Huge Kudos to Pioli and Haley

[DaWolf]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

Dick and Herm would have kept Clancy on for 4 years.

This is the reason I'll give Haley props. He holds players accountable, but he's also showing that he'll keep his assistants accountable.

I said it before, half the battle to me with being a good head coach is being able to surround yourself with excellent coordinators. Say what you want about these guys, they've done it before.

And say what you want about Pioli, he could have said F it, and made Haley hire no name, cheap coordinators and if things fell apart, blamed it on the coaches. In the past it was easy to blame our defensive shortcomings on GRob or Ddumbther or Krumrie or any number of coaches we blamed. By hiring these two guys, the heat is now squarely on the GM, because everyone knows these guys can coach and these guys can help lead teams to Super Bowls. So if there is failure, the only real place to point is at talent acquisition. The heat is now on Pioli to get these guys players...

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Originally Posted by DaWolf

This is the reason I'll give Haley props. He holds players accountable, but he's also showing that he'll keep his assistants accountable.

I said it before, half the battle to me with being a good head coach is being able to surround yourself with excellent coordinators. Say what you want about these guys, they've done it before.

And say what you want about Pioli, he could have said F it, and made Haley hire no name, cheap coordinators and if things fell apart, blamed it on the coaches. In the past it was easy to blame our defensive shortcomings on GRob or Ddumbther or Krumrie or any number of coaches we blamed. By hiring these two guys, the heat is now squarely on the GM, because everyone knows these guys can coach and these guys can help lead teams to Super Bowls. So if there is failure, the only real place to point is at talent acquisition. The heat is now on Pioli to get these guys players...

Yep.

I might add that the players Weis and Crennel will want are not the dregs of the league, either. Both of these guys will have very specific and high expectations when it comes to talent and performance.

It's all good.

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