I've finally changed my mind about Todd Haley

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Originally Posted by FringeNC

That we had a more wide-open game plan with a 28 year old journeyman QB making his first start than we have had with our Pioli-anointed starter for 3 years is just incredibly damning of the relationship between Pioli and Haley. Of course, Haley is right about Cassel. Who is going to work for Pioli after it comes out that Pioli won't let a head coach have any say about the QB? (Other than Gunther Cunningham.)

I'm not convinced Haley is a bad coach, but I don't think Pioli and Haley can work together, so it's a moot point.

I think there's some truth to this.

I believe Pioli forced Weis and Crennel on Haley. I also believe keeping Gailey was more a favor to Hunt. I don't think Haley had a choice but to run the 2-gap 3-4. I think Haley was playing nice on the Weis hire, but no, I don't think it was a hire he necessarily wanted to make. And yes, given that Haley completely opened up the gameplan for Palko, a journeyman, it says a lot about how much he trusts Cassel.

Pioli is the problem. Let your head coach coach, and build the system around him. It took longer for Pioli to build Haley a defense because he had to get completely different personnel. And Cassel has clearly held the offense very far back.