Mitch
Crawled Through 5 FB Fields
* Card-teasers: Peyton Manning, Andy Reid, Norv Turner...
* Reality is MB, as much as I and others like the guy, has no real sense of what it takes to land a big fish---he even nearly blew it with the biggest fish whom he already had on the line: Kurt Warner.
* Why even bother mentioning Andy Reid if you naively think that Reid would sign on the Cardinals terms. Reid was never going to come here without a GM in tow.
* it's like MB thinks he can make it look like he is going after some big names when, in reality, it's wishful thinking, poor understanding of what it would take---which winds up looking like window dressing.
* This is why we haven't signed a big name free agent either.
* MB calls his delays in the the GM and HC searches doing his "due diligence"---and there's some merit to that---however, in relation to how the Cardinals normally do business, it seems more like continued "due indecisiveness."
* These GM and HC searches are much like CKW's handling of QBs---stall and stall and stall---evaluate, evaluate, evaluate = last second decision.
* For once can't there be some strong conviction and no waffling?
* The key domino in the McCoy interest is the Chicago Bears---if the Bears make a HC signing, then the Cardinals have a decent chance---however, if the Bears wait for McCoy, the Cardinals have a slim to none chance with slim leaving town in a BMW.
* Not buying the "I did my due diligence and then learned that the right guy was in the building all along."
* Stringing Ray Horton along does two very troubling things: (1) it lessens the impact of his signing when it occurs after losing out on other candidates---because it looks very clear that Horton wasn't THE top candidate and now when others spurn the Cardinals suddenly "Horton was the guy all along"?---I mean look at what stringing out Kurt Warner did---it had a lot to do with Warner's exasperation and frustration with the franchise; it took a lot of wind out of his sails; (2) it means that if he doesn't get the job, and he is passed over for a candidate that has fewer years of experience that he is going to have to swallow his pride for a year and try to cope mentally with the fact that he was here through the toughest times and got very good results during the troubled times---and still, all to lose the job to a newbie OC candidate---what that means is Horton will be out of here as fast as he can in 2014. A raise likely won't appease him.
* Even the handling of the Todd Haley situation is a joke---a secret meeting---woo, wow, woo---there's no integrity in it. if Haley was the guy he should have been hired by now.
* I think Haley is an excellent candidate---largely because I trust in his abil-ties as an offensive mind, schemer and play-caller---but most of all because I know he would put Fitz back in the place where Fitz belongs...we all love Fitz, but Fitz has become larger than the team in many respects---and that has to stop. No one has motivated Fitz more in his time here than Todd Haley. Haley raises the bar for everyone on the roster. He raises the expectations---and he raises the level of accountability, which, imo, is exactly what the Cardinals need.
* Just the same, if not more, Ray Horton does that---he raises standards, expectations and levels of accountability. He does it in a more controlled style, which may be even better, who knows?
* All I know is Horton deserves the job. Plain and simple. And he deserves the job more than anyone else.
* Now that GM Steve Keim is in place---appoint Horton and open up an OC search that Keim, Licht and Horton can conduct in unison---there could be some nice surprise candidates---there could be some hidden gems---that part of it they all could take more time with.
* I love everything that Steve Keim had to say---which was more to the point and informative than anything we've heard in a Cardinals' press conference in ages---he said: he will always remember the NFC Championship confetti that was "sticking to my sweaty head" and the feeling he had watching the Cardinals lose 58-0 to the Seahawks and making sure "that never happens again."
* When asked about Kevin Kolb he was perfectly candid: he mentioned the progress, but the lingering concerns about Kolb's consistency and his durability.
* I got the clear sense that Keim knows exactly what needs to be done and that he and Jason Licht have the plans in place.
* Therefore, get Horton situated---engage in a full-scale OC search---then when the OC is in place, hire the rest of the offensive staff.
* Reality is MB, as much as I and others like the guy, has no real sense of what it takes to land a big fish---he even nearly blew it with the biggest fish whom he already had on the line: Kurt Warner.
* Why even bother mentioning Andy Reid if you naively think that Reid would sign on the Cardinals terms. Reid was never going to come here without a GM in tow.
* it's like MB thinks he can make it look like he is going after some big names when, in reality, it's wishful thinking, poor understanding of what it would take---which winds up looking like window dressing.
* This is why we haven't signed a big name free agent either.
* MB calls his delays in the the GM and HC searches doing his "due diligence"---and there's some merit to that---however, in relation to how the Cardinals normally do business, it seems more like continued "due indecisiveness."
* These GM and HC searches are much like CKW's handling of QBs---stall and stall and stall---evaluate, evaluate, evaluate = last second decision.
* For once can't there be some strong conviction and no waffling?
* The key domino in the McCoy interest is the Chicago Bears---if the Bears make a HC signing, then the Cardinals have a decent chance---however, if the Bears wait for McCoy, the Cardinals have a slim to none chance with slim leaving town in a BMW.
* Not buying the "I did my due diligence and then learned that the right guy was in the building all along."
* Stringing Ray Horton along does two very troubling things: (1) it lessens the impact of his signing when it occurs after losing out on other candidates---because it looks very clear that Horton wasn't THE top candidate and now when others spurn the Cardinals suddenly "Horton was the guy all along"?---I mean look at what stringing out Kurt Warner did---it had a lot to do with Warner's exasperation and frustration with the franchise; it took a lot of wind out of his sails; (2) it means that if he doesn't get the job, and he is passed over for a candidate that has fewer years of experience that he is going to have to swallow his pride for a year and try to cope mentally with the fact that he was here through the toughest times and got very good results during the troubled times---and still, all to lose the job to a newbie OC candidate---what that means is Horton will be out of here as fast as he can in 2014. A raise likely won't appease him.
* Even the handling of the Todd Haley situation is a joke---a secret meeting---woo, wow, woo---there's no integrity in it. if Haley was the guy he should have been hired by now.
* I think Haley is an excellent candidate---largely because I trust in his abil-ties as an offensive mind, schemer and play-caller---but most of all because I know he would put Fitz back in the place where Fitz belongs...we all love Fitz, but Fitz has become larger than the team in many respects---and that has to stop. No one has motivated Fitz more in his time here than Todd Haley. Haley raises the bar for everyone on the roster. He raises the expectations---and he raises the level of accountability, which, imo, is exactly what the Cardinals need.
* Just the same, if not more, Ray Horton does that---he raises standards, expectations and levels of accountability. He does it in a more controlled style, which may be even better, who knows?
* All I know is Horton deserves the job. Plain and simple. And he deserves the job more than anyone else.
* Now that GM Steve Keim is in place---appoint Horton and open up an OC search that Keim, Licht and Horton can conduct in unison---there could be some nice surprise candidates---there could be some hidden gems---that part of it they all could take more time with.
* I love everything that Steve Keim had to say---which was more to the point and informative than anything we've heard in a Cardinals' press conference in ages---he said: he will always remember the NFC Championship confetti that was "sticking to my sweaty head" and the feeling he had watching the Cardinals lose 58-0 to the Seahawks and making sure "that never happens again."
* When asked about Kevin Kolb he was perfectly candid: he mentioned the progress, but the lingering concerns about Kolb's consistency and his durability.
* I got the clear sense that Keim knows exactly what needs to be done and that he and Jason Licht have the plans in place.
* Therefore, get Horton situated---engage in a full-scale OC search---then when the OC is in place, hire the rest of the offensive staff.
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