Jason La Canfora Says Jay Gruden Now Top Choice For Cardinals

[GuernseyCard]

If its Ariens we lose Horton, Ariens is a defensive coach and would want to run his system, best case scenario is Gruden or Haley with Horton as DC

???

No he's not.

 

[Chopper0080]

Well, the list is dwindling so you have to start considering anyone the Cardinals interviewed as the favorite. Love NFL "insiders".

Have to face facts that we as an organization have little to offer head coaching candidates.

 

[Stop Whining]

As per UTKEVINACEE tweet,

The Eagles have hired Seahawks Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley as their head coach.

 

[HoodieBets]

???

No he's not.

As stated in a previous thread I was wrong I was thinking of Pagano.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

My choice clearly would be Haley. Has HC experience and I dig what he did as OC with the Cards. No HC experiments

9-7 and 10-6 with a Hall of Fame QB.

That is what Haley did with the Cardinals.

 

[GuernseyCard]

Well, the list is dwindling so you have to start considering anyone the Cardinals interviewed as the favorite. Love NFL "insiders".

Have to face facts that we as an organization have little to offer head coaching candidates.

One of 32 jobs on earth and multi-millions to do it.

Yup! Not much there.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

I guess Mike does not think Horton is HC material.

Well, then the clinches it.

Horton is probably the guy we should make our Head Coach.

I don't think I will "respect" the opinion of an Owner whose legacy includes going through head coaches like napkins at a rib eating contest.

That being said, Horton wasn't hired anywhere else.

If the "offensive guru" the Cardinals want, doesn't use zone blocking, then screw it and take what you already know you have in a great defense with Horton.

 

[crisper57]

9-7 and 10-6 with a Hall of Fame QB.

That is what Haley did with the Cardinals.

Same credential as the guy we just fired. Got it.

 

[LarryStalling]

How about bringing in Marty Shcottenheimer?

 

[Shane]

Oh for FFS Mikey just hire Horton already PLEASE!

 

[Chopper0080]

One of 32 jobs on earth and multi-millions to do it.

Yup! Not much there.

Because money is always the biggest motivator for the best candidates. In a job where you have a huge workload and a limited time frame to get things rolling, the best candidates take the jobs with the least question marks.

 

[az jam]

Oh for FFS Mikey just hire Horton already PLEASE!

At this point, that really makes the most sense.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

TWO of 32 jobs on earth and multi-millions to do it.

Yup! Not much there.

Fixed your math for you.

Team A can offer multi-millions

Team B can offer multi-millions

Team A is a better situation then Team B.

Which one would you pick ?

 

[RugbyMuffin]

At this point, that really makes the most sense.

+1

 

[RON_IN_OC]

As per UTKEVINACEE tweet,

The Eagles have hired Seahawks Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley as their head coach.

That dude is the Bickley of SD...Not to be trusted.

Bradley hasn't even interviewed in Philly yet...has interview with Jags, then to Philly later today.

 

[GuernseyCard]

Fixed your math for you.

Team A can offer multi-millions

Team B can offer multi-millions

Team A is a better situation then Team B.

Which one would you pick ?

Math is hardly a challenge for me, and my original point is that a HC position in the NFL is coveted.

 

[crisper57]

Math is hardly a challenge for me, and my original point is that a HC position in the NFL is coveted.

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS

--George Orwell (Animal Farm)

 

[Russ Smith]

I can see the press conference when Jay talks about his brother Jon on ESPN and Bidwill turns to him and says "wait I thought that was you?"

 

[Azlen]

Math is hardly a challenge for me, and my original point is that a HC position in the NFL is coveted.

There are plenty of people who would take the job but that's not the point. The problem is when you have a guy that you want and another team wants him too, he's going with the other team. For those coaches that have a choice, they aren't choosing to come here.

 

[CtCardinals78]

This is also the guy that said he expected Reid to be the next HC of the Cards two days after Whisenhunt was fired.

 

[WildBB]

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS

--George Orwell (Animal Farm)

Here we go all Orwellian on your arses.....

 

[GuernseyCard]

There are plenty of people who would take the job but that's not the point. The problem is when you have a guy that you want and another team wants him too, he's going with the other team. For those coaches that have a choice, they aren't choosing to come here.

But, we simply don't know whether the Cards were about to greet McCoy with a contract in hand, do we?

Perhaps, for McCoy, SD was his dream destination, who's to say.

Whether it was McCoy or is Horton or Gruden or Haley or ??? Who is hired, we will not know at that moment if he's the answer. Time will tell. Some people panned the choice of Whisenhunt, back in the day, and Horton when he was hired.

There are still four jobs to be filled, so, attempting finding the right fit is not exclusive to AZ.

 

[Superfuzz]

I am fine with Haley. McCoy our top choice is gone and it's clear they don't want Horton.

Get him. Give him a second shot. He gets the most out of his players, even if he grates on them after a while. Went to KC, went 4-12 and then had them 10-6, AFCW champions and in the playoffs. Got fired at 5-8 with a TON of injuries in the first 2 weeks (star RB, TE, S and starting QB), won a game with Tyler Palko, our ex-4th stringer at QB, and if you remember, even played NE tough in december in that MNF game that they were clearly overmatched in (I think Palko was starting in that one too, along with a bunch of other scrubs - I remember watching that game and thinking "this reminds me of 2004 vs. DET when we had Navarre and Croom starting at QB and RB!").

He might grate on some co-workers and players after a while, but some have said he learned his lesson from how his KC stint ended. And while the act might eventually get old, virtually all his players admit he gets the most out of you, and that's proven with results.

He belongs in this division with Carroll, Harbaugh and Fisher we need our fiery innovator. Ken wasn't it anymore. Give Todd a chance.

 

[kerouac9]

I don't even know why any team is considering Jay Gruden. The Bengals rode their defense to the playoffs. Gruden had the benefit of having one of the better OL's in the league and still the offense was ranked in the bottom 3rd of the league.

I don't know. Gruden got something out of Cedric Benson and something out of the Law Firm. Their exterior weapons are nothing to write home about, and their offensive line talent isn't anything special, either. I could see the idea being that if we could get the offense operating at something in the low-20s yardage- and points-wise, we could be a fringe playoff team.

 

[Superfuzz]

PS here's a fun story:

http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-11-23/news/i-smell-a-mcrat/1/