NFL Off Season 2012
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:08 pm
some interesting coaching changes. among them:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... oin-colts/Report: Bruce Arians to join Colts
While an assistant with the Ravens for the last four years, Chuck Pagano tried to stop Steelers offenses run by Bruce Arians at least twice a year.
Based on a report from Adam Schefter of ESPN, he must have liked what he saw. Schefter reports that Arians is headed to Indianapolis to become offensive coordinator of the Colts. It would seem reports of Ariansג retirement after his split from the Steelers were greatly exaggerated.
Schefterגs report doesnגt address the status of current offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen. Mike Jurecki of XTRA 910 radio in Arizona, who also had a report on Arians heading to Indy, reports that heגll be offered another job on Ariansג staff. Thatגs significant because Christensen represents the last significant tie to Peyton Manning on the Colts coaching staff.
But Arians has a tie to Manning of his own. He was the Manningגs quarterback coach from 1998-2000, so those shaking the Magic 8-Ball to find out what this means for Manningגs future with the Colts probably are getting גAsk Again Laterג when the triangle appears in the window.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/re ... story.htmlReport: Pittsburgh Steelers tab former Chiefs coach Haley as next offensive coordinator
PITTSBURGH ג The Steelers will hire former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley to be their offensive coordinator, according to an ESPN report.
The move, first reported by 610 AM in Kansas City, has not yet been announced.
Haley will replace Bruce Arians, now with the Indianapolis Colts.
The 45-year-old Haley, fired by Kansas City on Dec. 13, went 19-26 in two-plus seasons with the Chiefs, leading them to the 2010 AFC West title.
He spent 10 seasons as an assistant before being hired by Kansas City. He was offensive coordinator for Arizona in 2007-08, helping lead the Cardinals to their only Super Bowl appearance.
Phone messages left for Haley by the Associated Press were not immediately returned.
The Steelers went 12-4 this season but lost the AFC North title to Baltimore on a tiebreaker.
The Chiefs were 5-8 when Haley was dismissed. His last game was a tough one. Kansas City lost, 37-10, to the New York Jets at the Meadowlands, and it was their fifth loss in six games. Kansas City committed 11 penalties for 128 yards in the performance, including a 15-yarder on Haley for unsportsmanlike conduct that may have sealed his fate.
The next day, he was fired.
גTiming in these situations is always difficult. There never seems to be a right time,ג Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said at the time. גWe just felt the inconsistent play the team has experienced throughout the season, including yesterdayגs game, made today the right day to do it.ג
After three lopsided losses to start the season, Kansas City rattled off four straight wins and briefly pulled into a tie atop the AFC West. But that was followed by a home loss to previously winless Miami, the start of a disastrous six weeks in which the losses mounted.
גWeגve had one of those years where weגve had injuries, and injuries to key players, but thatגs typical in the National Football League,ג Hunt said then. גAs a team, you have to find a way to overcome that, and we just werenגt able to do that this year. Our play was up and down the entire season and at times it was up and down during a given game, and I think those contributed to our decision.ג
Without a bye, the Steelers had to play a road game at Denver to open the postseason. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for 289 yards and a touchdown, but the Steelers fell to the Broncos, 29-23, in overtime.
Haley is the son of Dick Haley, formerly the director of player personnel for the Steelers from 1971-1990.