Todd Haley is Happy

by Chris Thorman on Jul 30, 2009 8:55 PM CDT in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley, right, was smiling upon his team's arrival at the summer training camp dorm rooms at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Thursday afternoon. DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star

Todd Haley, February 6, 2009:

I’d also like to thank my wife, who is a great football wife. Wives in this business put up with a lot and she puts up with an extraordinary amount from me. My kids also, they’re a great family and they stick by me. I just want to thank them for their support. I want to thank my father who, Scott very nicely spoke about. I happen to agree with him. I’m grateful to have grown up in the atmosphere that I grew up in, with him and my mother. It’s why I’m here today, I’m convinced of that. I’m very grateful and forever indebted to my parents for what they’ve done for me. I’d also like to thank Clark Hunt and the Hunt family and the rest of the Chiefs family for this opportunity, which I’m very, very excited about getting to work.

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I am happy toooo:)

Maybe someone can enlighten me on Todd’s background in his youth?
I know his father was an NFL Coach and that he was indentured? to Coach Parcells
as a young man. My question is the sometimes lack of polish to his answers.
I really like the youthfulness and optimism, but was he sheltered from the media circus?
I hope that he can retain that FUN spirit and still get the JOB done.

Ryan Succop will Kick Two clutch kicks that will directly affect Said game.
Rule 49. " Think and talk positive football off the field." Hank Stram
Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Jul 30, 2009 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

Not Everybody is smooth when talking to the press.

He will improve as he gets experience. There are plenty of coaches who are not the most charismatic, and some like Belichek are pretty good coaches.

by saskwatch on Jul 30, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

by TheQ on Jul 30, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions

He speaks the lingo just fine, far as I'm concerned.

It may always seem “choppy,” same as Belichick, because he’s being very careful. It’s the things that are left unsaid that impress me, actually. In a man as young as he is, his control is very very good. How often does he have to backtrack?

by hmills110 on Jul 31, 2009 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions

He looks a little like Bruce Springsteen

Ryan Succop will Kick Two clutch kicks that will directly affect Said game.
Rule 49. " Think and talk positive football off the field." Hank Stram
Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Jul 30, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions

??? Thats no Boss.

New Stiga table?!?! Return of the Brookside Pongers???

by HIV 2 Elway on Jul 30, 2009 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

That is the look of a guy that knows something we don't

I just see him thinking (wait till they see what i can do)

Herm is gone things are better with that one move!!

by bringbacktheglory on Jul 30, 2009 9:36 PM CDT reply actions

HOPEFULLY

We’ll have about 8-10 more smiles outta this guy over the next 6 months!

This pic is destined for a “caption this” AP extravaganza:

“Hehehe…Just laid a rotten egg on that bus. Poor bastards will smell it soon enough…”

nfl is looking for that yao ming money

by chiefsinchina on Jul 30, 2009 9:39 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Ding Ding We have a winner :)

Ryan Succop will Kick Two clutch kicks that will directly affect Said game.
Rule 49. " Think and talk positive football off the field." Hank Stram
Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Jul 30, 2009 10:02 PM CDT reply actions

"Polish to his answers"?

I just think Haley is uncomfortable in front of the camera / microphone. No crime in that, in my book. I’ll take results on the field any day. Besides…our last Head Coach was “smooth” in front of the media, and seemed to have all the answers. What did that do for us?

by Scott B. on Jul 30, 2009 10:21 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

True true

Arrowhead Pride

by Joel Thorman on Jul 30, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Bunch of Answers

That amounted to absolutely dick. I’d rather have a guy that thinks before he speaks. Granted, you may see the hamster wheel spinnin, but at least you know his answer will be calculated.

I could get more sacks with my sack

by ArrowSpread on Jul 31, 2009 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions

good point

Im with on field results over camera fancy anyday .I wish all the chiefs well this season. GO CHIEFS!

by cainsbigonchiefs on Jul 30, 2009 10:24 PM CDT reply actions

Head coach HAS to be the pinnacle of a lifetime in and around football.

Even though the dateline appears to be February 9th, if I were in Haley’s shoes, these next few days I’d be a kid in the candy store! I get the sense that he’s been training for this job most of his life, and he has VERY clear ideas on what he wants to accomplish and how to get it done.

by hmills110 on Jul 31, 2009 12:25 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs