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Cards fire 2 front office employees
By Darren Urban, Tribune
The Cardinals have fired director of player administration Jay Nienkark, ending his 12-year tenure with the team and leaving the front office void in terms of managing the salary cap and running training camp.
Vice president of football operations Rod Graves declined to comment. Nienkark could not be reached.
The Cardinals also let go players secretary Erin Roberts Friday. The team had already dismissed two massage therapists who worked on the players and a team nutritionist and chiropractor. The Cardinals do not plan to fill the nutritionist and chiropractor positions.
Nienkark also negotiated rookie contracts for players drafted lower than the second round in a style that some player agents said rubbed them the wrong way.
The Cardinals are still trying to work out logistics for the second part of their training camp in Prescott, where the team will train after leaving Flagstaff in mid-August.
IN THE FOLD
The four restricted free agents the Cardinals made tender offers to have officially signed their one-year contracts for 2004: safety Adrian Wilson, cornerback Renaldo Hill, defensive tackle Marcus Bell and receiver Kevin Kasper.
Wilson will receive $1.37 million this season, while the other three are scheduled to make $628,000 each. Wilson will be a starter this season, while Hill will battle David Macklin for a starting job. Both Bell and Kasper will have to fight to make the team, playing positions overloaded with players.
By Darren Urban, Tribune
The Cardinals have fired director of player administration Jay Nienkark, ending his 12-year tenure with the team and leaving the front office void in terms of managing the salary cap and running training camp.
Vice president of football operations Rod Graves declined to comment. Nienkark could not be reached.
The Cardinals also let go players secretary Erin Roberts Friday. The team had already dismissed two massage therapists who worked on the players and a team nutritionist and chiropractor. The Cardinals do not plan to fill the nutritionist and chiropractor positions.
Nienkark also negotiated rookie contracts for players drafted lower than the second round in a style that some player agents said rubbed them the wrong way.
The Cardinals are still trying to work out logistics for the second part of their training camp in Prescott, where the team will train after leaving Flagstaff in mid-August.
IN THE FOLD
The four restricted free agents the Cardinals made tender offers to have officially signed their one-year contracts for 2004: safety Adrian Wilson, cornerback Renaldo Hill, defensive tackle Marcus Bell and receiver Kevin Kasper.
Wilson will receive $1.37 million this season, while the other three are scheduled to make $628,000 each. Wilson will be a starter this season, while Hill will battle David Macklin for a starting job. Both Bell and Kasper will have to fight to make the team, playing positions overloaded with players.