Maybe we can hire Mike Tice as the OC.

He can coordinate a 3-4 d
DO NOT WANT as headcoach

**** that hire him as HC :p

Do we plan on interviewing anyone good?

Report: Jack Del Rio to interview for Chiefs job

January 5, 2012 10:08 pm

By Ryan Wilson / CBS Sports

We didn't see this coming: Former Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio will interview for the Chiefs' head-coaching job Friday, according to Kansas City's KCTV5.

Jacksonville fired Del Rio in late November after a 3-8 start. It was his eighth season with the Jaguars and he left with a 68-71 record, including two playoff appearances. But the Jags under Del Rio hadn't finished above .500 since 2007, a four-year span that included two 5-11 finishes (including '11, when they went 2-3 with Mel Tucker as the interim head coach). And sources told CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco that Del Rio had lost his drive, showing up to work at 9 a.m., which is swell for your garden-variety sedentary pencil pusher but equivalent to banker's hours for an NFL head coach.

Former Jaguars running back Fred Taylor, who played for Tom Coughlin and Del Rio before ending his career with Bill Belichick and the Patriots, said that Del Rio played favorites and that contributed to his downfall.

"Why do you think I'm not there?" Taylor asked the ThePostGame.com's Eric Adelson shortly after Del Rio was canned. "… At the end of the day, [Del Rio]'s not a head coach. He's a great defensive coach. But he's not a head coach."

Also not helping Del Rio: the Jaguars' dreadful offense, exacerbated by a rookie quarterback and zero playmakers outside of Maurice Jones-Drew. But it's not like the Chiefs are an offensive juggernaut. They "featured" Matt Cassel, Tyler Palko and Kyle Orton under center at various points this season. Yes, Del Rio, a defensive coach, could higher a brilliant offensive mind to turn things around but if that's the thinking, why hire Del Rio at all? Just hire the brilliant offensive mind.

Or, if general manager Scott Pioli is interested in a defensive-minded head coach in the Belichick mold, here's a thought: give the job to Romeo Crennel, the Chiefs' defensive coordinator who took over after Todd Haley was fired late in the season. Crennel has the support of his players and he did something no other team had been able to do in 12 months: beat the Packers.

Kansas City has also interviewed Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin are are reportedly interested in speaking with Falcons' OC Mike Mularky.

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/e...75988/34211956


Mike Lombardi believes the Chiefs will hire Romeo Crennel as head coach: 01/05/12

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...xt-head-honcho

A lot of potential in Philbin.

He knows what good QB play looks like.

jfc

Interesting......... a Dimitroff connection

First I've really heard of Mularky. I would love to have him here.

Mularkey's an interesting candidate. I don't know if "love" is a good word.

He was okay as a coach in Buffalo--probably left before we really knew what he was capable of. My concern is that he, like so many coaches we seem to be interested, are very big on a very run heavy offense. His roots, after all, are with Cowher's smash mouth offense.

BOWE RATIO!

(It's clever because they rhyme... well... sorta...)

I think this is a completely different circumstance. I get that Romeo says he wants to coach. He's also 64, literally burnt out from his first stint, and probably doesn't want to spend the last few years of his coaching career re-arranging the defense. The only team he might consider is Miami.

My visions of Jack Del Rio will always be with a shotgun in the back of a pickup during the players strike.

The Falcons became more pass-oriented this year. Matt Ryan finished 10th in passing attempts per game, ahead of guys like Rodgers, Romo, and Roethlisberger. What impresses me most is that Mularkey realized that the strength of the Falcons had become the passing game, with Turner starting to fall apart (his play fell off considerably after week 11 or so). It shows that he isn't too stubborn to try things one way when it's obvious there's a better solution.

Really? :spock:


BTW, i have always thought that Del Rio was a complete and utter asshat. I think this would piss me off more than McDaniels. :shake: