Daboll - Why did we hire this guy again?

[blsilks]

In 2009, Daboll joined Eric Mangini's staff in Cleveland as offensive coordinator. Under Daboll the Browns had the NFL's 32nd ranked offense in 2009 and the 29th ranked offense in 2010. Daboll was named Offensive Coordinator of the Miami Dolphins under Tony Sparano in 2011, with his Dolphins improving from 30th in the league to 20th in overall offense. On February 6, 2012 the Kansas City Chiefs announced the hiring of Daboll as offensive coordinator, replacing the retired Bill Muir. The Kansas City Chiefs currently have the 31st ranked offense in the NFL. Somewhere along the way somebody taught this guy to think that losing is winning.

[Chief Faithful]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

The problem with that is that you assumed Daboll would be allowed to call anything other than a conservative passing game.

The #1 reason Daboll was brought in was because he would be a yes man.

He's calling the offense he's been told to call, plain and simple.

Doesn't matter who the OC is as long as Pioli is the GM.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Chief Faithful

Doesn't matter who the OC is as long as Pioli is the GM.

Yep, exactly.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Dayze

to respond to the OP.

....because we're the Chiefs, and we can't do anything right.
oh, and because we're retarded.

This.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

The problem with that is that you assumed Daboll would be allowed to call anything other than a conservative passing game.

The #1 reason Daboll was brought in was because he would be a yes man.

He's calling the offense he's been told to call, plain and simple.

Zorn was passed over for OC because (surprise) he wasn't sold on Cassel.

Daboll probably choked on Pioli's semen a bit, but he said all the right things, i.e. 'I can win with Matt Cassel.'

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Serious question: what has Jim Zorn ever done that makes you think he'd be a good OC or eventual HC candidate?

When they hired Daboll and they already had Zorn on the staff, conventional wisdom dictates that they should have hired someone CLEARLY better than Zorn. Was Daboll CLEARLY a better choice?

This is not a validation of Zorn, it's an indictment of Daboll. tThere probably was a number of good hires they could have done for OC last year, but if Daboll, then why not just Zorn?

[whoman69]

Part of the tree. Why does this organization do anything?