We all don't know that and you don't really either. You just think that you do. For the life of me I don't understand how people who have no 1st hand knowledge of a situation can be this way. Nobody can come to such a conclusion by reading the nonsense and BS on a message board
It's not from anything on this message board. It's from years and years of watching the Cardinals and reading everything that comes out of there.
Just off the top of my head do you think Keim wanted Ernie Accorsi advising on which HC to choose? Have you ever thought "What we need is an outside guy to come in and tell me how to do my job. That will gain me credibility".
And every year when Larry's deal is up "That's up to Mike. I leave that to him". Plus every flight plan video released over what is it now? 3 years? Clearly shows Mike heavily involved in all meetings pertaining to the draft, free agency etc
Here's a Bidwill quote from the firing of Steve Wilks,
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I looked at the record,
I looked at the lack of competitiveness and the direction we were going in and
I felt like it was in the best interest of the organization to go in a different direction,” Bidwill said. “It’s a results-oriented business and if you don’t win everybody knows what happens.”
"“When I look back at last year obviously
I didn’t get it right,” Bidwill said. “
I take responsibility for it and we’re going to make sure we get it right this time around.”
Keim's quote in the same press release,
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We honestly didn’t feel like we were growing as a football team and heading in the right direction,” Keim said.
In the same presser, Keim's comments on the #1 overall pick.
"“There’s a number of players I’ve already looked at but I think again there will be a lot of discussion between Michael, I and with the new head coach,” Keim said. “Again, it’s too early in the process. There are a lot of different ways we can go.”
It's quite clear the the Wilks hiring and subsequent firing were on Mike, and it's clear from Kliff intro where Mike thanks Accorsi and A-Dub for their help with the head coach search that Mike was heavily involved in Kliff's hiring, if not total control.
If you don't know by this stage that Mike is making most major football operations decisions then you haven't been paying attention. Keim seems to just be there to do the day to day grind.
