I hope, as somebody else has already posted, that they started looking for another coach last week.
It is going to happen. It's now a matter of whether they can do their homework and find the right guy. He already knows it's over. What doe's that do for this team for the rest of the season?
This is from ESPN today.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Ten games into his third full season as Arizona Cardinals head coach, Dave McGinnis watched his team sink to a new low.
"Yesterday was as poorly a played football game by my football team as I've ever seen," he said Monday. "We were out-everythinged: offensively, defensively, special teams."
The 44-6 loss in Cleveland left McGinnis on shaky ground. The Cardinals (3-7) looked confused, undisciplined and unmotivated.
Columnist Dan Bickley of The Arizona Republic called it the end for McGinnis. Radio talk shows echoed the sentiment. Beat writers, who consider McGinnis as affable as any coach they've been around, chronicled the litany of bad decisions and mistakes.
McGinnis said the reporters wouldn't be doing their job if they hadn't taken him to task.
"With a performance like that, it's warranted," he said. "Nobody watched that thing, who is a writer or reporter, with their eyes closed yesterday. Believe me, I hold malice toward none. I understand the gig."
The Cardinals faced a Browns team ranked 31st in offense and points. Cleveland had its top running back suspended for substance abuse and cut its leading receiver in the days leading up to the game.
The stage seemed set for the Cardinals to break their nine-game road losing streak. Instead, Kelly Holcomb picked apart Arizona as if the Cardinals' defenders were statues.
"I felt defensively we were extremely poor, and it was a shock to me because we had been playing very, very good defense the last month," McGinnis said. "We were making no plays, no matter what calls we were dialing up. That led to a very, very embarrassing afternoon."
Defensive coordinator Larry Marmie weathered it all after learning just before the game his father died. He stayed behind for the funeral in his hometown of Barnesville, Ohio.
The only good news came in the condition of linebacker Ray Thompson, carefully carted off the field after twisting his neck. Although he experienced numbness throughout his body, he has regained feeling in all of his limbs. The initial MRI showed no structural damage, McGinnis said.
McGinnis said he still believes he can turn Arizona into a winner, but his time could be running perilously short. Owner Bill Bidwill is never shy about making coaching changes.
Rod Graves, the Cardinals' vice president for football operations, wasn't available for comment Monday. But he told Bickley on Sunday that he was embarrassed by the team's play.
"There were things that happened out there that shouldn't happen the 10th week of the season," Graves said. "And I apologize to Mr. Bidwill and I apologize to any interested fans for how we performed today."
The breakdown was across the board.
"We had four different people that jumped offsides. We had four different linemen that had illegal procedure," McGinnis said. "It wasn't just one person."
McGinnis brushed off suggestions he's simply too nice a guy, that players love to play for him, but obviously don't always play hard or well.
"People have to realize, starting with me, that this is very serious," he said. "You're talking about your livelihood. You're talking about something that you've invested your whole life in.
"You're also talking about something that, if you don't perform, can be taken away from you. I'm talking about the coaches, I'm talking about the players."
