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Bickley: Arizona Cardinals should embrace Todd Haley as next head coach

Todd Haley makes people uncomfortable. He’s combative, volatile and believes bridges are meant to burn.

He’s also the best candidate left to fill the Cardinals’ head-coaching vacancy.

Like him or loathe him – and there’s plenty of opinions on both sides of the aisle – let’s begin with an unassailable premise. Football players need to be pushed. They need to hear cold, hard truths. They need to feel uncomfortable and coached to the edge of humanity. There’s no other way to flourish in a game that swallows the soft and crushes the weak.

Haley is one of the NFL’s best at speaking his mind, regardless of whom he’s challenging.