WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Coach Search And Super Bowl Buzz 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.480 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles ahead. 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:10.400 He got jacked. This is the Big Red Rain presented 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:14.680 by satan Ford in Gilbert. Harry's Gonna score touchdown Slam 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.400 to the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. He 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:22.959 came flying into the backfield. The Rage is brought to 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:28.960 you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Satanford State Farm? 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.159 Talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.800 and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts. Visit acy Cardinals dot Com, 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:46.000 Slash podcasts, The Rod San Rising Guard, temperaturizing vision, flurring, 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:50.400 rage taking over. Here's Paul Calvc. I'm ready. I'm one 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:54.280 hundred percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready. And Ron Wolflee. 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.800 It doesn't get any better than that, boy, unleash the far, 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:04.680 you know, just start by simply saying welcome into the 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:09.560 Big Red Rage. Just doesn't seem to suffice or do 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:13.640 it justice, Not when the Valley of the Sun is 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:19.960 the absolute epicenter, the epicenter, the valley is the epicenter. 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.399 Round wolf Lee of the sporting world right now, and 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:26.240 we do mean global. Nowhere on the face of the 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:29.760 Earth has as much popping and happening with as much 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:34.480 magnitude and momentum, star power right dollar signs as the 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.320 A Z right here, right now, Wolf, How does it 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:41.200 feel to be where it's at? I have no idea 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.880 what you are talking about right now, Polly? Oh, maybe 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.560 the super Bowl is that it? Can we actually say 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.000 the super Bowl? Of course we got we can actually 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:50.800 say the super Bowl. It's kind of good. You don't 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:52.760 have to call it the Big Game, Polly. You could 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:54.920 actually call it the super Bowl. It's kind of like 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:56.840 you calling it a valley. Why don't you just stand 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.760 up and scratch your butt right now, Paul, because that's where. 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.640 It's not a valley, it's a basin. Thank you Basinonians. 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:06.240 Just remember it's the big Red Rage presented by santan 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:08.720 Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford. It is super 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.480 Bowl fifty seven that is in town, all along with 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.720 the biggest party on the PGA tour. The biggest trade 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.120 of the NBA season just went down, did it not? 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:23.200 The biggest single game? Sorry? World Cup in global happenings 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:25.639 goes off on Sunday at the Cardinal Stadium and then 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:27.359 as we get into next week, guess what the Big 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.520 Red's gonna have big news with a head coach. We 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:33.560 figure at some point, yes, that sounds good. So this 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:36.200 is just one week in our life. This is every 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:38.680 week in the life of Dave Pash if you were 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:40.919 the voice of the Arizona Cardinal. A lot of dinner 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.680 and some vino as well. That's right. It's always celebrities 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.880 and star power and happenings in different sporting events all 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.600 over the nation. That is Dave Pash over twenty years 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.040 as the voice of the Arizona Cardinals and joining us 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.160 on this very special edition of The Big Red Rage. Dave, 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.160 how are we doing? Oh? I think we need to 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:01.760 get this show got here by blowing things up. So Wolf, 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:06.799 why don't you go ahead and say something controversial? Good 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.840 luck you'll still end up on page seven. I mean, 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.040 I mean, we got the as you said, Paul, we 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.160 get Durant coming here. We got the new GM ahead 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.160 coach here soon ahead, Wolf, just like the city on 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.959 Fire bringing to the party. Wolf, what are you doing 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.519 around here? How about this? Right here? Dave Patch is 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.600 in the Big easy and it could be a long 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:30.400 night if you know what I mean? How about that? 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:34.079 Is that controversial for you? Yeah, a long night of 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:36.800 prepping for two games in a twenty four hour span. 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.160 That's that's my life right now, going from New Orleans 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.560 to Eugene, Oregon and somehow getting there before tip off 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.760 on Saturday night. So that's my life right now. All right. 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:47.360 So we'll get into the super Bowl a little bit 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.200 later in this edition to the Big Red Rage. But 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:54.840 we figure with two finalists reportedly getting interviews this week 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.160 in lu An Rumo, which we'll talk about in depth next. 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.640 But let's talk about Mike Kafka here, Dave. And let's 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.880 start with Patrick Mahomes this week meeting the media, okay, 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.520 and here's what he had to say about his one 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.680 time quarterback coach a few years ago in KC. Coach 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:14.600 Kafka is a special person, a special coach, and he 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:16.279 kind of took me when he first got here. He 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:17.960 was quality control and that was my first year as 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.080 a rookie, and so I spent a lot of hours 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.240 with Coach Kafka where he was teaching the playbook and 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.120 teaching me how to become a quarterback in the NFL. 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.200 And Nick continued for a long time and I knew 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:28.600 right when he left here he was gonna be a 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.440 head coach somewhere soon. And so I know he's down 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.200 there in Arizona and he gets hired there and he'll 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.120 hit that place. He turned around and he's a great 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.040 coach and a great person as well. So I'm excited 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.120 for him. Now he's interviewed in this process with the Colts, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.880 with Carolina, with Houston, and now he's gonna have his 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.760 second interview at least with the Cardinals. The Giants play 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.320 caller last season, the offensive coordinator, and got a lot 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:53.240 of credit date for turning around Daniel Jones from a 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:56.839 turnover machine to a really effective playoff quarterback this year. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.080 You know, the whole thing with Mike, because really just 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.599 exploded over the last couple of years. You know, I 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:08.279 think about guys, two thousand and ten, the Outback Bowl. 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.440 I called that game. I think Mike stepped the record 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.880 for passing attempts. I think he threw the ball seventy 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:21.200 eight times. Oh no, at Northwestern, right, yes, they played Auburn. 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.760 I remember that for two reasons. I remember that game 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.880 for that reason, how many passes Mike had in that game, 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:29.960 but also because that's the game. Gene Chiswick, who was 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:31.880 the head coach of Auburn said, you know, we got 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.359 this kid coming in next year. He's a junior college transfer. 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:36.680 His name is Cameron Newton. You think he's got a 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:40.400 chance to help us. Wow. So like that that game 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:43.720 stands out. So it is a little weird thirteen years 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.680 later here to be talking about, you know, Mike possibly 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.000 being the head coach of the Cardinals. But it's a 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.680 meteorc rise. I mean seven years ago he was a 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:55.480 GA at Northwestern. Uh. You know, he's obviously done a 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.960 very good job with where he is where he's been, 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:01.359 and I don't think Andy ree E, Patrick Mahomes would 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:05.599 just throw out compliments unless they meant it. You know, 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.600 I've heard a lot of good things about Mike Cafta 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:11.320 from others, So you know, if he ends up being 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:15.599 the choice, it's somebody that obviously has impressed that The 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.560 Cardinals have interviewed so many people, so it's got to 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.479 be somebody that stands out in the interview process that 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:26.800 already has the chops. And clearly this is somebody that 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.640 you know a lot of people think is on the rise. 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.000 So if you're the Cardinals and you're looking for a 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.560 young offensive mind, and you grab him now, kind of 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.680 like the Rams did with Sean McVay. You know, imagine 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:39.760 if the Rams didn't hire Sean McNay when they did, 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.040 somebody would have in the next two years. Yeah, that's so, 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:45.279 you know, maybe Mike cap is in the same position. 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.000 It's a matter of you know, is this the right 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:49.960 time for him to get the head coaching job, because 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:53.039 it's going to happen inevitably here soon. Yeah, you know, 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.760 you already mentioned it too, David. This is a meteoric rise. Guys. 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.359 What you're talking about a young guy that is coming 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.080 up through the ranks and the good old world of 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.920 National Football League and all the coaches. This is a 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:09.080 meteoric rise when you're talking about six years ago. He 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:12.680 was the quality control coach for Andy Reid in the 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.760 Kansas City Chiefs, and now here he is. He's an 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:18.720 offensive coordinator in the National Football League. It's thirty he's 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:24.120 thirty five years old. Yes. Typically, when when you see 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:27.240 a young guy that rises up through the ranks like that, 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.040 it says they're special, whether it's an offensive minded guy 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.520 or a defensive minded guy like Mike Tomlin. All right, 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.040 here's Andy Reid during the super Bowl week and he 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.679 was asked how Mike Kafka would be as a head coach. 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:46.560 I actually told mister Bidwell this too. He's a very intelligent, 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:51.680 great human being. Your quarterback would love him. He'd challenge 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:55.160 him to be better than he even is now, and 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.960 he'd do a great job. You challenge the team, I 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:00.960 think the guys would respond. He played in the National 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:02.920 Football League. I had a chance to draft him out 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:07.000 of Northwestern, and you know, I think you'd be tremendous 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:11.400 for the city, for the Bidwell family. I'm guessing that 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:15.560 word challenge goes a long way with the decision makers, 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.440 considering that owner Michael Bidwell told the media and making 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:22.920 these moves just start the offseason that accountability is an issue. 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:28.400 Accountability needs to improve. So Dave I would surmise they 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.440 like the sounds of that if he does have that 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.600 ability to command the room. Because as Drew Stanton has 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:34.959 said numerous times, you can get the greatest mind on 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.680 either side of the ball. They can be the world's 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.560 best coordinator offensive or a defensive. They have to be 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:43.079 able to lead men, and I think that's really the 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:48.480 bottom line with whomever they hire. Look, I think that's important. 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.480 I also think guys that you know, because this has 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.800 been talked about a lot, not just going to dismiss, 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:57.000 which is clearly the biggest question and everybody's mind if 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.320 you're a Cardinal fan, is you know, what does this 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.040 mean for Kyle Murray and is this somebody that can 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:05.920 reach Kyler? I think ultimately it's about Kyler taking the 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.160 next step himself. Regardless of whether the Cardinals hire Mike 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.640 Kafker or a defensive coach or somebody that you know, 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.520 we're not even thinking about that may come up here 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.120 in the next few days. I just think it ultimately 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:22.120 is about Kyler. You know, I thought Cliff people for 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.320 people wanting to say that now he didn't command the room. 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:28.640 You know at some point, again, you're only going to 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:32.160 go as far as your your quarterback. And so I 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.960 think when you you try to look at the characteristics 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.200 for what you want as a head coach, yes, you 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:42.040 want somebody that has a presence, that somebody that people 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:47.000 will follow. But ultimately, if the quarterback plays to the 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.080 level that he's capable of, and I think we all 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:52.960 agree based on what we've seen in snapshots from Kyler Murray, 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:56.440 he has a chance to be special. If he takes 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.080 that next step, whoever they hire is going to be 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.800 better because he has decided himself to take that next step. 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.720 And that next step it involves far more than just 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.319 being a better player. It involves being a leader, it 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:13.600 involves being a better teammate. It's all those things. So 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:15.920 I think it goes hand in hand, you know. And 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:20.320 if Mike Task is the guy, there's got to be 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.400 synchronicity between the two. They have to be on the 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.760 same page first of all, guys. So let me just 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:27.800 say that I am a huge believer. This is not 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:29.640 going to be a shock to either of you. I 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:31.640 am a huge believer in the alpha male and the 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:36.280 alpha mal being a head coach in that room. I'm 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.760 not saying Cliff wasn't. I have no idea because I 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.920 was not sitting there. I was not inside that paradigm. 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.160 I have no idea if Cliff Kingsbury was a guy 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:50.040 that commanded the room and held people accountable. Listen for 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.800 me right now. That is the number one thing I 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.880 think the Arizona Cardinals need to do is bring in 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:59.200 whomever it may be, a guy that is an alpha male, 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:03.360 had coach a guy who is indeed going to command 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:09.880 the room and challenge challenge players, challenge coaches, challenge the 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:13.080 front office, challenge them all. That is what I want 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.680 to see them do. And I also want to say this, David, 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:21.040 You're comment on Kyler Murray's spot on as well. Kyler Murray. 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.120 Kyler Murray has got to have a burning desire in 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:28.720 his heart to get right, get healthy, and go out 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:33.079 and become a better quarterback and a better person in 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.080 terms of being a man and a leader. He's got 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:39.840 to take that personally and take charge of this team 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:43.120 going forward. And Guys, I think he's gonna do it. 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.079 Bluda Baker was asked with Kay Adams on Up and 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:51.840 Adams what exactly Kyler Murray needs in his next head coach. 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.280 I feel like it's going to be more structure, you know, 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:58.200 understanding what to do, Understanding the little intricate details of 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.400 the game plan weekend and week I definitely feel like 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.160 that coach is going to happen. Need that for Kyler 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.880 and then for the whole team, because you know, we 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.720 kind of need that foundation, that that front runner type 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:13.200 person that is going to show us what we have 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.559 to do before the week to win, and then we'll 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.360 go from there. How many times did we hear the 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.200 two words last season after virtually every game and I 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:25.400 quote self inflicted, those self inflicted errors that cost the 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.440 Cardinals games. Little things are big things, and when the 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.320 little things slip, it becomes a big issue because those 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:33.560 little things decide games in the NFL. We all know 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:36.199 that anybody who watches the game. Let me ask you this, Dave, 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.760 to what degree then if we're talking about Kyler and 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.040 he's the priority and obviously the investment says the s indeed, 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:46.040 over two hundred million dollars worth investing in your franchise quarterback, 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.520 does Mike Kafka have a competitive advantage just because he's 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:54.280 an offensive guy. I think a lot comes down to, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:58.520 you know what, does Mike's philosophy and does that jibe 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:03.080 with how Kyler views the game? I think I'm sure 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.800 that's one of the reasons that Manti Asencourt talked to 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.880 Kyler Murray, you know, how does he view the game? 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:13.720 How does he think offenses are to be successful? Again, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.040 I think you have to have because if if Kyler 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.800 views it one way, and whether it's an offensive head 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.640 coach or a defensive head coach with an offensive coordinator. 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.080 Whoever that guy is, I think has to see things 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.560 in a similar way. And my guess is that they're 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.880 at this point with my Kapta because he sees things 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:37.840 in a similar way that Kyler Murray does about how 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:42.479 offensive football should be played, because if it's the exact opposite, 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:46.320 there's going to be a clash. If it's you know, 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.120 if there's room for disagreement, fine, I mean there's got 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.480 to be. It's not going to be perfect, but I 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.800 do think there must be a connection already in terms 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.880 of how they view the game and what their philosophy 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:04.760 is of how to be an offensive team and win games. 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.320 Otherwise I don't think Mike Kalko would be at this 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.000 point in the interviews. You know what's interesting about it, 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:13.920 as we all guys, Mike Kafka of course, is it's 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.680 a guy that has been working with Daniel Jones, and 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:22.160 Daniel Jones turned into a dual throat quarterback this year. Yes, 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:24.520 now we all know, I know Kyler's coming off the 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.680 ACL and everything else, but we all know Kyler Murray's 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.840 already a dual throat quarterback. I mean, Daniel Jones ran 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.760 it seventeen times in a playoff win. Think about that. 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.400 Think about this, two guys, the fact that Mike Kafka 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.520 was front center for what Brian Dabele just did with 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.840 a Giants team that was coming off its own four 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.440 win season and turned it around, Yeah, and made the playoffs. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:50.320 Se Quon Barkley saying this week to the media about Dabele, quote, 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.800 He's brought energy in a spark. He's brought the entire 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.920 organization back to life, not just the players, but the 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:59.440 whole facility. So Kafka just witnessed that sort of turnaround. 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.800 Could he do the same for the Cardinals or Willoby 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.040 Louanna Ruma. We'll talk about him next. On The Big 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:11.840 Red Rage psented by Santan Ford in Gilbert Hubbley lines 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.520 up under center, goes airborne to get the ball line 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.960 down head and it's propped by the Fangals racing back 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.000 down the field. Sam Hubbard of the fifty down to 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:24.200 the forty. He's at the thirty, Hubbard of the twenty. 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:29.680 He's gonna go all the way touchdown Bengals, touchdown Fangals 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.520 Sam Hubbard and pulls it out of the air and 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:37.680 rumbles the length of the field touchdown Cincinnati, this place 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:43.520 is gone nuts. Bengals lead twenty three seventeen pleven thirty 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:48.280 nine to go on to play ninety eight yards on 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.880 the fumble return by Sam Hubbard in that Cincinnati playoff 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:55.520 win against the Baltimore Ravens, one of the plays of 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.200 the postseason, the entire season that was. It is the 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:01.040 Big Red Rage presented by Santana and Ford and Gilbert. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.160 We are Santan Ford, Paul KELBC, Ron Wolfley, and Voice 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.560 of the Cardinals Dave Pass joining us here talking about 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:09.680 the Cardinals finalist, the head coaching candidates, and gentlemen. It 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.360 couldn't be more different, right, couldn't be more different than 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:16.320 two candidates offense versus defense, thirty five year old Mike 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.680 Kafka against fifty six year old defensive coordinator lout On 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:22.400 A rumo, Wolf just, I mean, give me a gut 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.760 feel and how tight do you think this race is? 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.960 And Ivan ends up being and a rumo? Why what 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.760 are his selling points? Yeah? You know, PAULI, that's a 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.640 great question. Right now, we're not sitting in that room, 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.520 we're not asking the questions. We don't hear the answers, 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.920 and that really puts us at a great disadvantage. But 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:45.120 from the outside looking in right now, you guys know, 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.960 I want a defensive minded guy. That to me, I 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.520 want a defensive minded guy because I think Kyler Murray 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:54.120 needs that separation from that coach where suddenly you've got 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.560 a defensive minded head coach who's not going to be 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.720 working with Kyler Murray on a daily basis, not going 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.040 to be working with him like he was an offensive 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:05.280 coordinator or working with him like he was a quarterback coach, 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.760 but a guy that is the head coach at the 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:11.960 Arizona Cardinals going forward. So I think that separation between 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:15.480 his franchise quarterback and whoever the head coach is a 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:19.480 defensive minded guy. I like that. That's number one. Number two. 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.280 A lot of the young guys like Isaiah Simmons and 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.680 Zavan Collins, a man, I'd love to see them get 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.399 a little bit of love right here with a defensive 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:33.040 minded head coach. Number three. Every defensive minded head coach 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:36.440 I've ever been around, guys has always had a more 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:42.200 physical mentality, and you guys know, I want that physical mentality. 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:46.080 I'm not saying that Mike Kafka doesn't have that for 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.320 all I know he does. He wants to get in 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.639 thirty two personnel or jumbo and run the power. You 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.640 know that may I have no idea, but I do 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:58.600 know that I want a culture that is about the 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:02.639 game of football being hard and you've got to practice 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:05.840 like it's hard, and you've got to play in a 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.320 very physical kind of way. I want to see the 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:11.080 culture of the Arizona Cardinals tap into the essence of 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:13.120 the game. All right, Dave, here's the head coach, Zach 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.240 Taylor a Cincinnati He was asked about lu An a 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.280 Rumo and is potential as a head coach. Yeah, he'd 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.440 be a great head coach. He's extremely smart. He's got 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:23.720 the player's best interest in mine. He wants to put 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.000 them in their best positions to succeed. It's not about 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:29.199 this is the scheme and we're just gonna do it 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:32.280 whether it fits to gays or not. He's constantly evolving 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:33.840 it to make sure that we're putting our guys in 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.760 position to do the things that hit their strengths. He 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.439 does a great job adjusting the course the week over 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:41.600 the course the game. That's from Bengals dot Com. You know, 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.040 these things go Dave. Typically a team will go from 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.040 one type of head coach to a different type of 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:49.719 head coach offense or defense players coach versus disciplinarian. If 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:52.000 that's the case, then they're probably going to go to 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:56.520 lu Ana Ruma following a Cliff Kingsbury. Yeah, I don't know. 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:00.439 I think, you know, it's interesting because it's feels like 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:03.400 we know more about Louianna Rumo because he's older. But 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.040 Mike cap has been in the NFL only a couple 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:11.240 of years longer. You know, I joking you guys earlier 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.359 about that memorable Bowl game when Mike Capa was a 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:18.440 quarterback in Northwestern. Well that was twenty ten New Year's 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:21.040 Day twenty ten. Loui Anda Remot was the DVS coach 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.600 at Purdue that year. Wo you know, he's only been 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:28.200 in the NFL for about a decade. But I think 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:30.200 when you look at you know, people have thrown out 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:33.399 some of the numbers with Cincinnati and they said, well, 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:35.920 you know, you look at the numbers and they don't 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:39.119 stand out, but look at the playoff numbers. Look at 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:41.600 what they've done in real situations in the playoffs when 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.879 it matters most. And his defenses have been very good, 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:47.199 and I think they've had good players. I don't think 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.280 they've had elite players on that defense. I think he 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:51.600 deserves a lot of credit for that. But you know, guys, 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:55.119 we went from you know, Bruce arians and they wanted 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:56.959 somebody who, you know, it was different. So they went 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.080 with the defensive mina head coach. And we saw Steve 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:02.160 Wilkes do something in training camp, but we're like, wow, 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:06.280 we haven't seen that. And then obviously we know what 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.280 happened Week one. We could all tell that boy, this 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.320 this was not going to work. And obviously it barely 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:14.439 lasted the year and the Cardinals were already looking to 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.680 move on. So yeah, I think ultimately it's about personnel. 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:20.040 It's about the players, it's about your quarterback. It's about 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:22.159 the group you have on defense, and they have to 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:25.200 get better on the defensive line and on the edges. 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:28.600 But I think, you know, you've got two guys that 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:30.919 are different in the sense one guy's thirty six, the 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:34.600 other guy's fifty six. You know, one guy's an offensive coach, 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:38.160 the other guy's a defensive coach. I have to think 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:40.119 at this point a lot of it comes down to 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:43.320 you know, how do you think, because again, if lou 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:47.000 and removes the coach, well, who's your offensive coordinator? Who's 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:48.760 the person you're going to bring in? It's going to 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:51.639 work closest with Kyler Murray. It's not gonna be lou 0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:54.520 It's going to be whoever the offensive coordinator is. So 0:20:56.080 --> 0:20:59.439 it's almost like there's a stecondary piece if you go 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:02.520 defense that you really have to think long and hard about. 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:05.640 Whereas if you hire an offensive minded head coach, you're 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:08.920 picking that person because you feel that they will connect 0:21:08.920 --> 0:21:11.800 the best with Kyler Murray and you try and figure 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:13.720 those out, right, I've try and figure that out during 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:17.560 the interviews. You know, what's his process? How does he think? 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:20.000 Here's a little glimpse in the Luana Roumo him talking 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:24.080 about just the teaching aspect of coaching on Bengals dot Com. 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:27.399 Try to make sure that the guys understand that what 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:29.159 we're giving them and what we're trying to teach them, 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:32.080 we're going to be passionate about it and take out 0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:34.359 and eliminate all the gray, so what they're going to 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:37.480 know exactly what their job responsibilities are and make sure 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:39.800 we're paying attention in detail well, put your guys on 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:43.360 your work. Find a receiver. Find a receiver, three hard 0:21:43.440 --> 0:21:46.840