I don't get how everyone has determined that Palko playing was 100% Haley.
I've always felt the most likely explanation was Pioli having some grand plan to groom Stanzi that involved him taking the Aaron Rodgers approach to his first few years. And Pioli being so married to that plan that even in the face of this year's QB trainwreck, he refused to deviate.
It's even plausible to me that Haley reached his limit on trotting out Failco, and said Stanzi plays or I go, and that's what resulted in him being fired now vs at seasons end.
Of course that's just as speculative as the opinion that Haley actually liked Failco. Unless there's info I missed confirming that?
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