You may be the only person on the planet who thought the Cardinals were attempting a quick turnaround.
There are thousands of posts on this board about how they're "tearing everything down to the studs", and yours is the first I've seen to express surprise that they're not really attempting a quick turnaround. Not sure where you could've possibly got that idea or how anyone can be surprised at this point.
How could you possibly question whether the front office "recognizes" that they're doing a complete rebuild? Have they made one single solitary move that's clearly intended to add talent immediately so they can compete this season?!
The only thing I've seen people question is whether they're tearing things down too far and not making moves to compete NEXT season. The consensus seems to be that at the rate they're going the team won't compete until 2025.
I am truly baffled by your reaction!
Thinking?
That's what they were selling. I never said I bought it. But there's a long way between 'quick turnaround' and tearing down to the studs, and then a few months later, replacing some of the studs after you painted them. (or attached drywall to them)
MB professed it. Did he believe it?
Who is saying this season? Most decisions they make keep extending the clock. Pointing that out is important to keep track of.
You are also being facetious when you expect them to have a plan that is long-term, yet they keep contradicting that plan with their moves. It's like you're ignoring it, and then saying it's baffling. That's baffling. Everything seems ad-hoc. More of a general direction that keeps leading us down so far in terms of talent.
When you pay a bonus only to get rid of the guy, that's not part of the plan. I was questioning if they even have a coherent plan when there have already been multiple contradictions in the follow-through of a plan.
They keep getting rid of guys with talent, lots or marginal, with 2-4 years of experience. Guys who are about to enter their prime.
At the end, you make my point entirely. 2025, if we're lucky.
The board has been stating they don't believe it's a quick turnaround and yes, whether it's 2024 or 2025. I see us keep stumbling so whatever the plan was, it's being pushed back. I hope this doesn't continue to 2026, etc.
But overall I questioned what they told MB to get hired. What plan would get them hired over the rest when now we can see it's to gut our roster of this talent? That's baffling.
Overall I don't need to list all the questionable acts as proof to question the soundness of the plan. We may get there, but right now, it would be dishonest to pretend that we haven't been suffering a lot of unforced error setbacks so far in its implementation.
There should be no comparison made between Reddick & Simmons. We did manage to find the right position for Reddick to play AND excel at. No one has found that one position for Simmons, and it‘s highly unlikely that anyone will.
We didn't exactly find it. We came back around to it and then let him leave for a washed-up Suggs. If anyone can get Simmons to be a contributor at a position, especially at a position we switched him from or never tried, the comparison holds. It was never a 1:1 comparison, but I didn't state that it was. Again, the point is, that we mismanaged Reddick just like we might have mismanaged Simmons. Not just Keim, but with the move to safety, Monti/Gannon. It might not end up a huge bonehead move, but it's decently likely we lost a contributor, and about near certainty that we lost a guy who belonged on our roster at some position.
It appears there is interest in him from pundits and professionals around the league. I even came across an article from the Chargers orbit that suggested they might be able to steal Simmons. He's flashed. I don't know why people seem to proffer that he has no chance to resurrect his career at a place that might be better run than here.
The new regime Monti/Gannon didn't even try him back at where he was nor did they try him as a blitzer. They just cut bait.
Tom Telesco still has opportunities to make 2023 an "all-In" season if he’s willing to adapt.
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) might make us give the illusion that we aren't trying to tank it. wink wink. We still have to try to develop the rest of the offensive positions anyway and i don't want to ever see blough throw the ball into the dirt in front of an open receiver ever again. 
