I'm a little ambivalent on the question of whether or not Todd Haley would be a good head coach for the Cards. Clearly, he's more diverse than Whis has shown himself able to be: he ran a pass-first offense with Warner, then transitioned to a run-based offense in KC. He turned Dewayne Bowe from "enigmatic talent" to "potential Pro Bowler".
But it didn't seem like he got along very well with his staff and his players, and certainly put himself in the position to have to start Tyler Palko for games.
Since Mao has mentioned it a couple of times, it's worth taking some time to read what IMO is a pretty well-reported story on secrecy and overbearing management with the Kansas City Chiefs:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/14/3371495/arrowhead-anxiety-turnover-off.html
Really interesting stuff. Mao may be exaggerating a little when he implies that Haley was the only one in Arrowhead walking around with a tinfoil hat.
I remember thinking when Haley left that KC would be successful, and then when they did the Casel transplant, I wondered if that would work. I was more confident in Haley than the New England QB, but when the ship went down I gotta admit, I didn't feel that sting anyore like since guys like Q (just a recent stinging example) have left. But if it was really crazy in KC, it would explain a lot. It would also explain why the Owner just handed the keys/power to Reid, for a clean sweep. I don't know much about their Owner, conrad probably has the good dish.
But if Keim is down to hang his hat on Haley, that says a lot. I hope it translates into offensive production if that is the case. What I saw was Keim got the gig, talked about getting upstairs to get back to work, and then Haley pops back up on the radar. Timing and hints suggest a newly crowned GM not believiing in the KC hype. I also think that Keim and Haley would be very QB minded (Mikey likey), even if they go through 5 or 6 like Whiz did, their early round QBs might be able to play.
This is where some questions start that I don't have the answer to. I think Haley can play call all day, game plan too. But his personal interactions seem to burn him although he said he's made some strides on the golden rule. As HC, we were already talking about game management focus for the hc, instead of concentrating offensive/defensive playcall, so I'm still interested to see if Haley would bring in an OC (maybe Kirby
), or handle it all himself and let Horton rock the D. So would we like to have Haley working constantly with our QBs or should he gameplan and demand results? Parcell style, sorta. Might explain why Haley is happy in Steeler land and doesn't want to bounce unless it's cool.
Sorry for the run on yall, been stuck in life all day.
