First off, a belated Happy New Years to my bros at NFL-GAF!
Now Bionic, when do we start up the off-season (loser bro) thread? Have to create a home for all our future loser bro brethren.
as if the cardinals have ever had many steals over the years in the draft some franchises deserve to fail
Keim is considered to be great at evaluating talent and is well respected around the league. The problem is that Whiz's contract gave him supreme power to have final say on personnel decisions. Keim actually wanted to take Adrian Peterson over Levi Brown, he's the one that convinced them to move up in the second round for D Wash which turned out to be a brilliant move. We've actually made some excellent draft choices in the past few years and he's responsible for most of them. Problem is, Whiz ultimately held us back with many others. He's refused to draft early for OL ever since the Brown debacle and is completely inept at developing QB's. His stubbornness was a poison and this is why despite his positive coaching attributes, he needed to go.
If Keim is actually given power to act as a real GM, I'd be perfectly happy to have him at the position. Reid is another coach that likes to have a lot of power and while I was once certain we'd hire Keim for GM, I'm not so sure that's the case if we sign Reid. That said, Reid is easily the best coach candidate available and I hope we sign him. He would finally determine our next QB and hopefully groom him to a franchise level and I think he would actually address our OL, at last. From what I read, his weakness is managing the defensive side and fortunately we are stellar in that area. That said, I'm awfully worried about what could happen if Horton leaves for a HC position. Hopefully it's all just Rooney diligence and we keep him another year. Need to have him groom a replacement since it's only a matter of time before he's a HC. Still a chance he'll be ours, getting a second more thorough interview today before we interview Reid tomorrow. Think Bidwill wants to get a strong impression of what Horton's vision is before he interviews a top contender in Reid. I think Horton is a great coach and could handle the transition to HC, he just doesn't know offense and would therefore need a great OC. Get us a great OC and I'd be fine with him being our HC if we don't go with Reid.