Pioli has praise for Haley

[Hammock Parties]

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/07...for-haley.html

Coach Todd Haley will be moving into the final year of his contract next year, and while general manager Scott Pioli wouldn’t say whether the Chiefs would extend his contract, his comments seemed to indicate they would.

Pioli praised Haley on Monday in an interview with The Kansas City Star.

“I think he’s doing a good job of growing into the job,” Pioli said. “He’s adjusted well to changes in personnel, changes in roster. He’s adjusted well to staff changes. This team has continued to evolve and continued to develop. Players have developed well. That’s Todd and the whole coaching staff.”

Echoing comments made recently by Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt, Pioli also said he has a good relationship with Haley.

“I think it’s a good working relationship. I really do,” Pioli said. “We’re both focused on the same thing, which is winning football games.”

Asked whether they work well enough together to allow the Chiefs to win a Super Bowl, Pioli said yes.

“Absolutely,” Pioli said. “We talk often. Our approach hasn’t changed in terms of the way and the amount of communication from two years ago, a year ago. It’s the same. It hasn’t changed in terms of the volume or anything else.”

Pioli said he meets with Haley regularly during the season to discuss roster needs for upcoming games. The 4-4 Chiefs are tied for first place with Oakland and San Diego in the AFC West and play the 3-5 Broncos on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

“We make sure we have solid communication, particularly right after a game, the Monday and the Tuesday,” Pioli said. “We evaluate performance and where we’re at as far as health and where we are for the upcoming game. We’ll talk about the game plan for the upcoming game and then what we’re going to do as far as roster makeup.”

The Chiefs have a regular-season record of 18-22 halfway through Haley’s third season. They finished 4-12 in 2009, his first year with the Chiefs, and then last season went 10-6 and won their first division title in seven years.

This year, the Chiefs started 0-3, losing their first two games by a combined 79 points. By the time they finished their second game of the season, a 48-3 defeat at Detroit, the Chiefs had lost safety Eric Berry, running back Jamaal Charles and tight end Tony Moeaki for the year with knee injuries.

But the Chiefs rallied to win four straight games before falling to 4-4 with Sunday’s 31-3 loss to previously winless Miami.

Pioli indicated he wasn’t tempted to fire Haley or otherwise get discouraged when the Chiefs started the season so poorly.

“I didn’t think that was who we were when we were 0-2, and that’s why I’m not surprised when we were able to continue to improve and begin to play good football,” Pioli said. “What you don’t want to do is get caught up in the dramatic swing of any one game or two games. I don’t think you can evaluate that small a portion of the season. That’s one-eighth of the season.

“I believe we have a good football team and a good coaching staff. We have a good, young football team that is continuing to develop.”

Haley, at his news conference Monday, called the first half of the season “adventurous” for the Chiefs. They’ve been outscored by 70 points even though they’ve won as many games as they’ve lost.

“It’s been a different set of encyclopedias from the start,” Haley said. “Everybody’s had the same challenges, with the lack of offseason and some of those things. I think it has led to a unique year thus far. I said that in training camp, that I thought it would be a wild ride, and it hasn’t disappointed.”

Haley said he hoped the Chiefs’ performances would be more even over the season’s second half. Including the game against Miami, the Chiefs have lost three games by four or more touchdowns.

“Consistency is the key to being a good team or a great team,” Haley said. “Very rarely do you see a team that’s inconsistent be one of the last teams standing. Consistency is going to be one of those things that we’re really going to work hard on in all areas.

“We’ve got a team that’s still developing and still getting better and is still a work in progress. I’m excited about these guys.”

[Sofa King]

Originally Posted by loochy

I would like a team of Payton Manning, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, and Tony Gonzalez.

Peyton

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

Peyton

yeah him too...

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

Peyton

Meh, you know what I meant....you know, the pink skinned guy with the giant forehead and the down's syndrome brother.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by aturnis

Some college football HC's make more than some NFL HC's. I'd imagine some coordinators do too. Especially guys with big names like Weiss.

Weis (reportedly) was making 5.2 million as a OC for the chiefs and made 750k his first year at florida.

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At Florida, the former Kansas City Chiefs coordinator will get $765,000 this year, then $865,000 annually over the next two years, according to the Post. He also received a $100,000 signing bonus and gets a $10,000 supplement for wearing Nike apparel.
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...is-huge-salary
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[rtmike]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Why in the world would Haley want to sign an extension to work for a team with an egomaniac GM who won't let him play the players he wants, or draft the players he wants?

S. Breaston
J. Baldwin
Jerrry Urban
that little dude Arizona cut that we brought in last year for a few games
Lenny Pope
Tony Becht was in Az. in '09

I would say Haley has some say so, not complete, but obviously Pioli is listening to him.

[lcarus]

After 0-3 stretch: "Pioli isn't talking to Haley. He should be fired within the next 2 weeks."

After 4-1 stretch: "Pioli praises Haley. Says young team and young coach are growing into their roles."

[Chieftain58]

Originally Posted by Taco John

You expect him to put some pressure on the coach if he has any doubts about the direction he's going.

Uhm.. pressure on the Coach? Get him a QB that can take it to the next level, Get a O-Line that doesn't suck... Pioli and Injuries are to blame as much as Haley.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Laz

Ya, you're right.

We need a great QB to carry our shitty coaching.


i got an idea ... why don't we try and do both, get a better QB and better coaching. Oh ya, nobody wants to talk about that ... only Cassel.

people all over the league are playing with less than franchise type QB's but that's the only thing people around here can bitch about.

I have 4 words for you.

You're a ****ing idiot.

Tell us all about these teams that are winning SBs with less than non franchise type QBs.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Laz

or give us a real coach and we would be playoff caliber.

You're still a ****ing idiot.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Laz

same thing can be said about Cassel

Still a ****ing idiot.

Every ****ing time Cassel sees pressure, he shits his pants.

Every good team Cassel faces he shits his pants.

He looked better last year because we played shitty teams.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Fritz88

I don't buy it.

If you don't believe that Haley was a reason for pushing Weis to leave then you are being ....

Once again for all you ****ing idiots who clearly don't have a job.

If you have a boss who asks you to do somehting his way, you do it or get the **** out.

Haley is the head coach.
He's the boss.

If he expects his underling, Charlie Weis to so something his way, Charlie Weis does that thing Haley's way.

If he couldn't do that, he needs to get the **** out.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by milkman

Once again for all you ****ing idiots who clearly don't have a job.

If you have a boss who asks you to do somehting his way, you do it or get the **** out.

Haley is the head coach.
He's the boss.

If he expects his underling, Charlie Weis to so something his way, Charlie Weis does that thing Haley's way.

If he couldn't do that, he needs to get the **** out.

It really is that way in the real world.

Then again, I once told an employee to get the hell out and he stayed. It was a tad confusing.

FAX

[milkman]

Originally Posted by FAX

It really is that way in the real world.

Then again, I once told an employee to get the hell out and he stayed. It was a tad confusing.

FAX

You can discuss it, try to convince the boss that your way is the better way, but at the end of the day, he's the boss.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by milkman

You can discuss it, try to convince the boss that your way is the better way, but at the end of the day, he's the boss.

Yep.

You know, it makes sense (however) that Weis takes the job on account of Pioli with the idea that he would have more control over the offense than Haley was ultimately willing to provide. The Pioli-Weis connection has a lot more history than the Haley-Weis connection does, after all.

So, Weis takes the job, then gets pissy because he can't have donuts delivered every half-hour. He then whines to Pioli who says (rightfully), "Haley's the boss. If he says no donuts, that's the way it is." Weis then gets even pissy-er and starts acting out in meetings. Friction escalates and Haley tells Weis to blow it out his ass. Weis cries to Mommy and they decide to bail.

Either Weis shouldn't have taken the job in the first place or acknowledged Haley as his HC and "boss" and toed the line. Conclusion: Weis is a overly gorged, egotistical dipstick.

That's my theory.

FAX

[BigChiefFan]

Originally Posted by FAX

Yep.

You know, it makes sense (however) that Weis takes the job on account of Pioli with the idea that he would have more control over the offense than Haley was ultimately willing to provide. The Pioli-Weis connection has a lot more history than the Haley-Weis connection does, after all.

So, Weis takes the job, then gets pissy because he can't have donuts delivered every half-hour. He then whines to Pioli who says (rightfully), "Haley's the boss. If he says no donuts, that's the way it is." Weis then gets even pissy-er and starts acting out in meetings. Friction escalates and Haley tells Weis to blow it out his ass. Weis cries to Mommy and they decide to bail.

Either Weis shouldn't have taken the job in the first place or acknowledged Haley as his HC and "boss" and toed the line. Conclusion: Weis is a overly gorged, egotistical dipstick.

That's my theory.

FAX

...or it could like he said...he wanted to go coach with his son because it had been a life long dream.