. There were other guys that could have been cut if part of the reason it happened was to protect Mims.

Again.

No reason to hang onto him, if he’s not playing and will be a free agent at the end of the year. I’m not saying Pioli is blameless, but I put at least 90% on Haley.

I can accept that

Just another questionable move on Haley’s way out.

Wrong. it was all about saving the awesome, world beating, descedant of Chuck Norris himself

DAVID MIMS!!!!

Depending on what happens with the HC spot

There could be more coaching turnover than that.

Thank you, there is a god I guess
Oh yeeeeessss!
New OC, new oline coach, two new olineman please
I'd like at least three

RT
LG
C

Or if Hudson sticks at LG, making Lilja the backup (if not cut), then two centers.

Lilja would be a really good interior backup

And keep B-Rich as the swing tackle. Not only should that be a good starting line, but we will also have decent depth.

u mean u are asking clark to spend money

the good news he will be forced to this year, I hear they got to spend atleast 90% of the salery cap or they lose tv revenue

He just spent 14 million on a kicker and paid our best pass rusher 60 million.

The whole “Clark is cheap” argument is tired.

yeah i was surprised about the dollers for succup deal.

I hope clark writes a few more checks, like bowe and carr. and orton

Even under the last deal teams

had to spend 80% of the salary cap… it’s not like the Chiefs haven’t locked up some key players with long-term contracts. I echo the sentiment that Mr. Hunt isn’t “cheap.” He may be frugal, but I’d rather that than throw money at a on-the-field flash and locker room cancer. Perhaps it takes more than a couple years to get the right guys long term. Don’t forget, the players have a bit of a say in it, too. See Brandon Carr.

Including Breaston

Hunt has shelled our over 150 million dollars to key players over the last year and a half.

Looks like it's going to be another interesting offseason.
Ranked 31st answer E

A. J charles and T moeaki IR.
B. dropping waters.
C. Cassel and palko sucked this year.
D. Way to predictable.
E. all of the above.

Just don't hire McDaniels as OC!!!! It would be a monumental mistake.

The media is continuing to state McDaniels will likely be the OC if Crennel is head coach. This would be Pioli’s biggest mistake of all. We already have media stating that he McD would be the headcoach in waiting when Romeo retires/quits/get fired or whatever. Is this what you want Chiefs fans? Everyone made it clearly known that we don’t want McD for head coach, why on earth would anyone feel any different about him as OC? If we hire him to be OC, there would huge fan dissent not only now, but at the first sign of something going awry in 2012. Top it off with this meaning two more years of Cassel. Uhhhh – I think this would be a disaster!!!

that's code for

we’ll give you the opportunity to save face and dignity if you just go away, but you won’t be coming back.

Team needs in order.

1. QB
2. OL
3. NT
4. RB
5. SS/FS
6. DE
7. ILB
8. TE

how about

a new offense? Preferably oregon’s offense

right now oregon got 2 weeks of offense already on the board if that was kc

21pts already for oregon

oregon is 46 points a game. If KC could do that....
you would of thought vermeil came back to coach kc
is he willing to come back? =D
how about when the chiefs had greg robinsion as DC under vermeil
i rather have offense over defense

but that’s just me

yeah unfortunately that theory didn't work under vermeil

we couldn’t stop anybody when we needed to

we had a defense?
no not under vermeil we didn't every game was a shoot out
the old AFC west. Good old days
yeah we had a good run with trent green at QB just didn't have the DE to back green up.

Just image if green had the de of today and the wr of the chiefs today back when green played

or if we had Green, Holmes, TonyG and that hellaciously awesome OLine
I wouldn't complain about Kennison being back in the mix either

But really, if we could just get that O-line back (man what a line that was), we’d probably be surprised at how good this offense suddenly looks even with the rest of the current parts.

you mean u wouldn't be mad if holding # 67 is let go
I don't really care if Richardson stays

I would like him sent to the bench though.

yes dude man i miss the willie roaf and will shields days along with waters
right then :)
Ok

Take a deep breathe, sit back and look at the QBs in this years draft. Ok now look at where we’re picking in the draft, do you see anyone there that’s a upgrade over what we have? Do you even see anyone that would even be better prepared to start than Stanzi? Get it, got it, good, now go back a change your list.

we could pull a falcon?
Why does he need to change the list?

QB is our biggest need that doesn’t change just because their may or may not be QBs in the top 12 that we would want.

Why put it there if theres not a good option?
Because its our top need?

It’s what I have rated as our top need. It doesn’t mean we should reach on a guy top 12, but that doesn’t stop it from being the top need.

besides luck and rg3

is there any good qb?

Not really I'm afraid
I'm all for drafting a QB, but there's no reason when they suck

might as well pick someone from FA

Yup...

Drew Brees is an option… As is Matt Flynn.

I doubt Brees is an option

I can’t see New Orleans letting him get away.

While I agree... It is still a possible option.

NO will not be able to keep all their free agents Granted Nicks is most likely going to be the guy to leave.

Yeah it's our top need no doubt, but it ain't happening.

We all know we need a better QB, but it ain’t happening this year. So you realize that and put the 2nd need first on the list.

yeah will get manning this year, just look at my sig for proof
which one? Peyton, Eli, or their dad?
sad to say but some of u weren't even around when the last time the chiefs drafted a QB in the first round
I definitely wasn't

I’m only 20

Or keep it as your top need

Becsuse it is the top need, who knows we might pick up Peyton Manning, RGIII might fall to us or we could trade up you never know until it happens.

Normally I agree with you about stuff CPT

but the Chiefs can’t keep ignoring the position and with Dwayne Bowe potentially franchised they have ammunition to move up in the draft if they trade him.

I think they should sign re-sign Bowe, but this team needs a long term answer at the QB position.

Woot woot...

Anybody getting on the Matt Flynn train?

Only if we get his QB coach in here to be the OC
Only if he comes with Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback
If we can't keep Orton, I agree with QB #1
Needs

1.) LT KALIL ( USC)
2.) QB KEENUM (HOUSTON)
3.) RB ( RICHARDSON FROM ALABAMA, BALL FROM WISCONSIN, POLK FROM WASHINGTON) ALL ARE JR; RICHARDSON WILL BE GONE IN 1ST ROUND.
4.) NT
5.) ILB: DJ NEED HELP ( MOVE STUDEBAKER INSIDE & BELCHER AS BACK-UP)
6. SS/FS; ( CUT BOTH MCGRAW & PISCITELLI) MOVE KENDRICK LEWIS TO SS & DRAFT CLAIBORNE FROM LSU
7.) TE FA ( COLIN PETE, PRESTON DIAL BOTH WERE APART OF ALABAMA NATIONAL TITLE. ) OR CELEK FROM MICH ST

Needs Revised

1.) DeCastro LG
2.) Keenum QB (okay, I could get with this, round 3 or 4?)
3.) Ganaway RB (probably a 3rd or 4th rounder, maybe 5th)
4.) Ta’amu NT (round 2)
5.) ILB… yeah, maybe in FA? might be stuck with Siler. If they find the right answer at NT, this might not be a big deal.
6.) Secondary Depth S and CB
7.) TE – Agreed. Don’t care who. But hopefully they can catch AND block.

Your #6....Did you forget that Berry is a strong safety?

Really though, Romeo plays left and right safeties….and Lewis isn’t very good at sticking his nose in.

Is your wish list ranked by order of priority. If so good.

TE all depends on moeakie health as far as a need. if healthy i would scratch that one of the list.

Yup

Thanks

we need another TE. Pope is too slow (but big) and becht is becht

5 and 7 are more just to add depth.

5 and 8

I meant 5 and 8

I think he knew he was going to go

He made it a lot easier on himself and the Chiefs office by just stepping down. Classy act.

So Haley hired a guy one year before retirement.

To do one of the most important things on the team, that he’d never done before in his life.

#dumbass

Agreed.
How else was he going to get a new OC next season in his continued offensive plan?
haley wanted a yes man in muir, word probably got out about the weis debacle and oc didn't want to come to kc

so hire muir, and call the show haley. Just my theory, but they way it looks i think i’m right

Haley would have been better off just doing it himself.

At least that would have been less confusing, and he’d be sure to sink or swim on his own accord.

I think it is safe to assume Haley might regret some of the decisions that he made in Kansas City

If Haley ever gets another shot, I think he will do well.

It will be interesting to follow his career.

That's a big if.

He didn’t do himself any favors on his way out.

you are not lying about that

but success does wonders to make up for past mistakes…
If he gets hot somewhere, his name will come up.

Yeah, I think he needs to build back up his rep.

Probably start at the WR coaching position again. Still young enough to learn from his mistakes and be successful down the line.

I for one will be watching his career closely...

In the end, it seems he definitely got himself fired… but I am a Todd Haley fan. He had a lot of potential, it’s all just too bad.

I really wanted him to succeed too.

He was the kind of guy you could really rally behind, until he started doing all kinds of screwy things this year.

Todd Haley was a guy you could grow a beard with...

He did somethings great and somethings with a little WTF.

I think he was set to become a good-great coach for us

Somewhere along the way, things between him and Pioli shifted and that apparently made him go nuts.

Hell get an OC job somewhere

No doubt about that

Now?

I’m not so sure. His offenses sucked in KC, and he only called plays one year in St. Louis. Granted, it was their SB year, but he can only ride that gravy train for so long.

I don't see him taking a demotion like tha personally

Some might believe he didn’t get a fair shake, especially dealing with such major injuries this year, the offense last year was pretty good IIRC.

I know Cards fans would love to have him back at OC.

Does Ken Whisenhunt get fired this year?

He might go back… Todd Haley will get a job somewhere if he wants one…

Nah their coach isn't getting canned

Especially with all those come backs and overtime victories

they did win three out of their last four

But someone might pay for that Kolb trade.

Then just keep starting Skelton

At least that’s what my gramps keeps telling the TV

Cough *Arizona* Cough *Wrong Cards* Cough
Right.

Arizona. Heh.

weis was haley best friend when it came to the offense
Except when it came to Cassel, if reports can be believed
tell me cassel numbers last year under weis. i think it was on of his best year as a chief
After Haley was fired

There was a reporter for CBS I think that said Haley was the one responsible for Cassel’s development. Supposedly Haley and Weis got into it over Cassel’s development and Weis just said “Fine, you do it.”

agree tark i just got tired of the 3 ring circus of muir, haley, and a little zorn. all calling plays.

doing all that BS and then haley having veto power to blow it up every play

Watching this Rose Bowl,

Does anyone know where Russell Wilson is projected? (Assuming he declares)

probably in the middle somewhere

we could pick him up

He looks pretty good.

Obviously college is completely different, but definitely looks worth a mid-Round pick.

Really?

His career college stats put him somewhere below Ricky Stanzi. I know, you can’t look at college stats unless you aren’t named Ricky Stanzi. If Russell Wilson wins this game, he will have a Rose Bowl over Stanzi’s Orange Bowl, and that will make him that much better.

But that’s it. Fewer yards, better TD/INT ratio, about the same completion percentage, similar bodies and mobility.

Yep, keep looking for that guy SO MUCH BETTER than what we have on the roster.

Sorry, Stanzi is bigger.

I forgot that Wilson is Doug Flutie’s twin.

They are saying he may go play baseball...

He would be a risky pick

5'11 191

He is in Kellen Moore territory.

I would rather have Moore. Who is better?

Well

Kellen Moore destroys him in overall career.

Wilson – 60.7 career % 107td 29int

Moore – 69.8 career % 142td 28int

They run different styles of offense, but the point is well taken.

Still, Wilson’s numbers aren’t bad for a Wisconsin QB. In fact they are probably great for any QB.

Only Case Keenum gets close to those Moore numbers…

Keenum — 69.5 career % 155 td 46 int

What?

You are evaluating a college QB based on his college resume??

You can only do that if he is not named Ricky Stanzi

I heard that

I hope not lol

Wouldn't surprise me the TE spot is next...

There is a lot of rumblings that Bernie Parmalee is going to join Charlie Weis at Kansas.

here is a link to kind of support that

KU

Plus his son is committed to Kansas...

here

He did good work with Tony Moeaki last season.. we may see a completely different O staff in 2012. That could be a great thing.

Hope you all took the over in this Wisconsin game ;-)
Chiefs defense+ oregon offense=SB time
Wilson looks good

seriously, I just would SO love to see OK St beat the snot outta Stanford … and a certain My A Luck toss 5 INT’s

I was thinking the same thing

I hope they make him look bad so everyone will shut the hell up about him

i like the mobile RG111 the best.

I think there is a good shot we get manning this year. It reminds me of the whole montana deal when carl peterson ran the show. I might be wrong but my sig tells me we don;t draft qb in the first round.

we got the de part figured out who we plugging in for the offense part

peyton manning

1 issue, if manning goes down, who's going to take over?

look at the colts. Manning was basically the OC, Offense, and QB. Once he goes down=confusion. That’s my only concern

my choice at the moment is orton over cassel for the back up if manning is brought in

no manning or no draft day pick on a qb then orton my qb

Orton sounds like he's not coming back.

Guess we’ll find out if Mr. Hunt is “cheap” and won’t commit, because Orton seems to think it’s Matt’s team and apparently wants to start somewhere.

How he could NOT start in KC blows my mind, but whatever.

It seems like Muir wants to end his career on his own terms.
wouldn't you?

and the guy deserves it, honestly

I don't care whose terms.

Just that it ends (at least in KC).

btw this is off topic but the National Defense authorization act. So don't you dare say anything bad about the US
obama signed the NDAA*
and never go to the airport and wave at your friend and holler "hi" to him if his name is "Jack"
But he might be a friendly American official who can get you through customs in Somalia and onto a flight to America without a passport

At least if you’re the underwear bomber anyways

Yeah just goes to show how much change we've gotten out of Obomba

Which is none

well the pat act is for foreigners. NDAA is for civilians.

Now the cycle is whole. We don’t discriminate when we abuse people’s rights

Either way they're unconstitutional

And Obama is the “constitutional lawyer/scholar” LMAO

I swear I hate getting into politics

but the Patriot Act allows warrantless eavesdropping on anybody, citizen or not.

Made into law under Bush, renewed under Obama.

TARP, signed under Bush, blamed on Obama.

Look ’em up.

Obama did vote in favor of TARP

He did sign ARRA into law filled with pork barrel spending and 1.2
Trillion more added to the debt, adding a trillion every year, etc.

THANK GOD!!!

A year too late and Im also not to happy that he goes out on his own terms and that the Chiefs were the team that put up with his experiment of being an OC but atleast that nightmare will soon be officially done

Haley was a smart dude

He had a good grasp on situational stats. If Haley was interrupting someone with an overarching ‘scheme’ during a game, that would be one thing. Miur never had that and I don’t blame him for overtaking someone so inept at will.

That's great that Muir is likely not coming back, but....

I guess we to start throwing some suggestions for OC if McD is the only Pioli can come up with. We just fired someone else for three down years, why would we want someone who failed for three years in two other places?

if muir gone

Then will nee new oline coach too. I hope at very least he comes back as oline coach.

Yeah, well, "retire" would suggest

that he is not coming back.

Thanks, Muir

Hope the kiddies managed to learn the right things from you. Happy retirement.

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