Quote:He's been taught better by his father and grandfather.
Art II is NOTHING like his father and grandfather. Dan and the Chief were known as good people who treated people with respect.
Art II is seen as aloof, by even members of his own family. And there are stories of his less than friendly interactions with fans over the years. It's just not his nature. And that's fine. It doesn't have to be. But a good owner sits back and OWNS, and allows his hired football people to do their jobs as THEY see fit. You think Bob Kraft would ever tell Tom Brady how to play his position? Hell no, Kraft just sits in his owners box and gets smashed, while his hired football people do their jobs.
Quote:And I guess Colbert and Tomlin are complete nonentities, that the power flows directly from Art down to Haley. If that's so, why haven't we seen and heard more from him publically?
Art II went over Tomlin's head and fired Arians. He made Tomlin look like a complete fool in front of his own players and his own staff when MT stated he wanted, and expected Arians to return. Only to see Art II pull rank on him weeks later only AFTER Arians left for his off season home.
Art II does his radio tours after the season. In which he states areas which he feels the team needs to improve on. My favorite was when he said the DB's needed to be more "ball aware" to improve their interception totals, never mind the fact that they were playing "tackle the catch" and really weren't playing an interception type man to man system unless a pass was tipped or an occasional deep/poor throw. When you hear him speak about the in's and out's of the game you can tell right off the bat that he knows little about the game itself.
My only grudges with Art II is that he shouldn't have fired Arians to hire his unqualified buddy, and he also doesn't publicly back his players when Roger Goodell or the media shits all over them. Dan didn't kiss Goodell's ass. When refs made bad calls? Dan would say so and pay the fine. Their are plenty of stories of heated exchanges between Dan and Goodell when they were in public places (usually dinner) together to the point their wives would leave the table. Art II just seems content to sit back because his father gave him 15% of the team in 2009.
This team was one more AFC title away from being called a dynasty in the Ben Era, and Art II went against the Steelers own past history of WHY they have been successful (or not) since 1990.
And Ben's prime paid the price. Tomlin wanted to promote Kirby Wilson, but when that fire happened they weren't sure if he was going to live, much less coach. The offensive leaders (Ben, Pouncey, Miller), all lobbied for QB Coach Randy Fichtner in a meeting with Art II. Art overruled them all and hired Haley. Of the three situations the guy with the LEAST amount of football background made the final decision. And now we see what has happened since, haven't we?
Haley is a complete loon. Don't believe me? Go read up on him. He's trying to relive his failed football dreams through the careers of the players he coaches. But guess what? When his grade school bullshit and self-promotion becomes the focal point over just winning games? Players don't respect you. That's why he has very few friends in the NFL, it's why players don't respect him, it's why the Cardinal assistant coaches, to a man on Ken Whisenhunt's staff, let it be known they wanted nothing to do with him when the Bidwell's wanted to bring him back as an assistant BEFORE we hired him.
The simple facts are this: Haley's offense has stunk since 2014.
It's not consistent enough.
It doesn't score enough.
The passing game is easy to defend.
The grade school BS formations don't fool anyone.
And if Art II REALLY cared about winning, REALLY cared about the HOF QB who led this team to three Super Bowls in 8 years? He would either fire this dope, or at least not allow him to call plays and set formations. Ben can't stand him, Brown REALLY can't stand him (Their dust-up in Seattle was so heated that Tomlin had to restrain Haley), and Jesse James called him out after the Jaguars game.
This team has million dollar talents on offense, but the OC has a ten cent brain.
The lack of results on the field do all my talking for me. This team only has two choices:
1. Fire or demote this dope and forbid him to set formations and call plays.
2. ORDER HIM to stop the cute bullshit that doesn't work.
This team has almost 2 weeks before their next game, there are no more excuses, this bye week should have Haley (who has a reputation among the players of being a slacker) working to get the best three wides on this team (84-10-19) on the field together, the arguably the best RB in the game, and a HOF QB to be a crisp, precise, fully functional offense.
No more tricks, no more linemen running pass patterns, no more fullbacks with cement hands running post patterns lined up wide, or running slants from the slot. No more trying to sneak a scrub on the field and let everyone know he's getting the football.
Leave the back-up scrubs on the bench where they belong, and leave the TALENT on the field where they belong. Stop wasting too many plays trying to be cute and showing everyone how clever you are.
They have 8 games left. Five of the eight are at home. They should finish NO WORSE, than 12-4.
But as always it comes down to one thing: Will Haley do whats best for this TEAM? Or will he try and do what's best for HIM?
I guess we'll find out. But the past 5 years isn't a good sign, moving on in the future.
The entire second half was a steaming load offensively, served up by Todd Haley.
Then he says, "You can go in there every now and then. Just clean up after y'ins are done." 