First thing is Haley isnt some flash in the pan. He was on alot of coaching propsect lists before the Cardinals run in the playoffs. Reason his name wasnt brought up as much bc he wasnt the name at the time - it was Schwartz, Spags, McDaniels and Garrett.

Second, his track record with receivers is pretty amazing. Keyshawn, Wayne Cherbet, Marty Booker, TO, turned Patrick Crayton into a decent receiver. Of course the Cardinals WR's. He is tough no nonsense guy with the most primadonna players in the NFL.

Generally a Super Bowl winning coach on his second job does not produce championships. History shows a guy who failed the first time generally is the better choice - Gailey is not it so please dont bring it up, or an assitant waiting for his chance. The dyntasties in the NFL - first 2 were assitants, Lombardi and Noll. Walsh and Johnson came from the college ranks. And then you have Belichek who was a retread. Intresting that Noll and Walsh were only coordinators for two and one years.

Were they always proven or were they first time HC's at one point? Lets look back at them before they took over as HC.

Pasqualoni-
1982-1986 Western Connecticut assistant
1987-1990 Syracuse assistant
1991-2004 Syracuse HC
2005 Cowboys TE coach
2006-2007 Cowboys LB coach
2008-present Dolphins DC

Haley-
1995-2000 Jets WR coach
2001-2004 Bears WR coach
2005-2006 Cowboys WR coach
2007-present Cardinals OC

Cowher-
1985-1986 Browns ST coach
1987-1988 Browns DB coach
1989-1991 Chiefs DC

Shanahan-
1975 Oklahoma offensive assistant
1976-1977 NAU RB coach
1978 EIU OC
1979 Minnesota OC
1980-1983 Florida OC
1984-1985 Broncos QB coach
1986-1987 Broncos OC

Parcells-
1964 Hastings LB coach
1965 Wichita LB coach
1966-1967 Army LB coach
1968-1969 Army DC
1970-1972 Florida State LB coach
1973-1974 Vanderbilt LB coach
1975-1977 Texas Tech LB coach
1978 Airforce HC
1979 Giants DC
1980 Patriots LB coach
1981-1982 Giants DC/LB coach

Haley, while interviewing for the Dallas hc job (probably an opportunity for his dream job) told jones he would not coach the team if TO was on it. That integrity alone makese like the guy.

I agree with this.

Yes, everyone has to start somewhere. IMO the Chiefs need a HC who has been a HC before for the experience of knowing how to run a program. Will they be successful? If I knew that I would be in Vegas. There are two many variables involved.

Yah, I was going to mention this to. That is not the way you want to start over building a franchise. Clark could have done that on his own. Then why not just let Herm finish out his contract?

Another Good Argument for a Seasoned Head Coach.

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No Gailey for Head Coach ,for that matter his azz should have been on the Herman Edwards short bus outta town :cuss:

Parcelles was unproven in 1983. Shanahan was not proven when the Broncos hired him, in fact was a failure in Oakland. Cower was an unknown before coming to Pittsburg. Those were all pretty good hires. All of those guys are out of the question. Parcelles is staying in Miami. Cower is not coming back this season, and I don't think Shanahan is either. The biggest speculation would be to imagine one of those guys as the next Chiefs HC. Having a coach that won a Super Bowl is not always a road to success. Didn't work for Stram, Ditka or Seifert. Parcelles quit in New York and Dallas before the job was done.