 Barely a month after getting fired at Notre Dame, Charlie Weis signed on Friday as offensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he’ll join two old friends in trying to revive a flagging franchise that’s won only 10 games in three years.
“This marriage seemed very, very simple,” Weis told the Associated Press. “I’m very excited to be a part of a growing process that has been started here in the last year.”
In an interview on Wednesday, Weis virtually confirmed that he was about to rejoin head coach Todd Haley and general manager Scott Pioli.
Pioli was a front office executive in New England when Weis was offensive coordinator for the Patriots’ four Super Bowl teams, and Weis shared a small office with Haley for three years when they were assistants with the New York Jets.
“My relationship with Todd and my relationship with Scott and several other persons in the organization made Kansas City look like a fine landing spot for me,” Weis said. “I couldn’t be more pleased.”
There won’t be any wholesale changes to the Chiefs offense.
Everything that was implemented from August-thru-January under Haley will remain at its core under Weis.
“He’s a coach that system-wise I feel we’re as close as we can be,” Haley said. “It is the same system [that we run here now]."
As KCChiefs.com staffer Josh Looney suggested, after beginning at ground zero at the beginning of 2009, it would appear Haley is more interested in tweaking than wholesale change.
That's definitely good news for players like Jamaal Charles, who was able maximize his talents in the scheme after taking over for Larry Johnson, Matt Cassel and Dwayne Bowe.
As Looney explained, the core players that build this team’s nucleus are comfortable with the system and Kansas City can add to that base. It’s something that carries no mystery.
Players know what to expect as the team move forward offensively. It has to help further a cause that's in definite need of furthering.
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