I've finally changed my mind about Todd Haley

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Fo shooooo.

Haley's definitely not Rich Kotite. He's also not Bill Walsh. To me, he's just a guy. Yeah, he got a bit of a raw deal with the Cassel thing, but that's balanced out by the fact that I'm not sure he was really ready or competent enough to be a HC.

If he gets canned, it won't bother me. If he stays, it won't bother

I will say this: if we do draft a QB in the first (I'm still pessimistic), I'd much rather have Haley than some retread defensive coach (John Fox, Jeff Fisher, Bill Cowher, etc.) who loathes the thought of developing a young QB and just wants someone to manage the game.

Shortchanged on cassel, by a cheap owner, by a gm who forced his system onto the clay instead of letting the coach run his system. Haley is the definition of being handcuffed. But in the process, players have gotten much better under his watch, they respect him deeply, and they stay disciplined enough to work hard and stay in shape for training camp.

I don't know his ceiling. Maybe its low. But he's shown tremendous upside and he deserves a shot at doing things his way instead of the gm jamming the patriot way down his throat.