Chiefs Coach Continues To Wear Shorts in the Winter

by Joel Thorman on Dec 2, 2009 4:19 PM CST in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

Yes, the hard hitting news you're used to.

If you're a Kansas Citian, then you know today was a little brisk. With temperatures in the 30s and 40s, I definitely had my jacket on and the heat going in the car. I found my ice scraper last week to prepare for the inevitability of snow.

Chiefs head coach Todd Haley? Not so much.

He wears shorts out on the practice field even in the winter. The head coach told reporters this afternoon that it's a tradition dating back to his time with the Chicago Bears when he was a receivers coach. He prefers his players not wear sleeves, which is easy to do during training camp in August but a little more difficult during December in the midwest.

"They said, ‘well, that’s easy for you say'," Haley explained. "So I said I’d wear shorts every day and I won’t wear a jacket on Sunday. I won the bet but they went sleeveless in games. We had a pretty tough-minded group of receivers."

Since then, he's made it a tradition. The lesson in all of this (of course there is one) is creating a group of mentally tough players that won't be bothered by external distractions.

"I think just trying to create the mentality that I want this team to have," Haley said, "which is a mentally tough group that not much can bother, not much from the outside and not much when they’re lining up on Sunday can bother, that can overcome bad, difficult times. I think you can only get that by doing some of these things and guys learning how to fight through and not being given an easy way out."

There you have it. That's the story on shorts in December.

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That's awesome. Thanks for the hard hitting news.

Here I was worried about a little thing like our season and then you come along with this amazing “insider” info. You rock Joel lol!! I’m just playin’ with you. Its good to see Haley out there showin’ some leg. (-:

by krayfish on Dec 2, 2009 4:30 PM CST reply actions

That's it!! Krayfish...YOU ARE BANISHED!!

GET OUT NOW KRAY…GOOOOOOOO!!

by krayfish on Dec 2, 2009 4:31 PM CST reply actions

Too bad he wasn't here last year

for the Miami game. It was 12 below windchill at game time and warmed up to a balmy 0 by the end. (second coldest Chiefs game ever and i was freezin at both). Let’s see if he has the moxie to do that when the Browns come to town.

And for you So Cali Chief’s fans, wind chill is a term we use when the beer in your cup at the game gets colder AFTER you sit down to drink it.

by stenerud's roost on Dec 2, 2009 4:37 PM CST reply actions

The wind chill this morning made it feel even colder. The windchill was something like in the 20's this morning.

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

Get your Arrowhead Pride Wolf Pack T-shirt now!

by oldchiefsfan on Dec 2, 2009 4:38 PM CST reply actions

Actually

This was something the Minnesota Vikings used to do back in the day before the Metrodome when they played outside. They felt that “toughening up” their players by acclimating them to the weather would help them to be successful…and those teams went to four Super Bowls. Frankly I don’t see anything wrong with it unless the field is coated in ice or the temperature drops into negative digits.

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by UCrawford on Dec 2, 2009 4:38 PM CST reply actions

Yeah

I think he goes inside mostly for the crowd noise stuff.

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by Joel Thorman on Dec 2, 2009 4:39 PM CST up reply actions

Haley's Shorts Look Like A Dress In That Picture, Though :)

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by UCrawford on Dec 2, 2009 4:39 PM CST up reply actions

that's our girl!!

by krayfish on Dec 2, 2009 4:41 PM CST up reply actions

Maybe hes related to Mikey Teutul

Winning begins with Attitude - Haley and Pioli will be winners in KC!

I'll forever be a Chiefs fan! Only God himself could take that away from me, but when I get to my great reward, I'll rejoin two bigger fans, my Mom and Dad.

by Lanier63 on Dec 2, 2009 4:40 PM CST reply actions

It's a moo moo UC (-:

by krayfish on Dec 2, 2009 4:41 PM CST reply actions

Haley always wears long sleeves though, even in summer

I don’t recall ever seeing a photo of him in a short sleeve tee or polo.

by HTrayne on Dec 2, 2009 4:43 PM CST reply actions

maybe

he’s rocking full sleaves and we just don’t know it…. or hiding cutter marks from childhood…. or track marks from his ‘wild’ teens and 20’s… or not…. over abundance of arm hair?

by sayten on Dec 2, 2009 4:49 PM CST up reply actions

he's ashamed of his spider veins htrayne. Girls get those at his age. LOL!

by krayfish on Dec 2, 2009 4:53 PM CST up reply actions

Cold here in West Texas as well.

And with the 30mph wind chill it felt like it was in the teens.
My little nut sack sucked up and shrivled to nothing.

by BCRavenJHawkfan on Dec 2, 2009 5:22 PM CST up reply actions

Apparently Washington didn't get the memo about not wearing sleeves...

November 22nd 2009: Chiefs win in OT vs the Steelers 27-24. This could be the turning point for the Chiefs to get back to being respected.

by Red N Gold Beast on Dec 2, 2009 6:04 PM CST reply actions

KC cold game story

Me & a buddy flew in for Colts/Chiefs game I believe (90s playoff), we didn’t bring the Arctic clothing collection as forecast was for like the 50s. Some wild assed Aberta clipper or something blew in on Sat. night ( we were heavily engaged with Crown Royal and some fine upstanding women and never noticed) Sun. a.m. came and it was like 30 with 30 MPH winds when we walked out of the hotel lobby.

We hit every Wal-Mart, K-Mart, etc. we could find and they had the “spring collection” out already. I mean we couldn’t find sh** for cold weather clothes in KC. My buddy ended up with a olive drab hat that could be qualified as a helmet, fur lined with big ear flaps. I dubbed it the Elmer Fudd special!

I ended up with a coat we decided was from the “Bi- dept.”, never did figure out if was supposed to be a woman’s or a man’s. The Chiefs choked and lost but, damn we had a good time!

I have been to quite a few NFL venues and few can compare to Arrowhead and the people of KC, damn good BBQ too!

Go Chiefs!

by DFisr722 on Dec 2, 2009 6:23 PM CST reply actions

supposed to get below zero here the next couple of nights...

we always do a football game thanksgiving morning. one morning we played it was -4…it wasnt bad though after u got moving around. the only thing that sucked was falling on a field frozen solid and covered in about a half inch of ice.

by MountainManMike on Dec 3, 2009 1:54 AM CST reply actions

Enough of this cold weather talk.

Geeeezz! I am already freezing my ass off without having to talk about it. I live in one of the hottest (in summer) towns in Kansas. That I can stand, but this cold weather crap is for the birds. Penguins, that is.

by G.L. on Dec 3, 2009 11:06 AM CST reply actions

We will see if he does it this sunday its gonna be cold

although i can promise you that chicago gets a lot colder than kansas especially with soldier field sitting right on lake Michigan so if that man can do shorts and no coat in december in the windy city my hat is off to him and a cold day at arrowhead should be a walk in the park.

i personally absolutely love the weather games bring it on rain, sleet, snow or this dark cloud thats been over arrowhead for the last 3 seasons couldnt keep me away

by Bleedzredngold on Dec 4, 2009 12:39 AM CST reply actions