Marty Schottenheimer Is Close to Coaching the UFL's Virginia Destroyers

The UFL is expanding.

Maybe not the number of teams. Probably not the amount of players. But, rather, in terms of coaching.

According to Chris Mortensen down at the four-letter network, Marty Schottenheimer, former head coach of the San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs, is close to a deal with the UFL's Virginia Destroyers. Schottenheimer, as you probably remember, was fired from his position as Chargers head coach because A.J. Smith didn't like him anymore. (Three-year-old words, guys.) If the deal is completed, Schottenheimer will be both the GM and coach.

This isn't the first coach all week to jump from the NFL to the UFL. Jerry Glanville, former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers, signed with the UFL's Hartford Colonials earlier this week.

These are some scary freaking moves for the NFL. Coupled with having silly arguments and back-and-forth letters sent between the players and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, this could spell some serious trouble.

That's because the UFL, not the NFL, is making progress and headlines. The UFL is making a name for itself, and obviously, certain NFL coaches see the upstart league as a threat. Because of this recent switch to the upstart league, the NFL is pissing its pants. There's no way in hell that the NFL won't lose some followers to the UFL as long as the latter league stays in existence, even if the quality isn't as high as the NFL.

So the NFL better get its stuff straight. Because if it doesn't, the UFL might be more of a threat than it wants.