The Todd Haley -- Chiefs HC Thread
 

He's a good coach & managed to get this team playing decent football. Under Haley, the Chiefs made a very unexpected playoff game appearance by hosting the Ravens at Arrowhead Stadium.

But the Haley era ended just seven games ago. Evidently, not all fans agree with Haley's successful ways here in KC.

Discuss:D

Rather have kept him and ousted Pioli.

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and I am not a Haley supporter. I think with a better GM and coordinators Haley would have been more comfortable with what he had to work with

so essentially I would have taken Haley and then nothing else connected to the Patriots Shit Tree

I unfairly blamed Haley for the blowouts.

The blowouts are all Matt Cassel.

Haley's a douche and probably not a good HC, but Pioli + Cassel are far more responsible for our fail.

Haley burned his bridge with the Hunts though. We'll just have to remember him for all the funny GIFs.

and that is how you should be remembered :thumb:


but I am open to reading posts from those who feel Haley was not a good coach for the Chiefs.

never too tired for a laugh tho :D

if Todd wins a Super Bowl in Pittsburgh he could very well be back on someones head coaching radar

Yep, I'm not a huge Haley fan, but I'm not a Haley hater either. I was fine with him being head coach, and the only possible positive I got out of his firing was that it brought everyone one step closer to blaming Pioli.

If it wasn't for Todd Haley we would never have seen Tyler Palko **** Todd Haley. Good coach or not the fact we had to see Tyler Palko for as long as we did Todd Haley just was fail. It's just dumb to think he was any good for Chiefs after that.

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Well never know what Haley might have done with this team without that **** Pioli foisting Cassel upon him and micromanaging him to death.

yep, Haley's an arrogant asshole.

im not defending Todd but what were his options?

Pioli gave him Cassel, Palko, Stanzi

how is that Todd's fault? It's not. We were losing with Palko or Stanzi regardless.

I expect he will be considered a candidate by NFL teams next season regardless.

I think Palko was Todd's way of saying this is how good you have it with Cassel.

He wasn't a good coach for the Chiefs because he wasn't a good coach. He was dumb.

He was a different kind of dumb from Herm, though. Herm was dumb on gameday because he was a pussy soft bitch who didn't understand that putting the game in the hands of his defense meant you should probably build up a defense capable of getting those key stops when you need them. Haley was dumb on gameday because he was just stupid. It's like he possessed no cognition or rationality.

I will say, however, that if things were different and Haley could have grown from a rookie head coach at all in 2.5 years, he would represent my ideal coach. Young, hardass, no nonsense, respected by the players, and knowledgeable of Xs and Os. For some reason, however, that knowledge could never translate to the field on game day.

and so, you see some type of contrast now?

Wow dude seriously?

Nobody knew what Palko was and Haley gave him a chance.

His other options were:
Cassel = he couldnt stand him
Stanzi = rookie


I would've liked to see Stanzi too, but ffs.

Romeo is a different kind of dumb from Todd Haley. Romeo is more Herm dumb. Remember Club Herm? You're seeing Club Romeo right now. They're almost identical. Remember how Herm's defensive focus to the HC position made our defense a "better tackling unit?" Same here. It's almost like the defense doesn't give a shit anymore.

Romeo is also extremely conservative on the sideline. Not like Herm, but almost as bad.

This is still my fav

http://i45.tinypic.com/2m3mdf4.gif

I'm 100% convinced that Stanzi absolutely sucks. I think we got Palko because Palko was better. We'll get Quinn, who also completely sucks, when Cassel gets the hook because Quinn's complete suckage is still better than Palko's. Too many goddamn Ioweegans on this board propping that piece of crap up into something he's not, never has been or never will be.

And none of this is Haley's fault.

I was, is, and will continue to be a Haley supporter. For once we had a young up and coming coach who could call our own instead of getting washed up has beens. I really wished he would have given the offense over to someone else, eased up just a little, and realized you don't have to go for it or be super tricky all of the time.

I don't blame him for the great Palkizy fiasco. He was our backup QB and it was only a couple of games. You don't bench a QB for a rookie after four games. The whole "walking on the field" thing was exactly what I want from a coach. Mike Tomlin does that shit all of the time but no one bitches about him doing it.

Haley showed that he cared about the team. He had fire and guts, something we have been missing in KC for a while. With a better QB and some growing on his own he would have been fine.

I'm pissed we kept Pissioli and fired Haley. Haley hated Cassel and Pissoli loves him that's all that needs to be said.

(Wow, I could have saved my fingers and just typed that last line first.)

Sorry, the boob should never be a Head Coach again.

I think Haley got too much blame. Certainly his people skills were not always the best, but sometimes its the jerk that can get the most out of people. Pioli chose the coaches, the defensive scheme, and gave him no depth especially at QB. Having Tyler Palko as a backup is inexcusable. I also believe he was under orders not to play Stanzi. We even saw an argument on the field with Zorn about putting Stanzi in. I don't think his decision to forego team prep in favor of conditioning last year was the right decision. These guys are professionals and should be expected to come in ready to go.

I find it very disturbing.

Enough of this.

Now, I'll grant you that Haley have started Orton in Chicago.

I think you're forgetting Kyle dislocated his finger vs the Bears.

LMAO

No.

**** Todd Haley, **** Scott Pioli, **** Matt Cassel and **** Clark Hunt.

One Arrowhead Drive needs a nuclear ****ing enema.

Good God.

Haley stopped ****ing trying. He shot himself in the foot so he would be sent to the hospital instead of having to fight on the front lines. He rebelled against not only the fans and his boss, but his own PLAYERS.

The guy is a nutcase. No sane NFL owner or GM will ever trust him to run a team ever again.

If Pioli is fired after this season, and his O in Pitt continues to improve, I wouldn't be surprised to see people interested in him for 2014.

I don't miss him here, but I never hated the guy.

Ioweegan here, and I can tell you straight up. Stanzi is not NFL caliber.

Todd Haley will never get another head coaching opportunity in the NFL. He went full reerun in front of the media, embarrassed his owner (which clearly difficult to do considering more than 40 years of futility), berated his own players, argued with his own coaching hires on the sidelines and swore up and down the field, all while on camera.

Todd Haley is not the guy you want as the face of your billion dollar franchise.

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Would the whole thing.

Yet Pittsburgh, a team that routinely wins sb's or finds itself deep in the playoffs, hired him to run the offense. Amazing. I'll take their opinion about good football people over that of yours.

Offensive coordinator =/= head coach

I would like to have seen Haley learn and grow under a GM who supported and cultivated his talent.

There were a lot of things that Haley did wrong, but I believe he would have learned through the years, and some of those things would have not been done with a credible QB.

We couldn't come up with someone off the streets better than Palko? He was a Haley tagalong from Arizona as for all I know. I don't know but what I do know is Pioli & Haley should have never had Palko start a NFL game with the Chiefs. Palko was on this team pryer to last year and the hold out so they had plenty of opportunity to find a decent to standard back up QB let a lone one that could push Cassell for the starting job. Fail = Pioli on that and also fail = Haley as he was the HC who couldn't get this team anywhere close to improvement with what he had to work with. The Miami game was the last straw for me that was on Haley and unprepared team no matter who the quarterback was we got our ass whooped yet again.

I get that. But if the guy was a total nutjob and had no idea how to work with players he wouldn't be where he is right now. I mean the last time he was an offensive coordinator he was in the super bowl.

He's kind of a good coach and just hasn't been in the right environment to develop.

Art Rooney II has made some "interesting" decisions that probably wouldn't have been made if his brother Dan Rooney hadn't left to become Ambassador to Ireland.

Do you think that Pittsburgh will be in the hunt for a SB come playoff time?

I found his whole time here very disturbing...

Too many OL and defense issues. They've got the injury bug as well...

This year? No, I don't. They have too many issues with their offensive line, aging defensive line and running game.

They've had really bad luck with offensive and defensive lineman in the draft the past several years and it's caught up to them. Also, the fact that Ryan Clark is unable to play at Mile High not only hurt them last year but hurt them this year as well. And Polamalu looks done and unworthy of that huge extension he received.

Now, I'm not saying they "suck" or any such nonsense. But they're definitely on a down cycle and if they fail to win 8 games this season, I wouldn't be surprised if they implemented more changes.

Generally when that happens to them, they draft well, and are back in it for another 5-7 years.

If not the very next year...

Agreed. I still think someday Haley is gonna make a really good head coach for someone other than Doctor Evil.

Haley is viable as an OC...

Not viable as a HC > look at beginning of last season for examples. He had the whole summer and preseason to hone the team and we get blown out big time by mediocre teams. To a decent coach this doesn't happen.

they do have the injury bug but they have the talent and depth to make up for it in most areas to remain competitive.

imagine that. drafting smart in 4 years worth of drafts.

well good job Scott Pioli you fat **** of not doing that

isnt that what has happened this season? with a new coach? with new training camp and offseason propaganda? with new draft picks? new FAs brought in?

weren't we suppose to be much more improved than whatever Haley had to work with? Werent expectations this year much higher

and we have got blown out and embarrassed much worse this season. And Haley is not a factor anymore.

So what's the constant for both seasons then? Scott Pioli's poor micromanaging. Not Haley.

It's 4 years of Pioli that's the problem not 3 years of Haley.

Who is "we"? I don't know for sure, but I'd be willing to bet that Haley was begging Pioli and Clark for a new QB. And you don't need a crystal ball to determine what the answer to that question might have been.

I mean, really, did Weis leave because he hated Haley or because he knew the situation was hopeless with a talentless, permanently intrenched hack at QB?

All I do know is that Haley's been gone for nearly a year now, and things are worse now than ever before.

:thumb:

And I'm a Mizzou guy who feels the same way about Gabbert.

:bravo::bravo::bravo::bravo::bravo:

Were you on Mars by any chance last season?

Because there was this strike thingy with no off season, you might have heard of it, and then Dr. Evil ordered camp stretcho so none of his little toys like Matty got ouchies.

I loved Crazy Todd,
he had no ****s to give

go fro it on fourth **** yes
Onside kick **** yes
and the PALko **** you to pilio
**** Yes

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT COACH


LOVED CRAZY TODD

Yep

yeah i wanna see that kind of fire, his coaches should not be foot shuffleing porters

and arrowood needs something different

This team has become a turnover/penalty/minor injury machine since he left.

I will always believe that the only problem this team has had since Pioli took over was Matt Cassel.

Everything else is a byproduct.

If Pioli had supported him and continued the search for a good quarterback to give the team a shot, Haley would have had this team in the hunt every year.

No pun intended.

I hated his shotgun draws, he was in over his head, and too arrogant to really succeed in his position. One thing that I do believe is that (outside of the 2011 opening games) he could fire the players up and get them to play 100% for almost every game. (Something that Romeo is woefully unable to accomplish.)

Pioli is definitely the problem, but I don't know, I think people are starting to romanticize Odd Todd now that we have the disaster of Romeo.

Is it too late to make THIS the banner? o:-)

The thing is, you and others that complain of Haley's tirades often seem to be yelling your own tirades at this team just like Haley did.

When I read your posts, most of the time I visualize caps because you seem to be yelling. Not that it bothers me, really, I just see you as a hypocrite who thinks there is not, or should not be any yelling by football coaches and that is just completely wrong. I never had a football coach that did not yell at players/coaches for ****ing up. It's a very emotional game.

Would have been nice to see what Haley would do with a legit QB. Of course, it was a major mistake for a first-time head coach to be his own OC and I never liked the coaching staffs he assembled so all of that would have to have been fixed, as well.

I would have liked Weis to stay and all that, but I would not say Haley or any coach is making a mistake taking duel roles. Plenty of successful coaches have been their own OC and won championships. Jon Gruden, Mike Holmgren & Sean Payton, to name a few. So, there's really no integrity in your statement regarding this.