Diner Morning News: Haley Gets His Shot

National Football Post QUOTE: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”—Eleanor Roosevelt Today, we examine the Kansas City Chiefs’ new head coach, Todd Haley. BACKGROUND Like Rex Ryan of the Jets, Todd Haley comes from a football family and has been around the professional game his entire life. Starting as a ball boy for the Steelers (his dad Dick was the team’s director of player personnel), Todd learned to evaluate players from his father at a very early age, then started in personnel for the Jets in 1995. He worked his way into the coaching ranks under Bill Parcells at the Jets and Cowboys. Haley is a strong-minded coach who is not afraid of confrontation with the players. LES STECKEL EFFECT I’ve had it reliably reported to me that Haley might qualify as the most emotional assistant coach ever on Sunday in the NFL. His conf...