This puts a wrinkle in BA hire for me

[Superfuzz]

Ah yes. "Wait until after the June 1st cuts". "Judge us by the team we put on the field in September".

That Arians thinks that Grimm was a good coach just reinforces my belief that all the Cardinals did was replace one group of Pittsburgh guys with the same group of Pittsburgh guys just older.

The one positive is that the Cards appear to be placing a lot of emphasis on the offensive line coaching.

I agree with K9 on the speculation that CKW lost his job because of his loyalty to Russ Grimm. Same thing was reported to have happened to Denny Green in Minnesota. Getting fired because he wouldn't make changes to his coaching staff.

This is the same line of thought that designates the Redskins the free-agency champions every year (or PHI in 2011). If you're drawing meaningful conclusion about the future of this team under Arians based on unconfirmed allegations (i.e. hearsay) about someone he MAY have wanted to hire (or for all we know, not at all), then it sounds like you have a problem with misplaced anxiety.


Either that, or you didn't realize that this is an unconfirmed report from a member of the media.

I laugh when I see this kind of obsessive behavior every year in the offseason, people freaking out over "reports" and speculation. How many people doubted Flacco could get to a Super Bowl before this season? How many people thought the 2008 Cardinals QB situation would create problems coming out of TC? The point is, this is the kind of thing that will be lost to history when (and if) Arians is a success. It's really not that crazy to judge a coach based on what his teams do on the field, instead of tearing your hair out on the internet about a minor rumor 10 days after a new coach is hired, you know. Of course then, ASFN wouldn't exist without such obsessive speculation.

 

[DeAnna]

Doesn't surprise me that BA wanted Whis. They run the same "system" which we all know doesn't work with the existing players on offense.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

If BA had Grimm as his first choice in Chicago, and it's safe to assume he has the same philosohpy, scheme-wise, in Arizona. Then where has all this zone blocking scheme talk come from in regards to the Cards? Grimm doesn't utilize a zone blocking scheme, at times it was hard to figure what scheme he was running, and I don't even know if Arians has a background in zone blocking. Why is it assumed that the Cards are trasnsitioniong to a zone blocking scheme? Has someone stated they are going that way?

 

[Duckjake]

I laugh when I see this kind of obsessive behavior every year in the offseason, people freaking out over "reports" and speculation. How many people doubted Flacco could get to a Super Bowl before this season? How many people thought the 2008 Cardinals QB situation would create problems coming out of TC? The point is, this is the kind of thing that will be lost to history when (and if) Arians is a success. It's really not that crazy to judge a coach based on what his teams do on the field, instead of tearing your hair out on the internet about a minor rumor 10 days after a new coach is hired, you know.

And I laugh every year when people post statements like this about the Arizona Cardinals and of course, with only a couple of notable exceptions, the obsessive (as you call them) people's concerns are shown to have been correct. I also have never understood people who think that voicing concerns over a new coach or player or whatever is somehow obsessive behavior or freaking out.

Your Redskins comparison applies more to your line of thinking than mine. Even though the Washington method never worked, every year people ignored what happened in the past and proclaimed the Skins free agent champions.

It is also not crazy to use information to forecast the future. Would you hire a contractor to do an addition on your house without making some judgement on his competency prior to them starting work? If the contractor's resume had questionable items would you not discuss it with family and friends?

As for Flacco and the 2008 Cardinals comments I'd answer: Not many.