Teicher: Haley, Harbaugh shrug off post-game disagreement

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Haley, Harbaugh shrug off post-game disagreement
By ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star

For at least the second occasion in his brief time with the Chiefs, Todd Haley got into a post-game disagreement with the opposing head coach.

It happened this time after Friday night’s 31-13 preseason loss to the Ravens in Baltimore. Haley and his Baltimore counterpart, John Harbaugh, appeared to have some cross words during their brief post-game meeting on the field.

The Ravens had a favorable result safely tucked away when they got the ball back leading 24-13 with 1:18 remaining. Rather than have their quarterback kneel after the snap a couple of times, Harbaugh had the Ravens attacking.

Quarterback Hunter Cantwell threw a 38-yard pass on the Ravens’ first play of the drive and Baltimore later called timeout to set up a one-yard touchdown run by Anthony Allen with five seconds left in the game.

“I want to apologize to the Chiefs if they feel we were not doing the right thing at the end of the game,’’ Harbaugh said in his post-game remarks. “If this had been the regular season, we would have been on a knee. The idea in this situation is to give the young guys who work hard and who are trying to make the football team, this football team or another football team, to play the whole 60 minutes and give them a chance to show what they can do . ..I know that’s debatable. I know there are points of view both ways.

“I think (Haley) said something like, ‘I don’t know about that’ and I understood that. I just said, ‘Preseason, preseason for the young guys.’ And he said, ‘OK.’ ’’

For his part, Haley tried to downplay any clash with Harbaugh.

“I just control what we do,’’ Haley said shortly after game’s end. “There are probably guys out on the field that may have had limited opportunity. Coaches get very limited opportunity to evaluate (players) so their coach has to do what he has to do to get his team ready just like I’m trying to do what we have to do to get ours ready.’’

Haley had angry words and gestures for Denver coach Josh McDaniels after the Broncos routed the Chiefs last year.

[Mr. Arrowhead]

how did haley bitch, all he said was "I dont know about that"

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by milkman

The cameras were pointed at Haley after the pass that put the Ravens on the 8 yard line, and it was clear that Haley was upset.

Without any evidence to suggest that he was pissed by the fact that the Ravens didn't take a knee, game announcers suggested that to be the reason.

The Chiefs' broadcast said Haley threw off his headset and was running down the sideline after the Ravens' deep pass because there was clear PI by the receiver. He was upset at the no-call.

The Chiefs' broadcast also shows a brief snippet of Haley and Harbaugh right after their handshake, and Haley clearly mouths "you gotta do what you gotta do" (or words to that effect). Which would suggest that, from the very get-go, Haley wasn't questioning anything Harbaugh did.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by BigRock

The Chiefs' broadcast said Haley threw off his headset and was running down the sideline after the Ravens' deep pass because there was clear PI by the receiver. He was upset at the no-call.

The Chiefs' broadcast also shows a brief snippet of Haley and Harbaugh right after their handshake, and Haley clearly mouths "you gotta do what you gotta do" (or words to that effect). Which would suggest that, from the very get-go, Haley wasn't questioning anything Harbaugh did.

I got the Ravens broadcast, so I didn't get to see that, so tahnks for the info.

I will say this.

We complain about national broadcast teams, but watching these local broadcasts makes me appreciate those national games, if only for a while.