Teicher: Chiefs’ Haley puts together coaching staff

[Tribal Warfare]

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.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Pioli Zombie

Patience? Really. So what are you going to do? What do you expect next year, a ****ing super bowl. Hate to bring up history but the patriots went 5-11 belichicks first year. I guess he should have been fired right?

You want quick fix. Too bad

Its going to be done the right way not how the fans say to do it thank God.
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You realy are a ****ing reerun arent you. Nobody is thinking Super Bowl for the Chiefs this year. Why dont you go back to the New England board jackass.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

I think the one thing I've learned this offseason is that we're all bored as shit and will argue over absolutely anything.

will not

Yes you will

you're full of shit

**** you, moron.

die

DaKCMan AP wins argument.

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[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Coogs

So you have no questions as to why Krumrine was retained?

I have questions. A lot of them. But there was some reason Krumrie was kept. I thought he should have been one of the first people fired next to Gun. But Pioli knows a lot more about him than we do.

I also know that Herm Edwards was cut out of the equation even though Clark Hunt was loyal to him. And I know that half of the staff was cut. And this was clearly a decision that was not made out of loyalty and given how long Pioli ruminated on the decision, it was carefully evaluated. I'm not saying I blindly trust Pioli, but this is a clear example of a case where I will trust his judgment and will be evaluating Krumrie closely throughout the year to see if Pioli's instinct was right.

Do I blame Pioli for keeping Krumrie? No. Will I blame him by midseason if our d-line shows no improvement or regresses? Yes.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

FYP

That's a euphemism for beating off, right?

You "won an argument with yourself"?

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

You realy are a ****ing reerun arent you. Nobody is thinking Super Bowl for the Chiefs this year. Why dont you go back to the New England board jackass.

Before I ever posted on a semi-regular basis, I lurked for a long time so that I could have somewhat a foundation to build upon before running my mouth.

These n00bs break in on the middle a ****ing conversation, and then seem shocked that they have no idea what the **** is going on.

[ChiefsGirl]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I have questions. A lot of them. But there was some reason Krumrie was kept. I thought he should have been one of the first people fired next to Gun. But Pioli knows a lot more about him than we do.

I also know that Herm Edwards was cut out of the equation even though Clark Hunt was loyal to him. And I know that half of the staff was cut. And this was clearly a decision that was not made out of loyalty and given how long Pioli ruminated on the decision, it was carefully evaluated. I'm not saying I blindly trust Pioli, but this is a clear example of a case where I will trust his judgment and will be evaluating Krumrie closely throughout the year to see if Pioli's instinct was right.

Do I blame Pioli for keeping Krumrie? No. Will I blame him by midseason if our d-line shows no improvement or regresses? Yes.

Regresses? Is that possible?

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

That's a euphemism for beating off, right?

You "won an argument with yourself"?

I don't argue with myself. I already know I'm right.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by ChiefsGirl

Regresses? Is that possible?

Good point.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by ChiefsGirl

Regresses? Is that possible?

Don't tempt fate.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by ChiefsGirl

Regresses? Is that possible?

Not if they draft Curry. /TF/

[Coogs]

Originally Posted by milkman

You know what's intelligent?

Recognizing the difference between "cutting down Pioli" and simply having questions.

Hell, I am thrilled we have Pioli. What I don't like is the fact that jackass's come on here and tell us we won't draft a QB in the 1st round because... that is not "The Patriots Way". Crap like that!

I could give a crap less about the Partiots.

And I would like to know why Krumrine is still here. Was it Gun? Was it Herm? had to be something, because that dude has been handed some pretty high ranked players and they have all stayed pretty much the same or have gotten worse under his watch.

[Pioli Zombie]

What is this midseason crap? This franchise was run into the sewer. You think its all going to be wonderful in 8 games??

And all this talk about patience. Shut up!!! Go watch the Raiders then. You think Pioli cares about your patience. That was carl's hangup. Pioli cares about building it right. You worry about fast.
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[Coogs]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I have questions. A lot of them. But there was some reason Krumrie was kept. I thought he should have been one of the first people fired next to Gun. But Pioli knows a lot more about him than we do.

I also know that Herm Edwards was cut out of the equation even though Clark Hunt was loyal to him. And I know that half of the staff was cut. And this was clearly a decision that was not made out of loyalty and given how long Pioli ruminated on the decision, it was carefully evaluated. I'm not saying I blindly trust Pioli, but this is a clear example of a case where I will trust his judgment and will be evaluating Krumrie closely throughout the year to see if Pioli's instinct was right.

Do I blame Pioli for keeping Krumrie? No. Will I blame him by midseason if our d-line shows no improvement or regresses? Yes.

What you said. Just a bit late on the draw.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

You realy are a ****ing reerun arent you. Nobody is thinking Super Bowl for the Chiefs this year. Why dont you go back to the New England board jackass.

I can't figure who's the bigger moron: PioliZombie or Zilla.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

... I also know that Herm Edwards was cut out of the equation even though Clark Hunt was loyal to him. And I know that half of the staff was cut. And this was clearly a decision that was not made out of loyalty ...

Excellent point right there, Mr. chiefzilla1501.

However, it makes me wonder (I haven't researched the matter) if Patty Cakes has any history at all with the Parcells mafia.

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