Poll: Choose 1 to immediately improve team
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Thumpers on the O line.
Someone with fire in their belly calling plays.
Next game they wear the red jerseys and pants. (I have my superstitions.)
Someone with fire in their belly calling plays.
Next game they wear the red jerseys and pants. (I have my superstitions.)
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Put a paper bag on your head when the Cardinals are playing.
Totally_Red
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Immediate changes: play Schofield & Acho and bench Joey Porter. Play Bridges at left tackle. These aren't really significant upgrades, but hey the post-season is pretty much beyond reach at this point.
I'd wait until the offseason to replace Rod Graves and I'd give Whisenhunt and Horton a full off-season to turn things around.
Two musts for the offseason are improving the pass rush and getting NFL caliber offensive tackles, not necessarily in that order.
I'd wait until the offseason to replace Rod Graves and I'd give Whisenhunt and Horton a full off-season to turn things around.
Two musts for the offseason are improving the pass rush and getting NFL caliber offensive tackles, not necessarily in that order.
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This. This is SO broken the only thing that will fix it is a complete overhaul. Anything else is just a band aid.
Like the majority I selected hire a football GM. And then as soon as I clicked the "Vote" button, realized that won't bring immediate change...
I like the already stated suggestions for the OL re-arrangement and T-Red's "play Schofield and Acho, bench Porter...
I like the already stated suggestions for the OL re-arrangement and T-Red's "play Schofield and Acho, bench Porter...
Bring in T.O. - Fitz needs some distraction and Roberts-Doucet are not it!
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Surprisingly, I went with a football GM 
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Your football GM is Ken Whisenhunt.
It has been explained over and over that this is Whisenhunt's team. Even Micheal Bidwill has said it. Graves is the contracts guy. The team construction, day to operations, and overall attitude is all about the coach.
The coach is the one that says what offense and defense we are playing.
The dismantling of much of the talent on this team was getting rid of guys who weren't "Whis' guys"
Until you get rid of Whisenhunt, it will continue to be business as usual.
It has been explained over and over that this is Whisenhunt's team. Even Micheal Bidwill has said it. Graves is the contracts guy. The team construction, day to operations, and overall attitude is all about the coach.
The coach is the one that says what offense and defense we are playing.
The dismantling of much of the talent on this team was getting rid of guys who weren't "Whis' guys"
Until you get rid of Whisenhunt, it will continue to be business as usual.
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None of those would have an immediate impact. We would still be putting the same garbage on the field.
HC - who would bring in his own staff. Would clear up the management issues that plague this team. clock management, play calling, etc. We have good players, so Graves has only so much blame for this teams ineptness. This includes Grimm. The most overblown guy in the history of the NFL. He is a putrid coach.
GM - Ive always hated graves, always. Guy looks like he should be a CPA or bus driver. Hes the furtherst thing from a football-guy i can imagine.
DC - The entire Steelers connection needs to leave with Whiz. I never liked Horton in the first place. Felt like we settled when we couldnt get whats-his-face.
Considering this organization has been with the bidwills for a millenium, and weve been terrible for that long, maybe a new owner all together. Clearly they dont know how to put together a winner.
- I want Jerry Colangelo to be the Cards owner. That dudes a boss. Beast Suns Teams. A Baseball team that won in 4 years of its birth. That guy knows whats up.
HC - who would bring in his own staff. Would clear up the management issues that plague this team. clock management, play calling, etc. We have good players, so Graves has only so much blame for this teams ineptness. This includes Grimm. The most overblown guy in the history of the NFL. He is a putrid coach.
GM - Ive always hated graves, always. Guy looks like he should be a CPA or bus driver. Hes the furtherst thing from a football-guy i can imagine.
DC - The entire Steelers connection needs to leave with Whiz. I never liked Horton in the first place. Felt like we settled when we couldnt get whats-his-face.
Considering this organization has been with the bidwills for a millenium, and weve been terrible for that long, maybe a new owner all together. Clearly they dont know how to put together a winner.
- I want Jerry Colangelo to be the Cards owner. That dudes a boss. Beast Suns Teams. A Baseball team that won in 4 years of its birth. That guy knows whats up.
agreed - very few seem to get this point. This is 100% Whiz's team. His problem.
AsUpRoDiGy
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A real GM would change everything.
A good, strong GM will not be bullied in negotiations, such as Graves, he won't structure contracts that make it impossible to sign other areas of needs, he won't sign an inconsistent QB to a $60M contract, and he definitely won't add a 2nd round pick and a pro bowl corner to boot. Graves and Whisenhunt is the worst combination of GM/HC in the league, by far. Whisenhunt absolutely cannot talent evaluate if his life depended on it, and clearly Graves has never watched tape on any players in his life, and has no idea what good players even look like. With a Strong GM, who will deny Whisenhunt all of his steeler cast-offs, he can build a team from top to bottom, and Whis will strictly coach. Whisenhunt can coach, but he needs to have someone choose the players for him, because when he's hand picking his own players, he is obviously illiterate.
A good, strong GM will not be bullied in negotiations, such as Graves, he won't structure contracts that make it impossible to sign other areas of needs, he won't sign an inconsistent QB to a $60M contract, and he definitely won't add a 2nd round pick and a pro bowl corner to boot. Graves and Whisenhunt is the worst combination of GM/HC in the league, by far. Whisenhunt absolutely cannot talent evaluate if his life depended on it, and clearly Graves has never watched tape on any players in his life, and has no idea what good players even look like. With a Strong GM, who will deny Whisenhunt all of his steeler cast-offs, he can build a team from top to bottom, and Whis will strictly coach. Whisenhunt can coach, but he needs to have someone choose the players for him, because when he's hand picking his own players, he is obviously illiterate.
Until the Bidwills truly relinquish control of football operations to someone with football acumen...
This. If you fire Whiz you will still have Rod Graves. If you replace Graves with a talented GM, he can decide whether Whiz goes or stays, and what players will be on the team.
You can't go from giving a guy basically full power and reduce his role and expect him to be happy. If the intention is to hire someone to be the football GM, you have to get rid of Whisenhunt.
The Seahawks did it to Mike Holmgren in '02 and he led them to one NFC Wildcard berth (2003), four consecutive NFC West Division titles (2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007) & an NFC championship (2005).
I'm not saying that Whiz should stay but again, you get rid of Whiz, you still have Graves. You get a good GM, you get who he wants.
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You sure can reduce someone's power, especially when it's for the good for the team. If Whis doesn't like it, he can quit and the money frees up pretty well in that scenario.
AsUpRoDiGy
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If I were management, I could careless how Whisenhunt felt. He was given the opportunity to pick his players, and he failed miserably. If he doesn't like the fact that someone else will be evaluating and choosing the players, then so be it, he can quit and void his contract, win-win situation. If he would rather pick his players and lose, then he doesn't deserve to be a coach at any level in the NFL.
But my point runs even deeper than this. We could hire the best GM on the planet, but ultimately he's answering to the Bidwills and if the Bidwills say execute plan B instead of your preferred plan A, then that's what's going to happen. We need the Bidwills to get out of the football decision-making business.
I can't fault Graves for doing what he needs to do to keep his pretty kush job. He's not the one calling the shots. The Bidwills are.
F them.
True. One thing that I believe very much though, is that Michael Bidwill wants to be a success and he would be willing to give someone all of the power that they need. The old man is a different story, I know. Fact is though, they make a lot more money when people are buying their jerseys and paying for concessions at the games. They need to win to do that on a regular basis. They can't get the Cowboys and Steelers at home every year.
