OTC: Haley F-Bombs His Asst. Coach & Players And Beats Raiders
“It looks like (Chiefs assistant head coach) Maurice Carthon and Todd Haley had some words on the sideline.”
Gus Johnson, play-by-play voice, CBS
GH: It wasn’t much of a dialogue that took place between Haley and his assistant. It was more of a one-way conversation that has been all too common on the Chiefs sideline this season. Read on.
“Fuck you!”
Todd Haley, to his assistant head coach, Maurice Carthon, CBS
GH: Another assistant coach positioned himself in front of Haley after his outburst and walked him in the opposite direction from Carthon, who was not seen saying anything but was clearly the target of Haley’s f-you. I’m no purist and cursing on the athletic field has never bothered me. But cursing at your assistant head coach, in front of your players and staff, shows poor leadership on Haley’s part. Haley’s game-day conduct continues to make him look like an immature coach who is in over his head.
“What the fuck are you doing? Fuck! Fuck!”
Todd Haley, to Matt Cassel, after Cassel called a fourth-quarter time out, CBS
GH: Haley drops f-bombs sometimes just to drop f-bombs. He looked like he wanted to bite Cassel’s facemask as he snarled on the sideline. The two guys in the CBS booth were adamant in projecting Haley as anything but the crazed, out-of-control coach the cameras were telling viewers he appears to be. Read on.
“I can tell you, those two guys like each other a lot.”
Steve Tasker, after Haley’s f-bomb barrage toward Carton, CBS
GH: Why Tasker felt the need to make this comment confused and annoyed me. As the network analyst he should tell us why Haley is f-bombing his assistant coach, not that they double date.
“(Haley) has a very refreshing, easy-going, direct approach.”
Gus Johnson, play-by-play voice, CBS
GH: Say what? Refreshing? The guy looks like he showers monthly. Easy going? Compared to what, Hurricane Katrina? Direct he is – unless you ask about a player he doesn’t want to discuss. I want to root for Haley but he’s losing me. I am not a fan of bullies.
“I like (Haley’s) philosophy.”
Steve Tasker, CBS
GH: Unfortunately, Tasker did not explain Haley’s philosophy to the viewers. I am left to guess that is has something to do with playing Oakland 16 times a season.
“Purely from a football standpoint, maybe one of the worst football games I’ve ever seen. But if you’re going to play in one of those games you may as well win it.”
Roger Twibell, 610 AM
GH: Maybe?
“It was ugly! I don’t know if being locked in the Tower of London could be any worse than watching that football game today. But then, it was a victory and that’s all that matters today.”
Richard Baldinger, Metro Sports
GH: Haley got his all-important second win. One more and he can exhale on his infamous 22-guys-off-the-street comment. At last count, I think he and Pioli have signed about 14 guys off the street.
“I feel like we made progress.”
Todd Haley, in his postgame press conference, Metro Sports
“They’re not getting better. They weren’t any better today.”
Danny Clinkscale, 810 AM
“If the Chiefs beat the Raiders, Todd Haley can look those guys in the eye and say, ‘We’re getting better.’ ”
Nick Wright, prior to the Chiefs/Raiders game, 610 AM
“Don’t tell me we have to have patience! We don’t have to have patience anymore! This team hasn’t won a playoff game in 16 years! You’ve got to get better. That’s all there is to it! We’ve let these people off the hook! We’ve given them a free pass for far too long! The media’s not been tough enough on these people!””
Jack Harry, 810 AM
“There’s been too many (dropped passes) to show you.”
Steve Tasker, on the number of dropped passes by both teams, CBS
GH: After watching the Patriots/Colts game Sunday night, you have to wonder if the Chiefs and Raiders should even be considered in the same league as these teams.
“The tools this man has…he just doesn’t have the coaching or the will to be coached. It’s just a travesty.”
Danan Hughes, on JaMarcus Russell, Metro Sports
GH: The travesty is that Russell got this millions before he played a snap in the NFL. Do you remember that this guy held out after he was drafted the number-one pick by the Raiders? The other big-name QB who held out in 2007? The Browns’ Brady Quinn.
“We spoke to the Raiders on Friday and they really seem refurbished, refreshed, and upbeat and ready for this game.”
Steve Tasker, CBS
GH: I get the feeling these network TV guys have all been instructed to discuss nothing but sugar plums and fairy tales when talking about the NFL teams. The Raiders have been the most dysfunctional franchise in professional sports for at least the past five seasons. Tasker is a much better storyteller than I could pretend to be.
“They were the same then as they are now. They were nasty!”
Len Dawson, when asked what the fans in Oakland were like in his day, 810 AM
GH: It looked like a lot of the Raiders Nation took Sunday off from the number of empty seats in Oakland. I find it refreshing, refurbishing and upbeat that NFL fans are beginning to resist paying for overpriced tickets to watch underachieving football franchises.
“I called Dick Vermeil this week and asked him, ‘Would you sign (Larry Johnson) if you were still coaching in the league?’ And he said, ‘Absolutely.’ ”
Charlie Casserly, NFL insider, CBS
GH: Sure, Dick. You didn’t want LJ when you coached him! Doesn’t anybody tell the truth anymore?
“I don’t think Larry Johnson is a premier back in this league anymore. But I do think he can still run effectively inside, especially if he’s with a team with a running back rotation. Now I know he’s had a lot of problems off the field. But if I was a team that had a shot at the playoffs, I’d sign this guy – and here’s why. There’s no downside! You’re only paying the guy $36,000 a week. If he does something wrong, cut him. You haven’t lost much.”
Charlie Casserly, NFL insider, CBS
GH: The latest rumors have LJ heading to Cincinnati where Cedric Benson might be out with an injury. Tim Grunhard will not be happy if LJ lands with a winner and is blinging a Super Bowl ring on the Plaza in 2010.
“This was a decision made under pressure by a head coach that was absolutely catastrophic to his team’s ability to win this football game.”
Trent Dilfer, NFL analyst, on Bill Belichick’s decision to go for a fourth-and-two and not punt from his own 27 yard line late in New England’s loss to the Colts, ESPN
GH: A great football game and a classic finish that no one who watched will forget. I wasn’t as appalled as most by Belichick deciding to put the fate of the game in his offense rather than give the ball back to Peyton Manning. When do Chiefs fans get to be upset over losing a 35-34 heart-stopper on Sunday Night Football?
“I’m sorry, Cincinnati you ain’t gonna beat Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. Am I gonna beat Howie Long up? It ain’t gonna happen.”
Terry Bradshaw, prior to Cincy’s second win over the Steelers, Fox
GH: Bradshaw was proven wrong but I like that he was bold in his prediction. For me, the Fox pregame show is best, CBS is second and the ESPN crew a distant third.
“My response is, ‘Beam me back, Scotty! Beam me back!’ ”
Bill Cowher, after Boomer Esiason wished him as the next head coach of the Cleveland Browns, CBS
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November 16th, 2009 at 1:45 am
Given that Todd Haley is the head coach and offensive coordinator, doesn’t he have one of those laminated cards he should be using to screen his mouth as he F-bombs everyone in sight? Sorry to bring up Joe Posnanski in a blog that has so much disdain for Joe, but he’s got a point. When does Haley learn that if he can’t practice self-control, he could at least learn to disguise his bullying, high school-level, ridiculous temper tantrums from plain view?
This team isn’t getting any better. A sick part of me was hoping the Chiefs would lose because it would be a lot harder for Haley to maintain his tenure if he’d lost that game. Still, Clark Hunt needs to take stock and realize that there is already precedent (Cam Cameron) for firing a really bad coach when his already-awful team didn’t improve in one season under his tenure. I don’t care if they have to break the bank to hire Bill Cowher, Mike Shanahan, Jon Gruden or Bill Parcells. As far as I am concerned, bring back Marty. Just get rid of this joke of a head coach.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:04 am
I wish I could say something like
“The Fkn sooner we run the FKN wanna be poser NONcoach out of Kansas City the better”, but…..
but … the sad truth is this;
Clark Hunt has plans, and he is planning on moving this team. His plan is working, and sooner, than later, this team will leave Kansas City, it is very sad. He is talking to LA, and to some cities in Texas. This move is in the works.
I wish all the worst for Hlark Cunt, he is a sleezeball.
Anyone who says the money spent on the stadium preclude a move did not pay attention to that fkn company ( Trizek, I think ) which ruined Union Sation’s beauty by putting a glass, piece of shit mirroed building next to a classic building, while promising to renovate the Station,,,what happened? ….They fkd KC, ….. KC sued them …and won…but by then… and the comapny was bacncrupt…bye bye….
Think Baltimore Colts, middle of the night move…bye bye.
there should be a law….
November 16th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Tasker and Johnson were awful.
The NFL is not going to let the Chiefs move from KC.
The Chiefs win yesterday does nothing to inspire hope nor take the heat off Todd Haley. It was the equivalent of nailing your sisters hot friend after she passed out.
Tasker and Johnson were awful.
The Pats and Colts will meet again. Same great game different outcome.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:04 am
“Refreshing? The guy looks like he showers monthly.”
Good observation. Haley is an embarrassment on many levels.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:05 am
“GH: I wasn’t as appalled as most by Belichick deciding to put the fate of the game in his offense rather than give the ball back to Peyton Manning.”
What? You DO realize that even if Manning is playing against the Chiefs defense without a clock, 80 yards is MUCH more difficult to attain
than 27 yards?
November 16th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Listening to Tasker explains why he had to wear that big-assed helmet. First guy to play in the NFL with Down’s Syndrom. MF’s head looks just like his helmet. WTF is Gus Johnson’s excuse? Eat too many leaded paint chips in the projects? The game and the announcing was uglier than an armload of assholes. “Haley”, do you spell that with on fuck or two?
November 16th, 2009 at 10:22 am
the chiefs can’t and won’t leave.
No other town would have 68,000 people show up to
see this team. It’s very cheap to operate a
team in kc and hunt has all the taxpayer money
and county commissioners in his pocket.
He is making good bank here. Why move?
And the nfl depends on those anti trust laws.
Moving a team now is virtually impossible..
especially in missouri. OUr senators are very
powerful in the senate and clark knows him trying to move this team would upset the applecart of the nfl. If the nfl even hints at
a move, mccaskill and the rest of the senators
all tell the nfl to go f*ck themselves because
they will eliminate their anti trust status.
The days of moving vans
and nighttime moves is gone. There’s too much
money at stake.
Just like AB will never let the rams leave
st. louis (they are the nfl’s biggest advertiser)
…the politicians won;t let the chiefs move
from kc.
Plus the huge cash penalty of moving makes
clark understand there’s too much at stake.
So were stuck with these clowns.
Haley has become a joke. His mouth has got to
be shut…its not only disguting on tv b ut
he should be fined for this crap.
KC is on the ropes. Union station is closing
down. The p and l is about to go “dark”…
revenues are way off…the city is having to
face huge budget cuts…and yet the city itself
is mirred in a hole thye can’tdig out of.
Its time to shut down kcmo and head everything
out to kansas.
We’re stuck with the cheifs…even the bars
arent showing their games anymore…noone
goes t o watch them…
November 16th, 2009 at 10:23 am
GH: You should open up a streaming blog during the Chiefs games. Try it once….PLEASE.
Todd Haley is obvioulsy channeling Joe Pesci as Tommy Divito in Goodfellas on the sideline. We can only hope he opens up the dialog to include stupid mother futher Jew Nigger cocksucker bastard, etc. And maybe at the end of the season the boyz can take he and Scott Pioli out to the sugar cane field and have the Royals come over for some batting practice before they bury ‘em alive. I hate listening to Lenny the Great and Mitch call the game but Tasker and Johnson were PAINFUL to listen to…I had to make the switch. Can’t wait until Mitch comes up with a Centaur-like name for Jamaal Charles. They’ll be a shit-pile of dead bodies on I-70 before the Chiefs leave town. The NFL KNOWS that fans in KC are rock solid. Clark could easily sell the team to someone who will keep it here and spend the money to put a winner on the field.
November 16th, 2009 at 10:34 am
I like Johnson, but Tasker is horrible…
Players aren’t going to respect a coach who drop F bombs 10 times a game…it loses its effect.
One small thing I’ll say in Hayley’s defense, Bill Cowher, Tony Dungee and Bill Belichick couldn’t get more than 4 wins out of this team. GM and front office need more blame than Hayley in my opinion at this point.
November 16th, 2009 at 10:46 am
DP, all due respect but I think The Hoodie, Cowher or Dungee gets at least 6 wins out of these guys. 2 games from Oakland, The Redskins, Cowboys, Bills and Browns.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:24 am
After watching the Chiefs game and then watching the Pats and Colts, it was literally like watching two different leagues. Just a completely different level of football. Agree on the announcing. Gus Johnson lost me when he described JeMarcus Russell as very athletic. He’s got an arm, but he’s not athletic. And Uncle Dick, Tasker wasn’t the Bill who wore the big helmet. That was Mark Kelso.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Remember Kelso, but thought Tasker wore one too. Guess it must be that big-assed melon with nothing coming out that confused me. And BTW, I’m done watching the Chiefs if they wear the Texans throwbacks. Spend a lttle money and do a ‘69 KC Chiefs throwback roster.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Nope, the Texan jerseys are goin no where. They are there to symbolize the new plan….exiting KC.
Haley is a joke, put in place to ruin this team, destroy the fan base, and make case for why it is ok to leave KC.
Talk to people in the know, and you will hear the story.
I dont mind revealing this info.
Hunt is a sleeze ball for doing this, and I will call him out on his shit. fk him.
As far as state government stopping the move, yeah right. Hunt has enough money to buy and sell these slime balls, come on.
PS
…as far as what happened
( actually what did not happen )
with anyones drunk sister, or her
passed out friend, I was not there,
and no one can prove a thing ; )
November 16th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
WAHHHHHH, Todd Haley’s a big ol’ f-bombing MEANIE….WAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Oh, and Greg? Haley is NOT a “bully”, he just expects his players to do what he wants them to do. Last time I checked that’s not too much to ask out of a paid professional athlete. If they don’t want to be f-bombed they perhaps DOING THEIR JOB correctly would prevent that from happening.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
unless funkhouser opens his mouth again and
says something stupid the chiefs are our team
for the next 25years.
So get ready to find something else to do
on sundays…rake the leaves..play with kids…
read a book…have sex with my wife ( i get that
anyway)…etc.
And the state has no right here…its the
fed government. they give the nfl special
legal rights…if they screw kc over and try
to move this team our senators would then threaten to pull their tax status away…and that
would open a flood of lawsuits from players
like you’ve never seen.
the nfl is fat and happy right now with their
paychecks. But in thisk economy the seat are
going unfilled in cities.
Tje last thing hunt wants is to upset his
and the leagues sweet deals. clark is a piece
of shit but he’s a smart money loving piece
of shit……..
so get used to the chiefs…more losing seasons
coming.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Paul,
My bully comment was in reference to Haley saying f-you to Mo Carthon. Does Haley do that to Carthon on the street? In a bar? Or does he simply feel empowered on the sideline by his rank over Mo to let that f-bomb fly? Carthon reacted like a subordinate employee, pissed but no retaliation for fear of pissing off the boss even further. I just don’t think it is a productive way to lead men — or women for that matter.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Great take by Whitlock of Haley and his coaching ability.
5. I’m thrilled that Houston safety Bernard Pollard is shaking the “bust” and “uncoachable” labels handed to him by the Chiefs’ new general-manager and head-coach regime.
Pollard had two picks in Houston’s tough loss to the Colts, and he’s been credited with being the driving force in the Texans’ revitalized defense.
Scott Pioli and Todd Haley tried to destroy Pollard’s reputation because Pollard didn’t take to Haley’s “scream, cuss and belittle” coaching style. Pioli and Haley took over in Kansas City apparently determined to prove that every player they inherited from Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards was a worthless idiot.
Pollard got cut to make room for Mike Brown, the former Chicago star. Thanks to injury and age, Brown has been an embarrassment at safety for the Chiefs. He can no longer run or tackle. He was involved in two embarrassing Jacksonville TDs over the weekend. The Cowboys torched him earlier in the season.
Meanwhile, Pollard has been a solid starter in Houston. Pollard told me this week that Herm Edwards had to call the Texans and other franchises and assure them that the knock on Pollard being spread by Pioli and Haley was false.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
dimer,
I think a running blog would be fun during a Chiefs game but I’m already doing about four things trying to watch the TV broadcast and listen to the radio play-by-play. Not to mention monitor my three crappy fantasy teams. And then there is the little thing about being married and trying to stay married.
Funniest video from the Radiers sideline was JaMarcus throwing his hands up and acting disgusted for getting yanked. “How dare dey sit my ass?” If J-Mark is still in the NFL next season it will be as a defensive tackle.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
And don’t forget JaMarcus’ faggoty-assed looking hat. Another product of the LSU PR department. Blatant sexism. The girls on Canal Street don’t get paid what Russell, Dorsey, and Jackson do to suck on Sundays, and they’re LSU grads too.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Isn’t that an old AFL hat?
November 16th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
There is something to be said for looking like a professional head coach.Haley could us a shave and a haircut sometime. He looks like a hungover golf bum whose gf kicked his ass out of the trailer and is overdue with his bookie.
November 16th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Jay, you’ve also just described Bill Belichick.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Lots of little babies here offended by the f-bombs. Sack up you Nancies. You can’t relate to the world of the NFL and what passes for acceptable communication, and neither can I. If the Chiefs were winning games everyone would love Haley for getting in somebody’s ass when they screwed up.
Why is Lance Long on the field over Bobby Wade?
Is Derrick Johnson on any milk cartons around town? Talk about MIA.
Can the Chiefs find a decent kick & punt returner please? And not one who just catches the ball and runs into a wall of defenders, preferably one who knows how to get upfield, make people miss and present some level of danger for the opposing team?
Did you count how many bad reads and slow-mo decisions Cassel made against the Raiders? Have you noticed how slow he is checking down? He gets his RB killed 3 out of 4 times with his late, lazy little cream puff dump offs, as a LB is coming like a rocket ship about to blow our guy up. Cassel is so mediocre, so average and so overpaid he ought to be arrested for stealing from Clark Hunt.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I think its funny that Whitlock’s main problem with the Chiefs is Haley and Pioli’s egos. Coming from Whitlock I find that absurd.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Victories or close losses to Oakland mean nothing. It just means we suck as bad as they do. Haley’s coaching is terrible. He couldn’t coach his way out of a pee-wee football game. He was the lowest of all choices because of when we went to get a coach. He reaffirms this every week with his treatment of coaches,players and his strategy (if he understands the term). The quicker he goes back to the golf course the sooner we can get a coach that can lead us somewhere.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Read this mornings paper that Haley…the “I don’t need an offensive coordinator because I have superhuman abilities” was trying to pawn off his decision to not go for the field goal. “I was on the walkie talkie thing…why didn’t someone tell me to kick the field goal” Oh…I dunno…maybe they figured the response to the suggestion would have been another motivating “fuck you” moment.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
CBS by far has the best pre game show. I don’t want weather reports. I don’t want to know about the BCS standings. I don’t want Howie and Terry doing the fake hiking the ball junk. I don’t need the injury report from Jay. I do at times enjoy Frank and his humor. But other times its pretty Jerry Lewis like. I also like the closing fired up segment especially when the burger king dude runs across the screen. Strange but funny. Other wise CBS kills Fox.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Gee….I guess we couldn’t just celebrate a win huh? Have to bi*ch about something. Might as well be Todd’s language. Their is more cussing on one of these blogs then a Sunday;s worth from Todd. Plus if you had to work with Larry Johnson you would cuss also.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
So after 9 games we are already ready to can the coach who has won as many games as the old coach did the previous year. We want to scream this is the worse team in the NFL blah blah blah. Hey as long as we gave the guy a FAIR chance. Geez Louise where do some of you people come from. It’s obviously not the real world. You won’t recall the Funk but you want to can the coach. Amazing.
November 17th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Now we know what Haley and Bowe were saying on the bench Sunday-”Now you’re sure you used the test tube with my wife’s piss in it?” “Yeah,I passed, but the MF’s said I was pregnant.”
November 17th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Wow this is the first place I heard of that story also. Sad that the winner of the Cy young will take a back seat to the Mark Magino and D. Bowe reports.
November 17th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Makes you want to choke someone.