While two teams are getting ready for this weekend’s Super Bowl the rest of the NFL is trying to figure out how to get there next season. The Chiefs aren’t adding any players at the moment, but they are adding coaches right and left.
This week they announced the addition of former Chief and Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Thomas as defensive back coach and mentor to assistant Ronnie Bradford. With three Super Bowl rings to his credit and experience as interim head coach of the Falcons, not to mention his years under Joe Gibbs at Washington, Thomas brings more championship pedigree to Todd Haley’s staff.
Now if they can only add players of this caliber.
Bernie Parmalee comes in and takes over the tight ends after assisting Charlie Weis at Notre Dame. Pat Perles is now the offensive line coach and Anthony Pleasant has been promoted to defensive line coach, a job that comes with its share of pressure considering all the money the Chiefs have sunk into the the D-line.
Haley has repeatedly stated getting his coaching staff lined up would be a two year process. If so, he’s done a pretty darn good job, with a lot of coaches coming from the Bill Parcells coaching tree. Now all these new coaches get to spend their off season figuring out what they’ve got on the roster and how they can get the most out of them.
Last season there was criticism of Haley that his ego was getting in the way of his ability to attract good coaches. The staff that has now been put together certainly leads you to believe that he’s comfortable with surrounding himself with smart people who are more accomplished than he is.
Haley said this process has been about getting the best coaching minds with the most experience together so that they can get the most out of their players and produce a championship team. Step one may have been accomplished. It just took a full season to get there.
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