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When Ryan Poles was the Chiefs’ college scouting coordinator on 2011, general manager Scott Pioli could have conducted an all-out search for a new head coach after firing Todd Haley late in the season, but instead retained Romeo Crennel, the Chiefs’ interim head coach.
It didn’t work out. Crennel went 2-14 in 2012 and the Chiefs had to start all over again. But the error on Crennel also pushed the Chiefs into a better coaching cycle in 2013 and owner Clark Hunt took advantage of it — hiring Andy Reid four days after Reid had been fired by the Eagles.