After firing Infante, Wolf began the search thinking he would hire a coach whose expertise was in defense. Early in his almost three decades of NFL experience he had witnessed ex-defensive-coaches such as Chuck Noll, Don Shula, Tom Landry and John Madden dominate the game.
Recently, however, Wolf came to realize that the trend was moving toward dominance by coaches with backgrounds in offense. He cited Mike Ditka, Dan Reeves, Joe Gibbs and Walsh.