What college coaches or NFL coaches are available for Chiefs HC job?
 

What college coaches are best suited to rebuild the Chiefs? They must bring OC and DC, hire position coaches and game plan (and all other head coach responsibilities).

Are there any NFL coaches worth pursuing?

I don't think the names tossed around three years ago are worthy now. The NFL is changing and new blood is needed. Who is the best guy out there that hasn't been around since the 1990s.

Doesn't matter as long as Helen Keller is your QB.

We could interview Kirk Ferentz :p:p
- Scott Pioli

Joe Paterno

Steve Sarkisian.

Sorry Flopnuts.

If you're looking at the college ranks (which I would not), Chip Kelly.

Mike McCoy is kind of part of the tree after being hired by McDaniels.

I don't even want to talk about coaches until we have a new GM

Bill Snyder

I hear Charlie Weis is always willing to relocate and it won't cost much to move his fat ass.

Ok, what athletic directors are available for the GM job? :p

Maybe we could Charlie Weis and his Super Bowl caliber staff to come.

Bo Pelini as the DC

Won't do it. He didn't want to go back to K-State. He wanted to stay retired.

Ron Prince, quality control

As OC?

Perry Fewell is the best candidate available.

Aggressive 4-3 style, attacking defense. He even did a decent job when he was the interim head coach with Buffalo a few years ago.

We'd have to fire Pioli because he would never bring in a 4-3 coach, but firing Pioli should be a given anyway.

The answer is Perry Fewell.

Doesn't matter as long as your GM is Stevie Wonder, either.

I'm not a fan of moving to the 4-3 by this point.

Spags had that same reputation when he left the Giants and he didn't do a great job without Strahan, Tuck, and Osi in STL.

Marc Ross would hire him :)

If Clark grows a pair...now don't kill me...I think that Cowher is in play, with a strong player personnel hire.

If we're in position to draft Smith or Barkley, I believe The Chin would strongly consider.

If the San Diego defense continues to improve, John Pagano is going to appear on many team's radar.

Ray Horton's another guy worth considering.

No love for Jay Gruden?

Giants way

What we know for sure is that it would be RAC's opposite. Disciplinarian. Not a "player's coach."

You act surprised

Cowher has been out of the league for too long. I doubt if he can relate to the younger players.

Me neither.

I'd prefer to lure a more competent 3-4 guy here...

I doubt that's going to be a problem...

OBz

I disagree about Fewell. I think Jay Gruden is the best out there right now.

I suggested that in another thread. Whaley/Cowher with a new QB will fill the stadium.

Jim Fassel, Dennis Green, Bill Cowher, Butch Davis

He's not even the best option from his own team.

He is a guy to bring in a QB. But....

Pass on Green and Fassel...

David Shaw

Is Rob Ryan uncool now?
I kind of want a coach that looks like he might ****ing kill you if you underperform.

I think he's a real brilliant offensive mind. Something about Zimmer must rub people the wrong way.

Rex Ryan will be available soon

He's too damn honest.

I wouldn't read too much into Jay Gruden, as you'll have a really good offense when you have a WR that's on his way to overshadowing Calvin Johnson.

Yeah I wouldn't count on it.

Has beens

Bring either Ryan will be an improvement but are they SB worthy?

Fresh blood people who are hungry for both GM and coach.

Until Scott is gone what "real" coach would want to come to KC? Even players don't want to be here.

I don't believe that... Yall need to go Young with a coach

Of course you want to keep Pioli in KC.

With him here, the Raiders actually have competition for title of "worst team in the West".

Marc Ross for GM.
- Current Director of Scouting for NY Giants. 39 years old. Princeton graduate who set numerous records as a wide receiver.

Eliot Wolf for Director of Scouting/Personnel.
- Current Director of Pro Personnel for Green Bay Packers. Youngest Dir of Pro in NFL.

Dana Holgorsen for Head Coach.
- Current Head Coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers. One of, if not the, most innovative offensive minds in football at any level. Former Oklahoma State offensive coordinator, who took the Cowboys from #67 to #1 in offense in a single season.

Dick Bumpas for Defensive Coordinator
- Current Defensive Coordinator for the TCU Hornfrogs since 2005 after they finished #99 in total defense in 2004. In 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Hornfrogs were the #1 Defense in college football.

You want the best of the best, the most innovative, forward thinking minds in football right now? There you go.

No ****ing way would I hire Holgersen. And if you're looking at college defensive coordinators (which I would not), I'd hire Manny Diaz before anyone else.

Eliot Wolf wouldn't make a lateral move, so that's just silly. As far as Ross is concerned, my biggest fear with him would be head coaching hire. I don't care for Fewell and would puke if he hired Spagnoulo.

I'd be fine with this. (I'd also be fine with Diaz instead of Bumpas, but Bumpas may actually be better right now, so no complaints there)

My obscure pick for coach... Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald.

On Sunday night, Cris Colinsworth made an interesting point about who makes good head coaches. Pointing at John Harbaugh, he mentioned that hiring a ST coach makes sense because they have a broader grasp on the talent on the roster. I would add to that the fact that it seems like hiring a "defensive" coach or "offensive" coach just brings a lack of balance.

That said, who are some of the bright ST coaches out there? DeCamellis?

I'll say this about the Chin: He's not my favorite, but if anyone understands the core aspects of "The Chiefs Way" (dominant at Arrowhead, intimidating defense), it's him.

I still like Rob Ryan, Jay Gruden, and David Shaw. Other than that, I'm open.

What about Shottenheimers boy?

You know what your post reminded me about?

The Chiefs still don't have a freaking College Scouting Director to replace Emery.

This organization is a disaster zone. You can't help but wonder if that spot's vacant because nobody wants it.

lol no

I tossed out The Chin's name because Clark is going to want to get a "known commodity" after the epic fail of Pioli.

I know. That's ****ing tragic. Embarrassing. Apparently no one wants to work with Pioli, and as we saw in 2009, Pioli doesn't know jack shit about the college game anyway - when it was supposedly his specialty in New England.

Sometimes we pay too much attention to X's and O's. Really what you're looking for are guys who know how to motivate a team. Rex Ryan is a classic example. Unbelievable with X's and O's. Terrible motivator. Mike McCarthy and John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin -- pretty average track records before head coaching. They're all terrific coaches.

If you don't like the choices then they must be the right ones.

Lane Kiffen

I don't Tomlin is terrific, at all. Most Steelers fans would agree.

McCarthy's done it all, from college to positional coaching to coordinator to head coach. His record was certainly better than "average". The Harbaughs come from a coaching lineage and I don't think anything about Jim or John screams "average".

Tom Cable

Well, that shouldn't be his job. A guy like Emery and Dimitroff is really, really important. Pioli doesn't have time to individually scout players. He needs a guy underneath him to do all the in-depth scouting and give Pioli the sound bytes. This is a pretty big miss not to have a guy like Emery and you can't help but wonder why it's vacant.

NO

I'd hire him just to sucker punch Cassel.

Who are some GM candidates who have been involved in ALL aspects of the scouting process at one point? I'd like to see a guy in here who has coached at the collegiate level, done a bit of grunt scout work in the pros, has been in environments where he's seen/gotten tips on contract negotiation, and who has been in a variety of different environments in a variety of different systems.

In other words, the polar opposite of Pioli.

Tom Cable will bring toughness

How bout Hue Jackson

Is there a third Harbaugh brother?

You guys will probably hate these suggestions, but what about some dark horse guys who have bounced around the league as head coaches formerly, but just kind of got bad breaks wherever they went? There was this huge push to bring in Al Saunders after Vermeil, but it wasn't like Al's former HC experience was worth an ounce of squirrel shit. What about some of these guys as our next HC?

Dom Capers
Mike Tice
Cam Cameron
Perry Fewell
Jim Haslett
Mike Nolan

Just some ideas people aren't considering. I'm not married to any of them.

No thanks

I know what you're saying. My point is that we often obsess about coaches/coordinators from Super Bowl teams or dynasties, or retreads. Harbaugh was a special teams coach. McCarthy was coordinator for two pretty average offenses in SF/New Orleans. You don't have to coach an all-world offense or defense to be a very good head coach. These days, I think it's a hell of a lot more about your ability to motivate, teach, and discipline players than it is about X's and O's.

Jesus Christ?

Personally, I don't like any of them. Dom Capers has had multiple chances and failed. Tice is a moron. Cam Cameron not only failed in Miami (1-15) he failed at Indiana.

Haslett's a nut, Nolan is incapable of running a team, which leaves Fewell. Quite honestly, there's nothing on his resume that says "Head Coach" to me.

GM Marc Ross

HC- Rob Chudzinski or Mike McCoy

OC/O-line coach- Bill Callahan

DC- Todd Bowles

Del Rio would be a good HC for you guys. He has always let his coordinators call their own plays and the players respect him because he played in the league.

And if a player holds out he'll just bodyslam them in the parking lot...

Del Rio would be a good choice...

I hope you die

No way on Chud.