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durkcal {l Wrote}:For me it was when the BC guys were excessively jawboning and courting trouble with f"ing Maine, right before half. And the interview starts with Hafley, and she asks Hafley about it, and instead of giving an answer like every successful coach in the business, he says with a smile "these refs need to throw some flags". That was it. Zero accountability or discipline. This is the Henning era. Henning, who by the way, was a very smart football guy from the NFL. Very likeable too. It's hard to be a successful football head coach. Very few are meant to be the guy in charge of such a demanding, precise and physical sport where 9 months of preparation gets displayed on twelve Saturdays.

Interested to hear the answers from everyone else.

JesuitIvy {l Wrote}:Losing to Rutgers. How do you not have your team ready to rock, first game if season, against a regional opponent you know you should beat. The team lacked creativity and urgency the whole time, in what was a good Alumni atmosphere

HJS {l Wrote}:When he lost to Yukon.

Thornton Melon {l Wrote}:The Hen lost me after Syracuse 04. But "We're up, aren't we" chapped me in ways that many years later I still remember how pissed i was when I saw it.

The halftime interview against Clemson this year when the reporter told us Hafley was happy with the performance because "he looked in their eyes" and then the entire team proceeded to crap down their legs the who second half...plus it just seems like all he wants to do is talk about how young they are rather than take any accountability - it's a lot like Aaron Boone with the Yankees - you give these guys the excuse, they will take it. I don't believe every coach has to be Bill Belichick, but Hafley doesn't seem to want to set a standard of play for his team. So the players take him up on it.

HJS {l Wrote}:When he lost to Yukon.

HJS {l Wrote}:

Thornton Melon {l Wrote}:The Hen lost me after Syracuse 04. But "We're up, aren't we" chapped me in ways that many years later I still remember how pissed i was when I saw it.

The halftime interview against Clemson this year when the reporter told us Hafley was happy with the performance because "he looked in their eyes" and then the entire team proceeded to crap down their legs the who second half...plus it just seems like all he wants to do is talk about how young they are rather than take any accountability - it's a lot like Aaron Boone with the Yankees - you give these guys the excuse, they will take it. I don't believe every coach has to be Bill Belichick, but Hafley doesn't seem to want to set a standard of play for his team. So the players take him up on it.

I largely agree... but I am willing to see what he does this offseason. It ain't like BC is firing him anytime in the next 2 years.

Football is unrelenting. To put it in terms IB will understand, it is like in Apollo 13 when they have a limited period of time to make corrections before physics prevents success. Once Hafley made his replacement hires on Offense, it was too late to really backtrack once it was clear they sucked (especially McNulty).

I would have like to see him hand over playcalling to Shimko or Chud by now... and Hafley not doing so during the bye week makes me believe that he is incapable of holding staffers accountable and coldly making moves for the betterment of the team. That said, in fairness, the time to make such architectural decisions is in the offseason... not October. Unless you think you have the answer on your staff, you kinda have to employ Bobby Knight's advice and just "relax and enjoy it."

Hafley has had a charmed career. He's been constantly supported and lauded at every turn. This year is essentially the first where he has run into real adversity. If he learns from it, he can continue to advance. If he redoubles on failed decisions, he's bound to continue to eerily follow his predecessor's career path.

MF73-Eleazar {l Wrote}:Today.

HJS {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:When he lost to Yukon.

Bump.

You don’t lose to Rutgers and Yukon in the same year and continue to pretend like you should be a football coach.

MF73-Eleazar {l Wrote}:Today.

hansen {l Wrote}:Waiting until the presser to make my final decision.

bcshater {l Wrote}:

MF73-Eleazar {l Wrote}:Today.

Today as well.

HJS {l Wrote}:Good for BC having Haz do the postgame interview via 3G connection. Sounds like he is going to do tomorrow what he was supposed to do over the bye week. McNulty just called his last game as OC.

HJS {l Wrote}:

Thornton Melon {l Wrote}:The Hen lost me after Syracuse 04. But "We're up, aren't we" chapped me in ways that many years later I still remember how pissed i was when I saw it.

The halftime interview against Clemson this year when the reporter told us Hafley was happy with the performance because "he looked in their eyes" and then the entire team proceeded to crap down their legs the who second half...plus it just seems like all he wants to do is talk about how young they are rather than take any accountability - it's a lot like Aaron Boone with the Yankees - you give these guys the excuse, they will take it. I don't believe every coach has to be Bill Belichick, but Hafley doesn't seem to want to set a standard of play for his team. So the players take him up on it.

I largely agree... but I am willing to see what he does this offseason. It ain't like BC is firing him anytime in the next 2 years.

Football is unrelenting. To put it in terms IB will understand, it is like in Apollo 13 when they have a limited period of time to make corrections before physics prevents success. Once Hafley made his replacement hires on Offense, it was too late to really backtrack once it was clear they sucked (especially McNulty).

I would have like to see him hand over playcalling to Shimko or Chud by now... and Hafley not doing so during the bye week makes me believe that he is incapable of holding staffers accountable and coldly making moves for the betterment of the team. That said, in fairness, the time to make such architectural decisions is in the offseason... not October. Unless you think you have the answer on your staff, you kinda have to employ Bobby Knight's advice and just "relax and enjoy it."

Hafley has had a charmed career. He's been constantly supported and lauded at every turn. This year is essentially the first where he has run into real adversity. If he learns from it, he can continue to advance. If he redoubles on failed decisions, he's bound to continue to eerily follow his predecessor's career path.