I Might Be On To Something

Well, the season has been done for over two weeks now and I'm sure many people have forgotten that the Chiefs still have a glaring hole in their coaching staff. That of course is the offensive coordinator position.

Although ESPN's Adam Schefter said that the Chiefs hiring of an offensive coordinator will be one of the "more insignificant hires that will be made." And that the "Chiefs offense will have Haley’s imprint all over it," I still believe that the hiring of an offensive coordinator is important (Schefter also believes that Haley will call the plays, and that was why he felt that the hiring of an offensive coordinator was unimportant).

Today, in an interview with Sirius NFL Radio while at the Senior Bowl, Haley said that the odds of him being the head coach and the offensive coordinator "are very limited."

He also said, "I've been doing a lot of work on that since the season ended and feel good about the direction we're going. I'm not ready to disclose any of that, but we're at a different place than we were at in Year One when I had to make some tough changes coming out of training camp that really put us in a difficult spot."

Everything that Haley said today leads me to believe that there will be a new offensive coordinator before long. When is the uncertainty.

An offensive coordinator that can continue to develop quarterback Matt Cassel is very important. As Bill Williamson from ESPN pointed out today, Cassel had a difficult time leading the Chiefs when behind on the score board.

This also supports the theory of mine that the Chiefs are simply waiting to hire someone from a team that is still in the playoffs. Of course, the only two teams remaining are the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.

On that Green Bay coaching staff, however, is the coach that I think just might be our offensive coordinator next season. Tom Clements, the quarterbacks coach for the Packers, would be a good hire for our vacant coaching spot. Just click on his hyperlinked name to find out why.

Now, let's wait two more weeks and see if I'm right.