Comments on: Whisenhunt says the Cardinals haven’t regressed

By: satanphoenix

satanphoenix — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:06:11 +0000

Max Hall is Danny Whites nephew. Leinart is not “all Whis”. Leinart is an inheritance. Keep in mind as OC @PITT Whisenhunt almost certainly evaluated Leinart as a draft choice and my guess is found him wanting. I’m a firm believer that only part of being a franchise QB is the talent of the QB. The other is the Coach Player realtionship which obviously wasn’t their for ML & KW

By: knightringonow

knightringonow — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:21:21 +0000

Rod Graves was just smart enough to draft Larry Fitzgerald (wait, that was Denny Green) and stupid enough to sign him to a contract no team could afford.

But the QB thing is all Whisenhunt. Clearly, he never liked or respected Leinart but waited and waited to do anything about it.

Anderson is barely NFL-caliber and Danny White’s nephew? Maybe in 3 years. But to cut Leinart Sept 1st? All Whis. And now you lose Fitz …

By: whohoo2

whohoo2 — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:54:07 +0000

Bzzzzz….paging Rod Graves, paging Rod Graves. You are stupid for not finding a way to keep at least some of the talent you’ve acquired over the past few years. I think all Cardinals fans know what it’s like to watch bad QB play (i.e. life before Warner), they should have planned better. Poor Whiz, great coach, not totally his fault, but he’s the one that’s gonna take the heat.

By: bobbybythepound

bobbybythepound — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:43:28 +0000

@raiderchile I second that notion. They missed him the 1st time around, time for redemption.

By: satanphoenix

satanphoenix — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:54:42 +0000

Would the cards have been better THIS YEAR with Leinart? Yes

Would the Cards be better in the LONG RUN with Leinart as QB. NO he can’t throw long

Is the CBA/Lockout affecting the Cards? YES For one it makes hiring GOOD COACHES difficult since a reduce wage during a lockout isn’t something any coach wants to deal with. It also affects finding a good QB since you want to wait until the CBA institutes a rookie wage scale so if Luck, Locker or Mallett (I would bet one of the three is the starting QB next year) is a bust the money lost will not kill you on the salary cap.

I’ve looked at the records of super bowl quality coaches and with only one or two exceptions all of them have had stinkers of a season at one point in time. I can certainly put up with Whis having one.

By: arzcardinals

arzcardinals — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:32:19 +0000

and NO he shouldn’t be concerned about the loss of good will with the team.

He has had a 8-8 record, 2 winning seasons, 4 playoff victories and a super bowl run.

Man I can’t believe how bad you twisted his words on the title…then to add it into the story as if that’s what he was saying…

….you guys should be fined by ethic code violations or CBS for piss poor reporting and misreporting.

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:44:09 +0000

speaking of the hall of fame qb that retired what happened to your weekly if not daily predicition that he would unretire? could it be the mighty florio was actualy wrong about something?(again) and refuses to admit that warner kept his word when he said he was not coming back? no much easier to skip over that part and point out the obvious about the lack of a plan on whisenhunt’s part right mike?

By: wydok

wydok — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:41:57 +0000

No coach in his right mind would answer “Yes” to the question “Has your team regressed?”, even if it’s the right answer.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:28:21 +0000

The talent drain that happens to the Cardinals any time they actually manage to put together a decent team is happening again.

Outside of Warner, the Cardinals have never been willing to pay market price for their top players or anyone else’s.

Whisenhunt eventuall will simply be latest victim of this approach.

By: raiderchile

raiderchile — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:21:24 +0000

Al Davis needs to do whatever he can to get Larry in silver and black.