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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Coordinating an offense for half a year is not a strong track record.
I'm far more pissed off at Pioli than Haley too, but I think you're building him up as though he was an assistant on par with Charlie Weis when he left New England or Mike Martz in St. Louis.
Of course, regardless of where you come from, the decision to hire Haley was also done by Pioli, who really appears to be nothing other than a mindless automaton.
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It's enough to suggest he knows what he's doing. Nobody's saying he's an offensive guru, nor does he have to be. It's not like he walked in with any more or less experience than Gruden, Tomlin, John Harbaugh, and several other successful coaches have. You may point to Haley's arguments with Boldin and Warner, but again... how can you dispute the claim that Keyshawn, Warner, and Fitzgerald seem to have had a tremendous relationship with Haley even to this day. Or the fact that lots of guys from Arizona have followed him to KC. We're not even talking about typical player-speak. We're talking about how Keyshawn won't shut up about Haley, or how Haley/Warner seem to be best friends to this day.
So I don't understand what your argument is against the Haley hire. I don't know how anyone can act like it was a blind tree hire. He was a young up and coming coordinator, which we all wanted. He was well respected with his players. He was a tough disciplinarian this team sorely need. And at the time, he ran a very successful, innovative offense. I don't know how anyone could possibly say he was a bad hire.
And in the process, this team is a shitload more disciplined than they were three years ago. He's gotten max production out of Hali, DJ, and Bowe. Etc... Who's really to blame here? How many coaches would have won with Matt Cassel and the patchwork starting lineup Pioli gave him? How many coaches wouldn't lose their team after losing players like Charles, Berry, and Moeaki? Haley's made mistakes, but I still believe the good far outweighs the bad.