"Romeo Crennel's schedule on the day after the season ended was filled with housekeeping duties. He worked on player evaluations and advised departing players on how to handle their conditioning over the next couple of months.

Those sound like the actions of someone planning to be around for the long haul.

"Not necessarily," Crennel, the Chiefs' interim head coach, said Monday after the team finished its season with a 7-3 win Sunday at Denver. "I tell the players that anyway. When I was a position coach, I told my players that. As a coordinator, I talked to my players about that. All of those players have to deal with those issues I talked about. I want the best for all of them, whether I'm here or not. I was just telling them the facts, and hopefully they will take some of it in.""