Fine, it's true. I don't have a problem if the rumor was true. Weis didn't think Cassel could cut it, yet Weis was able to call plays that enabled Cassel to put up numbers that got him a pro bowl alternate spot.

The rumor was also that it was Haley who took Cassel under his wing and developed him.

Now follow along. Lots of people claim Haley was starting Palko to piss off Pioli and perhaps get fired. If Haley wanted to piss off Pioli why would Haley be so loyal to Cassel? If Cassel is/was Pioli's golden child, why was Haley also loyal to him?

God I hate this franchise more and more every day. Pioli is a POS but this all falls on Clark for allowing it to happen. **** him and the entire worthless Hunt family.

Weiss had nothing to do with Cassel, read the OP.

Haley started Palko because he was a Pennsylvania kid and somebody that Haley could live vicariously through.

This is pretty disappointing. When we hired Pioli I really thought that we won the GM lottery.

Maybe Haley played Palko, because he was the best QB that Pioli had given him to use...

2 different people, with different viewpoints, close to the situation have told me different.

I think it's pretty clear Haley was fired because he wasn't aboard the Cassel Express. In Pioli's mind, Cassel is the franchise, a la Tom Brady.

Cassel is Pioli's ego plain and simple. Cassel was hand picked by Pioli in the draft, then he traded for him and then gave him the big contract. Pioli is just a worthless fat ****er.

Haley was fired because he was a ****ing lunatic. There's a reason it came after the Jets game...

I think Haley was fired, because he and Pioli just couldn't get a long. And the fact that Pioli has created an atmospher that nobody wants to work at shows that maybe just maybe Haley wasn't the problem.

it wouldn't surprise me if Pioli hired Mark Mangino as the teams' strength and conditioning coach.

Haley was bat shit crazy thats the big reason he was fired. He might have also been pushed in that direction even farther by Scott "Egojanitor" Pioli.

I would feel more optimistic about the Chiefs had it been Pioli fired rather than Haley.


Edit: Look at it in context of the article. Haley is throwing Cassel under the bus for his time here. Rightly so. I'd bet a lot of money that the heat between Pioli and Haley was all about Matt Cassel.

They couldn't get along because Haley is mister CIA keep everything close to the vest and buttoned up.

Haley was a loose cannon and couldn't be trusted.