With former New England Patriots’ Vice President of Player Personnel Scott Pioli taking over as General Manager for the Kansas City Chiefs about 10 days ago, most Chiefs fans realized that head coach Herm Edwards would probably be shown the door.

It took ten days, but Herm Edwards was fired yesterday. His record the last two seasons was 6-26. He still has one year left on his four-year, $12 million contract, so he can take time to look for a new job. A couple of days ago Chiefs defensive coordinator, Gunther Cunningham, signed a deal with the Detroit Lions (My friends who are Lions fans got a good defensive coach and as long as your new head coach, Jim Schwartz, allows Gunther to play his style of defense, your team will do well). A few other assistant coaches left, but Pioli was smart to take his time, gather info about the players and coaches, and then make a decision.

So who will get the job as Chiefs head coach? Rumors were flying yesterday that Mike Shanahan (recently fired Denver Broncos coach) was headed to KC, but those rumors have quieted some by this morning. Another story has Todd Haley, Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator, coming to the Chiefs. The Chiefs will have to wait until the Super Bowl is over to contact Haley. Then there’s Bill Cowher (formerly of the Steelers and with CBS now) and Jon Gruden, fired Buccaneers coach. Even Bill Parcells, Miami team president, (Parcells is Scott Pioli’s father-in-law) has been mentioned (I’m not sure how that would work out).

I’m thinking Haley is the one. Shanahan might be OK, but his record the last few years has not been that good. Cowher supposedly wants to stay out of coaching for one more year. The next couple of weeks will be interesting for us Chiefs fans, but if we get past the Super Bowl and no coach has been named, the Haley rumors may come true.