Marv Levy’s Chiefs

[CSKreager]

Before circling the wagons in Buffalo, Marv Levy had a cup of coffee in KC that may not have been decorated but looking back was better than he gets credit for.

The T-Wing formation, briefly turning around the Raider rivalry for a while, the ultimate what-if in Joe Delaney when he exploded in ‘81

Outside of the 86 playoff anamoly, led their 1981 team to the only winning season in KC between the end of Hank Stram and Marty’s arrival. (they nearly went .500 in 1979 if not for the rain game to end all rain games in Tampa)

[ChrisBabcock]

In his autobiography "Where else would you rather be", Marv sheds a lot of light on the Chiefs years. Apparently he and Jack Steadman didn't see eye to eye on a few personnel moves. It was a while ago when I read it so I forget the details but one of which was at QB Marv preferred Fuller or Kenney and Steadman was giving Marv a hard time about not playing the other or something to that effect .Also the record shows he had the team improving every year into the 1982 strike sidetracked them. Which happened to a few other teams on the rise like the Bills and 49ers.

[7DnBrnc53]

Apparently he and Jack Steadman didn't see eye to eye on a few personnel moves. It was a while ago when I read it so I forget the details but one of which was at QB Marv preferred Fuller or Kenney and Steadman was giving Marv a hard time about not playing the other or something to that effect.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/671 ... na-in-1979

Levy said this about the 1979 draft and Steadman in his autobiography:

Kay Dalton, the coach on our staff responsible for the passing game, was assigned to work out quarterbacks. When he returned from his trip, his initial reports were about those who were potential first-round selections, but he, too, felt that none of them merited being taken with the second overall pick in the draft [They chose defensive end Mike Bell]. Kay spoke highly of Steve Fuller, but he went on to comment that there was one fellow, a non-first-rounder, Kay said, whom he liked best—better than any of the top two or three!

It looks like Kay Dalton, KC's passing game coach, really liked Montana.

When Levy selected Mike Bell #2 overall over Jack Thompson, that really must have irked Steadman (who was obsessed with getting a franchise QB). So, this is what happened next:

However, Levy also had a very meddlesome team president on his hands. Jack Steadman was not buying into the strategy of "bypassing the best quarterback available." Levy, "realizing now how many times [he] had persisted in having it [his] way," got on the horn and worked out a deal to trade up just ahead of SF and take Fuller.