Arrogant egotists?  NOT!!

I truly do not want to continue this debate because I think it's absurd.  But, I really just can't let it go when we have some really excellent evidence on the Mothership right now.  Go check out the video of Pioli at the Philly Chiefs sports bar and the Haley press conferences today and postgame yesterday.

I am not a kool-aid drinking glue sniffer non-thinking supporter of Pioli/Haley.  But, I am a strong supporter of them.  I am on record many times on this site for stating that IMO the OL is the team's biggest area of need.  I wanted them to acquire OL guys in FA.  But, I also don't have the info on who's available and at what price.  I also believe these guys are professionals that have a plan in mind.  I trust that they knew and still know that our OL needed help.  Perhaps the plan hasn't worked as they wished yet.  Maybe the guys they thought they could get, they couldn't.  We don't know.

At any rate, the argument that they are arrogant, ego jerks is absurd and wrong.  Examples:

1.  It seems that Haley has read his press and has tried to tone down his yelling.  I for one had no problem with it.  But, he's being pretty honest in his press conference that he sees it as an area for him to improve upon.  So, he is willing to learn and to accept criticisms and opinions from others.

2.  In NONE of his press conferences has he EVER thrown a player under the bus.  He has said many times that such and such player needs to work and to improve.  He also many times adds that the player has been and contineus to work hard.  He has been quite willing to liberally place blame upon himself and the coaching staff as well.  He is definitely trying to live up to his own standards of accountability that he is expecting of the players.

3.  If you watch Pioli in the bar I think you definitely see a guy who is a pretty cool guy who can easily mix with us "regular" folks.  I simply don't see any evidence in that video nor any of his press conferences since the day we hired him that he is an arrogant jerk.  This is first hand evidence folks.  We don't have any evidence for the other side of this argument other than Whitlock's accusations which many folks on here are simply adopting thoughtlessly.

The arguments against Pioli/Haley in this area simply do not stand up to any objective evidence available.  Other criticisms might be fair.  I am sure they have made mistakes, we all do.  My argument is simply that they deserve a REAL chance (not 3 games) to install their systems and be measured on them.  But, these guys are not too arrogant and egotistical to learn from their mistakes and adjust plans as they go along.