Pittsburgh Steelers’ WR Antonio Brown buys into OC Todd Haley offence – NFL News
Almost a couple of months to his arrival in Pittsburgh, Steelers new offensive coordinator, Todd Haley, was looking for at least one supporting voice among the team and he has finally found it in wide receiver, Antonio Brown, who has called the coach a friendly
personality.
Steelers were seen to be in trouble on the prospects of deteriorating relationship between Todd and quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, who publically said to dislike the offensive approach of the new official.
In addition to showing a rather disdainful attitude, Ben firmly ruled out changing his game style to fit in the new coach’s offensive scheme but somehow both sides have survived next to each other.
While the second round of the cold war between Haley and Ben can be expected at the training camp, starting later this month, the coach has now a supporter of his policy, who has publically spoken for the official.
Antonio said of the coach:
"You've got to respond well when coaches get up in your face. He seems like a real friendly guy who's demanding the best for you. You can't take it personally. You've got to use it all for the better."
He added:
"Change can be great if everyone buys in. We're accepting Todd Haley - you see his history of great wide receivers. Getting a chance of working with him at OTAs and minicamp was something special."
The remarks back views of the coach, who said that the players were gradually buying into his new offensive strategy. He interestingly did not have much to say about his relationship with Roethlisberger and the difficulties the two face in communicating
the new offensive scheme to the player.
Roethlisberger, who is dubbed Big Ben, has been the traditional offence leader of the team. He has learnt and played the passing-focused offence of Bruce Arians and his predecessors.
Now Haley has switched the strategy to be more running and aggressive offensive style, which the QB finds difficult to adapt. So far there is no alternative for the player than to learn it, despite disliking it.
The training camp should determine how both parties go about it.
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