The narrative is Ben Roethlisberger and Todd Haley were oil and water. Two clashing personalities that may have produced on the field but not well enough off it. Haley paints a different picture of their relationship. Appearing on the Mangia Cast podcast, Haley says the media narrative isn’t the correct one.
“You guys just brought up perception,” Haley told hosts Bob Papa and Chris Bisignano.” Perception is not reality. We played golf together. We played darts together. I think coaching is how you coach somebody. With Ben, I went about it a little different way. His good friend was on our staff.