**EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

[steelerkeylargo]

Re: Hearing that Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

I am hearing this is correct.

How do you fell about it Largo?

Smart coach....kind of a tool!!!

[Dee Dub]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

I know this may raise a few eyes brows since I am the one who has been pushing the whole "he never played football thing", but I am actually cool with it.

It's like our President. He may not be the one I wanted but now that he is our Commander in Chief, I feel it is my duty as an American to support him. Same with the Steelers.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

Was he The Ranter?

[NW Steeler]

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I wonder how much input Ben had on this decision.

[SidSmythe]

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I know this may raise a few eyes brows since I am the one who has been pushing the whole "he never played football thing", but I am actually cool with it.

It's like our President. He may not be the one I wanted but now that he is our Commander in Chief, I feel it is my duty as an American to support him. Same with the Steelers.

Awful analogy Dude.

Haley has proven he can run an offense in the NFL.
Obama proved he could run a get out the vote campaign with ACORN

[costanza2k1]

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I wonder how much input Ben had on this decision.

if I had to guess, minimal.

[SteelBucks]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

Jason La Canfora (NFL Network) is also confirming that Haley has been offered the job.

[Chadman]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

Good.

Decision made, now the team can start prepping.

Here's hoping Haley can pinpoint talented blockers- not necessarily 1st round types, but guys that can make his system work.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

I know this may raise a few eyes brows since I am the one who has been pushing the whole "he never played football thing", but I am actually cool with it.

It's like our President. He may not be the one I wanted but now that he is our Commander in Chief, I feel it is my duty as an American to support him. Same with the Steelers.

Awful analogy Dude.

Haley has proven he can run an offense in the NFL.
Obama proved he could run a get out the vote campaign with ACORN

Couldn't help but notice your political comment in the Steeler forum. I'm usually not one to mix like that, but I can't help it - you're right on, dude!

Oh, except maybe for that whacking Bin Ladin thing. And getting us out of these two wars. But except for those two things - .

Oh, and also saving the auto industry, with loans paid back to taxpayers, resulting in jobs recovered, and profits made. They don't really count, because it was the government that turned things around, right? And turning around that cesspool he inherited that some people call the economy. But let's get some perspective, how important really is that stuff?

And healthcare for poor people - bad idea, right! Think of all the $$ wasted on that that could be going to tax breaks for the wealthy instead!

I TOTALLY get where you're coming from with your and Obama comments right there next to each other. Man, if only McCain could have been elected, that would have been SO much better. That election was so close! I think it came down to just a handful of votes, mainly just the ACORN people, right?

OK, now can we get back to Steelers?

(Sorry stanz).

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

Todd Haley Is The Steelers Next Offensive Coordinator, According To Reports

By Joel Thorman - NFL Editor


According to reports, the Steelers are expected to name former Chiefs coach Todd Haley their new offensive coordinator.

Feb 6, 2012 - The Pittsburgh Steelers have their new offensive coordinator: Todd Haley. The former Kansas City Chiefs coach is set to be announced as the Steelers new offensive coordinator sometime soon, according to 610 Sports in Kansas City.

Haley, of course, was fired as the Chiefs head coach during the regular season. He held the position for three seasons and prior to that he was the Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator.

Haley may still be known for some of the passing attacks he had in Arizona but he was able to establish the league's No. 1 rushing attack with the Chiefs in a 2010 season that ended in a division title.

The Steelers parted ways with former offensive coordinator Bruce Arians after the season.

There were some rumblings that Haley's interview with the Steelers was a courtesy interview, as a nod to Haley's dad, Dick, who spent more than two decades in the Steelers scouting department. Now we know it was no courtesy interview.

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[mazze]

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I hate Todd Haley.

I'm going to assume this is just a really early April Fools prank until it's announced by the Steelers.

[Sugar]

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I hate Todd Haley.

I'm going to assume this is just a really early April Fools prank until it's announced by the Steelers.

Is there a reason you hate the guy? I don't have an opinion one way or the other on the guy, so I'd be interested to know.

[mazze]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

I hate Todd Haley.

I'm going to assume this is just a really early April Fools prank until it's announced by the Steelers.

Is there a reason you hate the guy? I don't have an opinion one way or the other on the guy, so I'd be interested to know.

I've just seen him on the sidelines in screaming matches with his players and coaches far too often. When's the last time you saw an NFL head coach get a 15yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct? If this report is true we might just get to see it happen to the Steelers. It also doesn't help that Whiz was calling the plays in AZ. And the only year KC did Anything Weiss was calling the plays.

[hawaiiansteel]

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Chiefs are winning despite Haley

JAN 6, 2011


Let’s hope Charlie Weis and the Oakland Raiders derailed the Todd Haley NFL-coach-of-the-year bandwagon.

Haley — not his Kansas City Chiefs — is quite possibly the biggest fraud in football.

I say that without malice or pleasure.

Personally, I like Todd Haley. It’s true. Away from a football complex, removed from the overbearing presence of Kansas City general manager Scott Pioli, it’s my impression that Haley is a stand-up guy.

Unfortunately, he’s a fatally flawed head football coach. He’s insecure, mean-spirited, emotional and irrational. For two years, he has tried to master a Bill Parcells impersonation. Thanks to the Chiefs’ surprising rise from four wins to AFC West champion, some people have been fooled into believing Haley’s impersonation is working. I haven’t.

The Chiefs are my hometown team. I covered the team at home and on the road for 16 straight years before deciding in August to leave the newspaper industry and split my time between Kansas City and Los Angeles.

The Chiefs are the football team I know the best. They have the wrong head coach. I say that knowing Kansas City’s ground game and ball security give the Chiefs an excellent shot at making some noise in this year’s playoffs.

If the Chiefs do knock off the Ravens in the first round, the primary credit should go to Pioli.

I say that without malice or pleasure.

Personally, I can’t stand Scott Pioli. It’s true. In any environment, Pioli is a low-character, self-absorbed egomaniac in love with the sound of his voice. I call him “Egoli.” I love giving sports figures nicknames. Based on the feedback I’ve received from NFL people, I’ve never come up with a more accurate nickname than Scott Egoli.

My one regret about my leaving KC during this football season was the knowledge Egoli would face little resistance in intimidating, bullying and co-opting the local media. It doesn’t take much more than a wink, a nod and a visit to the GM’s office for local media types to get very weak in the knees.

Pioli is the son-in-law of Bill Parcells and, from his days in New England, has mastered a Bill Belichick impersonation. And I mean that as a compliment. From his general manager’s office, Pioli has re-created some of the New England environment in Kansas City.

When I watch the Chiefs play, I see Pioli’s vision and fingerprints everywhere. And I see Haley desperately flailing in an immature attempt to put his stamp on the football team.

Haley spent his first season hamming it up for the TV cameras, yelling and screaming at any player who dared to make the slightest error. This year, he decided he would out-Sean Payton New Orleans coach Sean Payton and stamp himself as the most swashbuckling gambler in the history of professional football. On fourth down, regardless of the situation or common sense, Haley turned down punts, chip-shot field goals and dates with 22-year-old supermodels so he could call a horrible fourth-down play.

It was bad football.

But Haley was sitting on house money.

The NFL blessed the Chiefs with a schedule so easy that the Harlem Globetrotters and Geno Auriemma were said to be jealous. The combined record of KC’s 13 opponents was 85-123. In compiling a 10-6 record and claiming the AFC’s fourth seed, the Chiefs beat one playoff qualifier, the record-setting 7-9 Seattle Seahawks.

Haley was additionally blessed with Pioli’s vision. In building Patriots West, KC’s general manager has stocked his roster with the kind of high-character, responsible players other teams talk about acquiring but rarely have the discipline to do so.

The Chiefs, like the Patriots, the Colts and the Falcons, are the anti-Bengals.

In free agency, Pioli nabbed Thomas Jones, Ryan Lilja and Casey Wiegmann. All three are rock-solid, natural leaders. In the 2010 draft, Pioli scooped up a bunch of talented team captains and choir boys (Eric Berry, Dexter McCluster, Javier Arenas, Jon Asamoah, Tony Moeaki and Kendrick Lewis).

Rather than pollute his locker room with irresponsible millionaires, Pioli has filled his locker room with young people who have a track record of responsibility.

The Chiefs, like the Patriots and the Falcons, play a responsible brand of football. It’s not a coincidence the Patriots (10), the Chiefs (14) and the Falcons (17) led the league in fewest giveaways. Pioli and Atlanta general manager Thomas Dimitroff learned the game working for Belichick.

I’ve yet to mention that Pioli used his Patriots background to help Haley land Romeo Crennel and Charlie Weis as Kansas City’s defensive and offensive coordinators this season. On paper, Kansas City’s assistant-coaching staff is as good as it gets.

Problem is, Crennel and Weis leave Haley little glory to grab and even less work.

Haley is an “offensive guru,” the man who bickered with Anquan Boldin, annoyed Kurt Warner and watched Larry Fitzgerald as the Cardinals made an improbable run to the Super Bowl.

Just before the start of his rookie season as Chiefs head coach, Haley fired offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. Yep, Haley threw away an entire offseason of preparation so he could call plays for quarterback Matt Cassel. That didn’t go too well. Cassel stunk last year.

Weis showed up this season and promised to fix Cassel.

Hmmm. Cassel put together a career year and probably deserved a spot on the AFC Pro Bowl team, ahead of Philip Rivers and Peyton Manning. Going into Sunday’s season finale, Cassel had thrown for 27 TDs and just five INTs. He was fixed.


Late in the year, game-day TV broadcasters curiously started talking about how closely Haley worked with Cassel this season. If you read between the lines, the message was getting passed that Weis didn’t fix Matt Cassel. Haley did. Or maybe it was quarterbacks coach Nick Sirianni.

We do know this: It was Todd Haley who benched Cassel for a series in KC’s Week 16 game against the Tennessee Titans. And it was Matt Cassel who was spotted on the sideline screaming at Todd Haley for the benching.

I say this without malice or pleasure: On an NFL sideline, Haley is an attention whore. An insecure one.

Childhood back problems prevented him from excelling as a high school football player. He played golf in college. His dad, Dick Haley, was a legendary personnel man for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Todd is constantly trying to prove he wasn’t born sliding into the NFL’s home plate. He was, but no one really cares anymore except Todd Haley. He can’t let it go.

Self-made football people who worked from the bottom up (Pioli, Weis) bring out Haley’s insecurity. A day or two after the Chiefs hired Weis last January, I wrote a column in the Kansas City Star explaining in significant detail why the Weis-Haley marriage would be short-lived.

Two days before Sunday’s Raiders-Chiefs clash, word leaked that Weis was taking his talents to the University of Florida as offensive coordinator.

It’s my belief that Haley left Weis no choice but to leave. Haley is too insecure to work in a professional manner with confident, competent people for an extended time.

I didn’t think much of Charlie Weis as a college coach. But there’s no denying the man knows how to design game plans and call plays in the NFL. He’s arguably the best in the business. Haley put handcuffs on Weis with constant interference and game-day stupidity.

For two years, the Chiefs have had the NFL’s most explosive running back, Jamaal Charles. He’s better than Chris Johnson. Charles had the misfortune of being drafted by Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards.

Last season, Charles spent half the year underutilized and languishing while Haley fed the ball to washed-up malcontent Larry Johnson. Charles started the second half of the year, rushed for 1,100 yards and averaged 5.9 yards per carry.

This offseason, Pioli and Haley decided Charles wasn’t a starter. They acquired Thomas Jones to be the starter. Despite a 3.7-yard average, Jones has carried the ball more and continued to start over Charles, who entered the last game with a chance to be the league’s leading rusher. His 6.4-yard average is more than a yard better than any of the league’s other top-20 rushing leaders.

Yeah, I don’t blame Weis for getting the hell out of Kansas City.

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[Chavezz]

Re: **EDIT: Todd Haley has been hired as the OC

Remember though, he's not the head coach. He a coordinator. If he's acting a fool then I'm sure it's something either Tomlin or the Rooney's will address.

You don't think this was something that was talked about during the interview process?