Who Our New Coordinators Should Be

I hope the Chiefs make it official and retain Crennel as our HC. I think he will do well as our HC, but he is going to need help. He is going to need a really good OC to fix the god awful mess that is our QB situation and get the offense rolling. Also, he will need someone to be the DC to delegate duties so he can focus more on HC duties, but he could still call the plays on game day. After the jump I want to highlight two guys who I think would be perfect fits for what we need.

This is Mel Tucker, who as many of you probably already know is the interim HC of the Jags right now. I don't think he gets the full time gig in Jacksonville. They have to bring in someone to fix Gabbert and he didn't exactly lead the Jags to any great victories. Plus, they are having trouble selling tickets in that town, and they have to make a bigger splash. Not to mention a change in ownership in the last week. Anyway, he has been a DC in the NFL for the last 4 seasons, 3 with the Jags and in 2008 he was the DC under Crennel in Cleveland. That defense in Cleveland finished 5th and the Jags have been in the top 10 the last 3 seasons. However, he didn't call the plays in Jacksonville, Del Rio did, until this last season. Jacksonville finished 6th in defense. He is more fiery coach, which would help compliment Crennel's more mild approach. One other note is that he is young at only 40 years old, might make a good successor one day to Crennel, who knows.

This is Tom Clements as many at AP probably already know. He was a CFL star and actually was a backup QB in KC in the 1980 season, the only NFL team he ever played for. Right now he is the QB coach of the Packers, the job he has had since 2006. His resume his pretty impressive. He has coached 5 pro bowl QBs including Elvis Grbac (2000), Stewart (2001), Maddox (2002), and of course Favre and Rodgers. One of the two things that jump off the page for me is that he coached what we would consider less than elite talent, with Grbac and Maddox especially, and help them put up pro bowl numbers.The other thing is that he was instrumental in the development of Aaron Rodgers. I caught Rodgers on Rome last week and he credited a lot of his success to Clements. I think he is what the doctor ordered for fixing our QB situation. With the prominent thought now that Manning will stay in Indy, as well as Luck being drafted one overall, the only real two solutions I see are a trade up for Griffen or to get Flynn in free agency. Maybe Flynn is another Cassel, but when it comes to the QB position, beggars can't be choosers. The fact of the matter is Flynn may flop, but he could excel and we have to take that chance.

However, that only covers half of his job as he would also have to game plan and call plays. This may be where the magic wears off. He was an OC with the Buffalo Bills for the 2004 to 2005 seasons. His offenses finished 25th in 2004 (although they were ranked 7th when you measure it by points) and 2005 they finished 28th. Definitely not good, but hopefully he learned a few things being under McCarthy in Greenbay. Hopefully, he does his first job in fixing the QB situation and everything else will follow suit as his QB situation in Buffalo was less than optimal, especially in 2005 where he had JP Losmann and Kelly Holcomb. I think he will have the talent here he needs to succeed. Oh, and I'm sure this goes without saying, but Zorn and Muir will have to be fired. Clements would be the OC and QB coach so that pushes Zorn out and Muir probably won't take a demotion, especially at this point in his career. I think he will retire anyway. Just my two cents, I think Tucker is very probable, but I have no idea what is going to happen at OC.