Arguably the biggest move surrounds Chris Ballard, who was promoted from director of player personnel to director of football operations.
Ballard, who has 14 years of experience in NFL personnel, joined the Chiefs in 2013 and his name has surfaced around the league in the past two offseasons as a prime candidate for open general manager spots. The Chicago Bears interviewed Ballard in early January 2015 for the then-vacant general manager position.
Of note, Chiefs general manager John Dorsey served one year as the Green Bay Packers director of football operations in 2012 before being hired to his current position.
In other moves, the Chiefs promoted Mike Borgonzi and Brett Veach as co-directors of player personnel to replace Ballard.
Borgonzi, who has been with the Chiefs for six years, previously served as the director of pro scouting, and Veach held the position of pro and college personnel analyst the past two years after serving six years with coach Andy Reid in Philadelphia (2007-12).
Ryne Nutt, who joined the Chiefs staff in 2010, moves from Northeast area scout to Southeast area scout, an area former assistant director of college scouting Dom Green was responsible for. The New York Jets recently hired Green as its Southwest area scout.
Matt Donahoe, who has been with the Chiefs since 2013, moves from national scout to Nutt’s previous post as Northeast area scout. Donahoe spent the 2012 summer in Green Bay as a scouting intern.
The promotions affect titles and responsibilities, but not the reporting structure, as each man will still report to Dorsey.
Isray chose to keep Pagano when he fired Grigson. Pagano has 3 years left on his contract. Normally, I'd say those are signs that Pagano is staying. But as previous posters have stated: Isray is a bit of a wildcard. And the Colts have gone 8-8 two years in a row. So I guess anything is possible. I hope the Chiefs can find a way to keep Toub. Unless they talk Isray into trading Luck for Toub. :-) Ballard was a great signing by the Colts. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
Arguably the biggest move surrounds Chris Ballard, who was promoted from director of player personnel to director of football operations.
Ballard, who has 14 years of experience in NFL personnel, joined the Chiefs in 2013 and his name has surfaced around the league in the past two offseasons as a prime candidate for open general manager spots. The Chicago Bears interviewed Ballard in early January 2015 for the then-vacant general manager position. Of note, Chiefs general manager John Dorsey served one year as the Green Bay Packers director of football operations in 2012 before being hired to his current position. In other moves, the Chiefs promoted Mike Borgonzi and Brett Veach as co-directors of player personnel to replace Ballard. Borgonzi, who has been with the Chiefs for six years, previously served as the director of pro scouting, and Veach held the position of pro and college personnel analyst the past two years after serving six years with coach Andy Reid in Philadelphia (2007-12). Ryne Nutt, who joined the Chiefs staff in 2010, moves from Northeast area scout to Southeast area scout, an area former assistant director of college scouting Dom Green was responsible for. The New York Jets recently hired Green as its Southwest area scout. Matt Donahoe, who has been with the Chiefs since 2013, moves from national scout to Nutt’s previous post as Northeast area scout. Donahoe spent the 2012 summer in Green Bay as a scouting intern. The promotions affect titles and responsibilities, but not the reporting structure, as each man will still report to Dorsey.
Sounds like the SE is a promotion over the NE. Wonder why we lost Green to N.Y. Doesn't sound like he was promoted. $$ [Reply]
Originally Posted by T-post Tom:
Sounds like the SE is a promotion over the NE. Wonder why we lost Green to N.Y. Doesn't sound like he was promoted. $$
Green left the Chiefs in the Spring of 2015 [Reply]
Ballard didn't offer Poe a contract which is going to kill Poe's chances of anything good . Being cut by your home team and then turned away from the GM that knows you well from another team isn't a good sign. His price just went waaay down. [Reply]
If McD is Ballard's first choice and the Browns keep Hue, you guys might not have to worry about losing Nagy/Toub. Although Toub would make sense for Chicago. [Reply]
If McD is Ballard's first choice and the Browns keep Hue, you guys might not have to worry about losing Nagy/Toub. Although Toub would make sense for Chicago.
Hope the Colts hire him. That'll be one less good team in the AFC. [Reply]
