Did Mike Tomlin want to hire Todd Haley?

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Maybe Pitt

Wants to make Haley head coach after this season and we can bring Ben and Tomlin over to the Chiefs????

Haha one can dream

by CWil03 on Feb 9, 2012 9:38 AM CST reply actions

Huh

Sounds like speculation to me. Be interesting if it were true, but I don’t see it.

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by MNchiefsfan on Feb 9, 2012 9:58 AM CST reply actions

If true then we are modeling after the Steelers

Ownership and FO making HC hire Coordinators they may not want

(Haley => Weiss, Tomlin => Haley)

See we are on the right track.

by km230015 on Feb 9, 2012 10:09 AM CST up reply actions

Sure...but

IDK, happens quite often (see Weis, Charlie), clearly it is speculation. I think it’s just as likely that it is true as not true, but hard to really know without being on the inside.

If you missed the link in which the PFT piece was written on, it’s here. It was written by a longtime sports writer for the Pitt Post-Gazette.

by kcsno56 on Feb 9, 2012 10:10 AM CST up reply actions

interesting find ... be more interesting to see how it all plays out

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by upamtn on Feb 9, 2012 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

The Steelers are a solid org

It will play out with Tomlin saying all the right things.

Now whether they have success or not (and maybe that’s what you were referring to) that will be interesting.

by kcsno56 on Feb 9, 2012 10:43 AM CST up reply actions

I honestly don't view Haley as Tomlin's type

Two very different personalities there. Should be interesting.

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by MNchiefsfan on Feb 9, 2012 10:46 AM CST up reply actions

Two different personalities

But both those guys relate to the players in the same way.

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by GenericBrand on Feb 9, 2012 11:32 AM CST up reply actions

True that.

The only franchise allowed to let speculation run rampant is right here in KC.

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by Tomahawk29 on Feb 9, 2012 11:32 AM CST up reply actions

Maybe the Rooneys saw what happened when Lamar let Vermeil indulge his personal loyalty

to Robinson.

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by Brsrkr on Feb 9, 2012 12:12 PM CST reply actions

is there something that leads you to believe that Arians is NOT a pretty good OC?

there’s a big difference between keeping someone because you like him, and keeping someone because you like him AND he happens to be good at what he does

by upamtn on Feb 9, 2012 12:26 PM CST up reply actions

He's done nothing with the Colts.

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by Tarkus on Feb 9, 2012 1:01 PM CST up reply actions

Yup, anecdotally just some well-publicized complaining from the fans about the play calling,

and objectively the fact that Pitt was middle of the pack in yards last year. Way up there in points, but their offensive yards tell me that defense was having a big impact on their points.

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by Brsrkr on Feb 9, 2012 4:41 PM CST up reply actions

Oops, I was looking at the wrong table.

21st in points, 12th in yards. Better than us, but not really good.

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by Brsrkr on Feb 9, 2012 4:43 PM CST up reply actions

Control

From plenty of reports Big Ben was pretty much running the offensive game plan. He was too involved in the gameplanning of Arians. From the looks of the hire, someone in the management wanted to hire someone who would keep the gamplan on the ground first. It is only a matter of time before Haley goes off on Big Ben and I dont think the owners or upper management will care if he does it.

What a year! At least we have the Royals... Oh Wait!

by KSU-Chief on Feb 9, 2012 12:52 PM CST reply actions

Yea cant have your franchise QB involved in the offense.

that didnt work for Manning, Brady, Brees, etc.

by km230015 on Feb 9, 2012 3:33 PM CST up reply actions

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by groundedchevy on Feb 9, 2012 4:04 PM CST up reply actions

I guess you dont understand what he was wanting huh?

There is a HUGE difference in changing the plays at the line when the D dictates what you do. Arians decided that it was ok for a team built around D and the running game to start throwing the rock 40 times a game. I guess winning 2 SB’s with D was too shitty to continue to do that. By most reports the ownership and the management want to bring back the ground and pound and with Ben in Arians hip pocket they couldnt get that done.

What a year! At least we have the Royals... Oh Wait!

by KSU-Chief on Feb 9, 2012 11:53 PM CST up reply actions