From Profootballtalk.com
POSTED 12:39 p.m. EST, January 11, 2007
Sherman gets Cardinals job
Multiple league sources tell us that the Arizona Cardinals have selected Texans assistant Mike Sherman to be their next head coach.
More to come.
More to come.
Multiple league sources tell us that the Arizona Cardinals have selected Texans assistant Mike Sherman to be their next head coach. It's not known whether a contract has been finalized, but the word is that Sherman is getting the job.
We'd previously heard that the Cardinals were planning to go with an offensive coach, and that Sherman was the favorite.
The Cardinals were primarily attracted by his experience. He coached the Packers from 2000 through 2005, and also was the General Manager for several seasons.
No coach has been with the franchise for more than six seasons, and the team has won only one postseason game since the Truman administration.
Sherman is the third straight Cardinals coach having recent experience with an NFC team. His predecessor, Dennis Green, coached the Vikings for more than nine seasons, and the guy before Green, Dave McGinnis, had been the defensive coordinator in Chicago.
The Cardinals' latest string of hires doesn't include a former Lions coach, since even the Cardinals aren't that desperate.