Please no Jim Haslett

[swede316]

My first choice would be Mike Sherman...but Haslett is a close second....We gotta have somebody with head Coach experiance....no more "hot" coordinators period.

[eball]

My first choice would be Mike Sherman...but Haslett is a close second....We gotta have somebody with head Coach experiance....no more  "hot" coordinators period.

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As I think about this, you may have hit upon the ONLY reason I'd want the Bills to consider Haslett. Many times, a coach is successful in his SECOND stint because he has learned from his mistakes on the first job and can "start fresh" with a new team.

 

Hey, I've got to grasp onto something...

[BuffaloBud]

AACK!!

 

Please no!!

 

[1gap2gap]

What really drives me crazy is ESPN or NFL network reporting that Haslett has the inside track. How in the hell would they know when MM had just left less the 24 hours? I hate it when they make up the news.

 

Haslett has been the coach of the Saints for about five years. Ditka left along time ago. Haslett has had plenty of drafts and free agent signings to make his team competitive and he hasn't been able to do it. Bad owner my ass. It's not like they haven't spent all the cap money every year. Or they drafted High School players! This is a bad Head Coach who has had all the power and money that he needed to field a competitive team.

 

I would look at Monty Kiffen DC Tampa- Jim Bates DC Packers and a hell of a lot of other coaches -- way before I would even interview Haslett.

[Grant]

Haslett should be right below "Any relatives of Hitler" and right above "sock puppet friend" on the head coach list.

[BuckeyeBill]

I don't understand all this bashing of Haslett. Sure his team did poorly this year. Aaron Brooks had the worst season of his career, Deuce McCalister had only 205 yards rushing (if you subtract the Bills game), and all of New Orleans was destroyed. To top it all off... they only had 7 home games!!

 

Haslett is a good coach. You can't judge him off of this year. Judge him off next year when he takes the Bills to 9-7 and just miss the playoffs.

[b3x]

Haslett would be a very poor hire.

[Marv's Neighbor]

Great! Another head coach complete with excuses for his failures.

 

There's no rational reason to bring Jim Haslett to the Bills. If Haslett had never suited up for Buffalo, no one would want him here. He's done nothing to warrant serious interest. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, NOTHING.

 

I know this is a wacky idea, but what about bringing in a coach who's actually achieved some degree of success before? It might fail, but who knows, we haven't tried it... ever.

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AMEN!

[1billsfan]

Marv Levy will not hire an ex-head coach that just quit on his team. He already's done that and bought the t-shirt thank you.

 

Haslett will not be the next Bills head coach.

[Gambler]

PLEASE...NO...HASLETT...

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DITTO ! He's a trainwreck.

[slothrop]

Haslett should be right below "Any relatives of Hitler" and right above "sock puppet friend" on the head coach list.

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Here, Here! Could not have said it better myself.

[Like A Mofo]

QB - Aaron Brooks, if you think he's not talented your nuts

RB - Deuce McAllister

WR - Joe Horn

WR - Dante Stallworth

WR - Devery Henderson

......and what did their offense do?

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And if you dont say Rob Johnson WASNT talented....Ill call you nuts too, because physically RJ was as of not MORE talented then AB.

 

All those players you mentioned: Offensive side of the ball. Where was the drafting of defense in NO????

[slothrop]

Haslett is a good coach. 

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What is your basis for this assertion? Really, i am serious. All account out of N.O. is that his team has always been on the brink of chaos.

 

Being a former Bill does not quilify one to be a HC. Neither does kicking Bradsaw in the head, jumping up and down yelling at people, looking mean, talking mean, or otherwise being labled a "tough-guy". I really feel people really believe this list of non-qualifying characteristics reads as a resume for a HC.

 

Two things that I would consider that are relevant to JH are the fact that he crossed a picketline and called out KEnt Hull indirectly. Both are forms of team betrayal. HE is a GREAT leader. I am sure Vincent would love him.

[Catholic Guilt]

Great! Another head coach complete with excuses for his failures.

 

There's no rational reason to bring Jim Haslett to the Bills. If Haslett had never suited up for Buffalo, no one would want him here. He's done nothing to warrant serious interest. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, NOTHING.

 

I know this is a wacky idea, but what about bringing in a coach who's actually achieved some degree of success before? It might fail, but who knows, we haven't tried it... ever.

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Then by your wishes, New England would have not hired one Bill Belichick, a failure in this previous head coaching gig in Cleveland.

 

Belichick with the Cleveland Browns Regular Season 36-44 (.450); Postseason 1-1 (.500). Bill Belichick has won 10 consecutive playoff games – longest streak in NFL history. He owns the all-time best playoff record of 11-1 (.917) and is 16-1 (.941) in games after Christmas Day since joining Patriots in 2000. Not bad for a guy who got ran out of town in Cleveland...

[slothrop]

Then by your wishes, New England would have not hired one Bill Belichick, a failure in this previous head coaching gig in Cleveland.

 

Belichick with the Cleveland Browns  Regular Season  36-44 (.450); Postseason  1-1 (.500). Bill Belichick has won 10 consecutive playoff games – longest streak in NFL history. He owns the all-time best playoff record of 11-1 (.917) and is 16-1 (.941) in games after Christmas Day since joining Patriots in 2000. Not bad for a guy who got ran out of town in Cleveland...

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But I never recall rumors of Belichick being unorganized or the team being on the brink of chaos. These are the rumors out of NO. HOW you lose is relevant.

[1gap2gap]

Then by your wishes, New England would have not hired one Bill Belichick, a failure in this previous head coaching gig in Cleveland.

 

Belichick with the Cleveland Browns  Regular Season  36-44 (.450); Postseason  1-1 (.500). Bill Belichick has won 10 consecutive playoff games – longest streak in NFL history. He owns the all-time best playoff record of 11-1 (.917) and is 16-1 (.941) in games after Christmas Day since joining Patriots in 2000. Not bad for a guy who got ran out of town in Cleveland...

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You have a point, except Haslett is no Belichick. What Super Bowl team or teams or playoff teams has Haslett been a part of the coaching management ? I'm not sure what his resume' is or what it includes but I just bet that Belichcik before he was the HC for NE had a much better track record then Haslett has now or ever had.

[Catholic Guilt]

But I never recall rumors of Belichick being unorganized or the team being on the brink of chaos. These are the rumors out of NO. HOW you lose is relevant.

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How about some links to back up your rumors?

 

 

Coach Jim Haslett, who has notched 42 regular-season victories and the first playoff win in franchise history since being hired in early 2000, enters his sixth season as Head Coach of the New Orleans Saints. After five years of carefully rebuilding the roster following a six-season stretch (1994-99) where the Saints only posted 32 wins, Haslett's overall victory total -- 43 including the playoffs -- and winning percentage (.524) already rank second in team record books among the club's 13 head coaches.

 

To get his message across, he fosters teamwork while relying on this foundation of beliefs: Intensity for four quarters, endless preparation and a dedication to the basics of blocking and tackling. In an NFL era where the makeup of a team can change dramatically each year because of free agency, Haslett's ability to rapidly create a winning, united atmosphere within those who were once football strangers ranks among his greatest strengths.

 

Though his focus remains firmly on the future, the Saints' successes over his first five seasons cannot be ignored. Never has his gritty leadership and single-minded determination been more evident than in 2004. After a spate of injuries hamstrung the team early and a trio of defeats came by a touchdown or less, Haslett rallied New Orleans to four-straight victories over the final month and on the cusp of a playoff berth. Though the Saints ranked among the conference's hottest teams, the club was left on the outside of the postseason by the league's tie-breaker system.

 

The offense again sparkled in 2004, ranking among the team's all-time top 10 in scoring -- as the Saints have each year since Haslett's arrival. New Orleans scored three touchdowns or more in 11 games, and QB Aaron Brooks, RB Deuce McAllister and WR Joe Horn combined to give the Saints one of the top three-position combined yardage seasons in club history.

 

In 2003, Haslett molded a roster full of inexperienced youngsters including eight new starters sprinkled throughout the lineup -- into a formidable unit. New Orleans bounced back from a 1-4 start to win seven of the final 11 contests -- with three of the four defeats coming by a touchdown or less -- as Haslett held the club together during a difficult beginning to keep the Saints in playoff contention until the 16th week of the season.

 

The offense had another record-breaking season, setting club marks for third-down conversions (106), third-down conversion percentage (46.3) and fewest interceptions thrown (eight) while RB Deuce McAllister emerged as one of the NFL's best players. And on defense, New Orleans held 11 opponents to 20 points or less and gave up an average of 12 points per game in December.

 

Despite having 10 new starters in 2002, the Saints posted a 9-7 record that included a pair of memorable victories over the Super Bowl XXXVII-Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. New Orleans led the NFC with a team-record 432 points that season, while the special teams emerged as one of the league's most opportunistic units.

 

Observers predicted a lengthy rebuilding project when Haslett arrived in 2000, but the strong-willed coach ignored that timetable and the expectations surrounding the Saints have grown with his demanding standards.

 

Haslett's keen attention to detail and commitment to preparation are best reflected in the way New Orleans has performed on the road under his leadership. The Saints are 23-16 (.600) in enemy stadiums since Haslett's arrival -- the best road winning percentage in team history for a head coach -- despite the club having dropped the previous 14 away games before he was hired.

 

Haslett led New Orleans to the NFC West title and a playoff victory in 2000. The team put an exclamation point on an eventful season with a 31-28 triumph over the St. Louis Rams to notch the first-ever playoff win in New Orleans. With that victory, Haslett had led the Saints to greater heights in his first season than the previous 12 head coaches in franchise history combined. Following that historic effort, Haslett was a unanimous selection for NFL Coach of the Year.

 

Haslett's 42 regular-season victories ranks second in club history, trailing only Jim Mora's 93 wins from 1986-96. And by entering his sixth season in 2004, Mora is the only head coach who has led the Saints for a longer period.

 

A 23-year veteran of the NFL as a player and coach, Haslett was hired by New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2000. With the reputation as a player's coach who accepted little nonsense, Haslett's coaching star had been on the rise in league circles for years. He spent 1997-99 as defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, where his aggressive schemes helped create some of the NFL's most dominating units. He tutored a defense that led Pittsburgh to the AFC Championship Game in 1997.

 

This is Haslett's second tour of duty in New Orleans. He spent two years with the Saints, as linebackers coach in 1995 followed by a stint as the defensive coordinator under Mora in 1996. In his first season as coordinator, New Orleans improved from 22nd to 13th in the NFL in defense.

 

From 1993-94, Haslett was linebackers coach for the Los Angeles Raiders. In 1993, the Raiders posted a 10-6 record, while current Saints linebackers coach Winston Moss had one of the best seasons. Haslett's contributions helped push the Raiders' defense to a top 10 ranking both years. From 1991-92, Haslett was defensive coordinator for the Sacramento Surge of the World League. In 1992, the Surge won the WLAF title. Serving on Haslett's staff that year as a defensive assistant was Rick Mueller, now the Saints' Director of Player Personnel.

 

Haslett opened his coaching career in 1988, handling linebackers at the University of Buffalo. A year later he was promoted to defensive coordinator and served in that capacity for two years.

 

The bedrock of Haslett's coaching principles was forged during his stellar playing career. After being drafted out of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills, Haslett was voted the Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year. He played eight seasons with the Bills -- earning All-Pro honors in 1981 and finished his career in 1987 with the New York Jets.

 

Haslett played defensive end at IUP, where he was a four-time All-American. He enrolled at IUP and joined the football team as a walk-on, yet still set school records with 20 sacks and five fumble recoveries in a season. As a senior Haslett even took over as punter and averaged 41.5 yards. His career was recognized with his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

[1gap2gap]

How about some links to back up your rumors?

Coach Jim Haslett, who has notched 42 regular-season victories and the first playoff win in franchise history since being hired in early 2000, enters his sixth season as Head Coach of the New Orleans Saints. After five years of carefully rebuilding the roster following a six-season stretch (1994-99) where the Saints only posted 32 wins, Haslett's overall victory total -- 43 including the playoffs -- and winning percentage (.524) already rank second in team record books among the club's 13 head coaches.

 

To get his message across, he fosters teamwork while relying on this foundation of beliefs: Intensity for four quarters, endless preparation and a dedication to the basics of blocking and tackling. In an NFL era where the makeup of a team can change dramatically each year because of free agency, Haslett's ability to rapidly create a winning, united atmosphere within those who were once football strangers ranks among his greatest strengths.

 

Though his focus remains firmly on the future, the Saints' successes over his first five seasons cannot be ignored. Never has his gritty leadership and single-minded determination been more evident than in 2004. After a spate of injuries hamstrung the team early and a trio of defeats came by a touchdown or less, Haslett rallied New Orleans to four-straight victories over the final month and on the cusp of a playoff berth. Though the Saints ranked among the conference's hottest teams, the club was left on the outside of the postseason by the league's tie-breaker system.

 

The offense again sparkled in 2004, ranking among the team's all-time top 10 in scoring -- as the Saints have each year since Haslett's arrival. New Orleans scored three touchdowns or more in 11 games, and QB Aaron Brooks, RB Deuce McAllister and WR Joe Horn combined to give the Saints one of the top three-position combined yardage seasons in club history.

 

In 2003, Haslett molded a roster full of inexperienced youngsters including eight new starters sprinkled throughout the lineup -- into a formidable unit. New Orleans bounced back from a 1-4 start to win seven of the final 11 contests -- with three of the four defeats coming by a touchdown or less -- as Haslett held the club together during a difficult beginning to keep the Saints in playoff contention until the 16th week of the season.

 

The offense had another record-breaking season, setting club marks for third-down conversions (106), third-down conversion percentage (46.3) and fewest interceptions thrown (eight) while RB Deuce McAllister emerged as one of the NFL's best players. And on defense, New Orleans held 11 opponents to 20 points or less and gave up an average of 12 points per game in December.

 

Despite having 10 new starters in 2002, the Saints posted a 9-7 record that included a pair of memorable victories over the Super Bowl XXXVII-Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. New Orleans led the NFC with a team-record 432 points that season, while the special teams emerged as one of the league's most opportunistic units.

 

Observers predicted a lengthy rebuilding project when Haslett arrived in 2000, but the strong-willed coach ignored that timetable and the expectations surrounding the Saints have grown with his demanding standards.

 

Haslett's keen attention to detail and commitment to preparation are best reflected in the way New Orleans has performed on the road under his leadership. The Saints are 23-16 (.600) in enemy stadiums since Haslett's arrival -- the best road winning percentage in team history for a head coach -- despite the club having dropped the previous 14 away games before he was hired.

 

Haslett led New Orleans to the NFC West title and a playoff victory in 2000. The team put an exclamation point on an eventful season with a 31-28 triumph over the St. Louis Rams to notch the first-ever playoff win in New Orleans. With that victory, Haslett had led the Saints to greater heights in his first season than the previous 12 head coaches in franchise history combined. Following that historic effort, Haslett was a unanimous selection for NFL Coach of the Year.

 

Haslett's 42 regular-season victories ranks second in club history, trailing only Jim Mora's 93 wins from 1986-96. And by entering his sixth season in 2004, Mora is the only head coach who has led the Saints for a longer period.

 

A 23-year veteran of the NFL as a player and coach, Haslett was hired by New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2000. With the reputation as a player's coach who accepted little nonsense, Haslett's coaching star had been on the rise in league circles for years. He spent 1997-99 as defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, where his aggressive schemes helped create some of the NFL's most dominating units. He tutored a defense that led Pittsburgh to the AFC Championship Game in 1997.

 

This is Haslett's second tour of duty in New Orleans. He spent two years with the Saints, as linebackers coach in 1995 followed by a stint as the defensive coordinator under Mora in 1996. In his first season as coordinator, New Orleans improved from 22nd to 13th in the NFL in defense.

 

From 1993-94, Haslett was linebackers coach for the Los Angeles Raiders. In 1993, the Raiders posted a 10-6 record, while current Saints linebackers coach Winston Moss had one of the best seasons. Haslett's contributions helped push the Raiders' defense to a top 10 ranking both years. From 1991-92, Haslett was defensive coordinator for the Sacramento Surge of the World League. In 1992, the Surge won the WLAF title. Serving on Haslett's staff that year as a defensive assistant was Rick Mueller, now the Saints' Director of Player Personnel.

 

Haslett opened his coaching career in 1988, handling linebackers at the University of Buffalo. A year later he was promoted to defensive coordinator and served in that capacity for two years.

 

The bedrock of Haslett's coaching principles was forged during his stellar playing career. After being drafted out of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills, Haslett was voted the Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year. He played eight seasons with the Bills -- earning All-Pro honors in 1981 and finished his career in 1987 with the New York Jets.

 

Haslett played defensive end at IUP, where he was a four-time All-American. He enrolled at IUP and joined the football team as a walk-on, yet still set school records with 20 sacks and five fumble recoveries in a season. As a senior Haslett even took over as punter and averaged 41.5 yards. His career was recognized with his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

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I don't know what the hell this is> Is this some op- ed. You need to gain your own opions about a coach not look at an article written by somebody who is just trying to promote someone.

 

The fact is that Haslett has done nothing as the head coach of the Saints to warrent him being hired as a head coach for another team. If he wants to stay in the NFL then he should return to a DC position and re-establish his abilities. It's that simple. Don't pull up an op-ed piece to try and prove your point. That's just garbage!

[Catholic Guilt]

I don't know what the hell this is> Is this some op- ed. You need to gain your own opions about a coach not look at an article written by somebody who is just trying to promote someone.

 

The fact is that Haslett has done nothing as the head coach of the Saints to warrent him being hired as a head coach for another team. If he wants to stay in the NFL then he should return to a DC position and re-establish his abilities.  It's that simple.  Don't pull up an op-ed piece to try and prove your point.  That's just garbage!

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How about I just cut and paste his stats for you? That "op-ed piece is from the Saints website.

[ans4e64]

All those players you mentioned:  Offensive side of the ball.  Where was the drafting of defense in NO????

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What, you think New Orleans didnt draft defensive players? Well you wrong about that, since 2002 they've picked 16 defensive players in the draft out of a possible 29 picks, and they were high picks as well, heres the defensive players only from the first 3 rounds since they usually will make the most impact.

 

2005:

- round 2, S Josh Bullocks

- round 3, LB Alfred Fincher

 

2004:

-round 1, DE Will Smith

-round 3, LB Courtney Watson

 

2003:

-round 1, DT Jonathan Sullivan

-round 3, LB/DE Cie Grant

 

2002:

- round 2, DE Charles Grant

 

 

So they have actually spent more than half of their draft choices on defense, which suggests that only bad coaching is the result of their non-development. Not to mention, they went after S Darrin Smith in free agency and traded for CB Mike McKenzie.