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Originally Posted by Flachief58
I can't help but like Haley. I'd take him a million times before the numbskull we had before him. I think given time he will build something special here and once he does the Chiefs will be good for many years. As I have said many times before, this team was so ****ed up when Pioli/Haley took over that it's gonna take some time to turn it around.
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Originally Posted by Flachief58
All teams say they are, but very few of those were as ****ed up as the Chiefs.
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Without a doubt I like Haley better as a coach, but I am reluctant to give his ability of spotting talent a nod over Herm based primarily on how bad 2009 sucked. And make no mistake about it, it sucked because of decisions that Haley & Pioli made. How much of that goes to Haley or Pioli is debatable and I do realize you are talking mostly about Haley, not Pioli.
2010 seems to be off to a much better start, but what exactly did they do last year to improve? They won 1 more game. That is it. The talent that they won those games with, IMO was Herm's players, not Haley's. They lucked into Chambers.
They spent a bunch of money on Cassel & TJ and neither one of them did anything last year to show they were worth it. Maybe those players were forced on Haley but the best players on the team last season were Herm's picks: Charles & Flowers. You could argue that for every positional starter/player that Pioli/Haley brought in last year, the backup that Herm/Carl drafted or signed was better.
Cassel is barely better than Croyle and most would suggest its only Cassel's ability to take a pounding that makes him better.
Pollard or Mike Brown?
As I said, 2010 seems to be much better so I'm hopeful. If Haley really is a good coach, he won't let a turd like TJ take a spot that should belong to someone with more talent. Whether or not that player is on the roster is the question.