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Good morning! Happy Friday. Here is today's Kansas City Chiefs news. Enjoy.

The 2011 Kansas City Chiefs turned in quite the year. If anything, it was always worth watching to see what would happen next.

From Derrick Johnson's 179-tackle season to Ryan Succop making 22 consecutive field goals, a number of Chiefs established personal-bests during a wild season of ups and downs.

Here's a look some of the personal milestones, both big and small, that Chiefs players established during the 2011 season.

Personal Milestones Set By Chiefs Players In 2011 from The Mothership

Former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio will interview for the Kansas City Chiefs head coach position.

A source in Jacksonville, FL told KCTV5 that Del Rio will interview on Friday.

Del Rio played for the Chiefs for a season after 11 years with the New Orleans Saints as a linebacker. He became the Jags coach in 2003. He was fired in November, becoming the first coaching casualty of this season.

Jack Del Rio Interviewing For Chiefs Head Coach Job from KCTV

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Jacksonville fired Del Rio in late November after a 3-8 start. It was his eighth season with the Jaguars and he left with a 68-71 record, including two playoff appearances. But the Jags under Del Rio hadn't finished above .500 since 2007, a four-year span that included two 5-11 finishes (including '11, when they went 2-3 with Mel Tucker as the interim head coach). And sources told CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco that Del Rio had lost his drive, showing up to work at 9 a.m., which is swell for your garden-variety sedentary pencil pusher but equivalent to banker's hours for an NFL head coach.

Report: Jack Del Rio To Interview For Chiefs Job from CBS Sports

Everyone was wondering - including me - if the Cardinals would have interest in bringing back Todd Haley to the coaching staff. Well, apparently there is. Kent Somers reported tonight Ken Whisenhunt will talk to Haley about coming back. There are no openings as of now, but that obviously can change quickly - and there also is nothing that says the Cards can't just add another coach to the staff. It would make sense that Haley would come back to run the offense, but if that happened, I don't know how offensive coordinator Mike Miller fits into the equation.

Talk Of Haley's Return, And Keim's Future from AZCardinals.com

5. Kansas City Chiefs

What makes Kansas City a good job?-The Chiefs are just one year removed from double-digit victories and an AFC West title. Much of the reason they struggled in 2011 was due to key injuries and it's likely that Jamaal Charles, Eric Berry and Matt Cassel will return healthy next season. The overall roster is solid and they have a proven personnel man in Scott Pioli.

Why should a potential suitor stay away?- The Chiefs don't have a legitimate answer at quarterback and although Scott Pioli has credentials, he's struggled of late with personnel decisions. Kansas City has some issues on both lines which might not be able to be fixed right away.

NFL Insider: Which Job Is The Most Attractive? from ESPN Florida

Kansas City Chiefs Director of Player Personnel Ray Farmer: A former fourth-round draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996, Farmer spent three seasons at linebacker for the Eagles until his career was cut short due to a knee injury. Farmer scouted for the Atlanta Falcons from 2002-2005 before joining the Chiefs.

Four GM Candidates To Keep An Eye On from ESPN Chicago

So, now, the Rams and Buccaneers will join the Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, and Kansas City Chiefs in searches for a new head coach. But when the decision-makers within each franchise eventually make their selection, will they really understand why one candidate is deemed more attractive than the others? Better yet, have they already made their decision but don't yet know it?...

...When the decision is made as to which candidate to hire, it owes a great deal to perceptual distortions. Here are 8 perceptual distortions that significantly influence the selection and hiring of head coaches in the NFL:

Eight Distortions That Get NFL Coaches (And Corporate Execs) Hired from Forbes

There is a football coach available who is a proven winner. He has a better winning percentage and more regular-seasons wins than Chuck Noll. He has 21 years of experience as an NFL head coach. Two of them have been losing seasons.

Two.

He specializes in turning a mess into a winner right away. He brings discipline and organization where there is chaos.

He is perfect for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

His name is Marty Schottenheimer.

Two Words For The Tampa Bay Bucs: Marty Schottenheimer from The Naples Daily News

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Marty Schottenheimer is a pipe dream.

He won’t coach again. The Bucs are crazy to think that is going to happen.

Why do you say this?

Marty coached this year in the UFL. Just my opinion, but an NFL coaching job is probably a bit more prestigious than a UFL coaching job. I have no inside info, but it seems to me that if Marty will coach in the UFL, he’d damn sure coach in the NFL…

As long as he doesn't come here as a H/C.
Why do you say this?

Not that I see it happening, but why the Marty hate?

Yeah, you don't coach in the UFL unless you want to get called up to the bigs
I'm not so sure about that...

I remember and interview with Marty after saying he wanted to be close to his family and that the UFL had a shorter season. I don’t see him coming back to the year round job away from his family in the NFL.

Okay

I can see this — he may have coached in UFL b/c he didn’t want to put in the NFL hours. That makes sense.

Don't buy it...

if Marty didn’t want to put in the hours the NFL requires he’s be sitting on his couch. Not like he’s strapped for cash

Read an interview where he said

his family encouraged him to do the UFL. His grandkids hadn’t seen him as a coach before or something like that.

Here it is:
Marty Schottenheimer says he’s back as a head football coach at 67 because he was restless with retirement in Charlotte, N.C., and Palm Springs, Calif. Because he loves teaching the game and the vicarious thrill of seeing players succeed. Because he believes the bond between people working in tandem to win “is almost magical.”

And because of the kids – his four grandchildren.

Go coach, Schottenheimer said his daughter Kristen urged him, “so they can be a part of what was your life.”

from The Virginan-Pilot 3/24/11

Marty will coach again if given the shot

I’d love to see him return with the right OC working with him. Marty and Norv!

Dream coaching staff

Marty – head coach
Chip Kelly – OC
RAC – DC

Jack Del Rio?

Seriously…WTF is that all about?

Its Michael Coleman

He doesn’t even know the names of the local colleges here.

The Forbes article is very insightful......and troubling,

because Pioloi and Hunt have already committed one of the distortions by indicating they are looking for a coach with Haley’s qualities. We all may want to prepare for disappointment.

Did you see this part?
once people form an impression about themselves, others, and situations, they seek ways to affirm and reaffirm that impression.
Yes. And also this...
prior success is only a marker—not a guarantee—of future success.It also helps explain why the main reason most promotions fail is that the person who received the promotion "just tries to do more of what led to the promotion," without adjusting for new realities and responsibilities.

Remind you of anyone?

Umm......Jeff Fisher?
we shouldnt bring in a coach thats more versed in 43
Marty WOULD be the perfect coach for the Jags

Seriously…the situation fits so well its kinda scary. Sadly for them (and happily for everyone else), I think those above are correct in saying that he’s done with the NFL. Maybe he’d get enticed by someone dangling the superbowl in front of him in a compelling well, but methinks he’s done with it.

Keep Romeo

and hire Del Rio as the DC!

Wieg's streak

Steve, my stat guru man, what kind of streak is this and how does it stand up against the league’s all-time record?

I don't think that's tracked officially.

So I don’t think anyone really knows.

Thanks Tark

I kinda figured that was the answer since most of the time, people just say “wow, that’s a shit load”

kind of like a manufacturing plant with “745 days without a work-day off accident” or a OTR driver who has logged 1,577,000 miles without an accident. All very impressive.

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