Todd Haley is the "Mystery of Pittsburgh"

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by jspchief

All fumbles. Not a lot Haley can FO about that.

From the times I was tuned in, and looking at the stats, this doesn't look like a loss that falls on offensive coaching.

Not saying it was Todd Haley's fault they fumbled. It was just a statement.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by BlackBob

Fumbles by receivers. He should have been running it in the first place.

Their running backs are ****ing terrible.

[Black Bob]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Their running backs are ****ing terrible.

So were ours last year and we went 2-1 after he left because we successfully ran the ball.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Spongeblack Bobtard

So were ours last year and we went 2-1 after he left because we successfully ran the ball.

I think our defense may have had more to do with that..lol.

[Hammock Parties]

I always liked Todd. He’s one of the most regular guys that I’ve covered. And one of the most unfortunate things about the Todd Haley era is that nobody else really saw that. I think he is a lot like you and me — he’s just a regular guy to have a beer with. He’d laugh at the same things. He just happened to be a football coach.

Smart people can do anything they want to do. I don’t think he came out of the womb wanting to be a football coach, but he decided that was an avenue for success. One of the saddest things, and the reason he got fired, is that he had to be a robot. He had to be this bland, boring, completely colorless person during press conferences, and that wasn’t Todd Haley. I do think he went overboard last season trying to be himself. That beard and nasty hat were his way of saying, “I’m not your robot anymore.”

- Kent Babb On Todd Haley

[Hammock Parties]

There’s some level of revisionist thinking, but they kept talking about Pioli and Haley as this perfect marriage. These guys are enormously different people. It was funny for a while. There’s this fastidious, careful guy with his initials embroidered on his cuffs. And then the guy who, honest to God, had to borrow a necktie for his opening-day press conference.

I think Haley got some juice and got tired of being their puppet. A lot of luck led to the 2010 playoffs, and he misinterpreted it as some level of destiny. And he decided he wouldn’t follow the Chiefs’ insane rules. Professionally, and for sure personally, I’ve never seen anybody spit in the face of a set of rules like that.

I remember I was stunned when he approached me in the public-relations office. It wasn’t in an interview setting. I was thinking like I have to think in my job. Seconds after he talked to me, I went straight back to my computer. I wrote the lead, basically what was in the paper. It was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen as a reporter. I’ll probably go the rest of my career and not have such a candid moment, a moment like that, especially with an NFL head coach. It exemplified just how far he’d been pushed, that rare moment of being completely naked.

http://www.pitch.com/plog/archives/2...-washington-dc

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

There’s some level of revisionist thinking, but they kept talking about Pioli and Haley as this perfect marriage. These guys are enormously different people. It was funny for a while. There’s this fastidious, careful guy with his initials embroidered on his cuffs. And then the guy who, honest to God, had to borrow a necktie for his opening-day press conference.

I think Haley got some juice and got tired of being their puppet. A lot of luck led to the 2010 playoffs, and he misinterpreted it as some level of destiny. And he decided he wouldn’t follow the Chiefs’ insane rules. Professionally, and for sure personally, I’ve never seen anybody spit in the face of a set of rules like that.

I remember I was stunned when he approached me in the public-relations office. It wasn’t in an interview setting. I was thinking like I have to think in my job. Seconds after he talked to me, I went straight back to my computer. I wrote the lead, basically what was in the paper. It was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen as a reporter. I’ll probably go the rest of my career and not have such a candid moment, a moment like that, especially with an NFL head coach. It exemplified just how far he’d been pushed, that rare moment of being completely naked.

http://www.pitch.com/plog/archives/2...-washington-dc

Are there stories that you wish you had more time to write or uncover while you were in Kansas City?

I really wish I wasn’t getting out of the Chiefs’ hair. I think they would have given me a lot of material this year. Scott Pioli is the gift that keeps on giving. He can’t not listen. He can’t not read. He can’t not care. I’ve never covered anybody who cares more about what is written about him. Frank Martin is number two. The louder and more often you say you don’t care, the more a lie it is.

[siberian khatru]

Clay, you should post a separate thread on that Babb interview.

[DaWolf]

Yeah I don't get the whole robot thing. It's not like Romeo has been stiff in interviews, he seems fine with being himself. I think Haley had other issues.

Whatever. Haley was not a leader of men. He's right where he belongs, under an actual head coach in Mike Tomlin...

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

Yeah I don't get the whole robot thing. It's not like Romeo has been stiff in interviews, he seems fine with being himself. I think Haley had other issues.

Whatever. Haley was not a leader of men. He's right where he belongs, under an actual head coach in Mike Tomlin...

I know plenty of people that think Tomlin is a reerun. I don't watch enough of Pittsburgh to have an opinion but those that do say he's a moron.

As for Haley, if he's truly NOT a psycho, we'll know soon enough. It's hard to hide in this league, especially in a city like Pittsburgh.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I know plenty of people that think Tomlin is a reerun. I don't watch enough of Pittsburgh to have an opinion but those that do say he's a moron.

As for Haley, if he's truly NOT a psycho, we'll know soon enough. It's hard to hide in this league, especially in a city like Pittsburgh.

Tomlin doesnt come accross as a reerun to me. I have a hard time believeing reeruns win superbowls.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Tomlin doesnt come accross as a reerun to me. I have a hard time believeing reeruns win superbowls.

Multiple SB's...

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Multiple SB's...

Multiple?

[bevischief]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

Yeah I don't get the whole robot thing. It's not like Romeo has been stiff in interviews, he seems fine with being himself. I think Haley had other issues.

Whatever. Haley was not a leader of men. He's right where he belongs, under an actual head coach in Mike Tomlin...

Cassel and Pioli.

[Dave Lane]

Actually the biggest thing last year was that stupid conditioning camp Pioli wanted so we didn't hurt any of our players because that was like risky and stuff.