First off I am a die hard Chiefs Fan.  I love the Chiefs with all that I am, I scour the internet countless hours.  I listen to sports radio non stop, I read jason Whitlock's sports mumbo jumbo.  If I had the money I would go to every game. I buy the gear, I drink the Kool-Aid and I will never ever get off the wagon.  Never ever ever.

I make the trek up to River Falls Wisconsin to get a glimpse of my favorite team regardless of the sport.  I sometimes ignore my job, wife and kids, to find out more about the Chiefs.  I love the Kansas City Chiefs and still firmly believe that the Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl.  I am delusional, I think Tyler Thigpen is the second coming of Rich Gannon.  I even started LJ on my Fantasy Team even though I knew he was going to have a horrible game.

I am the epitome of a Chiefs homer.  But I have to ask?

Is Todd Haley the Pete Rose of the NFL?

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How else can you explain the game on Sunday?

There is no crying in baseball Tom Hanks.  That is great rule, a cardinal rule, but in the NFL, the is a rule much more sacred.

That rule is you don't give up in the second half, regardless of the score, risk of injury or embarrassment.  You play to win the game Herm Edwards.

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Todd Haley did not even attempt to even make it look like he was trying to win the game.  Not one fan will ever convince me that the Todd Haley Kansas City Chiefs were trying  to win that game in Philly in the second half.

When you are down by 20 points in the second half.  You do not run HB dive plays on nearly every play, that doesn't spell winning to me,  or trying to create a winning atmosphere.  That's a team that is teaching itself how to give up, instead of  giving every ounce of blood, sweat and tears on every play until the last whistle.

For a coach that Coordinated a dynamic offense last year.  One in which a QB  named Kurt Warner had these numbers:

16 g/ cmp 401/ att 598/ cmp% 67.1/ yards 4583/ TDS 30

It does not make any sense to why they laid down, this isn't a prize fight, you do not take a dive in the NFL.  I am mad at Todd Haley, you wait your entire life to be a Head Football Coach in the NFL and then you bow out in the second half.  That is absolutely absurd, his father better being laying into him right now , I know Bill Parcells would not approve.

You do not give up in football. 

It was Todd Haley's third NFL game as head coach and he quits.  Are you  freakin' kiddin me.  You did what? You quit in the NFL?  Really? Really?  You are professional that makes millions and you give up.  F that!!!!!!!!

Why, oh god why would you quit in the second half? Tell me Todd Haley why?

Being the coach of our beloved Kansas City Chiefs is a priveledge.  I would literally cut off both my arms and legs to be in Todd Haley's shoes(irony).  If I could have any job in the world.  My top four  would be Chiefs player, coach, GM, or owner, those our my dreams.

Todd Haley has that priveledge and he quits in the second half instead of adjusting the game plan.  If you are going to quit anyway atleast go out guns blazing.  I would have rather seen Cassel get injured, or throw 10 picks.  Trying to win the game, versus that big worthless ball of crap we all witnessed on Sunday.

This is a good young football team and they deserve better, this team can and will go to the Super Bowl but Todd Haley has to get a pair and get his head out of his ass.  I lost a lot of respect for Todd Haley Sunday, before which I thought he had a perfect approach during the offseason.  I thought he was a team first, win at all costs, ball to the walls guy.  I still thnk that he is, but something happened Sunday, he gave up.  Which is completely out of character for him, according to everything we have seen up until this point.

Which leads me to the only logical conclusion I could come up with.  That Todd Haley bet all the money he has on the Eagles to win, how else can you explain giving up like that?  After everything Todd Haley has done up to this point, it doesn't make any sense to me.  Please Joel, Chris, Steve, Ucrawford someone please explain why this happened if it wasn't cheating.

Don't give me that they were out of the game BS, or they were protecting Cassel from injury crap.  This is the NFL regular season, not preseason, not practice.  You go balls to the wall in the NFL , you play to win the game in NFL.  You don't ever ever lay down in the NFL period.   You have a chance to win every game until the last snap in the NFL.

Don't give me that they were trying not to get embarassed BS either.  Nothing could be more embarassing then quiting in front of millions of viewers when you are atheletes and coaches that make millions.  I feel sorry for my beloved Chiefs players that have to live with this loss and that BS play calling for the rest of thier lives.

That said, I love the Chiefs, they are my team forever and ever, amen.  They are going to win the Super Bowl even with Todd Haley, now that he won all that money off of that game.  He can finally get back to focusing on winning.  Oh and please for the love of god, throw the ball down field, do some trick plays with Thigpen, run the option.  Do some pitch outs to Larry or more screens to Savage or Charles.  Sign Lelie again so we have a deep threat and air it out on Sunday.  However, Todd Haley Whatever you do, don't ever give up in the second half again.  Or we will be waiting out side of your big ass house with pitchforks and torches.