Cardinals Hire Titans' Monti Ossenfort as New GM

[Shane]

I don’t know how you define “meh” but if you don’t know much about him it seems appropriate. I can neither get excited about a guy who comes from one organization where the success can heavily be attributed to the coach and QB and another organization where I can’t think of any sterling personnel move outside of drafting AJ Brown, whom they subsequently traded. But I’m also not mad becasue they went outside the organization and at least he’s coming from pedigree of two winning organizations. Leads me to “meh.”

Now that you’re done laughing at other posters about their feelings about the hire, what’s your feelings? And why?

I’m strictly wait and see. Like I said none of us know a damn thing about the guy truly other than his work history in generic terms. He’s clearly respected around the NFL based on comment being tweeted. I’m also sure He wasn’t the guy who made the decision to trade AJ Brown I’m quite certain. So I’m not gonna penalize him for it.

I’m just glad this organization has someone new at the helm and will likely be headed in a different direction and mindset as long as MB can keep his nose out of it. We can only hope.

 

[Solar7]

I'm alright with this hire. Very happy we went out of the organization and can get a fresh start.

 

[Yuma]

I am guessing this means Sean Payton will not be hired?? Plus today, Payton did an interview and did not mention the Cardinals. If Payton IS out for Cards, I bet coaching hire will be soon then. Not too many weeks to the draft.

 

[Shane]

I am guessing this means Sean Payton will not be hired?? Plus today, Payton did an interview and did not mention the Cardinals. If Payton IS out for Cards, I bet coaching hire will be soon then. Not too many weeks to the draft.

Huh? Isn’t it in the end of April??? It’s not like it’s just around the corner?

 

[Yuma]

If Flores is coming here, then our identity will be as a tough team. Flores doesn't like guys who play like, well another name for kitty.

 

[GoldGloveschmidt]

He's got a solid GM name. That's all I got

 

[RON_IN_OC]

He won't be hiring Jimmy.

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[BirdGangThing]

This officially means Payton is out of the running for HC

Apparently this post wasn't very well perceived but it's all good lol

Maybe Sean Payton would come to Arizona. Where the offensive line is atrocious. Where the starting QB will be out for most of 2023 season, the one who likes to publicly chastise his head coach on national television. I don't know, maybe the 60 year old control freak named Sean Payton would be all good with taking orders from a 45 year old rookie GM. And let's not forget our most attractive offensive weapon demanding a trade

It's possible

 

[ajcardfan]

Why does everyone assume it crosses off Payton? Has Payton ever said he wanted both hats?

 

[FB94]

Apparently someone doesn't like this hiring.

BTW, has there ever been a "journalist" this bad at writing a coherent thought?

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Jurecki is pissed he wasn’t interviewed with all his experience

 

[Yuma]

I thought it was weird we were interviewing Flores. No one was talking about him, then he popped up on our radar.

 

[Yuma]

Huh? Isn’t it in the end of April??? It’s not like it’s just around the corner?

You gotta hire front office people if you want to change things up. That could include scouts. Plus there are other franchises doing the same thing right now. So you want to strike while the iron is hot. There's a lot that goes into scouting tops picks and doing background checks, etc. Time will go by really fast!

 

[jbjarko]

I think they'll keep the current scouting dept in tact at least through the draft. They've already put in the work and you can't start over now...

 

[Jetstream Green]

Ossenfort won four Super Bowls with the #Patriots before spending the past three years as the director of player personnel. Highly respected in the scouting world.

'Tom Brady'

 

[outcent13]

I think they'll keep the current scouting dept in tact at least through the draft. They've already put in the work and you can't start over now...

Any scout worth their salt is already doing the work so I’m not sure they would be starting over per say.

 

[blindseyed]

I’m strictly wait and see. Like I said none of us know a damn thing about the guy truly other than his work history in generic terms. He’s clearly respected around the NFL based on comment being tweeted. I’m also sure He wasn’t the guy who made the decision to trade AJ Brown I’m quite certain. So I’m not gonna penalize him for it.

I’m just glad this organization has someone new at the helm and will likely be headed in a different direction and mindset as long as MB can keep his nose out of it. We can only hope.

I'm with you on this, unless he becomes SK 2.0 I'm gonna be cautiously optimistic and be glad for the change to someone new that seems, by some NFL insiders, to be a very good hire and upgrade. So here's to some hope... finally lol

 

[BirdGangThing]

I'm guessing Sean Payton had already heard Arizona was hiring Monti Ossenfort and that's why we weren't mentioned as contenders on the Cowherd show

 

[QuebecCard]

Off that list I would have preferred

Adam Peters, 49ers assistant GM: Peters would be a top name if this was a ranking—he was runner-up for the Giants' job last year, and the Maras raved about how the Niners exec was like Schoen—very complete as a personnel man, with command over every level of a football operation. Peters has rings from New England and Denver, and has had a presence in helping put together what’s arguably the best roster in football

I read somewhere that he turned down all interviews until the 49er playoff run was done.

 

[Metcalf Rules]

If Flores is coming here, then our identity will be as a tough team. Flores doesn't like guys who play like, well another name for kitty.

The cell phone breaks were nice while they lasted.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Looks like I will be typing in this abbreviation a lot over the next 5 or so years: MO

Can he drink me under the table? I really want to know.

We interviewed Brian Flores IIRC back when we hired Arians. He may have lingered in the brain of the worst owner in the NFL.

What rhymes with Ossenfort? I literally had to add it to my spellcheck dictionary. #OSSENFORTTIME! #BIRDCITYOSSENFORT

I'll keep thinking about it.

 

[Covert Rain]

I have mixed emotions. So glad they went out of the organization but his past with Brian Flores worries me.

If we end up with Brian Flores as our coach because of the hiring of Monti?

The this becomes a massive flop. The last thing we need is another guy that should be a coordinator getting our HC spot.

 

[QuebecCard]

I project ahead. And he did look much less explosive this season

Stop digging!

 

[Jetstream Green]

He's got a solid GM name. That's all I got

Sounds more like the suspicious alias one is looking for when they are trying to find a spy at a hotel

 

[Harry]

I thought it was weird we were interviewing Flores. No one was talking about him, then he popped up on our radar.

Even Brit mentioned him early on

 

[football karma]

what i will find interesting:

Monti presumably has a list of guys he wants to talk to for HC. Those names should be coming out in the next couple days