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Apparently the Chiefs and Patriots asked the Rams permission to talk to McDaniels according to Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

-Penn State hired the Patriots OC to be their HC last night.

Could be true, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Cam Cameron could be a name to watch.

From Senior Bowl
by KcChiefs.com

"Crennel says he’s getting closer to defining titles and finalizing his coaching staff for 2012, but isn’t ready to announce any additions or subtractions just yet.

“We’re still in that process and things are going good,” Crennel said after the South practice Tuesday evening. “We will continue to go through this process and when we get it all finalized, then we’ll let everyone know.”

Muir says he doesn't want to retire. Sounds like he might be our OL coach next year again which I'm fine with.

Yeah he is ok as an OL coach. Just never should have been our OC.

If he wants to stay on as the OL coach that is great, he knows his shit at OL.

ON ROMEO’S STAFF, EMERY’S STATUS
January 25, 2012 - Bob Gretz

From Mobile, Alabama
The majority of the Chiefs contingent hit the road out of town on Wednesday, heading for the airport and flying back to Kansas City and other locations.
But on Wednesday, director of college scouting Phil Emery was on the field after practice in the morning and he was wearing a shirt with a Chiefs logo. Emery is reportedly one of two finalists for the GM job with the Chicago Bears.
Emery along with New England’s director of pro personnel Jason Licht will have second interviews with Chicago management on Thursday and Friday, reportedly in the Windy City.
While head coach Romeo Crennel says the Chiefs are waiting for a few things to fall into place before finalizing his coaching staff, the question came up – how many coaches are being hired, and thus how many coaches are being let go?
During the Senior Bowl week there were plenty of Chiefs assistant coaches in the stands watching the workouts. Seen at Ladd-Peebles Stadium from the offensive side of the staff Bill Muir, Maurice Carthon, Bernie Parmalee and Jim Zorn. Defensive coaches in the house were Gary Gibbs, Otis Smith, Emmitt Thomas, Anthony Pleasant and Adam Zimmer. All seemed to be wearing their Chiefs gear.
There were four assistants who were not seen: special teams coach Steve Hoffman, offensive assistant Nick Sirianni, wide receivers coach Richie Anderson and assistant offensive line coach Pat Perles.
That does not mean they were not there – the Senior Bowl brings over 800 NFL club employees to town and they could have gone unnoticed. However, people were looking for them.

Now that Mike Sherman has landed with Miami, NFL Network's Michael Lombardi suspects the Chiefs will turn to ex-Dolphins offensive coordinator Brian Daboll for the same position in Kansas City.
Daboll is left without a job, and he has a history with GM Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel from their time together in New England. It's hard to fairly evaluate Daboll as a play-caller because he's had major QB issues with the Browns and Dolphins the past few seasons. Lombardi believes Chiefs QBs coach Jim Zorn is the other candidate for the job.

Im not real sure what Dabolls style is. If he can make Reggie Bush a great rusher than he should tear it up with Charles running the ball for him.

Matt Moore didn't look to bad under him either. Obviously our offense is limited by Cassel anways, but maybe he can do just enough to let our defense win the games.

Phil Emery Is The Bears New General Manager

by Joel Thorman on Jan 28, 2012 2:28 PM CST

Phil Emery is the Chicago Bears new GM.

The Bears have officially announced that they've hired Emery, who is now the former Kansas City Chiefs director of college scouting.

Emery spent six years as an area scout for the Bears in the late 90s and early 00s so he has some familiarity.

The search started with five candidates but it got down to Emery and Jason Licht from the Patriots. In the end, Emery got the job.

This means the Chiefs are in need of a new college scouting director. GM Scott Pioli has known Emery's been a candidate for the job so I imagine he's thought about that, or perhaps has a plan in place.

It also means we can commence the "let's trade for this player on the Bears" talk.

Well add a new director of college personel to the list of needs. It always sucks to lose quality staff, but its the nature of the beast when you draft well.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Chiefs director of college scouting Phil Emery has been hired as the Chicago Bears’ general manager.

The Chiefs had been preparing for Emery’s potential departure. He had been considered a leading candidate in Chicago. He formerly was a scout for the Bears.

This won’t be a crippling loss for the Chiefs, but they will need to quickly adjust. Losing your college scouting director on the day of the Senior Bowl and four weeks before the NFL combine is not ideal. I’m sure Kansas City general manager Scott Pioli has a plan to replace Emery, since the Chicago process was lengthy.

In other AFC West-related news, NFL offensive coordinator opportunities are shrinking for former Oakland coach Hue Jackson. Baltimore didn’t replace Cam Cameron and Schefter reports the Colts are hiring former Steelers coordinator Bruce Arians. Jackson was considered a potential candidate for both jobs.

Bruce Arians might have been a decent look. Crennel has got to be looking at a NE position coach. Perhaps his old buddy Dante Scarnecchia. Maybe Brian Ferentz. I would rather have Jackson or Daboll and Cam Camerson is staying in Bali.

Has Daboll actually been released yet? My guess is they have been waiting around on him, but also want to hire Ferentz. Jackson would still be my top choice, but all teams might pass on him for the year.