Chiefs Florio: Haley threatened to trade Bowe during Redskins game

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-19-2009, 01:37 PM

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...r-dwayne-bowe/

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Trade threat turned the light on for Dwayne Bowe
Posted by Mike Florio on October 19, 2009 3:05 PM ET

As pointed out in the Chiefs-Redskins portion our Morning Aftermath, Kansas City receiver Dwayne Bowe caught six passes for 109 yards. It was his best output of the season.

Bowe's performance came at a time when rumors are rampant that he (and pretty much any other Chiefs player not named "Matt Cassel") is available as the trade deadline looms.

So was he motivated by the rumors? As it turns out, no.

Bowe was motivated by a specific threat, from coach Todd Haley.

Per a league source, Haley tore into Bowe early in Sunday's win over the Redskins, urging Bowe to pick up his game and threatening to trade Bowe if he didn't.

Though some might have seen it as a chance to get over the wall and head to a contending team, the exchange seemed to light a fire under Bowe.

So we suppose it would be fitting if the performance prompts a team like the Dolphins or Ravens to make the Chiefs an offer for Bowe that G.M. Scott Pioli accepts.

WTF?

**doomy3** · 10-19-2009, 01:38 PM

If this is for real, then this is a joke of a head coach.

Pants · 10-19-2009, 01:40 PM

I don't think Bowe would give a f**k if he got traded, just like any other player... What kind of threat is that, lol?

**kysirsoze** · 10-19-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

If this is for real, then this is a joke of a head coach.

ummm. Not if it worked.

raybec 4 · 10-19-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kysirsoze

ummm. Not if it worked.

Yeah what a ****in joke to find the right button to push to motivate somebody

Chiefshrink · 10-20-2009, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kysirsoze

ummm. Not if it worked.

Precisely!!!! Say a stud LB or OL

Bowe isn't going to be consistent EVER

Bowe could jump out of the stadium and over the moon and make a one handed catch on one play and then on a crucial 3rd and short with less than 2min to go, make a crisp 5yd slant in over the middle with no one on him with the ball hitting him perfectly in the hands for an easy 1st down to keep the drive alive and drop it.

JD10367 · 10-19-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

If this is for real, then this is a joke of a head coach.

Why?

It was probably something he said right after a Bowe f**k-up, and it was probably a yell along the lines of, "WHAT THE F**K, BOWE?!? I'M TIRED OF THIS SHIT!! IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO F**KING DO OUT THERE, I'LL TRADE YOUR ASS OUTTA HERE!"

And it seems to have worked. So maybe you should request Haley make that threat to the other 52 guys...

Chief Henry · 10-19-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

Why?

It was probably something he said right after a Bowe f**k-up, and it was probably a yell along the lines of, "WHAT THE F**K, BOWE?!? I'M TIRED OF THIS SHIT!! IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO F**KING DO OUT THERE, I'LL TRADE YOUR ASS OUTTA HERE!"

And it seems to have worked. So maybe you should request Haley make that threat to the other 52 guys...

The players on the Chiefs need to have a fire lite under their butts.

**wazu** · 10-19-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

If this is for real, then this is a joke of a head coach.

**cdcox** · 10-19-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

If this is for real, then this is a joke of a head coach.

Anti-Haley sentiment is not in vogue after the big win. You'd better fall in line or DaFace will trade you to the Mange.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-19-2009, 01:45 PM

Assuming this report is accurate:

-Has Haley run out of motivation techniques if he's dropping "I'll trade your ass" in the middle of a game?

-What will he use for the rest of the season, once the trade deadline passes tomorrow?

-If the HC feels it's necessary to use that type of threat to "motivate" a star player, what does that say about the coach? Or for that matter, the star player?

**the Talking Can** · 10-19-2009, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Assuming this report is accurate:

-Has Haley run out of motivation techniques if he's dropping "I'll trade your ass" in the middle of a game?

-What will he use for the rest of the season, once the trade deadline passes tomorrow?

-If the HC feels it's necessary to use that type of threat to "motivate" a star player, what does that say about the coach? Or for that matter, the star player?

are you for real?

**Bearcat** · 10-19-2009, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Assuming this report is accurate:

-Has Haley run out of motivation techniques if he's dropping "I'll trade your ass" in the middle of a game?

-What will he use for the rest of the season, once the trade deadline passes tomorrow?

-If the HC feels it's necessary to use that type of threat to "motivate" a star player, what does that say about the coach? Or for that matter, the star player?

I think you're looking into it way further than Haley or Bowe or anyone else on the team. Like it was said earlier, it was probably along the lines of:

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"WHAT THE F**K, BOWE?!? I'M TIRED OF THIS SHIT!! IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO F**KING DO OUT THERE, I'LL TRADE YOUR ASS OUTTA HERE!"

...not something Haley thought about for more than a second in terms of motivational technique, or what he'll say next time, or whatever. I've had a boss who was high strung and liked to yell a lot, and it was just that... yelling. While some tirades might be part of a master plan to push certain buttons, others aren't, and this doesn't seem like anything more than yelling.

Whether it'll wear off, I guess we'll see, but I certainly don't see Haley thinking "threatening to trade him is all I've got left!!!" He was pissed. He yelled. And the article doesn't even really say whether it did light a fire under Bowe's ass or if it was all because they were playing the Washington Redskins.

Goldmember · 10-19-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

Anti-Haley sentiment is not in vogue after the big win. You'd better fall in line or DaFace will trade you to the Mange.

Now that is a terrifying threat!

**kysirsoze** · 10-19-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

Anti-Haley sentiment is not in vogue after the big win. You'd better fall in line or DaFace will trade you to the Mange.

Anti-Haley is one thing. Blasting him for a tactic that worked, assuming it happened at all, is just silly.

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