Comments on: Firing of cap guy suggests a split in Cardinals power structure

By: lynx79

lynx79 — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:42:59 +0000

Rod Graves has never proven himself worthy of being a GM. Rod Graves an empty suit. Dennis Green (multiple controversies including sexual harassment with Vikings, poor record considering Vikings talent, son Jeremy busted for child porn 2010) and Rod Graves was one of the worst head coach/front office combos in league history.
Rod Graves is as incompetent a GM as Mike Singletary was as a head coach. Completely over his head.
Drafting WR Michael Floyd ahead of several more talented, more needed players another sign of Rod Graves’ foolishness. Timing of cap guy’s firing very strange, looks bad. Fire Rod Graves.

By: icardfan

icardfan — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:20:52 +0000

Consider this: Cards sign Kolb to a huge contract. A year later Payton Manning is available. He would have come to AZ for the right amount of money. Not having the cap room to sign Manning had to be blamed on somebody and guess what rolls downhill? In reality the whole front office failed by giving too much to an unproven commodity. While I appreciate that they were trying to win, you dont gamble at the QB position. You develop your own ala Brady or go get one ala Drew Brees/Payton Manning/Mike Vick. Think about it….Eagles had Kolb and traded him…. why? They had a proven commodity. They knew even with his risky background, he was better than Kolb. I saw every one of Kolb’s games at home last year and I watched carefully from good seats. He hasn’t won his team over, he doesnt have the intangibles of a Warner or even Jake Plummer – guys who I also saw in person who had those intangibles and got the very best out of everyone around them.

By: whoknowsnothing

whoknowsnothing — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:38:19 +0000

Graves is the next one to go! He has been holding the Cardinals back. His job was saved by Dennis Green and Ken Whizenhut. Green brought in a great draft system to the Cardinals and Ken took the Cardinals to the Super Bowl.

Before that, Graves has just been messing up the organization with poor decision making. Graves needs to go!!!

By: azfiremagoo

azfiremagoo — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:41:05 +0000

They are not the same ole cards. Contrary to popular misconception they have spent money, retained their stars with lucrative contracts, been in the top 8 in the league in salary for 5 years and i can still get 2 lower level. 10Yd line fifth row season tickets for $1600 Total. We just dont have an elite QB and it doesn’t matter what you do without one of those!

By: realfootballfan

realfootballfan — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:50:50 +0000

Don’t worry, after they get off to another bad start and finish near the basement again, it will be a confirmed chasm that will finally get Whisenhunt’s mediocre butt out of town.

By: tpa43

tpa43 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:18:37 +0000

This isn’t rare. Bucs fire many people every year just so Glazers can save a dime.

By: tannethrill

tannethrill — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:09:06 +0000

Sounds like the cheap Cardinals got the work out of the expert they needed for the year and shifted to a cost effective sit in that can run on auto pilot until next year when an expert will be needed again.

By: lawyermalloy

lawyermalloy — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:04:25 +0000

What the will realize, real soon, is that a “Cap Guy” is more than just an accountant!

By: coutre

coutre — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:00:14 +0000

And you wonder why the Cardinals are mired in mediocrity?

By: taintedlombardis

taintedlombardis — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:58:40 +0000

He was probably doing too good of a job. Bidwell is about making money, so with the new salary floor, the Cardinals’ management will be instructed to “minimize” cap dollars.

Going forward, I expect the Cards to sign players to “unfriendly” contracts with regards to the cap. That way then can claim they are putting money into the team; whereas, other teams scheme to maximize cap dollars and structure bonuses and such to sign as many good players as possible, the Cardinals goal is the exact opposite.

By: sj39

sj39 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:55:45 +0000

Why would they even need a “cap guy”? They never spend up to it anyway.