Wow, thanks for providing this awesome article for us to read. It is the ultimate confirmation for those of us who had developed a love for the results Arians has brought to Arizona.
Now we not only see how Arians himself, helped to produce great quarterbacks throughout his coaching history, but we got to see just how Steve Keim and Arians developed their unique single mindedness about how they run this franchise and this roster.
How fantastically amazing that Arians, the consummate listener and learner behind the bar, was able to detect the possibility of the moment that would change his whole life inside football, when he and Keim were sharing drinks at a watering hole together as members of opposing franchises that night in Tempe. It was the ultimate scout, interviewing the ultimate QB whisperer alone together in a Tempe bar. It was a meeting that would change Michael Bidwill's franchise forever, and the one that would seamlessly pave the way for the joining of the triumvirate of Bidwill, Keim, and Arians, despite the loud objections of so many over passing by the likely local replacement of head coach with the current defensive co-ordinator.
How fascinated I was to learn how BA acquired his philosophy of "coach 'em hard and hug 'em harder later", the last words spoken by coaching legend Bear Bryant to Bruce Arians when the two shared a final hug upon their parting, just three weeks before Bryant's death.
I love this brilliantly written article published by Bleacher Report, (an often frowned upon source of football information), which just grew exponentially in my estimation. It shows exactly what I have believed all along, that football is so much more about feelings and confidence than it is about X's and O's, and about (want to, as opposed to talent). How often do we see such terrible waste of talent due to lack of want to?
I would strongly urge any of you who passed this article over because of its length, to go back and really look into it, as you will see what shapes and what drives Bruce Arians, the coach and QB whisperer.