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Did Steelers HC Mike Tomlin Or Art Rooney Hire Todd Haley?
Posted By: Sweets 02-09-2012 , 05:00 PM
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According to Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it is probably in everyone's best interest that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin will not be available to answer questions when the team introduces Todd Haley as their new offensive coordinator at a news conference today. The media in Pittsburgh clearly believes that Tomlin wanted to retain OC Bruce Arians and the decision to replace Arians with Haley was made by personages higher on the food chain than Tomlin-likely team president Art Rooney II. No one at Steelers headquarters has disputed the report by the Post-Gazette's Gerry Dulac that Tomlin told Arians right after the season that he wanted him back and told staff members that Arians would be back, no one, including team president Art Rooney II, has disputed Dulac's report that Rooney II trumped Tomlin and forced out Arians. There are questions as to how Todd Haley's fiery personality will co-exist with Tomlin and QB Ben Roethlisberger, the forcing out of Arians has made Tomlin look weak and no coach has had a better first five years than Tomlin and Tomlin's relationship with management has been great until this episode. It is doubtful that Tomlin will say anything negative in the press at this point but Cook is concerned that this episode could fundamentally change Tomlin's view of being a Steeler, he also speculates that the truth could come out when Tomlin's contract ends next season with an option for 2013.

Source: The Redzone
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By all accounts is sounded like Tomlin had a hand in the choice, especially when he explained the reasoning for bringing in Haley before introducing him earlier today at the press conference.
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i believe more and more owners and general managers are having a say in coordinator and assistant hirings ....... at the very least, they are making it a group decision.

The hiring of the correct coordinators and assistants for a staff is one of the most underrated aspects of this league. It can mean the difference between success and failure. More and more teams are realizing it and are wanting more of a 'group' decision to make sure they're getting the right guys.
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It's more of a collaborative effort than anything else...
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i think it was art but it was played off like tomlin did it for internal conflict purposes.

art II is the fucking man though, i love that guy
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