Comments on: Ray Horton: I think I’ll be a head coach this year

By: malachiofcourse

malachiofcourse — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:40:41 +0000

not a AZ fan (or hater), but thanks for the link to horton’s interview. truly tells a lot

By: phx1311

phx1311 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:51:00 +0000

@hok Thats what happens when your qb literally throws the ball to the other team repeatedly.

By: hokiez

hokiez — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:28:01 +0000

How long ago did the Cards lose 58-0?

By: larrybrown43

larrybrown43 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:09:32 +0000

I always thought Russ Grimm would make a good head coach, especially at the college level. He never gets an interview either.

By: bigcid10

bigcid10 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:36:15 +0000

Ray Horton didn’t do too good as a secondary coach
in Pittsburgh
keep that in mind though

By: buffalose

buffalose — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:30:27 +0000

Go buffalo!

By: pickney1

pickney1 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:52:12 +0000

I hope Ray Horton gets the opportunity to showcase his ability as a head coach along with strengthening the ideal of hiring new coaches instead of the yearly Good Ole Boys network getting together only to hire a retread coaches.

By: ghostofnflpresent

ghostofnflpresent — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:43:00 +0000

Ray Horton deserves a shot

By: adoombray

adoombray — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:25:40 +0000

It cracks me up everytime I see comments about him being a token Rooney Rule candidate. When you say “he’s just a token minority interview” you are actually justifying the rule in the first place. Horton is a fantastic coordinator. The AZ defense, time and time again, would come up with a huge play only to let down by the offense. Dismissing him outright as a token interview without actually looking at the numbers… is the same thing as an owner not giving him a real look, which is why they created the Rule in the first place.

If there’s a token interview happening in Arizona, it’s Andy Reid. PFT has reported previously that the thought process was replace Whizz with Horton. I’d be really shocked if that isn’t ultimately what happens, because I think if he wasn’t under serious consideration they would have fired him with Whizz. They kept him (and his entire defensive staff) on the payroll as a sign of respect.

By: marvsleezy

marvsleezy — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:58:47 +0000

I think its racist to be anti-corn row. Its an ethnic look that should be respected.

By: dwoofer

dwoofer — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:47:19 +0000

Ray — we love you in Arizona !! Stay, man, stay !

By: howiefeltersnatch

howiefeltersnatch — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:45:26 +0000

He will replace Perry Fewell as the hot minority coach to interview to satisfy the silly Rooney Rule. Same deal with Leslie Frazier and Art Shell in years past.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:11:56 +0000

Horton says a who?

By: elliottcovert

elliottcovert — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:56:43 +0000

Ray Horton is almost 53 years old, way too old to be rocking the cornrows. Besides, cornrows are so 90′s. I respect the man greatly as a coordinator, but lose the cornrows man.

By: bigjdve

bigjdve — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:54:25 +0000

I hope he does become a head coach. I am all for giving new blood a chance, especially when they have shown that they can get players to respond to them.

I am starting to think that is more important than what they can do one side of the ball or the other.

Wade Phillips, Norv Turner, Jim Haslett, Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Richie Petibon are all examples of coaches that were great coordinators but not good HCs.

However some of the other HCs that weren’t as good at coordinating could motivate people to work.

Horton seems to be good at both. Lets see how he does.