Clancy fired

[Renz]

Put me down for a "YES"!!!

 

[Savage58]

OMG. Now our CBs wont play 10 yards off the line!!!

Amen, we are going to attack on 3rd and long from now on!?!?!?!!


heh I hope so.

 

[Ryanwb]

I wonder what dansby thinks of this?

I wonder what Aaron Francisco thinks about this?

 

[gamebird98]

Gruden is an offensive coach.

UM....Dont we need an OC?

 

[LukesDad88]

I would put the chances of James Farrior signing here at about 99.9999% if Butler became D-coordinator

I'll take some action, there... Pittsburgh and Farrior signed a five year extension this past fall. He's locked up till 2013. Plus, he's 33. The guy retires a Steeler.

 

[Ryanwb]

I'll take some action, there... Pittsburgh and Farrior signed a five year extension this past fall. He's locked up till 2013. Plus, he's 33. The guy retires a Steeler.

Crap, I thought he was a FA

 

[TheHopToad]

Ding dong, the witch is dead!

We know he is a wonderful Whis, if ever a Whis there was..

 

[RON_IN_OC]

This is interesting, to say the leaset. I wonder if any of the offensive FA's on the Cards are looking at this, too. I mean, someone like Kurt could be sitting there thinking, finally we might be able to hold a lead in the SB...and now I want to come back.

 

[Covert Rain]

Bank on it now. Whiz will bring in someone with Steerlers ties that can run a more Steelers traditional style defense. This might be a mistake though letting Clancy go. I know they couldn't cover SH but he had this defense playing great leading into the Super Bowl.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Bank on it now. Whiz will bring in someone with Steerlers ties that can run a more Steelers traditional style defense. This might be a mistake though letting Clancy go. I know they couldn't cover SH but he had this defense playing great leading into the Super Bowl.

My thought was the defense played great in spite of CP. Let's face it, he's not a 3-4 coach and wasn't he here in the Dave McGinnis year as well? Or did DG bring him in. Either way,it was time to go. You know Whiz had to be pissed that the Pendy prevent cost him as SB title and that was the last straw.

 

[Hollywood]

I hear a lot of people talking about Whiz being mad because Clancy's D cost him the SB. Clancy couldn't have done it without Whiz's blessing. Maybe not the specific play calling but the overall philosophy.

 

[Spielman]

UM....Dont we need an OC?

Was responding to this, dude.

What about Gruden as dc think he would like a none hc position?

Seemed relevant since he was talking about the DC position.

 

[Ryanwb]

I hear a lot of people talking about Whiz being mad because Clancy's D cost him the SB. Clancy couldn't have done it without Whiz's blessing. Maybe not the specific play calling but the overall philosophy.

i'm not certain I agree. Whis is an offensive coach, he isn't calling defensive schemes nor drawing up or calling plays. I think his insistance on the 3-4 defense was the compromise that let Clancy stay when Whis took over

 

[CardLogic]

I hear a lot of people talking about Whiz being mad because Clancy's D cost him the SB. Clancy couldn't have done it without Whiz's blessing. Maybe not the specific play calling but the overall philosophy.

That's a logical thought.

However, Whisenhunt's comment in the post SB press conference, when asked about the moment the Cardinals took the lead with under 3 minutes to go in the game was that he was worried that we left too much time on the clock.

Doesn't sound like someone with confidence in his defense to make a game ending stop...

Considering that post SB comment, Pendergast's firing is not that surprising!

 

[joeshmo]

I would put the chances of James Farrior signing here at about 99.9999% if Butler became D-coordinator

I think you mean Larry Foote who the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ed Bouchette expects to be cut in a move to make Timmons the full time starter.

Also think if it is Butler and we do move to a standard 3-4 D that A. Smith will not even be tried to re-sign. Smith isnt a 3-4 DE in a Pitt 3-4 D.

 

[LukesDad88]

I think you mean Larry Foote who the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ed Bouchette expects to be cut in a move to make Timmons the full time starter.

Also think if it is Butler and we do move to a standard 3-4 D that A. Smith will not even be tried to re-sign. Smith isnt a 3-4 DE in a Pitt 3-4 D.

Again, Smith was signed to a five year extension in 07. He's here to 2012, and he's a brilliant DE in our system.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Again, Smith was signed to a five year extension in 07. He's here to 2012, and he's a brilliant DE in our system.

A Smith = Antonio Smith. He's a free agent, and less likely to sign here now.

 

[LukesDad88]

Oh, and Foote's a possibility, but he's already expressed a desire to go to Detroit for a few years and retire. He wants to start an organization for troubled children, now.

 

[joeshmo]

Again, Smith was signed to a five year extension in 07. He's here to 2012, and he's a brilliant DE in our system.

Agreed. But I am talking about Antonio Smith.

 

[Gandhi]

A Smith = Antonio Smith. He's a free agent, and less likely to sign here now.

Butler isn't signed yet.

 

[Renz]

Sometimes playoff success can make teams forget about their weaknesses from the regular season. Arizona ranked 19th in total defense (331.5 yards per game) during the regular season and 28th overall in scoring defense (26.6 points per game).

I applaude the Cards for not resting on their laurels and continuing to try and improve the team.

 

[LukesDad88]

A Smith = Antonio Smith. He's a free agent, and less likely to sign here now.

Ooops, sorry. Saw the A. Smith, right after talking about Foote and Butler...

 

[joeshmo]

This is getting ahead of myself but is Berry or Okeafer the kind of LB's that a Pitt style 3-4 D would use? Both arent as athletic as the usual Pitt 3-4 guys.

 

[SeattleCard]

wow. Clancy will probably land another gig somewhere else..

 

[mjb21aztd]

Hope the lions hire him seattle lol, would love for the cards to crush his soft defense