OK Addicts, it’s quiz time. What Chief Head Coach said this:
“If it doesn’t look pretty, it is not going to matter to me if it’s a W (win). We are going to do what we have to do to give us the best chance to win. If that is three yards and a cloud of dust, we don’t turn the football over and we play great defense, I’ll be the happiest guy sitting here after games.”
Was it the the coach who’s philosophy became to be knows as Martyball? No, it was not Marty Schottenheimer. Was is the Addict favorite, Herm “you play to win the game” Edwards? No, wrong again. That quote is from the Head Coach who called plays for the team last year who ran less than any other team in the NFL. That’s right, that quote is from Todd Haley.
So Addicts, I pose it to all of you. Are you jumping to conclusions that the Chiefs offense will be built to resemble the Cards offense? Is Todd Haley being pigeonholed as a pass happy coach?
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Todd Haley having said that does not bother me at all. On the contrary, I find it refreshing and candid. Herm Edwards was going to try to do things his way, whether they worked or not, i.e., running Larry Johnson/Kirby Smith/Jamaal Charles into the offensive linemen’s butts for no gain. Only Chan Gailley’s jury rigged Arrowspread offense saved last year from being even more of a disaster than it was. How about a head coach and an offensive coordinator on the same page? Chan Gailley has been very successful at doing what is necessary to win on offense, such as the offense he came up with at Pittsburgh to utilize the talents of Kordel Stewart (Slash). Who cares if we win with a “three yards and a cloud of dust” offense or a full tilt “lights out” passing offense that blows them off the field? The main thing is that we field a winning team which utilizes the players’ talents to the utmost.
Hope AA increases the amount of articles, I come on daily thinking oh what will be written only to find…old articles…
As for what Haley said.
This is no shock, you do what it takes to win, and Haley knows the chiefs lack the fire power of his offense of last season, or even as recievers coach in dallas.
Todd Haley said basically what herm said with his “over 30 is an arena game” comment….it was just stated differently…reminds me of the Obama vs what if bush said it. Am I saying this is a race thing? No, no no no no, im saying two different ways of speaking, can lead to two seperate results
Herm got roasted, and Haley is currently being Toasted to.
I have faith in any coach who is as tough, hard nosed, and a pure football guy as Todd Haley is.
I have no problem with a pass happy coach. IMO nowadays you have to pass to set up the run.
What Herm said with his “Whew, that’s a lot of points. That’s not real football, that’s arena football” is this………Herm didn’t know beans about offense. What Haley is saying is he will do what it takes to win. Big difference. Racial? No, it is the difference between idiot and non-idiot, race excluded.
hammer:
Herm was HC when Gailey installed the ArrowSpread. I’m no huge Herm Edwards fan, but he didn’t put the kibosh on what Gailey wanted to do.
Even if this offense throws more than we expect, judging by where Taurus Johnson and Quinten Lawrence were taken, it’s going to be more of a roll-out/sprint-out kind of thing. The right side of the line isn’t going to be all that conducive to setting up a pocket.
hmills110,
Yeah, I know Herm was the head coach. There was a definite point I was trying to make there, although it make not have been stated as clearly as I would have liked. I very much respect your opinions and am not going to butt heads with you on a long dead issue. But, the point I was making was Herm had this philosophy of running the ball whether or not it worked. It did not work. Chan Gailey invented the Arrowspread in order to salvage something from last season. Even though I was one of Herm’s strongest critics, I DID and still do give him some grudging credit for allowing Chan to install the Arrowspread. In my humble opinion, it was too little, too late. Had Herm been more open to doing what was necessary to winning (i.e. scoring points)it may have completely changed the tenor of his stay in Kansas City.