ESPN just had a story about Todd Haley using a Bill Parcells tactic in practice on Friday. Said...

ESPN just had a story about Todd Haley using a Bill Parcells tactic in practice on Friday. Said Haley was fed up with the team, and pulled all the coaches off of the field, made the players figure it out for themselves.

Waters, Ryan and Vrabel took over and led the rest of practice.

Any other information out there about this?

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I saw that report on ESPN too.

The fact that it happened during the Friday practice has tempered the hope I had for today’s game.

What about the twinkie?

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by DThomasReigns on Oct 11, 2009 10:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Remember, ts just a tactic. It might very well help the team win today

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by SuperTurtle on Oct 11, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hopefully, the team will rally together and take matters into their own hands on the field

but, ideally, the team would be well prepared and ready to go on Friday, instead of pissing the coach off that much

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by stagdsp on Oct 11, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope so, but the fact practice on Friday went that bad is not a good sign.

What about the twinkie?

"All praise Chiefus."

by DThomasReigns on Oct 11, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Something has to be done, but I've got one question.. Where was Cassel?

by KCRowdy on Oct 11, 2009 10:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree.

He has to be the leader of that offense.

by dragon6172 on Oct 11, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too.

by nycchief on Oct 11, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he wasn't mentioned

doesn’t mean he wasn’t leading…
it was a 30 second story, probably a lot more to it that we don’t know

by stagdsp on Oct 11, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good point.

by nycchief on Oct 11, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Forgot to add.. If this offense struggles today, I'm not opposed to pulling Cassel

and putting Croyle in.

I want to know if the Baltimore game was a fluke or not regarding Brodie’s decent play against one of the better defenses in the League. And he got the snot knocked out of him a couple time..

Rowdy

by KCRowdy on Oct 11, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

I have been an unapologetic Brodie hater, but he has shown some skills and some toughness this year that I was convinced didn’t exist. If Cassel can’t get some better touch on his passes (I’ve seen bad ones from short through long range) he needs to feel some pressure to improve.

I wouldn’t say definitively “pull Cassel” cuz I think its too early in the season still, but if he for some reason plays god-awful, then yea, throw Brodie in there for a while to see what he does. I expect Haley to do that in a heartbeat if he truly thinks Brodie would do better (ala Warner/Leinart), but I also think its too early for that decision to be made.

by thehulk on Oct 11, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope we can sack Romo a few times

and keep him good and rattled. If their Offense is struggling as bad as ours is, we’ll be in this game.

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by Buck'O on Oct 11, 2009 10:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's a old leadership tactic. Find out who is willing to step up and take the lead.

It also makes them all communicate with one another.

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

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by oldchiefsfan on Oct 11, 2009 10:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is the difference between a genius of a coach and someone pretending to be a good coach

When Parcells did this, I’m sure he was serious about it and his players knew he was serious.

With Haley, you get the sense that he has a notebook in his pocket with all these things Parcells did that motivated his players and is just going down the list.

Not very convincing.

by ChiefDJ on Oct 11, 2009 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs