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08-07-2017, 06:51 PM
Mike Tomlin’s decision to hire Todd Haley as Steelers offensive coordinator in 2012 was not popular. Haley had just been fired by the Chiefs. He was branded as not being liked by players because of his fiery demeanor and public clashes with some of the Chiefs’ best players.
Haley’s hiring was viewed as favor by the Rooneys to Haley’s father, Dick, a Steelers director of player personnel in the 1970s and ’80s. Todd Haley’s competence has been questioned because he played golf in college, not football. All of those criticisms may have had some degree of truth to them, but none was fair. Dick’s connections may have helped Todd Haley get into the profession, but Todd worked his way up to his current position. He has earned his stripes and along the way learned from some of the NFL’s greatest coaches.
Haley and his play-calling aren’t popular among some Steelers fans but those fans are misguided. Haley has been one of the Steelers’ best assets over the past five seasons and has far exceeded his expectations. He is one of the top reasons the Steelers have been Super Bowl contenders the last two years and one of the top reasons to be optimistic about their chances this season.
Bruce Arians was fired in large part because he was too pass-happy, and as a result Ben Roethlisberger was getting hit and sacked way too many times. Haley has improved the Steelers in both areas. Roethlisberger was sacked 50 times in 2009 but only a combined 37 times in 2015 and ’16. Roethlisberger was sacked an average of 47.3 times the four years prior to Haley’s arrival but only an average of 28.4 times in Haley’s five seasons.
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http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/zeise-is-right/2017/08/07/steelers-Todd-Haley-underappreciated-excellent-offensive-coordinator/stories/201708070085
Haley’s hiring was viewed as favor by the Rooneys to Haley’s father, Dick, a Steelers director of player personnel in the 1970s and ’80s. Todd Haley’s competence has been questioned because he played golf in college, not football. All of those criticisms may have had some degree of truth to them, but none was fair. Dick’s connections may have helped Todd Haley get into the profession, but Todd worked his way up to his current position. He has earned his stripes and along the way learned from some of the NFL’s greatest coaches.
Haley and his play-calling aren’t popular among some Steelers fans but those fans are misguided. Haley has been one of the Steelers’ best assets over the past five seasons and has far exceeded his expectations. He is one of the top reasons the Steelers have been Super Bowl contenders the last two years and one of the top reasons to be optimistic about their chances this season.
Bruce Arians was fired in large part because he was too pass-happy, and as a result Ben Roethlisberger was getting hit and sacked way too many times. Haley has improved the Steelers in both areas. Roethlisberger was sacked 50 times in 2009 but only a combined 37 times in 2015 and ’16. Roethlisberger was sacked an average of 47.3 times the four years prior to Haley’s arrival but only an average of 28.4 times in Haley’s five seasons.
read more
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/zeise-is-right/2017/08/07/steelers-Todd-Haley-underappreciated-excellent-offensive-coordinator/stories/201708070085