Todd Haley’s success is rooted in tree (Belichik coaching tree)
Todd Haley is going to be an NFL head coach one day. And when he gets there, he’ll have a little piece of Bill Belichick with him.
The Cardinals offensive coordinator admits it’s the part his players probably won’t love, and Haley speaks from experience. He wasn’t overly fond of Belichick’s methods a decade ago when Haley was beginning his career with the Jets and Belichick was a defensive coach, but now he understands.
“Belichick is a dry personality and he can rub anybody the wrong way,” Haley said last week from Arizona, where the Cardinals were preparing to face the Patriots [team stats]. “He and I would get into arguments. I’d be running the show team in practice and if the receivers weren’t doing things exactly right, he’d let me have it.
bostonherald.com
12/21/08
