Kansas City Royals: Mike Matheny should be next Royals manager

KANSAS CITY, MO - MAY 28: Manager Ned Yost #3 of the Kansas City Royals talks with manager Mike Matheny #22 of the St. Louis Cardinals during bating practice prior to an interleague game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Kauffman Stadium on May 28, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) /

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Gene Stallings of the Arizona Cardinals circa 1987 (Photo by Owen C. Shaw/Getty Images) /

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Perhaps unsurprisingly considering the complete ineptitude of the owners who owned the St. Louis Cardinals (1960-1987) and the St. Louis Rams (1995-2015), this is the shortest list, and includes zero Super Bowl victories.

Don Coryell coached the Cardinals from 1973 to 1977, even taking the team to the playoffs twice (which, working for the Bidwells, is saying something). He then coached the Chargers from 1978 to 1986, taking them to the AFC Championship Game twice, losing both times. But his offensive scheme, popularized with quarterback Dan Fouts in San Diego and known as “Air Coryell,” led to a revolution in the NFL, one that helped changed the game.

The other coach worth mentioning is Gene Stallings, the last coach of the St. Louis Cardinals and the first of the Phoenix Cardinals. But in almost four years as the Cardinals head coach, Stallings only went 23-34-1.

He found success afterward, though, in the collegiate ranks, coaching the Alabama Crimson Tide to an undefeated 13-0 record in 1992, finishing number one in both polls.

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