There are rumors flying in league circles that if/when the Cardinals part ways with coach Dennis Green one of the short-list choices to replace Green will be former Eagles and Rams and Chiefs head coach Dick Vermeil.
Vermeil retired from the Chiefs after the 2005 season, but he also "retired" from the Rams after the 1999 season.
It's only a rumor at this point, not a prediction or a report or anything else of any substance. But stay tuned.
We're also hearing that Chiefs V.P. of Player Personnel Bill Kuharich could get strong consideration for the G.M. job in Arizona, if/when the Bidwills are looking to fill it.
Again, it's rumor at this point. Again, stay tuned.
Vermeil is unlikely, but Kuharich could definately be the next GM.
But Vermeil is a very logical choice because he's very emotional and he gets the team to follow him 100% - unlike Green.
Here's Kuharich's bio:
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Professional Bio
Bill Kuharich was promoted to the post of Vice President of Player Personnel by Chiefs President Carl Peterson on February 10, 2006. He enters his first season in that role with Kansas City after spending the past three seasons as the club’s Vice President of Pro Personnel. He originally joined the Chiefs as Director of Pro Personnel in 2000.
“Bill’s outstanding background and experience certainly qualifies him to run an NFL franchise and we’re very pleased to have someone of his caliber and expertise working for the Kansas City Chiefs,” Peterson commented. “Bill Kuharich has tremendous experience in all aspects of player personnel and we will continue to lean on his expertise.”
Entering his 24th season in professional football and his 21st in the National Football League, Kuharich is widely regarded as one of the league’s most respected evaluators of talent. He oversees all aspects of the Chiefs player personnel department, including the club’s pro and college scouting efforts. Prior to his arrival in Kansas City, Kuharich enjoyed a 14-year tenure with the New Orleans Saints beginning in ‘86, serving as that club’s Director of Player Personnel until ‘93. He was promoted to Vice President of Football Operations, working in that role from ‘94-95 before being named Executive Vice President/General Manager in ‘96. Kuharich was then elevated to the post of President/General Manager/Chief Operating Officer of the Saints in ‘97, a position he held through the ‘99 season.
Kuharich was hired in New Orleans by the late Jim Finks, who was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ‘95. When Finks and Kuharich arrived in New Orleans in ‘86, they inherited a franchise which had never enjoyed a winning season and had never been to the postseason in its 19 previous seasons of existence. By ‘87, Finks had constructed a team which went 12-3 and made the franchise’s first playoff berth. With Kuharich’s continued assistance in the personnel area, the Saints would total four postseason appearances from ‘87-92. During his tenure in the NFL ranks with the Chiefs and Saints, Kuharich has assembled an impressive array of talent. Four of his first-round draft choices with the Saints went on to earn Pro Bowl berths, including 11-time Pro Bowl T Willie Roaf, who was later acquired by Kansas City in a trade with New Orleans in 2002. Roaf has subsequently earned four straight selections to the AFC All-Star squad as a member of the Chiefs.
Adept at acquiring athletes through any available means, Kuharich obtained current Kansas City S Sammy Knight for the Saints as a rookie free agent in ‘97. Knight would later go on to earn a Pro Bowl berth with Miami in 2001 and was inked as an unrestricted free agent by the Chiefs in 2005. Other notable Kuharich acquisitions in New Orleans included DT La’ Roi Glover who was claimed off waivers from Oakland in ‘97 and went on to earn five Pro Bowl selections with the Saints and Cowboys. Kuharich was also the first NFL executive to spot the potential of QB Jake Delhomme, signing him as a rookie free agent with the Saints in ‘97. Delhomme later led Carolina to a berth in Super Bowl XXXVIII and has earned a pair of Pro Bowl invitations. In addition to the likes of Roaf and Knight, other notable Chiefs players that Kuharich played a role in procuring during his tenure overseeing Kansas City’s pro personnel department include three-time Pro Bowl RB Priest Holmes, two-time Pro Bowl QB Trent Green, as well two-time 1,000-yard WR Eddie Kennison, who Kuharich had previously obtained in New Orleans via a trade with St. Louis.
Kuharich inaugurated his professional football career with the USFL’s Stars in ‘83 working under Peterson and was promoted to Assistant General Manager/Director of Player Personnel the following year. During the league’s three-year existence, the Stars compiled a 48-13-1 overall record, made three championship game appearances and won two league titles.
A member of a football family, Kuharich’s father, the late Joe Kuharich, served as a college head coach at San Francisco (’48-51) and Notre Dame (’59-62). Kuharich’s undefeated ‘51 USF Dons are regarded as one of the finest teams in college football history. That squad featured three future Pro Football Hall of Famers — Gino Marchetti, Ollie Matson and Bob St. Clair — with another Hall of Famer, future NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle serving as the team’s publicist. The elder Kuharich also served as an NFL head coach with the Chicago Cardinals (’52) and Washington Redskins (’54-58) in addition to a stint as the head coach/GM of the Philadelphia Eagles (’64-68). During the ‘55 season with the Redskins, Kuharich was named NFL Coach of the Year. In addition, Kuharich’s brother Lary is a longtime pro coach and currently serves as the assistant head coach/offensive coordinator of the Arena Football League’s Arizona Rattlers.
A graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont with a degree in History, Kuharich began his football career as a graduate assistant coach at Brown in ‘76. The following year he went to work for the United States Department of Defense, while still serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Georgetown. In ‘79, he returned to coaching at St. Lawrence and earned a master’s degree in Education before spending two seasons (’80-81) at Columbia University.
the cardinals are going to need a high profile coach to fill the seats next season. like i said before coaches are going to be throwing themselves at the cardinals job with the personel that they have.
I gotta say my appreciation for Vermeil jumped dramatically when he worked that one Monday Night game. He was great, first off you could tell the guy really knows the game.
I question if we need a tough guy can he be that guy, but maybe he just brings in some assistants to kick tail?
the cardinals are going to need a high profile coach to fill the seats next season. like i said before coaches are going to be throwing themselves at the cardinals job with the personel that they have.
Not that many high profiled coaches fit our needs IMO. Weiss would probably be the ideal fit, but he's not going to be available. Fassel and Wiesenhunt are more likely candidates.
Not that many high profiled coaches fit our needs IMO. Weiss would probably be the ideal fit, but he's not going to be available. Fassel and Wiesenhunt are more likely candidates.
i know charlie weis said he would have to win the lottery to quit ND. he would have to have 10's of millions of dollars. he would be worth it imo, but i dont' think the bidwills are going to open their pocket books that much to get weis.
i like al saunders, but for some reason the redskins offense isn't clicking. i don't know if it is the personel or the other coaches finally catching on to saunders play calling.
greg knapp is a long time oc. he had one of the best offenses in the league with the 49ers, and he has had the number 1 rushing offense in the league for the past 3 years. with the personel of the cardinals i believe he can fill the stands with wins.
cam cameron worked with marty schottenheimer and he has been looked at many teams for a hc job. he is a no b.s. kinda guy with a run first attitude. the kind of coach that the cardinals need right about now. he will know how to whip the o-line into shape.
I would cry tears of joy if Vermeil was our coach.
Vermeil gives the appearance of a leader. Denny gives the appearance and talks like a loser. I had sure rather follow Vermeil into battle than Denny and I do not know either. Just from what I see on TV.
What has Kuharich done? He's taken the likely draft picks every year, and they've worked out all right, but what free agents have they signed that worked out? Surtain has been just all right, but for all those years of signing guys (which was his job as director of Pro Personnel), they never really improved from being bottom-ranked. Maybe he was hampered by an over-bearing defensive coaching staff, but you have to wonder...
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the cardinals are going to need a high profile coach to fill the seats next season. like i said before coaches are going to be throwing themselves at the cardinals job with the personel that they have.
The first thing any good coach will want to know is just how much authority he has and how much money does the team intend to spend on coaching staff and cap space. Guys like the Tuna do not accept a job just for the money. They want the authority and some even would like the dual responsibility of HC and GM. We need a guy who will accept nothing less than total authority to hire his coaches and have a lot of input into personnel decisions. These guys understand the problems with the Cards and their management style and the really smart HC are not going to come here unless they have the authority to improve the situation.
Cowherd said something yesterday that made me think;
"In order to have a very good NFL team you need a great owner, great GM, great head coach and great QB."
The Cardinals have 0.5.
At a minimum, you need the GM, the Coach and the QB
Has Mike Brown of Cincy suddenly gone from being a lousy owner to a great one? How about the Irsay family in Indy? How about Spanos in SD?
The change in all those situations are that they reached a point where they put their trust in the right football person and let them do their job. None of the above teams went nutty in spending cash -- in fact in Indy they have consistently made some pretty tough decisions not to spend. Its just that they have consistently drafted well ---
I think M Bidwill tried to do that with Denny Green -- its just that like Buddy Ryan, they picked the wrong guy.
The first thing any good coach will want to know is just how much authority he has and how much money does the team intend to spend on coaching staff and cap space.
I am pretty sure DG knew that when he came in as well
At a minimum, you need the GM, the Coach and the QB
Has Mike Brown of Cincy suddenly gone from being a lousy owner to a great one? How about the Irsay family in Indy? How about Spanos in SD?
The change in all those situations are that they reached a point where they put their trust in the right football person and let them do their job. None of the above teams went nutty in spending cash -- in fact in Indy they have consistently made some pretty tough decisions not to spend. Its just that they have consistently drafted well ---
I think M Bidwill tried to do that with Denny Green -- its just that like Buddy Ryan, they picked the wrong guy.
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