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[goldenryan]

Chiefs new offensive coordinator: Charlie Weis

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Charlie Weis has agreed to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, according to team and league sources.

Weis could be named to the position within the next 24 to 48 hours, the sources said.

Weis will be reunited with head coach Todd Haley, with whom he shared an office when both were young assistants with the New York Jets. Weis also will be reunited with Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, who was the Patriots vice president of player personnel when Weis was the offensive coordinator for three Super Bowl championships before going to coach at Notre Dame.

The Bears had also been in the mix to hire Weis as offensive coordinator but the Chiefs won out.

Haley ran the offense in his first year with the Chiefs after dismissing offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. Haley had expressed a desire to find a coordinator so he could better manage his head coaching responsibilities.

Weis was dismissed last fall with a 35-27 record in five seasons at Notre Dame.

"Charlie's a guy I have a great amount of respect for as a coach," Haley said Wednesday at his final news conference of the season. "He's a coach that system-wise, I would say we're as close as you can be. Charlie's a guy I consider a friend and I've talked to throughout the year, no different from some of the other guys I lean on for things and advice."

[goldenryan]

Roy Williams speaks..."I don't blame them. I blame myself. "

on himself:

The last two games, Williams has dropped key passes that hit him in the hands. The latest one came shortly before halftime, with no defender anywhere near him, and he didn't have another ball come his way the rest of the game.

"That's telling me my quarterback lost that confidence in me and so did the co-ordinator calling the play for me," he said. "I don't blame them. I blame myself. So I have to get my (act) together and try to right this thing and help this team win some games in the playoffs."

Williams added that his confidence is still high, and he believes he has "the best hands in the league, top three at least," yet he still planned on putting in extra work after practice.

"Today I am going to get back ... to fundamentals, catch 100 balls after practice and see if it pays off come Sunday," he said.

on his production:

Williams' answer: "Someone asked me a couple of weeks ago, 'What's my favorite season of all time?' And I said, 'It's this one.' The reason being is because I've always been the man from Pop Warner to the NFL.

"And this year, I've always said, 'God, just give me a chance. Take all my balls and my yards away and just, you know, get me to a Super Bowl.' And for some reason this year things have just gone south for me. And I'm a guy that works my butt off all offseason...But we're in the playoffs and we have a chance to go to the Super Bowl that I've been begging for. So I'll trade in all my individual stats and everything just to be in the playoffs. I could still be in Detroit and be 2-14 and I would just probably now be landing in Texas as we speak."

On Miles Austin:

he just kind of rode with that momentum and he's become one of the best wide receivers in the game. And I don't want anybody - somebody told me that Troy Aikman said I was jealous of Miles because he made it to the Pro Bowl and I didn't. I could care less about who makes it to the Pro Bowl or who does what. I know talent when I see it. Miles is an extreme talent, don't know where we would be without him, big-time playmaker. I'm more happy for him than anybody else on this football team

On Romo:

his confidence left me and I think the offensive coordinator's confidence left me as well. So my thing was last week just gain the confidence of both of those guys. But Romo's had a heck of a run this December. I know everybody's talked about him in December. He's only thrown two picks. One was off the top of my head and the other one was last Sunday, you know, a fluke deal where the ball just popped up and somebody caught it. So in my eyes had hasn't had any interceptions but he's just played tremendously well

this is a VERY good thing to hear if your a Cowboys fan ...There are a ton of players in the NFL that would be pointing the finger elsewhere in his situation...and although he is overpaid, HE KNOWS IT, Jerry Jones will be fine with keeping him on the team as long as he keeps trying hard to improve himself, and let this season motivate him to do better...

good stuff Roy

[goldenryan]

Shanahan signs 5 year deal to coach Redksins

After an afternoon of negotiations produced an agreement, Mike Shanahan signed a five-year contract to become head coach and executive vice president of football operations for the Washington Redskins.

Under the terms of the new deal, Shanahan will team with Redskins executive vice president and general manager Bruce Allen, but Shanahan will have the ultimate authority on football decisions. Shanahan will be introduced as the Redskins head coach at a 2 p.m. ET news conference Wednesday.

As the contract was being signed at the Redskins' training complex, Shanahan and owner Dan Snyder posed together for a picture. Then, with the deal signed, Shanahan, his agent Sandy Montag, Allen and Snyder headed out for a celebration dinner in Washington, D.C.

The contract is worth approximately $7 million a year, the Denver Post reported on its Web site. Now that Shanahan has been hired elsewhere, the Denver Broncos, who fired Shanahan one year ago, will recoup $7 million in offset money over the next two seasons under the terms of the agreement they had with the coach.

[BlackKnight]

I'm about tired of hearing How Aweful Weis was at Notre Dame Every time I turned on Sports Center ..., dude shoulda Obviously been Fired long before He was ...
Williams has to go and Kiss everyone Arse Now, Because the Cboy's Don't even need the Guy anymore, see if he's there next yr.
And I would never haved Worked for Snider if I were Shanahan ... He thought Davis was Bad ...., I hope all goes well for him.

[toys2cool]

Roy Williams and them stone hands