Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6119014)

You're making a huge leap.

Like a Pro-Bowler, please? In any sport, there has to be mutual trust between player and coach, and there is a distinct possibility that Haley fractured that trust yesterday.

Repairable? Probably, but not if things continue in this light.

Originally Posted by petegz28 (Post 6118827)

3 yards rushing in the 1st half? No, you are going to run the ****ing ball. You are not going to be allowed to drop back and watch your QB get killed because you can't run the ****ing ball. It is similar to making a hitter lay a bunt down with 2 strikes after he couldn't do it on strikes 1 and 2.

Fatlock can cry that Haley isn't treating them like men all he wants. He needs to stick to his doublestuffs. This team isn't going to compete for a playoff spot anyway so this is exactly the time to pull stunts like this. You want to win? You have to learn how to block. You have to learn how to run the ball. 3 ****ing yards in 1 half is pathetic and I don't blame Haley one bit for what he did.

It isn't like we had 30 yards in the 1st half..we had 3. Three. Unacceptable, PERIOD! Dropping back to pass would have resulted in Cassel being broken into pieces.

I don't know what game Fatlock and some others watched, but I saw one that showed me our O line was there in name only. Had we dropped back, which is exactly what Philly wanted, we would be cussing about the picks Cassel threw or the fact that Brokie would be the starter for the next several weeks cause of Cassel being hurt.

Originally Posted by FAX (Post 6119035)

It was a message to the team, in my opinion.

Football is really a pretty simple game. The "bigs" execute their blocking assignments and the RBs take the ball where "they ain't". And, if an NFL offense can't run, they can't do much of anything else, either.

I counted 18 yards rushing in the first half. But, either way, it was a pitiable performance by the o-line and the RBs. Just terrible. I think Haley said, "Screw this. We're going to run the football until these guys figure it out."

I can think of several head coaches who might be fired on the spot after pulling a stunt like that. It was a bold decision. Crazy as hell, but bold. A real challenge to the fans, too. It demonstrates to me that he and Pioli care more about the long-term success of this franchise than most people realize. But, I imagine that the offense realizes it. They do now, anyway.

FAX

Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan (Post 6119082)

That is the one thing that I had thought of that excused this playcalling. I just don't know if that is my 'rationalization' or the reality.

We will see as things go along.

I am really dissapointed to see the mental mistakes over the last two weeks. And, frankly, Haley deserves more credit for the loss against Oakland than any player on the team.

Originally Posted by FAX (Post 6119035)

It was a message to the team, in my opinion.

Football is really a pretty simple game. The "bigs" execute their blocking assignments and the RBs take the ball where "they ain't". And, if an NFL offense can't run, they can't do much of anything else, either.

I counted 18 yards rushing in the first half. But, either way, it was a pitiable performance by the o-line and the RBs. Just terrible. I think Haley said, "Screw this. We're going to run the football until these guys figure it out."

I can think of several head coaches who might be fired on the spot after pulling a stunt like that. It was a bold decision. Crazy as hell, but bold. A real challenge to the fans, too. It demonstrates to me that he and Pioli care more about the long-term success of this franchise than most people realize. But, I imagine that the offense realizes it. They do now, anyway.

FAX

Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan (Post 6119082)

That is the one thing that I had thought of that excused this playcalling. I just don't know if that is my 'rationalization' or the reality.

We will see as things go along.

I am really dissapointed to see the mental mistakes over the last two weeks. And, frankly, Haley deserves more credit for the loss against Oakland than any player on the team.

Originally Posted by KC Fish (Post 6119092)

Why can't they care about the long-term success and try to win regular season games at the same time?

I don't mind playing for the future, but I don't want them demonstrating to the team that it's OK to bend over and drop your pants and take it when it's obvious we're not going to win. That's a defeatist attitude, despite whatever message you're sending.

Originally Posted by petegz28 (Post 6119096)

I don't think that was the message. He for sure didn't tell them it was ok to bend over and take it cause we were losing. If anything he said, we are losing but your asses are going to keep running the ****ing ball until you figure it out.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6119099)

And they never figured it out.

Effective message.

Yesterday was an embarrassment from a coaching standpoint.

Originally Posted by GoChiefs (Post 6119118)

Deez, shut the **** up.

God damn.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6119099)

And they never figured it out.

Effective message.

Yesterday was an embarrassment from a coaching standpoint.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6119125)

LMAO.

Go away, then.

But let's not champion this bullshit.

Originally Posted by chevy369 (Post 6119128)

And they took in the can...