Todd Haley accepts Chiefs offer

[Tickle Fiend]

Sources: Cards assistant tabbed to coach Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs' long road to finding a head coach has just about come to a close.

FOXSports.com has learned that the Chiefs offered the position to Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley and he has accepted. They are now trying to work out terms of a contract agreement.

Haley interviewed for the position earlier this week and a Cardinals player at the Pro Bowl told FOXSports.com Haley was scheduled to arrive in Honolulu for the Pro Bowl Thursday as a guest of Cardinals wideout Larry Fitzgerald, but canceled at the last moment because of the Kansas City job.

"He's going to be a big loss for us," another Cards player told FOXSports.com.

A different Cardinals player said, "He was really liked in the locker room, because we felt like he was always trying to figure something out for us for Sundays. He never stopped."

Haley called the plays for the high-flying Cardinals offense that shocked the world by not only getting to the Super Bowl, but nearly winning it last Sunday.

 

[Tickle Fiend]

KC fans should be excited. Pioli will provide the talent and I'm sure Haley will get them to produce, especially the offense. Maybe the Chiefs will contending in three-or-four years.

 

[SamuelKhan]

Personally, I'm delighted that Clark Hunt is going in a totally different direction this time. The Chiefs have too often stacked their ranks with retreads on the field and in the coaching staff. Pioli is a football genius that helped win 3 titles, and Coach Haley is responsible for the Cardinals getting to the Super Bowl, and giving the Steelers a scare for a while.

Carl Peterson promised way too much and kept making horrible draft picks. He also brought in some washed up veterans to plug the leaks during the last ten years.

The Chiefs rebuilding truly begins now.