Haley

Ian Rappaport saying Haley may be gone:


https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Bolt/Todd-Haley-may-not-be-back-with-Steelers-next-season-113707830
I think it's time. I just hope they don't even think about bringing BA (and crash ) back.

At least we can ban crash.

Oh boy... summoning the Crash again.

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

Oh boy... summoning the Crash again.

Our worst nightmare would be if they fire Haley and bring BA back. Good Lord crash would open a half dozen accounts.

solardave wrote:

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

Oh boy... summoning the Crash again.

Our worst nightmare would be if they fire Haley and bring BA back. Good Lord crash would open a half dozen accounts.

A half dozen, I believe that to be a gross underestimate. I would guess at least two dozen.

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

solardave wrote:

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

Oh boy... summoning the Crash again.

Our worst nightmare would be if they fire Haley and bring BA back. Good Lord crash would open a half dozen accounts.

A half dozen, I believe that to be a gross underestimate. I would guess at least two dozen.

You're right. He might even hack his way into a Mod spot. Then he'd ban us all and he could argue with himself.

solardave wrote:

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

solardave wrote:

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

Oh boy... summoning the Crash again.

Our worst nightmare would be if they fire Haley and bring BA back. Good Lord crash would open a half dozen accounts.

A half dozen, I believe that to be a gross underestimate. I would guess at least two dozen.

You're right. He might even hack his way into a Mod spot. Then he'd ban us all and he could argue with himself.

the hell with hiring assistant coaches with past Steelers ties how about hiring Quality assistant coachers this time around. they might be losing the best quality assistant coach Munchak and Mann to retirement this off season.

Randy Fichtner's name is already being mentioned as a possible replacement for Todd Haley.

On Monday morning, ESPN's Adam Schefter said that he would not be surprised to see Pittsburgh's quarterbacks coach replace Haley as the Steelers' offensive coordinator for the 2018 season. Haley does not have a new contract for next season.

The 54-year-old Fichtner has been in coaching since 1986. After 21 seasons at the collegiate level, Fichtner broke into the NFL as the Steelers' wide receivers coach in 2007, Mike Tomlin's first season as Pittsburgh's head coach. Fichtner was moved into his current role as quarterbacks coach in 2010.

Randy Fichtner has been a member of Pittsburgh's coaching staff since the 2007 season. (Photo: Getty)
During the 2017 season, Fichtner went from the coach's booth to the sideline, a move that some thought was an indication of Ben Roethlisberger's relationship with Haley, which was been reported as tenuous on several occasions. By all accounts, it seems that Fichtner and Big Ben have a very strong rapport, something that would certainly make him a strong candidate for the job as offensive coordinator if the Steelers decide to part with Haley.

Expect Tomlin to address Haley's future with the team during his season ending press conference that should take place later this week.

https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Bolt/Adam-Schefter-tabs-Randy-Fichtner-as-the-Pittsburgh-Steelers-possible-new-offensive-coordinator-113731301

Everyone here should be sick at the thought of Haley getting kicked to the curb since, according to Crash, Steelers Depot and Steelers Xtreme are Haley apologists who do nothing but defend him at every turn.

@SteelersDepot defends him at every turn.

So does @SteelersXtreme #HaleysVomit #Steelers https://t.co/kGEpkDdXAv

— Mr. Crash (@SteelersCrash) December 20, 2017

Omg. I forgot all about Crash

Jazzo wrote:

Randy Fichtner's name is already being mentioned as a possible replacement for Todd Haley.

On Monday morning, ESPN's Adam Schefter said that he would not be surprised to see Pittsburgh's quarterbacks coach replace Haley as the Steelers' offensive coordinator for the 2018 season. Haley does not have a new contract for next season.

The 54-year-old Fichtner has been in coaching since 1986. After 21 seasons at the collegiate level, Fichtner broke into the NFL as the Steelers' wide receivers coach in 2007, Mike Tomlin's first season as Pittsburgh's head coach. Fichtner was moved into his current role as quarterbacks coach in 2010.

Randy Fichtner has been a member of Pittsburgh's coaching staff since the 2007 season. (Photo: Getty)
During the 2017 season, Fichtner went from the coach's booth to the sideline, a move that some thought was an indication of Ben Roethlisberger's relationship with Haley, which was been reported as tenuous on several occasions. By all accounts, it seems that Fichtner and Big Ben have a very strong rapport, something that would certainly make him a strong candidate for the job as offensive coordinator if the Steelers decide to part with Haley.

Expect Tomlin to address Haley's future with the team during his season ending press conference that should take place later this week.

https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Bolt/Adam-Schefter-tabs-Randy-Fichtner-as-the-Pittsburgh-Steelers-possible-new-offensive-coordinator-113731301

Randy Fichtner had a really good spread offense as a OC at the college level Arkanses State and Memphis plus all the offenses language and playbook would stay the same him and Ben get a long.

then hire young up and coming QB coach

Gingerchip wrote:

Omg.  I forgot all about Crash

He still insists we banned him for criticizing Haley. As all of you know, different opinions are not welcome here. That's rule No. 1 ... If you don't agree with the mods and admins at all times, you will be banned.



What's amusing is that from time to time he still calls SX out on Twitter for being Haley apologists. It's true that most members here defended Haley early on because we wanted to give him a chance. But over the last few seasons, there hasn't been much support for Haley here. If anything, I think most of us think he should be gone. And I know Crash still reads the forum, so I have no clue why he labels us as Haley apologists. Other than the fact that he has always had an unhealthy obsession with hating Haley. And he also has an unhealthy obsession with anyone who has ever said anything positive about Haley.

Haley should be the least of this teams concerns imo you put 42 points on probably the best D in the league and you still lost?!? I'm not saying he doesn't have to go but Butler and Tomlin need to go asap as well! Tomlin has had 10 yrs to implement his Tampa 2 D but he ain't done Shit and Butler? don't even get me started......I'm just gonna go get drunk!

fer69 wrote:

Haley should be the least of this teams concerns imo you put 42 points on probably the best D in the league and you still lost?!? I'm not saying he doesn't have to go but Butler and Tomlin need to go asap as well! Tomlin has had 10 yrs to implement his Tampa 2 D but he ain't done Shit and Butler? don't even get me started......I'm just gonna go get drunk!

actual the Steelers defense was starting to look good until Shaziers injury with Shazier the Tampa 2 / cover 2 is actually a cover 3 with the ablity he has to cover the middle zone not to much different then Dick Lebeau's cover 3 defense but with more flexibility. a cover 2 look that might be a cover 3 defense. imo a cover 2 defense is better with a 4-3 front with smaller faster 3 LBs.

one of the problems with the 2017 Steelers defense before the Shazier injury was the second ILB was to slow. Kronk exploited the Steelers man coverage defense without Shazier and a true free safety.

think Davis is a better SS then Mitchell and Mitchell really sucks a FS thought coach Lake would of coached up Burns more from year 1 to year 2 but think Mitchell and Gay were the bigger problems.

imo OLB Coach Porter is the weakest link on the defensive coaching staff not much improvement with Bud Dupree and little improvement with JJ Watt's pass rushing skills through the season.

Haley is a hardheaded non - creative in game play caller yes the Steelers offense scored points but with the talent they have on offense and some bone head play calls and play check offs for Ben they left a lot of points on the field in this game. as pointed out before with QB Coach Fichtner on the sidelines this year in the 2nd half of the season Ben really open up with his check downs and short passing game. with cagy veteran QB Ben, play caller Randy, and the offensive talent these 2 could become the mad scientists of offensive of football.

effyou515 wrote:

fer69 wrote:

Haley should be the least of this teams concerns imo you put 42 points on probably the best D in the league and you still lost?!? I'm not saying he doesn't have to go but Butler and Tomlin need to go asap as well! Tomlin has had 10 yrs to implement his Tampa 2 D but he ain't done Shit and Butler? don't even get me started......I'm just gonna go get drunk!

actual the Steelers defense was starting to look good until Shaziers injury with Shazier the Tampa 2 / cover 2 is actually a cover 3 with the ablity he has to cover the middle zone not to much different then Dick Lebeau's cover 3 defense but with more flexibility. a cover 2 look that might be a cover 3 defense. imo a cover 2 defense is better with a 4-3 front with smaller faster 3 LBs.

one of the problems with the 2017 Steelers defense before the Shazier injury was the second ILB was to slow. Kronk exploited the Steelers man coverage defense without Shazier and a true free safety.

think Davis is a better SS then Mitchell and Mitchell really sucks a FS thought coach Lake would of coached up Burns more from year 1 to year 2 but think Mitchell and Gay were the bigger problems.

imo OLB Coach Porter is the weakest link on the defensive coaching staff not much improvement with Bud Dupree and little improvement with JJ Watt's pass rushing skills through the season.

Haley is a hardheaded non - creative in game play caller yes the Steelers offense scored points but with the talent they have on offense they left a lot of points on the field in this game. as pointed out before with QB Coach Fichtner on the sidelines this year in the 2nd half of the season Ben really open up with his check downs and short passing game. with cagy veteran QB Ben, play caller Randy, and the offensive talent these 2 could become the made mad scientists of offensive of football.

I think the D started out good, but was regressing before the Shazier injury. Before the O got things worked out, the D was holding teams to 14-17 points. They looked good, but something happened. Here is a nice chart showing some stats.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/2017.htm

What happened after the bye week? Haden got injured, which let our pass numbers go up. The rush D was either fantastic, or awful. Very little middle. Shazier's injury definitely had an effect, but I don't think it was the sole reason for the fall apart at the end.

As for the O, it seems like we would not play the entire first half, and have to pass heavily in the second to come back. Ben had some nice numbers in there, but he shouldn't have had to.

Haley has to go; I am not a fan of the playcalling at times. I don't want Fichtner either. I want a new direction. Has Fichtner gotten a phone call for a OC position ever? There is probably a reason for this.

Crash lol, the butthurt is strong with that one. Mentioning us on Twitter. Nice to see we are living in his head.

I'm still in Haley's corner. Butler on the other hand... See ya

effyou515 wrote:

Jazzo wrote:

Randy Fichtner's name is already being mentioned as a possible replacement for Todd Haley.

On Monday morning, ESPN's Adam Schefter said that he would not be surprised to see Pittsburgh's quarterbacks coach replace Haley as the Steelers' offensive coordinator for the 2018 season. Haley does not have a new contract for next season.

The 54-year-old Fichtner has been in coaching since 1986. After 21 seasons at the collegiate level, Fichtner broke into the NFL as the Steelers' wide receivers coach in 2007, Mike Tomlin's first season as Pittsburgh's head coach. Fichtner was moved into his current role as quarterbacks coach in 2010.

Randy Fichtner has been a member of Pittsburgh's coaching staff since the 2007 season. (Photo: Getty)
During the 2017 season, Fichtner went from the coach's booth to the sideline, a move that some thought was an indication of Ben Roethlisberger's relationship with Haley, which was been reported as tenuous on several occasions. By all accounts, it seems that Fichtner and Big Ben have a very strong rapport, something that would certainly make him a strong candidate for the job as offensive coordinator if the Steelers decide to part with Haley.

Expect Tomlin to address Haley's future with the team during his season ending press conference that should take place later this week.

https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Bolt/Adam-Schefter-tabs-Randy-Fichtner-as-the-Pittsburgh-Steelers-possible-new-offensive-coordinator-113731301

Randy Fichtner had a really good spread offense as a OC at the college level Arkanses State and Memphis plus all the offenses language and playbook would stay the same him and Ben get a long.

then hire young up and coming QB coach

Ed Bouchette has an article at PPG saying Haley may not return and Ben wants to play " at least 3 more years"; so if he gets along well with this guy it might be a good idea. The article also goes onto give the idea that Ben and Haley do not get along and was a result in some problems like in the NE game. The only thing I don't like about a potential in house hire is that in working under Haley over the years it may be hard not to somewhat follow the path he's been seeing. I think a lot of times in business bringing someone fresh into a situation gives a better perspective how to get things done and change for the better.

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Ben Roethlisberger said publicly on Sunday he will return to play in the 2018 season. He has told teammates he wants to play at least another three.

The question now becomes, who will be the Steelers’ offensive coordinator in 2018 and beyond?

Todd Haley just finished the final year of his contract, and it is not common for a Steelers coordinator to return under those circumstances. They usually sign extensions before they enter that final year, unless there’s a reason not to. The last one who ended his contract without an extension was ushered into “retirement” so they could hire Haley.

It appears the same might happen to Haley that Bruce Arians experienced after the 2011 season, although no one would call this one a retirement.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2018/01/15/Ben-Roethlisberger-retirement-todd-Haley-offensive-coordinator-replacement-Randy-Fichtner-Mike-Tomlin-Jaguars-Patriots*/stories/201801150139

Roethlisberger downplays feud with Todd Haley, indicates he wants OC to stay

A lot has been made in recent weeks about the supposed feud between Ben Roethlisberger and Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, but the quarterback indicated on Tuesday that the reports about the rift have been overblown.

In his weekly radio show on 93.7 The Fan, Roethlisberger gave a strong indication that he does not want the Steelers to part ways with Haley this offseason.

http://larrybrownsports.com/football/ben-roethlisberger-downplays-feud-with-todd-haley/421994

Ben Roethlisberger given perfect opportunity to say he's done w/ Todd Haley as OC. Instead, he says: "The least amount of change the better. We don’t want to have big changes b/c we’re right there, we’re on the cusp... We feel we have some great things going for us." #Steelers

— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) January 16, 2018

Fuck Ben, obviously hes too dumb to see the coaches are the problem. Thats the change you need if you want to win another super bowl before you retire idiot

Todd Haley’s contract with Steelers expires

Todd Haley‘s contract with the Steelers has expired, according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. As Bouchette explains, the team does not typically allow a coach’s contract to lapse if they intend to keep him, so this could indeed be the end of his time as the Steelers’ offensive coordinator.

http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/amp/todd_haleys_contract_with_steelers_expires/s1_14819_25467395?__twitter_impression=true

He doesn’t want a new OC coming in bringing a new system. A new system would slow the O down for at least 6games so you can’t blame him for wanting to stay with certain things.

Stick Haley up in the box and burn the Bubble screen plays... lol

SteelerFreak58 wrote:

He doesn’t want a new OC coming in bringing a new system. A new system would slow the O down for at least 6games so you can’t blame him for wanting to stay with certain things.

Stick Haley up in the box and burn the Bubble screen plays... lol

hire Randy Fichtner, he would offer continuity and Ben likes him.

SteelerFreak58 wrote:

He doesn’t want a new OC coming in bringing a new system. A new system would slow the O down for at least 6games so you can’t blame him for wanting to stay with certain things.

Stick Haley up in the box and burn the Bubble screen plays... lol

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Thats exactly what the Steelers keep doing, they expect different results and its the same shit over and over. Time for change

Hawaii 5-0 wrote:

SteelerFreak58 wrote:

He doesn’t want a new OC coming in bringing a new system. A new system would slow the O down for at least 6games so you can’t blame him for wanting to stay with certain things.

Stick Haley up in the box and burn the Bubble screen plays... lol

hire Randy Fichtner, he would offer continuity and Ben likes him.

With Ben near the end of his career, hiring someone he knows well (and who also knows the system) sure seems like the best option.


As much as we knock Crash, I have to give credit where it's due ... he's been screaming for Fichtner for years. It didn't make sense years ago, but I can't deny that it makes sense now.