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Terrell Owens Calls Out Former Steelers OC
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers and Todd Haley had a nice run together. Haley served as the team’s offensive coordinator for six seasons between 2012 and 2018. His last season with the team was a difficult one, but most have fond memories of his run with the Steelers.
Not everyone is a fan of Haley, though. Recently, Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens appeared on the Bubba Dub podcast hosted by Jerry Bubba. During their chat, Owens dished on some coaches he didn’t like working with, naming Todd Haley specifically.
“You have people who don’t even have a lot of experience and they jump up to offensive coordinators,” he said. “Sometimes, for some people, you gradually work your way up. Some people do, some people don’t, because of relationships.”
Owens said he experienced that first-hand when he worked with Haley. Haley was the wide receiver coach for the Dallas Cowboys from 2004 to 2006, where he coached Owens. According to the Hall of Famer, it wasn’t Haley’s work or credentials that earned him the role.
“There was a guy, Todd Haley, that I got coached by in Dallas,” he said. “And then he went on to Pittsburgh, he only got those jobs because of his dad. He wasn’t the best receiving coach I ever had, but he got that job.”
It’s an interesting point of view that Owens has. In their lone season of working together with the Cowboys, he was incredibly productive. He hauled in 85 receptions for 1,180 yards and a league-leading 13 receiving touchdowns.
To Owens’ credit, Todd Haley’s lineage did play a huge part in his NFL emergence. Haley’s father, Dick Haley, had an illustrious playing and executive career in the NFL. He most notably served as the Steelers’ director of player personnel between 1971 and 1990, helping to bring four Super Bowl titles to the organization in the 70’s.
Because of his father’s reputation and experience, it paved the way for Todd to get his first opportunities. His first NFL job was with the New York Jets in 1995, where he was hired as assistant in the scouting department.
The person who hired him? His father, Dick Haley, who was working as the Jets’ director of player personnel at the time.
From there, Haley had to bust his tail to work up the ladder. He had two stops as a wide receiving coach before getting his first offensive coordinator job with the Arizona Cardinals.
It was there that Todd Haley earned his reputation as an offensively gifted coach. The Cardinals offense was explosive during his two year tenure, including a spectacular run to Super Bowl 43.
He parlayed that into his first head coaching job with the Kansas City Chiefs. He worked there for three seasons before being fired, and that’s when the Steelers brought Haley in to assist Ben Roethlisberger and the team’s offense. Under his watch, the Steelers were an exciting offense. Nearly six years later, the team is still struggling to find that offensive output again.
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Gas prices continue to sit near the $5 mark for the better part of the Pittsburgh region. Not only is it impacting people’s wallets, but it’s also hitting the bottom lines of first responders’ operations.
While gas prices are not impacting day-to-day operations, budgets are always tight, and if prices stay high, it could have some long-term impacts. First responders say they’ll still come when you call 911, so there’s no need to panic, but there is some concern behind the scenes.
“We can’t charge more for our services. The only way to weather the storm is to become more efficient,” Regional Emergency Support Quick Response Service director Mike Gallagher said.
RESQRS said gas is normally about $2,500 to $3,000 a month. From March to April, it was $5,500. The ambulance they wanted to get this year is now on hold as costs go up.
“It definitely has affected other parts of the business and how we operate,” Gallagher said over Zoom.
It’s the same for volunteer firefighters. Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services had its bill go from $300 to $400, up to $1,000 last month. This price spike was, of course, never anticipated when making the budget last year.
“It absolutely wasn’t. We just have to take money from other things and reprioritize,” SAVES fire chief Mike Daniher said.
Medic Rescue in Bridgewater, Beaver County, covers that county and takes patients to Wexford and Pittsburgh hospitals. They easily rack up hundreds of miles a day driving. Insurance doesn’t cover gas spikes, and fuel reimbursements are set from the prior year.
“I don’t see how it would be sustainable in the long term without some changes in financing,” Medic Rescue director of operations Bill Pasquale said.
An immediate impact for many services is putting new equipment on the back burner. While grants can be used for that, there’s no guarantee it’s accepted.
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Pittsburgh will have afternoon storm chances on Wednesday with gusty winds and lightning
It will be stormy this afternoon, and then cooler for the rest of the work week.
Temperatures then warm up with record-setting temperatures possible early next week. It’s going to be a busy stretch of weather. Let’s get right into it.
Rain chances today are low overall. The headline is the storm chance that occurs this afternoon. Gusty winds, frequent lightning, and isolated but intense downpours are expected as a narrow line of storms develops and rolls through Western Pennsylvania. The line of storms will be intensifying as it moves from the west to the east.
Right now, it looks like the storms will roll through between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
By the time you see this blog, our best chance for morning rain should have come and gone. Rain totals will not be very impressive today; most will see less than 0.05 inches of rain.
That excludes rain coming from afternoon storms.
Afternoon storms could add another fifth of an inch of rain for those who see the most ‘intense’ cells sliding through their areas. Temperatures in the morning are in the 50s. We will quickly rise up to the mid-60s for temperatures this afternoon ahead of storms. Temperatures will then dip back down to the 50s for the rest of the day, with brisk winds coming in from the northwest at around 15 mph.
Thursday highs will only hit the mid-50s.
We stay cool through Friday morning. We’d have to worry about frost on Friday if it wasn’t for the cloud cover that’s expected. Friday highs will be near 70°. Saturday and Sunday highs are expected to hit the low 80s both days.
A perfect ‘storm’ of low humidity levels, plenty of sunshine, and a strengthening sun angle will allow us to potentially see record highs early next week. I have high temperatures in the 90s on both Monday and Tuesday next week.
The record high for Monday is 91°, and that is what I am forecasting for a high.
A small kitten was tied up in a bag and thrown from a moving pickup truck in Warren County, Pennsylvania State Police said.
State police posted on the PSP Tips Facebook page on Tuesday, asking for help figuring out who threw the kitten out of a moving vehicle on Conewango Avenue in Glade Township around 6:45 p.m. on May 4.
Troopers said the kitten, estimated to be six to eight weeks old, was tied up in a black disposable bag. The kitten wasn’t hurt. Police shared a photo of the tiny gray kitten perched on a trooper’s shoulder.
Investigators described the vehicle involved as a white, single-cab Chevrolet pickup truck with no registration plate and rust on the body of the truck. It was seen heading north on Conewango Avenue around 6:45 p.m. on May 4, so anyone with cameras in the area is asked to check their footage between 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. that night.
Anyone with information is asked to contact state police in Warren at 814-728-3600 and ask for Trooper Holsopple or Corporal Koebley. People can also call the PSP Tips line at 1-800-472-8477 or submit a tip online.
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