This is going to get real interesting. First of all, you can bet that there will be some big sports journalists looking deeper into this and trying to pry even more information out of these people.

Second, it sounds like the age discrimination suits are in full motion. Once that happens, you can bet that those involved in the suit are going to spill a lot of beans and that will happen under oath. And you can also bet that to build that case, their lawyers aren't going to stop at age discrimination. They're going to look for anything and everything that builds the case that the front office environment is toxic.

Probably a good chance that they settle. But maybe not.

I still think Pioli was going to wait till the end of the season and Clark pushed the issue.

I think you might be right. Pioli said he and Hunt had two discussions, one after the Jets game, and another the next morning. I think the second one was Hunt saying we need to do this now.

This article makes you think pretty differently. To me, it sure seems like Haley was fired because that was a better option to him than resigning voluntarily. If he resigned, it sounded like he was ready to spill a lot of beans. If he got fired, they could force him to sign a bunch of non-disclosures.

I've been a vocal supporter of Haley and still stand by it. I think he has the upside to be a good coach but caught in a really toxic environment. Shame.

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And finally, the Chiefs provided eight current employees to do interviews for the story but not Scott Pioli? That speaks volumes.

"This past year, Haley stopped talking on the phone and repeatedly checked his office for listening devices. After being fired, Haley didn’t respond to interview requests; many former staffers said they signed confidentiality agreements upon being let go."

Is that legal? Ordinarily, such agreements are signed upon hire. If I'm getting canned, why should I sign, except for a sizable severance?

I'm sorry, defiantly continuing to start Palko, knowing he is the worst QB on the roster, is something that should always come back to haunt Haley in the future. He absolutely had to go.

So first off we finally get confirmation Haley was a raging tweaker.
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Right. We should blame the coach because he chose the wrong option between a shitty QB or a rookie fifth rounder they deemed to be unready.

I have worked in organizations at both extremes as well as in the middle, but I don't think corporate America, let alone the sports industry, has a sound grasp of motivation principles. It goes well beyond integrity and accountabilitiy and unfortunately focusing on those extremes accomplishes nothing but sucking the self esteem out of those caught up in it. This is what decision makers never seem to grasp. Ralph Nader once said, the rich are too rich in this country. Think about that, it accurately foretold by well over a decade where society was heading and the outcome has been far worse than anybody could have imagined. As Jon Huntsman recently said in a debate when Romney suggested it was more important to align with party than for country, "...it's attitudes like that dividing us..." The people are frustrated because they want to contribute in positive and rewarding ways but they are powerless to persuade ostructionists who can't see that by a losing a little you ultimately win a lot.

I've said before that I liked Haley and thought he got a raw deal overall, but I honestly do not think Pioloi will survive more than two more years. Hunt will then move more in his father's direction and settle somewhere in the middle where contentent finally leads to success.

What do you mean? How do you walk out of this thinking Haley was anything but a victim?

Palko is more than shitty, he shouldn't have even make a practice squad. I mean it was really embarrassing that he was ever started. How can anyone know what Stanzi is until he gets in a game? My guess is he would have out preformed Palko.

OR...Pioli got his hands on that fear toxin from the batman movie and kept piping it into Haley's office. Either way Haley comes off as being a little paranoid. What does it matter anyway if someone listens to your work calls.

They tapped his personal cell phone? Come on man.
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Against the Law not sure