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Speaker 1: of five peas in again so for Harry Magic. WHOA,

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Speaker 1: here's Craig Grio Lou. We've been looking at Jonathan for

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Speaker 1: a while, is what owner Michael Bidwall said after the

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Speaker 1: hiring of Jonathan Gannon as the new Arizona Cardinals head

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Speaker 1: for the announcement. Welcome Bird Gang, Craig Grieolu and Paul

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Speaker 1: Calves here at the Dignity of Health Arizona Cardinals Training Center,

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Speaker 1: where momentarily we will hear from the new Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: head coach Jonathan Gannon, first year head coach. Paul never

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Speaker 1: it's who is the head coach? What can he do

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Speaker 1: into that effective today, and I think one thing we'll

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Speaker 1: How does that serve you as a head coach? Monti

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Speaker 1: This is a process that has we cast it a

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Speaker 1: great mentors and a lot of great coaches that I've

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Speaker 1: been around, Nick Sirianni for the last two years really

433
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,119
Speaker 1: prepped me to be a head coach. I truly believe that.

434
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: I told him before I walked out of the building.

435
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 1: And you know, we're obviously friends because we worked together

436
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 1: in Indy, but he was my boss in Philly for

437
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: two years and he was extremely hard on me, extremely

438
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 1: detailed details, detail oriented, but he always had my back

439
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 1: and he let me in on a lot of things

440
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: of how he was running the team and the why

441
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 1: behind it. But he gave me a very easy blueprint

442
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: which I will put my spin on, but he gave

443
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 1: me the blueprint to how to be a head coach.

444
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: And that's when for these last two years, especially this

445
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 1: last year, I was fully confident that that could that

446
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 1: I could do this job. So I appreciate him for that. Hey,

447
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,679
Speaker 1: Jonathan David Brant from the Associated Press, because we were

448
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 1: background in scouting and everything, and just the way you're talking,

449
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,679
Speaker 1: what do you think about this roster? Is is this

450
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: a rebuild or do you think this is a playoff team? Immediately?

451
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: Just where do you think this team is at just

452
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 1: kind of structure wise, Yeah, good question. I'm never gonna

453
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,240
Speaker 1: put a ceiling or a floor on any any roster

454
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,479
Speaker 1: or any player that were that is under my watch,

455
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: so that there is work to be done. But I

456
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 1: like the core pieces here and we're gonna, through Monnie

457
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 1: and I and Michael, we're gonna turn over every stone

458
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,200
Speaker 1: that we can to help improve the roster. And a

459
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,919
Speaker 1: funny little story, We're in the interview on Monday and

460
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 1: Monnie asked me a question and I asked him the

461
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,480
Speaker 1: question right back, Well, what do you think about that money?

462
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,479
Speaker 1: He says, well, I want to hear what you say first,

463
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 1: and I told him and he disagreed a little bit,

464
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,960
Speaker 1: and I said, well, I understand your point, but here's

465
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,679
Speaker 1: my point, and I think that we're going to have

466
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,639
Speaker 1: a really good relationship as far as we're both. Here's

467
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,159
Speaker 1: where we did not disagree on is we're going to

468
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 1: do everything that we can to put the best people

469
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: out there to win games. And there's different ways to

470
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,919
Speaker 1: do that, and we will explore all those options, but

471
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: that's what we're going to do. So to summarize that is,

472
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: I'm excited about the people that we have here and

473
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,200
Speaker 1: I'm excited about how who we need to add the

474
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Speaker 1: Dragon USA today. Congratulations, Have you had time to read

475
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,440
Speaker 1: you the tape from the super Bowl and how has

476
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 1: that experience prepared you to be a head coach. Yeah,

477
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: Sunday night I did in my hotel room, which was

478
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,359
Speaker 1: hard because you feel for the players when you get

479
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,399
Speaker 1: to that game. You know, I don't feel sorry for myself.

480
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 1: I feel bad about the players and not getting mister

481
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: Larry another ring and how are another ring? And Nick

482
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,560
Speaker 1: his first ring? So everything that I do, that's that's

483
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,119
Speaker 1: what be where your feet are. I'm always trying to

484
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: learn from experiences that happen right in real time, and

485
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 1: that's what I did. So I feel bad about not

486
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 1: being able to get that done, but it was an

487
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,320
Speaker 1: excellent learning experience for me, and I know that I

488
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,240
Speaker 1: learned a lot from that game and things that I

489
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: would need to do different moving forward to win that game.

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Speaker 1: Good question. Welcome to town, Greg Moore, Arizona Republic. Good

491
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 1: to see you, man. I want to go to see you, Michael,

492
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 1: and good to see you. I've noticed there's a lot

493
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 1: of players here and I'm curious what you what does

494
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 1: that mean to you to see the support from these guys,

495
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,119
Speaker 1: And I really wanted to know what was maybe one

496
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 1: of the hardest things that you ever had to overcome,

497
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: and that you could talk about how you overcame that

498
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: and then relay that to other people who maybe haven't

499
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: gotten the right opportunity or haven't had the chance that

500
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: they've deserved, to keep them pushing, to make sure that

501
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,640
Speaker 1: they don't give up, because that's all about football, right,

502
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,719
Speaker 1: Good question, Greg, Loaded questions, So let me see if

503
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,919
Speaker 1: I can hit all of that. Yeah, really good question.

504
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: It means a lot to me that the players are here,

505
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: and I've connected with a lot of these guys already.

506
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: But you know you're gonna hear me say a lot

507
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 1: the players. You know, just because of the seat I'm in,

508
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: they have to understand and know that you care about

509
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,679
Speaker 1: them as people first before players, and you'll hear me

510
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,879
Speaker 1: say servant leadership a lot. Michael and I connected on

511
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: servant leadership because we're both judguit educated. But I truly

512
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: believe that and that's what we're here to do. Everybody,

513
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: I had a welcome We had a welcome party this morning,

514
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: and everybody in this building, no matter what job they

515
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,199
Speaker 1: do for the Cardinals, whether you're the offensive coordinator, the

516
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: ticket sales manager, the marketing director, you have a specific

517
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: role to serve the players that we have for us,

518
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 1: and everyone has to be on board with that. Because

519
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: the player's job is to maximize themselves and it's our

520
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: job to get them to maximize themselves and hit their ceilings.

521
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,640
Speaker 1: So the second part of that question, I would say,

522
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: you know, it was I go back to it because

523
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 1: it was a long time ago, twenty years ago now

524
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: or twenty one years ago, but my playing career was

525
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: kind of taken away from me with an injury. And

526
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: it was and I was only nineteen. I was only

527
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: in college, so it's a lot of bit it's a

528
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: lot different than pro guys, you know, But it was

529
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: something that I had to come to terms with and

530
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 1: realize the goals that I said it out for myself,

531
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: we're not going to happen. And I had to switch

532
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 1: paths so and find something that I was passionate about

533
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: that I could do it and try to hit some

534
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: new goals. And so I would say that, you know,

535
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: you got to have faith that everything happens for a reason,

536
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: and I do believe that, and the seat that I'm

537
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: in today, that there's the people that have helped me

538
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: to be in the seat that I'm in right now.

539
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: But ultimately, you got to make your own mind up

540
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: and have sustained positive attitude that I'm going to get

541
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: whatever I need to do in my heart and my

542
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: mind to get done, and ultimately, if it is to be,

543
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: it's up to me. And that's the attitude that I

544
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: like for our players to have as well. Michael, there

545
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: was a lot said about this job search throughout this

546
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: entire time. To think it's fair to give you a

547
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: chance to defend your team. What did you hear from

548
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: candidates about the job and feedback that you got about

549
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 1: this organization? Then, Jonathan, what was your perception and then

550
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 1: when you got here did it match that or was

551
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: it something different? Well, there was a lot of noise

552
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: out there there. There tends to be a lot of

553
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 1: it was inaccurate. I think a lot of people came

554
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: in and uh liked our facility. In fact, Jonathan and

555
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: the Eagles got a chance to be here last week

556
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: and use the facilities. Um. We you know, we talked

557
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 1: a lot about areas of improvement that we're just not football,

558
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 1: but also football operations, if you will, about areas where

559
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: we could we could be improving things. We're very open

560
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: about that. Um. And then you know, the whole idea

561
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: of you know, I really focused on leadership and accountability,

562
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 1: and I think that's what we've got with Jonathan Gannon JG.

563
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: And you're gonna see it. He's pretty subdued right now.

564
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: I'm totally surprised that, but I think you're gonna see

565
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 1: that um come out. But in any case, Uh, he's

566
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: gonna bring a lot of leadership and accountability to this.

567
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 1: He's got a great plan. You've already heard some of

568
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: the phrases he's he's talked about team first. Um, you know,

569
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: if it's going to be, it's up to you to

570
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: make it. Uh, if it's going to be, it's up

571
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: to me and so um. And he's got a few

572
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: other ones he's he's saving for I think the end

573
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: of the press conference. But up that's one. That's another one.

574
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: So he's rip as a verb that he used about

575
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: twelve different ways. I think during the interview we started

576
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: to understand these jgisms by the end of the interview process.

577
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: But he is uh so uh, I think for me,

578
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: the people coming you know, I'm I'm from the show

579
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 1: me state, And when people came here and saw they

580
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: realized what misperceptions were out there and what the real

581
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: thing is. And that's what people saw. You know, people

582
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: are excited about this job. We had a lot more

583
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: interest than the ten candidates that we interviewed, I can

584
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: tell you that. And that was hard because there's some

585
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: really great folks out there, but you can't interview everybody.

586
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 1: So leaning on Monty, we looked at it's sort of

587
00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 1: narrowing the pipeline and um and we had some great hosts,

588
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 1: but I think the right decision was Jonathan Gannett and

589
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 1: I'm excited, give me go ahead. Yeah, very easy for me. One,

590
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: I don't I don't care about people's opinions. I really

591
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 1: don't besides the people that are I'm working with and

592
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: the players, So I don't hear any outside noise. I

593
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: don't pay attention to it because if you do that,

594
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: then you're not really being where your feet are. You're

595
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: letting other people's opinions drive your own feelings and emotions.

596
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: So I don't do that. So when I came in

597
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: here and interviewed, I had a very open mind, and

598
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: I used the interview to explain my vision and really

599
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: wanted to see if my vision for running a team

600
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: matched up with Michael's and Monni's. And it did, and

601
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: it became very clear and evident before we even before

602
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: I was supposed to fly back where I said, I

603
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 1: want to stay for dinner and we ended I ended

604
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: up staying for dinner, that I wanted this job, and

605
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: I'm glad we got to make it happen. So that's

606
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: probably my answer to the part of your question. Ay, Jonathan,

607
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: Welcome the Valley, bo Brock PHNX Sports. You're clearly a

608
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: big believer in Kyler. Did you have any questions before

609
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 1: you took this job? Who did you ask and what

610
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: did you find out? Yeah? I did. I obviously did

611
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: research on this job. The timing of it was a

612
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: little different, I would say, because I didn't know that

613
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: I was going to interview for this job until after

614
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 1: we got done playing. But I talked to the You know,

615
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 1: the NFL is a small world, and you can talk

616
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 1: to a couple of people that you trust. Everyone has

617
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: those people in their corner and you hear their opinions

618
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: about things and maybe negatives or positives about that. But

619
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: everything that I heard, the research that I did coming

620
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 1: here about the players or the people that I was

621
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 1: going to be working for, was all positive. And ultimately,

622
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: though when I got in the room on Monday, and

623
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: then two Tuesday, I'm going to trust my gut, and

624
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: my gut said get this job and take this job,

625
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: and that's what I did. Jonathan, you mentioned earlier about

626
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: the you know, kind of living in the moment for

627
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 1: these last few days. I'm curious when you were mentioning

628
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: the factor, somebody mentioned the fact that you got a

629
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,439
Speaker 1: chance to spend a week here last week and now

630
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,840
Speaker 1: it's where you're going to work. And then even going

631
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: further back, you were kind of famously quoted by a

632
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,360
Speaker 1: TV station in Philadelphia telling them after the NFC Championship

633
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: game you weren't going to be going anywhere, and now

634
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,839
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you find yourself here. I'm just

635
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 1: wondering you're you're just your mindset over these last couple

636
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: weeks with everything that's happened. Yeah, good question about when

637
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,360
Speaker 1: I made that comment. I wasn't going anywhere because Houston

638
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 1: went another direction. That's how I interviewed for and I

639
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: knew that they were going in another direction, and that

640
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: was the only interview that I had for this cycle.

641
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 1: So you know, I was obviously fully engaged in the

642
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: playoff run that we had then to the Super Bowl

643
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: and then like I said, how are you coach me?

644
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 1: On Sunday night after the game, and said, Hey, you're

645
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: going to stay here and not flying back with us.

646
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: You're going to interview for this for this job. And

647
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: that's when I clicked that mindset in and said, Okay,

648
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: well let me probably you know, stop kind of pick

649
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,439
Speaker 1: up my bootstraps a little bit because I was down

650
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: obviously about the game, and um, you know, take a shower,

651
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: work out, and come in and you know, shoot your gun.

652
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: So that's what I did, just I want to jump

653
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: in here because I think it speaks to his adaptability,

654
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,399
Speaker 1: but also throughout the process, because of where we were

655
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: in the hiring process, on the date that we hired Monty,

656
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: the window would sort of close. And what we didn't

657
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 1: want to do is be a distraction to some of

658
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: the coaches who as they were eliminated, we put in

659
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: permission request forms and so so we did that with

660
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: other candidates, and we did that with Jonathan. So we

661
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: didn't want to be a distraction to any one of

662
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: the coaches, including Jonathan, and the biggest game that there

663
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 1: is Jonathan. Jody Yeyler with Fox Sports nine ten here

664
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 1: in Phoenix. I'm curious her thoughts on player accountability and

665
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: how important it is to building a winner and what

666
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 1: you have found to be the most successful ways to

667
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: get that player accountability in the locker room. Yeah. Probably,

668
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: you guys don't have the time for me to answer

669
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: that question everything that I'm gonna that we're gonna do here,

670
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,240
Speaker 1: but player accountability is simply this. You've got to define

671
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: what winning behavior is and hold people to that standard.

672
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 1: It's as easy as that. It's your daily actions with

673
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: what you're doing on a daily basis to improve yourself

674
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: as a player and as a team. And accountability is

675
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: just not a negative, it's a positive too. So when

676
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: people do the right thing, that shows that's winning behavior,

677
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: and you're going to see that our guys, we're gonna

678
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: love them up. Is as hard as we're going to

679
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: be on our guys, we're gonna love them up even more.

680
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: And that's that's how you win games. But I think

681
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 1: that ultimately we're going to show them the way that

682
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: we I things done, and the players sitting here right

683
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: now are going to take it over because the ultimate

684
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: accountability comes from not wanting to let your teammate down

685
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:13,239
Speaker 1: with how you're doing going about your business. So that's uh,

686
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of different ways to get that done,

687
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,760
Speaker 1: and I look forward to doing that with our guys,

688
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: and that'll be one of the major things that that

689
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: we hold our hat on. Monty Nicking from three TVCBS five,

690
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 1: you mentioned talking to Jonathan last summer when you've got

691
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: this job. How much was he in the front of

692
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: your mind and what stood out about the conversation last

693
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: summer with him? Yeah, So really last last summer was

694
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: all about just having a conversation, reaching out and talking

695
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: football and talking different ideas about you know, if if

696
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 1: if you were a head coach or I was a

697
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 1: general manager, and how do those things work, and how

698
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: what's your vision for how a programmer would run and

699
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: what's mine. And that's really what I did with with

700
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 1: multiple people, not just Jonathan Um And so then when

701
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,800
Speaker 1: I got this job, Jonathan was one of the people

702
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: that I when I first sat down with Michael and

703
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: Mark and Lisa and Sean. Uh, Jonathan's name was was

704
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: one of many that I wanted to I wanted to

705
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: talk to, and the rest of the committee had names

706
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: that that they wanted to talk to and so we

707
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: sat down and we all put those names together and

708
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 1: we came up with the group of ten people that

709
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: we eventually talked to UM. And so, you know, the

710
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: certain the rules that that the NFL has. I understand

711
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: why they're there, but they prevent or they present challenges too,

712
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: and timing and UM. So you know, I'm glad, I'm

713
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: I'm glad it worked out the way it is. We

714
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,320
Speaker 1: got the guy that is the right person for the

715
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. UM, and just you know, we had to

716
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: had to jump through some hoofs of the timing to

717
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: UM to talk to not just Jonathan, but other candidates

718
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 1: as well. Coach m Richard signs here. UM, I'm not

719
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: an NFL scout, even though I always wanted to be.

720
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:00,240
Speaker 1: But the early scouting report on you is high energy.

721
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 1: That's what I hear is. And you can just take

722
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: us through the roller coaster of emotions you've kind of

723
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: touched on, where you know, one more, you don't get

724
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: the Houston job. Then the next thing you know, you're

725
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: in the game of your life, locked in for that

726
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: don't win that game. The next thing you know, you

727
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,400
Speaker 1: know you're interviewing for the dream job. That you eventually

728
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: get how do you keep that energy going through the

729
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: ebbs and flows of what you just went through? And

730
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: could that be a lesson in life? And even in

731
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: this game where next play mentality? You know, not every

732
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: play is gonna ga, game is going to go your

733
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:33,840
Speaker 1: way and so on. Yeah, it is. In Philly we

734
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 1: use the term dog mentality, and that basically is what

735
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: I mean by be where your feet are. It's next play.

736
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter if you had a good play in

737
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 1: the first quarter, if you had a bad play in

738
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: the first quarter, that you got to move on. And

739
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: all you need to be locked in is is on

740
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: the next play. And it's the same for coaches and

741
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 1: is as much energy and passion as I have for

742
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,800
Speaker 1: what I do, there is a point where and I

743
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,839
Speaker 1: tell our players this all the time, is you have

744
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 1: to be emotionally stable because as high as the highs,

745
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 1: if you ride the highs, you're going to ride the

746
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 1: lows and you really want to be somewhere in there.

747
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: But we are going to be energetic here, We're going

748
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,839
Speaker 1: to be passionate about what they do, what we do.

749
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: And you know I don't I've never worked a day

750
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 1: in my life since I started in football, because it's

751
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: fun to me, it's what I enjoy, it's what I love.

752
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: I don't think of it as a job, so you know,

753
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,240
Speaker 1: have an energy and passion to come in and interview

754
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: and talk about, you know, doing this, or when it

755
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 1: gets to week three in training camp when everyone's maybe

756
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 1: a little bit tired and a little bit hot, I

757
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 1: you know, I don't really pay attention to those external factors.

758
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,360
Speaker 1: I'm committed on doing my job the best that I

759
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 1: can with a lot of energy and enthusiasm about it.

760
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 1: So just really looking forward to getting with the players, man,

761
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: because that's what this job's all about. And that's that's

762
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: the secret sauce of these things. Are the players over

763
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 1: here again, your opinions and thoughts about Kyler the quarterback

764
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 1: and the talent that's there. And then also what's on

765
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,800
Speaker 1: the option or on the table for how you navigate

766
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 1: the off season and the start of the season if

767
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,919
Speaker 1: he's not ready by week one to two or three. Yeah.

768
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 1: So obviously played against Kyler this year and it was

769
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: a unique game plan to put together because of his

770
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: skill set. And you know, I use the term he's

771
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:34,439
Speaker 1: a problem to defend because what he can do. He's

772
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: a legit problem for defenses, and you know, he has

773
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: a very unique skill set and that's what I'm looking

774
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 1: forward to working with him and showing him, Hey, this

775
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: is how defenses are going to try to stop you.

776
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,239
Speaker 1: Here's what you need to be ready for, and these

777
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 1: are the things that we're going to do with him

778
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: that's going to help him move all the way up

779
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: and down the field and score a bunch of points

780
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: and be explosive and protect the football. So with the

781
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 1: offseason and we'll put together a plan. I like some

782
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,479
Speaker 1: people that are here already, But just like I said

783
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,760
Speaker 1: with Moni when we disagreed about something in the interview,

784
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,280
Speaker 1: we did not disagree on, is we're gonna do everything

785
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: that we can to put the best product on the field.

786
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: And how all the ways that you can do that,

787
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:19,879
Speaker 1: all the different times in the year that you can

788
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 1: do that, with free agency, with draft, with signing free agents,

789
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 1: with during training camp, with practice squad week one to

790
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: week three looks a little bit different. We're going to

791
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 1: turn over all those stones because that's that's the main

792
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,839
Speaker 1: goal is is put the best thing that we can

793
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 1: out on the field. Excuse me, they welcome coach Hostel Romario,

794
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:48,920
Speaker 1: Arizona Republic. Congratulations to you and your family. At what

795
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,240
Speaker 1: point in your career would you say that the NFL

796
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: was something that you could reach, you could become a

797
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: head coach. Was there a mentality there and as you

798
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 1: went through your career that said, you know, I could

799
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: get to this level. Yeah. When I was twenty four,

800
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: my first job in the NFL is a defensive quality

801
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 1: control coach for Atlanta Falcons, and Bobby Petrino was the

802
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: head coach, gave me the opportunity. Mike Zimmer was the

803
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator at the time. Emma Thomas was the dB

804
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:19,399
Speaker 1: coach at the time. And you know, I always think

805
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: like you never want to limit yourself with what you

806
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: want to do as a as it doesn't matter what

807
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: you're doing in your life. Like, if you put in

808
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:29,800
Speaker 1: your own mind to limit on what you want to do,

809
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,320
Speaker 1: well you're probably not gonna probably gonna get limited. And

810
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 1: I said right from the start, you know, there's a

811
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: lot of short term things that you have to do

812
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: to get to long term goals. But you know I

813
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 1: want to be a head coach in the NFL. Well

814
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: that's let's worry about learning dB play first, and that's

815
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 1: what I did. So that was always a goal of mine,

816
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: but it was in the back of my mind because

817
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: I do believe as you've got to be where your

818
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,440
Speaker 1: feet are and to get to be a head coaches,

819
00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 1: I bet to I better learn how to do this

820
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 1: job first, and that's what I did with every job

821
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,759
Speaker 1: as I moved up through the rank. So, you know,

822
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 1: like I said, I've been I've been very fortunate and

823
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:12,640
Speaker 1: blessed to be around great people that really were thoughtful

824
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 1: to give their knowledge to me. And I you know,

825
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,720
Speaker 1: if you have a growth mindset and you're curious about

826
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: learning and you're around the right people, you can you

827
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: can get better real fast. Jonathan, you're a former safety yourself,

828
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: really talented group here in the valley, Buddha Baker, Jalen Thompson,

829
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons, what are your thoughts on the group and

830
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 1: how do you envision utilizing someone with the skill set

831
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: like Isaiah? All different ways. I talked to all those

832
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:43,800
Speaker 1: guys in the last twenty four hours and and just

833
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,320
Speaker 1: like some other people that we have on this roster,

834
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:50,800
Speaker 1: Zach Kyler, James, We're gonna use guys skill sets to

835
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:57,320
Speaker 1: present matchup problems. That's adaptability. When I talk about adaptability,

836
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 1: I'm talking about our people in mind first and then

837
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: who who were playing. And it's a little bit of

838
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: a chess match with schematics of how you need to

839
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: do that, all while keeping it simple for your guys.

840
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 1: So we can go out and play fast and be violent,

841
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: but you know we're going to maximize those guys and

842
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: use them in ways that give us the best chance

843
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:23,319
Speaker 1: to win. Jonathan Craigfooy ABC fifteen here locally, you were

844
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 1: a multi sport athlete in high school, had a lot

845
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: of success in different sports, like a lot of these guys,

846
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 1: why football for you? Nothing compares to a football game

847
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:38,399
Speaker 1: in the world. Maybe seeing your baby's born, but that's

848
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: about it. So, I mean, there's nothing like running out

849
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: of the tunnel. There's really not you guys know that.

850
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 1: I mean, there's not too many things you can do

851
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 1: in this world that gets your emotions and adrenaline pumping

852
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,439
Speaker 1: like a football game does. And then when you work

853
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:01,480
Speaker 1: back from that, the process that needs to take place,

854
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: the daily routine that needs to take place to give

855
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: yourself a chance to have success to win a game

856
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: is just awesome. And you got to really fall in

857
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:13,919
Speaker 1: love with the process. And you'll hear me talk about

858
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: and these players are gonna hear me talk about. You know,

859
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: when you start to be results oriented, you're you're not

860
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:24,399
Speaker 1: gonna win. You have to be process driven and it's

861
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: what you do on a daily basis that gets the

862
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: results that you want. And so that's what I would say.

863
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,600
Speaker 1: I first fell in love with basketball. My coach has

864
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 1: made me run track to become a better football player.

865
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 1: I don't know if I enjoyed track, but I did

866
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: love playing hoops. But nothing compares to a football game.

867
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 1: And hopefully you guys have seen that the genuineness of

868
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,840
Speaker 1: I do believe it's about the team first. It's the

869
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: ultimate team game, and that's why I love being a

870
00:46:53,080 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: football coach. Thank you and almost forty minutes press conference

871
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 1: with new Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon, alongside owner Michael

872
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:17,279
Speaker 1: Bidwell and general manager monti astin Ford, as we bring

873
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 1: you back here inside the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals training Center.

874
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: Craig Rayel Lewis, and Paul Calvesi, who was in that

875
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:29,720
Speaker 1: press conference, in addition to a number of Cardinals players,

876
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 1: which I think is important to point out. But first

877
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 1: things first, Paul, your initial impression. You know, as a

878
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 1: first time head coach, he most definitely commanded the room,

879
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:43,800
Speaker 1: did he not. We've seen a lot a lot of

880
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: first time head coach opening press conferences, and he didn't

881
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 1: appear to be nervous in the least at all. The confidence,

882
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: the quiet confidence and at times vocal confidence you can

883
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 1: just sense. And when they say he has that it

884
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 1: factor and that natural charisma and that leadership, DNA, you

885
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: see it. I mean you see it on the screen

886
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 1: right now, just him taking command of this photo opportunity.

887
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: So there's no doubt who's in charge. It's Jonathan Gannon.

888
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:21,640
Speaker 1: And there's so many different areas, obviously, we can revisit

889
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: so many answers to so many different questions that I

890
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: think everybody got on the edge of their seat, and

891
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: it's just it is truly infectious. And I was standing

892
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 1: to a bunch next to a bunch of the players.

893
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,279
Speaker 1: I couldn't even get to my free assigned the seat

894
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: I saved, I couldn't even get to the auditorium was

895
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: so loaded with people and you could just the players

896
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 1: next to me. How many times they nodded, and you

897
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 1: know they weren't on camera. Those were natural reactions. So

898
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:52,839
Speaker 1: I think he's already getting buy in forty minutes into

899
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 1: his first day on the job among the players and attendance.

900
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: And if I'm missing to anyone, Paul, feel free to

901
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 1: step in. But to our colleague Darren Urban, Kyler Murray

902
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 1: in attendance, DJ Humphries, zach ertz Well Hernandez, James Connor,

903
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:12,560
Speaker 1: Rondel Moore, Antoine Wesley, Colt McCoy, just to name a few,

904
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:17,280
Speaker 1: and the Murphy Murphy, which is good because he's scheduled

905
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 1: to be an unrestricted free agent come March. But when

906
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:24,680
Speaker 1: we first came on board here, it was all right,

907
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 1: what do we want to find out? What do we

908
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 1: want to know? And obviously it was Kenny command the room.

909
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: We all heard that he can command the room, that

910
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 1: energy and passion comes through whether you're watching it or

911
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 1: you're hearing it. And then how does he get Kyler

912
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 1: Murray to become Kyler Murray? And there are a number

913
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,240
Speaker 1: of options as far as offensive coordinator, but he spoke

914
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:50,879
Speaker 1: very highly of Kyler, watching him and then prepping for him.

915
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: Going back to the regular season, when the Eagles came

916
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,359
Speaker 1: to State Farm Stadium the first time. Yeah, he has

917
00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,359
Speaker 1: firsthand knowledge of trying to defend. Kyler Murray called him

918
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 1: quote a jet problem for defenses, So he has and

919
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:07,480
Speaker 1: that is true. Look, we've talked about this, Craig. When

920
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:10,319
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's at his best, the defensive coordinator gets very

921
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 1: little sleep that game week. That's what Kyler Murray can

922
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:17,799
Speaker 1: do to opposing defensive coordinators. Jonathan Gannon has been there

923
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 1: and done that. Cardinals lost in the fourth quarter to

924
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:22,440
Speaker 1: an Eagles team they ended up winning. The NFC was

925
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,960
Speaker 1: dominant almost all seasons, so he knows what Kyler is

926
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:29,160
Speaker 1: capable of. And it was interesting to hear that, even

927
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:31,400
Speaker 1: though he's a defensive head coach that he has quote

928
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:35,800
Speaker 1: a specific blueprint for what he wants to do on offense.

929
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 1: And it sounds like he's going to reverse engineering. He's

930
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 1: going to find the offensive coordinator that shares his vision

931
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,920
Speaker 1: as opposing as opposed to outsourcing the offense entirely to

932
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 1: an OC who comes in with his own playbook. Sounds

933
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 1: like Jonathan Gannon is going to be pretty actively involved

934
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:57,800
Speaker 1: in what sort of offense the Arizona Cardinals run. So

935
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,040
Speaker 1: I found that intriguing. He also asked about whether he's

936
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 1: going to call the defense that he's not sure yet,

937
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,479
Speaker 1: depends on who the defensive coordinator is, reports say Vance

938
00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:09,040
Speaker 1: Joseph As a couple of job interviews lined up, I

939
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:11,720
Speaker 1: believe both Philadelphia and Denver, if you believe the reports

940
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 1: are out there. So I will say there were a

941
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:17,239
Speaker 1: number of assistant coaches who were in attendance at the

942
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 1: press conference as well. So, yeah, there's a lot of

943
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: decisions to be made. But to think that he's already

944
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,600
Speaker 1: called a lot of the players in the twenty four

945
00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:28,120
Speaker 1: hours or so thirty six hours, with everything else that's

946
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:32,359
Speaker 1: gone on and traveling back and forth across the country, yeah,

947
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 1: you can see just how productive a personality he is.

948
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:39,600
Speaker 1: He wasn't informed he was even interviewing for the Cardinals

949
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 1: job till after the Super Bowl by Eagles GM Ali Roseman,

950
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,799
Speaker 1: and he said, immediately, I changed my mindset. And that's

951
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,000
Speaker 1: the first thing he cited in his mantra of what

952
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 1: he wants out of the Cardinals to be smart, to

953
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:53,279
Speaker 1: be explosive, to be violent. The first thing he said

954
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:57,120
Speaker 1: was adaptive, the adaptability, and then he elaborated on that

955
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 1: the full quote, We're going to be adaptable, we're going

956
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,839
Speaker 1: to be violent, we're going to be explosive, we're going

957
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,399
Speaker 1: to be smart, and then he added this, don't get

958
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 1: it twisted, We're going to win games. But that word

959
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: adapt was used a lot, and we heard that previously

960
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:16,719
Speaker 1: when he was first on board with Philadelphia Eagles and

961
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:20,799
Speaker 1: specifically a defensive scheme. I don't believe in scheme. Now,

962
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:22,920
Speaker 1: it should be pointed out that the Eagles were a

963
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: four three defense. Cardinals undervanached Joseph a three four. Now

964
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:31,399
Speaker 1: do you adapt to what you have and then try

965
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:34,120
Speaker 1: to morph into what you want to be? But I

966
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:37,240
Speaker 1: do think it's interesting the fact that, whether it's defense

967
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: or offense, maximize the talents of the players you have.

968
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:44,799
Speaker 1: And that was brought up with Isaiah Simmons a number

969
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 1: of different ways as far as how to utilize Simmons's

970
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: skill set, but figure out what a player does best

971
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,400
Speaker 1: and then work them into what you hope to accomplish

972
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: and that has ultimately win games on Sundays. Yeah, the

973
00:52:57,719 --> 00:53:00,719
Speaker 1: Eagles didn't blitz a lot. The Cardinals did, but you

974
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:03,200
Speaker 1: could also contend the Cardinals needed to. It was out

975
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 1: of necessity, they didn't have the sort of pass rushers

976
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:09,480
Speaker 1: the Eagles had, really at fifteen more sacks than any

977
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,239
Speaker 1: other team in the NFL this year, seventy sacks during

978
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,360
Speaker 1: the regular season. So I think that's an example of

979
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:18,640
Speaker 1: the adaptability. Is you're going to have to play your

980
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 1: hand the best way you see fit. It was also

981
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 1: intriguing to hear that he had some differences of opinion

982
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:26,600
Speaker 1: on the Cardinals roster. You know what, and I like that.

983
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: And because you don't want the general manager or the

984
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 1: head coach to say yes whatever the general manager suggests yes,

985
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 1: or the head coach no. You want that back and forth,

986
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:43,759
Speaker 1: that disagreement if you will, because I think good disagreement

987
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 1: leads to better things. And I think he comes in

988
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: with a little more credence, right, He comes in a

989
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:51,719
Speaker 1: little more street cred in his roster opinions because he

990
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:54,759
Speaker 1: did spend three years as a scout, and I think

991
00:53:55,239 --> 00:53:58,360
Speaker 1: monti Astin Fort Dave Sears are probably more app to

992
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 1: listen to a head coach once upon a time was

993
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,520
Speaker 1: a scout and hit the road for three years and

994
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:07,320
Speaker 1: did all that dirty work and evaluating players, as opposed

995
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,239
Speaker 1: to maybe an assistant coach who had never been in

996
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 1: that line of the business. So I agree, I mean,

997
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: healthy disagreement is good, and so I think it's going

998
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:20,640
Speaker 1: to help them come to a lot of decisions and

999
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,200
Speaker 1: make no mistake, there are a lot of decisions to

1000
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:27,399
Speaker 1: be made, thirty plus pending free agents, and so yes,

1001
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,880
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to hit the film immediately, which you

1002
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:34,000
Speaker 1: know he's not foreign too. He was watching the Super

1003
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:36,520
Speaker 1: Bowl game film in his hotel room that Sunday night,

1004
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:40,040
Speaker 1: So that was intriguing to hear. And then to also

1005
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 1: hear Michael Bidwell say that you haven't seen anything yet

1006
00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:46,560
Speaker 1: in terms of energy, that he's actually subdued for the

1007
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,799
Speaker 1: press conference. That was sort of an intriguing comment, as though, Okay,

1008
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:51,520
Speaker 1: what's it going to be like in between the white

1009
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,920
Speaker 1: lines now. Also we heard Michael refer to coach Gannon

1010
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,040
Speaker 1: as JG. I don't know if that is just a

1011
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: owner or front office Paul. Can you and I get

1012
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 1: away with in the hallways, j G? Or is it

1013
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:08,680
Speaker 1: coach Gannon or mister gat I mean, is he that informal?

1014
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 1: I mean it was it was interesting to hear JG.

1015
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, that's our coach not yet. I

1016
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,839
Speaker 1: would say not yet. No, not until you meet him

1017
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:18,600
Speaker 1: face to face exactly now when he comes in for

1018
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:21,680
Speaker 1: the first interview here into the studio. Absolutely not. But

1019
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 1: it was also interesting to hear him sight his dad,

1020
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:27,799
Speaker 1: who has passed away. And then he was taught both

1021
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:30,439
Speaker 1: by his father and his coaches from a very young age.

1022
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:33,120
Speaker 1: You know, it's about the team. It's not about you,

1023
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:36,839
Speaker 1: you know. And he was a standout athlete. He won

1024
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:38,920
Speaker 1: state titles and more than one sport. Might have been

1025
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,920
Speaker 1: a pro golfer. If not for missing that golf team

1026
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 1: and high school, who knows where he his career might

1027
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:47,239
Speaker 1: have been headed. By the way, Jacob, one of our

1028
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:49,279
Speaker 1: fine members of the media department, just texted me. He

1029
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:52,160
Speaker 1: said that he does prefer JG okay, just to let

1030
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:54,200
Speaker 1: you know. That's good to know, Burt Gang out there.

1031
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:57,120
Speaker 1: If you run into coach Gannon, it's not coach, it's JG.

1032
00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 1: You know, Jacob might already be on you know, first

1033
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 1: name basis with a new head coach and we're not.

1034
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:05,480
Speaker 1: But that's the latest on that. And so look, I

1035
00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:08,359
Speaker 1: think accountability was a big deal. It was cited by

1036
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:11,800
Speaker 1: Michael Bidwell before they started the search It was cited

1037
00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 1: by Michael Bidwell after the search and the reason they

1038
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:18,320
Speaker 1: decided on Jonathan Gannon, and I'm looking for the quote

1039
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:22,800
Speaker 1: here where he said on accountability, his definition was that

1040
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,959
Speaker 1: you have to define what winning is and hold people

1041
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:30,400
Speaker 1: to that standard. And the ultimate accountability comes to not

1042
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,759
Speaker 1: letting your teammate down. And when you hear players and

1043
00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,719
Speaker 1: former players talk Craig, that is the case. That's a

1044
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:38,880
Speaker 1: best case scenario. If you have that sort of culture

1045
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:42,200
Speaker 1: where you know what you're going to bring your best

1046
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:44,120
Speaker 1: effort every day because you don't want to let the

1047
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 1: guy down next to you in the huddle or they

1048
00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:49,000
Speaker 1: let locker next to you in that meeting room, and

1049
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:51,800
Speaker 1: so you know, if you can instill that sort of

1050
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: culture and hold everyone to that sort of standard, which

1051
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 1: I'm going to surmise towards the end of last year

1052
00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 1: when things got sideways, that started to go missing, and

1053
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 1: you heard some of the team leaders at the end

1054
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:05,600
Speaker 1: of the year, the JJ Watts, the Buddha Bakers make

1055
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,439
Speaker 1: reference to that. So to me, I think that's job

1056
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: number one, and it starts with a head coach. I

1057
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 1: do believe that a team takes on the personality of

1058
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:18,840
Speaker 1: its head coach, So those aren't just words. When he

1059
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,560
Speaker 1: says we're going to be violent and explosive, that appears

1060
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:24,720
Speaker 1: to be the personality of Jonathan Cannon, and that team

1061
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:29,120
Speaker 1: first mentality goes back to when Monti Asinfort was introduced.

1062
00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 1: There are no egos in this building, So already you're

1063
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:36,440
Speaker 1: high kind of already hearing that same message between GM

1064
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 1: and head coach. Yeah, everyone wants to win, but it's

1065
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:43,880
Speaker 1: team first, not the individual first. As far as stats

1066
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:47,120
Speaker 1: or whatever, everyone is going to get praised and those

1067
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: accolades are going to come as long as you win,

1068
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,200
Speaker 1: as long as you're on a winning football team. And

1069
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:54,120
Speaker 1: I mentioned it before. Shane steik And when he did

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Speaker 1: the Colts press conference as the offensive coordinator for the

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Speaker 1: Eagles this past year, said the thing he learned first

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Speaker 1: and most from Nick Sirianni in a first time head

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Speaker 1: coach who took over a four win team, a lot

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Speaker 1: of similarities to the staff that Gannon was just on

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Speaker 1: in the situation they faced in Philadelphia two years ago

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Speaker 1: to where the Arizona Cardinals are right now. And the

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Speaker 1: first thing that Sirianni did was instill that accountability and

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Speaker 1: make it absolutely non negotiable, and that's what I expect

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Speaker 1: out of Jonathan Gannon, not only on hearing that and

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Speaker 1: his experiences, but after that press conference, I think there's

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Speaker 1: no question that the accountability everything will revolve around that

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Speaker 1: and there will be expectations on a daily basis, the

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Speaker 1: same expectations he holds himself to. And so we'll see

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Speaker 1: if that if that flows through. And you know what,

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Speaker 1: when he talks about Kyler Murray the franchise quarterback and

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Speaker 1: maximizing Kyler Murray, that was the word he used. Guess

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Speaker 1: what that goes through the franchise quarterback as well. I

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Speaker 1: think he will be held to that same standard. There

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Speaker 1: won't be any exceptions, and so there's a lot of question,

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Speaker 1: says too, Okay, who's a good fit on this roster

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Speaker 1: and who isn't because there's a different mentality in town.

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Speaker 1: We've already seen a lot of change already general manager,

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Speaker 1: head coach. How much change now the trickle down as

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Speaker 1: far as players, offense, defense, and special teams. Again, Jonathan

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Speaker 1: Gannon jg officially day one on the job, and he

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Speaker 1: hits it running. Don't forget the scouting combine is in

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Speaker 1: a week and a half, free agency in one month,

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Speaker 1: and then the draft at the end of April. More

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Speaker 1: coverage of Jonathan Gannon as the Arizona Cardinals new head

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Speaker 1: coach on asy cardinals dot Com and of course throughout

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Speaker 1: the days, weeks, months to come before we hit twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three. Paul CALVISI, I'm Craig Riel Lou appreciate everyone

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Speaker 1: tuning in in here listening to new Arizona Cardinals head

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Speaker 1: coach Jonathan Gannon. He is the man right now.