I think Kyler Murray, on that terrible long-term contract, coming off an ACL no less, was a pretty big reason we had to go bottom of barrel shopping for GM/Coach, in addition to Michael’s well known buffoonery. Those two are a devastating combo for anyone’s job security.
I'd flip it. NFL head coaches all know Michael Bidwill's reputation and see what they did with and to Bruce Arians. Whis was well-traveled after his time here and likely shared some details of what it was like to work with Bidwill.
I think Michael was a big reason we had to settle for third-choice GM Monti Ossenfort, and Ossenfort dangling the prospect of a multi-year rebuild is a big reason we had to settle for Jonathan Gannon.
Kyler was mid to bad in 2022, but I don't think he was so bad that a good offensive coach would say he'd rather start over than commit to Kyler. I don't have anything to back that up though. Something scared off Sean Payton so much he decided to work with DangeRuss and have less draft capital.
Meanwhile, he's 16-14 the past two years compared to our 10-20.