Tyler Palko Explained (Haley Wanted Hasselbeck)

[Ace Gunner]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

I don't think Haley was a "leader of men" and many of his tactics left a lot to be desired. You could probably mask a lot of that with a good QB, but I don't think players were excited to play for him or come here in free agency if they had options.

That said, he was a far better coach than we have now, because he at least was able to focus on the team once he actually hired an OC, and was able to scare guys into being afraid of fumbling and throwing picks, which is what you are left with when your team ain't that good...

Fiction.

This team was crap. Haley kicked a lot of the crap to the curb(2009). Then he got this team a title(2010). Then they were exposed for the soft stupid gameless players they really are(Playoff). Then Haley got blamed for it(2011). Then Haley got fired. No shit.

When this team hit the turf game one 2011 against the Bills, they got clobbered from the get go.

Who got clobbered? The same team that went to the playoffs the season before and got clobbered. With one exception -- Moeaki.

Then came the injuries.

A lot of fans like to lump last season into the injuries, but the truth is, this team got clobbered from play one last season. They were the same sheep that took the field just months before when Ray Ray & co cut them down to size.

They began to regroup under Haley, but as we can see, that just isn't the MO of this team.

It's players, not coaches. It's football time, not Rolls Royce time.