There was a column written by either Posnanski or Whitlock that kind of talked about Saunders about the time Herm got hired (I think it was Whitlock) that told a story from the locker room. It was about a story that Vermeil told that had all the players kind of spellbound, which was followed by a follow-on story that Saunders told that apparently had all the players going “Yeah, whatever”.

The gist of the story was that while Saunders is a good OC with an excellent mind for offense, he just never demonstrated an ability to win players over. He was also seen as kind of a phony. Now, that may be true or it may not, but the fact remains that he’s been at several stops since his time in KC and he’s never been seriously considered for any of the head coaching gigs once the guy over him got fired (or by other teams)…even though he had prior experience as a head coach. So I suspect that quite a few GMs felt the same way abput the guy. Good coordinator…not really head coaching material. And based on a couple of articles I’ve seen about Saunders since he left KC, it would appear that Saunders appears to have accepted that he’s not going to get another HC gig.