Teicher: Chiefs’ Haley puts together coaching staff
 

Chiefs’ Haley puts together coaching staff
By ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star

The Chiefs now have a staff of assistants to work with new head coach Todd Haley. In keeping with their new policy of hiding as much information as possible, the Chiefs wouldn’t disclose the duties of their assistant coaches.

But they retained Chan Gailey, who presumably will continue as offensive coordinator, and three other assistants from the staff of former coach Herm Edwards: Bob Bicknell, Joe D’Alessandris and Tim Krumrie.

Haley also hired seven new assistant coaches, including Gary Gibbs, the likely defensive coordinator. Gibbs, 56, spent the last three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints.

The head coach at Oklahoma during 1989-94, Gibbs has also served as linebacker coach for the Dallas Cowboys.

The other new assistants:

•Joel Collier, who has 17 seasons of NFL coaching experience. Collier most recently was the secondary coach for New England during 2005-07.

•Steve Hoffman, a 19-year NFL coaching veteran. Hoffman spent 16 seasons as the kicking coach for the Cowboys before moving on to special teams duties with Miami and Atlanta.

•Bill Muir, a 31-year NFL coaching veteran. Muir most recently spent seven seasons as Tampa Bay’s offensive coordinator and line coach, though he didn’t call the plays.

•Clancy Pendergast, who was the defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals for the last five years.

•Pat Perles, who has spent most of his coaching career in college other than two seasons with the Rams in the early 1990s. Perles spent the last four seasons as the offensive coordinator at North Dakota State and recently was hired as offensive line coach at Ball State.

•Dedric Ward, who played wide receiver for eight NFL seasons. He started his coaching career at Missouri State in 2006 and was an offensive assistant for the Cardinals for the last two years.

Judging from the backgrounds of the new coaches, one likely offensive scenario has Gailey joined on offense by Ward (wide receivers) and Bicknell (tight ends). Muir, Perles and D’Alessandris have backgrounds coaching the offensive line, so it’s unclear what their duties will be.

On defense, both Gibbs and Pendergast have been coordinators and coached linebackers. Krumrie will likely remain as the line coach while Collier could coach the secondary.

Hoffman would be the special teams coach.

Brent Salazar and Cedric Smith were also retained from Edwards’ former staff as strength and conditioning coaches.

Through the Chiefs, Haley refused an interview request to explain his decisions.

Haley’s staff
The returnees: Bob Bicknell, Joe D’Alessandris, Chan Gailey, Tim Krumrie.

The newcomers: Joel Collier, Gary Gibbs, Steve Hoffman, Bill Muir, Clancy Pendergast, Pat Perles, Dedric Ward.

If my initials were PP I don't think I'd be very happy.

I can't believe Krumrie still has a job.

I told you man, he threatened to slap them.

Looks pretty impressive on paper

Krumrie can go **** a splintered piece of balsa wood. The rest I don't have a problem with.

I guess we will see what Gary Gibbs can do with our (worse) group of defensive players here then he had in Nu Awlins. I certainly wouldn't mind an explanation from Haley/Pioli as to how they see Gibbs fits better here and also why the hell Krummie still has a job at 1 Arrowhead Drive and its not that of a parking attendant.

Nude photos of Pioli. This is the only explanation.

I really don't get all the secretive bullshit. You hired a staff. Explain the decisions already.

Nope, Krumrie outyelled Haley in the interview, and that's never happened before so Haley hired him.

Yea, I'm not too keen on that either.

It's like they are assembling the Super Friends and don't us to know where their secret layer is.

This would be an amazing feat.

Imagine if Mike Gundy and Todd Haley got pissed at each other

It would be epic.

Oh no oh no they haven't hired a staff yet they haven't hired a staff yet don't they know the draft is coming up? Don't they know a draft is coming up? What's pioli doing? What's pioli doing? Oh no oh no oh no

This about sums up chiefs planet the last two weeks

Relax, Francis
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You're full of shit.

posted with my middle finger extended

STFU n00b