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Cards HC Job Reportedly Down To Kafka and Anarumo

gidiefor : Mod : 2/7/2023 6:09 pm
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Kafka and Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo are the two known finalists for the Cardinals head coach job.
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Andy Reid said he endorsed Mike Kafka to Cardinals owner Michael Bidwell. "He’s a very intelligent, great human being,” Reid said. “The quarterback will love him. He’ll challenge him to be better than he even is now. But he’ll do a great job.'' Kafka worked for Reid in K.C.

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I think I speak for all of BBI  
Jay on the Island : 2/7/2023 6:11 pm : link
when I say, "Shut the fuck up Andy Reid!"
RE: I think I speak for all of BBI  
Optimus-NY : 2/7/2023 6:12 pm : link
In comment 16026896 Jay on the Island said:
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when I say, "Shut the fuck up Andy Reid!"


+All of BBI
I’m sure  
Sammo85 : 2/7/2023 6:13 pm : link
Daboll is giving an endorsement too.
Wasn’t this the case as soon as Flores  
UConn4523 : 2/7/2023 6:13 pm : link
was hired?
Anurumo interviews on Friday  
CornerStone246+17 : 2/7/2023 6:14 pm : link
Pray he knocks it out of the park.
Very hard for me to believe  
section125 : 2/7/2023 6:15 pm : link
that a one year OC will be elevated to HC. But if it happens, good luck to him.
This sucks  
Jay on the Island : 2/7/2023 6:17 pm : link
You just know that it's going to be Kafka. The Cardinals main focus will be to fix Kyler Murray and I doubt that they feel that Anarumo will be the one to do it. After the huge improvement that Daniel Jones made this season under Kafka I think that the Cards will be expecting the same for Murray.
...  
christian : 2/7/2023 6:24 pm : link
Their head coach decision should be based on one criteria: how do we get the most from Kyler Murray.

Seems like they understand that, thus Kafka.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/7/2023 6:26 pm : link
While he wouldn't turn it down-there are just 32 gigs like this in the world & I'm sure Mike has an ego that he thinks he could turn it around-I think this would be an awful landing spot for Kafka.
enjoyed our OC and DC  
Payasdaddy : 2/7/2023 6:28 pm : link
but more interested in accumulating talent
and I have trust in daboll making correct choices
lotsa candidates out there
I do think its more Lou A time to get a shot but who knows

want our guys to stay but as long as GM and HC keep up the team building, I am fine with whatever
RE: Very hard for me to believe  
bw in dc : 2/7/2023 6:29 pm : link
In comment 16026903 section125 said:
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that a one year OC will be elevated to HC. But if it happens, good luck to him.


Why? Look at Zach Taylor's resume before he was hired as the HC of the Bengals.

Look at Mike McDaniel's resume, too.
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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/7/2023 6:31 pm : link
Kafka was TWO years old when Anarumo started his coaching career in '89. That's UFB. Lou deserves it. Sign him Bidwells!
I would bet the house  
Spiciest Memelord : 2/7/2023 6:33 pm : link
Kafka gets the job.

Question is why would he want to go to that dumpster fire.
RE: This sucks  
islander1 : 2/7/2023 6:35 pm : link
In comment 16026905 Jay on the Island said:
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You just know that it's going to be Kafka. The Cardinals main focus will be to fix Kyler Murray and I doubt that they feel that Anarumo will be the one to do it. After the huge improvement that Daniel Jones made this season under Kafka I think that the Cards will be expecting the same for Murray.


yeah, we're just not allowed to have nice things for long these days.
RE: I would bet the house  
Mike in NY : 2/7/2023 6:35 pm : link
In comment 16026925 Spiciest Memelord said:
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Kafka gets the job.

Question is why would he want to go to that dumpster fire.


Because there are only 32 opportunities and some likely won't come around soon
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/7/2023 6:37 pm : link
The thought of a 9-6-1 team losing both coordinators...Haha. So Giants like. Does this shit happen to other teams? This isn't like we're the '04 Patriots & we're winning 3 titles in 4 seasons & ND is snatching Weis & Cleveland is hiring Romeo.
________  
I am Ninja : 2/7/2023 6:40 pm : link
We have signed away more than our fair share of coaches over the past 10 years. WAY more than we have lost over the last 20.

We should not be complaining about "having nice things"
Fuckin great  
bwitz : 2/7/2023 6:46 pm : link
They caught Reid the one goddamn time he wasn’t eating.
I'd be shocked if they don't go with the offensive guy  
j_rud : 2/7/2023 6:46 pm : link
given the commitment to Murray. He's all buy gone imho.
....  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/7/2023 6:49 pm : link
As an aside, I still can't believe AZ went all in on Murray.
Losing Kafka and/or Wink would be a terrible end to a great season in  
Chris684 : 2/7/2023 6:52 pm : link
my opinion.

Meanwhile this likely means the Eagles keep their coordinators plus Stoutland.

Unfuckinbelievable.

Another coordinator for Jones after doing really well with Kafka. Wink is a tremendous D coordinator and my number 1 backup plan for him, Wilks, is now off the board as well.
Not negating what Kafka did  
Biteymax22 : 2/7/2023 6:53 pm : link
But I’m still more nervous about the possibility of losing Wink. Daboll can handle the offense, but he’ll always need a strong D Coordinator.

I’d like to keep Kafka but it wouldn’t be devastating to the team to lose him, so I can honestly wish him best of luck.
Chris684.  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/7/2023 6:54 pm : link
It's unbelievable isn't it? We might lose our OC AND DC. Meanwhile, the team favorited to win the Super Bowl who beat us 38-7 is retaining their staff.

Fucking bizarro world.
RE: Chris684.  
bigblue5611 : 2/7/2023 7:01 pm : link
In comment 16026947 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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It's unbelievable isn't it? We might lose our OC AND DC. Meanwhile, the team favorited to win the Super Bowl who beat us 38-7 is retaining their staff.

Fucking bizarro world.


Pretty much makes the point that the league knows how talented the Eagles are vs the talent the Giants had to work with and thus what these coordinators did meant that much more…

Hoping we can have both for at least one more season though…
How can they wait this long to hire a coach and not wait until  
rasbutant : 2/7/2023 7:02 pm : link
Next week to interview the coaches that are in the Super Bowl???
In other words  
bigblue5611 : 2/7/2023 7:03 pm : link
What Eagles coordinators did wasn’t that special given the talent and the league obviously knows it.
bigblue5611.  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/7/2023 7:03 pm : link
Me too, but I think better odds Wink sticks around than Kafka. And gun to head...I'd rather lose Mike. I think Tierney would be promoted to OC. I think he interviewed for OC position with Bucs, but I don't think he's a strong contender.
Murray needs Kafka as much as  
morrison40 : 2/7/2023 7:05 pm : link
Jones needed Dabol , not a Defensive HC.
Whatever happens with Arizona, Kafka is leaving  
Producer : 2/7/2023 7:09 pm : link
by latest, next year.

Is it better if he leaves next year rather than this year? I guess so. But season after this one is as big as the one coming up.
RE: Very hard for me to believe  
BSIMatt : 2/7/2023 7:14 pm : link
In comment 16026903 section125 said:
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that a one year OC will be elevated to HC. But if it happens, good luck to him.


Hard for me to believe as well, but these were the same guys who pulled the trigger on Kingsbury…so they are capable of bucking tradition.
We  
mittenedman : 2/7/2023 7:14 pm : link
sold our souls for those Eli Super Bowls.
RE: Murray needs Kafka as much as  
Producer : 2/7/2023 7:15 pm : link
In comment 16026957 morrison40 said:
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Jones needed Dabol , not a Defensive HC.


I agree. It would be really bizarre to give Murray a defensive coach at this juncture.
RE: RE: Murray needs Kafka as much as  
Mike in NY : 2/7/2023 7:21 pm : link
In comment 16026968 Producer said:
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In comment 16026957 morrison40 said:


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Jones needed Dabol , not a Defensive HC.



I agree. It would be really bizarre to give Murray a defensive coach at this juncture.


Murray needs a play caller that can handle his antics.
RE: Chris684.  
uther99 : 2/7/2023 7:23 pm : link
In comment 16026947 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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It's unbelievable isn't it? We might lose our OC AND DC. Meanwhile, the team favorited to win the Super Bowl who beat us 38-7 is retaining their staff.

Fucking bizarro world.


Eagles coordinators have interviewed for Hc jobs. They wouldn't announce leaving until after SB
RE: I'd be shocked if they don't go with the offensive guy  
bw in dc : 2/7/2023 7:23 pm : link
In comment 16026942 j_rud said:
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given the commitment to Murray. He's all buy gone imho.


Agreed.

Unless Anarumo has an incredible plan up his sleeve that includes bringing in Lincoln Riley and his QB elixir, it's a very hard sell to make a case for Anarumo being the solution for Arizona and re-booting Kyler Murray.
bw in dc.  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/7/2023 7:25 pm : link
I know Cards just idiotically gave Murray a long term deal, but man...I'd try to be getting off that ASAP.
Losing Kafka hardly concerns me.  
Big Blue '56 : 2/7/2023 7:26 pm : link
Losing Wink would..
RE: bw in dc.  
bw in dc : 2/7/2023 7:31 pm : link
In comment 16026984 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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I know Cards just idiotically gave Murray a long term deal, but man...I'd try to be getting off that ASAP.


The Cards are hamstrung, but they have to make every effort to get Murray right. He's the centerpiece of that organization.

Look, the talent is definitely there and Murray did get hurt this year. So, I believe they need to give him at least two more years to get him right...
Anyone who thinks that Murray  
Bill in UT : 2/7/2023 7:36 pm : link
is coachable is an idiot
Murray is a coach killer  
WillVAB : 2/7/2023 7:43 pm : link
It’s really a terrible fit for Kafka.
I know HC opportunities are rare, but  
jcp56 : 2/7/2023 7:43 pm : link
I wonder if Kafka would be reluctant to coach Murray.
RE: ...  
eric2425ny : 2/7/2023 7:49 pm : link
In comment 16026913 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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While he wouldn't turn it down-there are just 32 gigs like this in the world & I'm sure Mike has an ego that he thinks he could turn it around-I think this would be an awful landing spot for Kafka.


100% agree. I’m not saying this because I’m a Giants fan, but he’d be better off from a long term career perspective coming back to NY and having Jones continue to emerge with more weapons.

The Cardinals have generally been a shit show organization over the years and have what appears to be a small bad attitude QB that is so unfocused they literally wrote a clause into his deal initially to study before games.

Bottom line, he takes this job and Murray crashes and burns which you know is going to happen because he’s lazy, Kafka’s HC dream goes up in smoke very quickly.
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ryanmkeane : 2/7/2023 8:07 pm : link
would be shocked if Kafka doesn't get the gig
Cards  
Sammo85 : 2/7/2023 8:13 pm : link
can feasibly get out of that contract in two years with some dead cap hit. If they are terrible they will be going for another QB next year or year after. I think they are going to be really terrible this year and Kafka and Ossenfort know it.

They may end up with shot at either Williams or Maye then and that would light a fire under a Murray to either shape up or rework his deal to get traded elsewhere.

Kafka is young enough if the Cards job hits skids over next 2-3 years he could feasibly recover and get another job after an OC rehab stint.

At worst, even with a team like the Cards he’s basically looking at a deal around 4 years and 4-5m a year to be HC.
RE: ...  
FStubbs : 2/7/2023 8:44 pm : link
In comment 16026933 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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The thought of a 9-6-1 team losing both coordinators...Haha. So Giants like. Does this shit happen to other teams? This isn't like we're the '04 Patriots & we're winning 3 titles in 4 seasons & ND is snatching Weis & Cleveland is hiring Romeo.


I've said it and others.

The NFL looks at the Giants as a bottom 5 team (thus the Giants being underdogs almost every week). The Giants going 9-7-1 and going to the 2nd round of the playoffs is seen as outright wizardry and made our coordinators hot commodities.
Leader of men  
strahan92 : 2/7/2023 9:19 pm : link
We have celebrated Daboll for being a leader of men, changing the culture of our organization, and getting the most out of players. He connects with them on an individual level, and earns their trust.

Kafka might be a promising young offensive mind, but does he have the ability to lead? He was with us for a year and I couldn't tell you what his personality is like. He seems quiet. Unlike our other coordinator, Wink, who certainly walks the walk and fires up his players.

Kafka is a smart guy, so maybe he can figure it all out, but he doesn't strike me as a head coach (at this point in time).
RE: Anyone who thinks that Murray  
bwitz : 2/7/2023 10:11 pm : link
In comment 16027002 Bill in UT said:
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is coachable is an idiot


Agreed Bill. They should have called his bluff when he was bitching about his contract. It was an old school, LOL terrible Cardinals, move. They are in danger of sliding back down to the clown status they once were while playing at ASU.
Kafka  
RAIN : 2/7/2023 10:35 pm : link
To me didn’t seem like a HC yet. Very understated..
John Gambadoro is usually plugged in pretty well to  
bwitz : 2/7/2023 10:42 pm : link
the major sports teams here in AZ. He’d be someone they would be good to monitor.
*that  
bwitz : 2/7/2023 10:43 pm : link
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