Hello? You Play To Win The Game?

The headline has nothing to do with the post, at least not in meaning.  But, what else do you think of when you think of Herm Edwards?

Herm was fired on Friday, for reasons that are quite obvious.  He's gone 15-33 in three seasons, he's practically ruined Larry Johnson's career (though arrogance and spitting in women's faces will also do it) by giving him such a heavy workload early on, and he's failed to develop any young quarterbacks.  Those are just among the failures.

No one is going to sit here or stand here or do anything to tell you that Edwards was or is a great coach.  He's a fun guy, players seem to enjoy him because he can relate as a former player himself, and he's good for a sound bite.  As a coach, on the field, not so much.

In his Jets days when he was at least competitive on the field of play, he was known for being way too close to the vest with his play calling.  In his Kansas City days, he was known for just being plain bad, for any number of reasons.

To many, I'd imagine, it was a head scratcher that he wasn't fired two years ago, after going 4-12.  So, on its surface firing him now isn't much of a big deal.  However, my question is, why specifically now, as in Friday, January 23rd?

Were the Chiefs waiting until all of the good assistant coaches had been scooped already?  Did they want the Steve Spagnuolo's and Rex Ryan's of the world to get hired, and then fire their coach?

What changed from say, November of 2007 to this time period that made it necessary to fire Herm now?  

I have none of the answers to these questions.  But, it's clear to me at least that when an organization makes a decision like this, boneheaded in its timing, it's just further proof of why they are a bad organization.  Good luck trying to convince Shanahan or Gruden to take over the reins there in KC.