1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: and ahead, he got jacked. This is the Big Red 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Rain presented by Santanford in Gilbert. Mary's gonna score touchdown 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: Slam to the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: He came flying into the backfield. The Rage is brought 6 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: to you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Santanford 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight hundred 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: State Farm and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts. Visit Hacy Cardinals 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: dot com, Slash podcasts, The Red Scenes, rising ard, temperaturizing vision, flurring, 10 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: rage taking over. Here's Paul Calvci. I'm ready. I'm one 11 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: hundred percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready. And Ron Wolflee, 12 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: it doesn't get any better than that horn unleash the 13 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: far A very special edition of The Big Red Rage 14 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: Tonight Paul Calvc, Darren Urban from ac Cardinals dot Com 15 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: sitting in for a vacationing Ron Wolfully and you know what, Darren, 16 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: I don't think you're gonna have any problem hitting the 17 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: way back button and recollecting the particulars of this one. 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: If you missed it last week, we have busted out 19 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: Cardinals Folk Tales, and we're gonna revisit Cardinals Folk Tales, 20 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: the award winning documentary series that was unveiled this past 21 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: season during the season during a seven and oh tenant 22 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: to start by the Arizona Cardinals. In case you missed it, 23 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: or even if you didn't, there's some really good stories 24 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: and anecdotes. As we say, you can't spell history without 25 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: the words story, and this one goes by the words 26 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: thanks Coach, which refers to Darren going to reverse engineer 27 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: this for us exactly, so thanks Coach is a reference 28 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: to Dennis Green's infamous postgame speech after the Monday night 29 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: meltdown against the Bears in two thousands six and after 30 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: he had his monologue as well, I guess we'll call 31 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: it that everybody remembers and you can still see on 32 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: YouTube and has been immortalized on commercials and the like 33 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: and repeated many many times in different ways and forms. 34 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: Cardinals Vice president of Media Relations Mark Dalton kind of 35 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: waited a beat after Denny finished, and before anybody had 36 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: a chance to say anything, kind of clasped his hands 37 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: together and said, thanks coach. Matt Leiner will be out next, 38 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: and it just it was quite the finish to a 39 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,839 Speaker 1: very surreal kind of moment. And by the way, as 40 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: he went behind that door and left the press commence room, 41 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: there was a certain sideline reporter waiting to do the 42 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: radio version in the interview on the other side of 43 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: that door, which we'll get into once we launch into 44 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: Cardinals Folk Tales. Thanks coach. But yes, you thought the 45 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 1: game was a meltdown until you got to the post game, right, 46 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden it literally turned into 47 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: a beer commercial. Yeah, it was. It was kind of 48 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: The game itself was crazy. I at the time was 49 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: working for the East Valley Tribute newspaper and covering it, 50 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: and like you said, the game itself was was crazy 51 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: how it played out. The Cardinals had a twenty to 52 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: nothing lead and ended up losing the game and missing 53 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: a field goal on the like right at the end 54 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: of the game that would have won it for them. 55 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: After all that and that was it would have been 56 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: interesting enough. And then we went in there and then 57 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: Dennis Green started having a press conference, which started pretty 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: normal until the one answer. But you know what, Denny 59 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: Green with the media was an event itself. Yes, it 60 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: was almost performance art in some ways. You know, just 61 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: a week before that, maybe two weeks before that, we 62 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: were in Atlanta and he had declared Matt Liner at 63 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback by ripping the microphone out of my 64 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: hand as I was doing a live postgame interview with 65 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: rookie Matt Liners. So those are the sort of things 66 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: you had to keep your head on a swivel for 67 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: the head coach, Dennis. But in that particular moment, everyone 68 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: in that take us into the press room, because you 69 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: were bracing right, I mean, you were anticipating, man, there 70 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: could be one angry and agitated head coach potentially when 71 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: it first got in there, and I was literally in 72 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: the in the front row right in front of him, 73 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: probably like three feet in front of Denny, and I 74 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: was expecting either something very sullen and maybe one word 75 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: answers or anger, and it was really neither. At first. 76 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: It was he got asked questions and he was very 77 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: matter of fact about how they blew the game. But 78 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: he was matter of fact about it until he got 79 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: the one that set him off. And then we got 80 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: the famous they are who we thought they were, which well, 81 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, that is firmly entrenched in NFL history 82 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: is if not pulp pop culture. I would absolutely agree 83 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: with that. I mean, there's there's so many there's a 84 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: couple different parts that people remember. They are who we 85 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: thought they were, and you can crown them. You can 86 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: crown them who takes the third game of the preseason 87 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: like it's blank black. I mean this that it's hard 88 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: to not remember it. But again, one of the things 89 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: I loved about doing this folk tale and I was 90 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: I was the director of the video and helped get 91 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: a lot of the sound for it and the and 92 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: the video, and I just enjoyed kind of going behind 93 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: the scenes of hearing people how as it played out, 94 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: what was kind of going through their heads. And when 95 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: we come back, we'll hit the Big Red way back 96 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: button and we're talking the most memorable moments in Cardinals history. 97 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: When you're talking about Cardinals folk tales and on this 98 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: various special edition of The Big Red Rage presenta by 99 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: santan Ford and Gilbert, we'll get into it next and 100 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: hit rewind on. Thanks Coach on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. 101 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: Welcome back everyone into this special edition of The Big 102 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: Red Rage presenta by santan Ford and Gilbert on Paul 103 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: Calves as we go back through Cardinals folk tales, import 104 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: ticular the Denny Green Meltdown two thousand and six. And 105 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: if you remember that season, it started with a win 106 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: and then the Cardinals lost four in a row, two 107 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: of those buy a combined five points. But the bright 108 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: lights and the big stage were still to come on 109 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: Monday Night football. And you know how we talk about 110 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: sports is the original reality TV? Well, how about a 111 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: game where the Cardinals defense forced the opposing quarterback into 112 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: six turnovers? Right? A game the Cardinals led twenty to 113 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: nothing at the half, yet it's still wound up with 114 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: the pounding of the podium. And it was well after 115 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: the game that we learned that the Denny Green meltdown 116 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: might have been as premeditated as it was spontaneous. So 117 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: here on the Big Red Rage, presented by Satan Bord 118 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: and Gilbert, Here we go with an encore presentation of 119 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: Cardinals folk tales. Thanks coach. Do you believe this is happening? No? 120 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: I cannot remember Denny ever being that out of sorts. 121 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: It's one of those things that's going to go down 122 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: in history. I mean, everyone's gonna remember, you know, what 123 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: I mean. We just the Bears are what we thought 124 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: they were. I said to my wife on the drive home, 125 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: what the hell did he mean by that? It was 126 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: going really really well for us. Boy, the Cardinals are 127 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: flying around on defense until it wasn't touchdown Chicago. Unbelievable. 128 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: There are no words. It was deflating. We felt like 129 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: we had done enough to win. The meltdown is complete 130 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: for the Cardinal or was it? Because the most memorable 131 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: meltdown was still to come after the game. Coach Dennis 132 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: Green has got to be absolutely beside himself. You could 133 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: say that. Then again, Denny Green did say that a 134 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: postgame press conrence that beer commercials are made up? Literally, 135 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: what do they think they are? They are who we 136 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: done they were, They are who you thought they were. 137 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: A rand with a life of its own that's still 138 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: has legs today. I was I was next up on 139 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: the podium, and I was like, oh my god, what 140 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: am I walking into? Who the hell takes a third 141 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: game in a preseason It was beautiful from the beginning 142 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: to the end to the MIC's lap. If you want 143 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: to crown them, crowned your ass. It was a thing 144 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: of beauty. It started before you all even saw it though, 145 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: Like it started off in the locker room, because when 146 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: my ass gets in there, I'm gonna go eight, and 147 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: I was like, WHOA what it wasn't oh what the 148 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: moment to be sure. Welcome in to Cardinal's Folk Tales, 149 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: Thanks Coach, presented by Ziki, where we go in depth 150 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: into Cardinal's history all time anecdotes through the recollections and 151 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: memories of those who lived it or, in my case, 152 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: those who covered it. My name is Paul Calvic, Cardinal's 153 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: sideline reporter. It was October two thousand and six, Monday 154 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: Night football where the Cardinals led the undefeated Bears Swanty 155 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: to nothing at the half. Yet Coach Green had good 156 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: reason to be angry, frustrated, exasperated, Mount Saint Denny. I'm 157 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: telling you, when that clock went triple zero, something snapped 158 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: in Denian. I don't think he ever recovered. He did 159 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: it in a special way that only Dennis beIN could 160 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: do it. But they are what we thought they were, 161 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: and we led him out the hook. Thanks question. Now, 162 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: before we get to the pounding of the podium, it's 163 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: important to understand the stage and the stakes. Two thousand 164 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: and six was the debut season for University of Phoenix 165 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 1: Stadium state of the art. In fact, the roof was 166 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: open and the lights were bright for the building's first 167 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 1: regular season game in primetime, and the cameras loved themselves some. 168 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: Matt Liner, the Cardinals rookie quarterback, transcended sports Hack. He 169 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 1: made People Magazines one hundred most Beautiful list. And as 170 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: most of Matt Leiner's weekly radio show, I used to 171 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: marvel at how USC fans would make the drive to 172 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: Phoenix just to hang out in the sports bar for 173 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: a one hour radio show. And the star qube brought 174 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: out the stars as well. Here's Darren Urban from Azy 175 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 1: Cardinals dot Com. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were at 176 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: the game on the sideline before the game, Matt, how 177 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: excited he is Monday Night for you? He might be 178 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: excited too, though, if you had Ashton Kutcher at Demi 179 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: Moore chared for you, David might be fired up. That's 180 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: kind of cool, you know that? Yeah, Demmi? How you done? 181 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: Charles Barkley showed up and he ended up making an 182 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: appearance in the booth during Monday Night football, and there 183 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: was just there was a vibe to it. Everything involved 184 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: just seemed like a height level. People were thinking Matt 185 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: Leiner was going to be the next great quarterback. There 186 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: was just so much involved. It was the first round 187 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: draft pick, Matt Leinert, who was making a second star 188 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: up and now on national TV against a very formidable 189 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: and vaunted Chicago defense. So yeah, it was. There was 190 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: a lot on display and a lot of unique variables 191 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: that went into that game. That's Cardinals VP of Media 192 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: Relations Marked and he's right. All the pregame talk all 193 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: week was all about the five and oh Bears. The 194 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears are going to the super Bowl. It's the 195 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: best defense in the NFL in the history of this league. 196 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: Oh wait, it's Week six. But if you talk to 197 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: everybody associated with the NFL, including ESPN's Joe Tisman, the 198 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears are on their way to the super Bowl. 199 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: That's voice of the Cardinals Dave Pass, who certainly was 200 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: not ready to crown the Bears. Not in Week six. 201 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: Neither was Cardinals Pro Bowl pass rusher Bertram Barry, who 202 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: wanted the world to know that the a Z played 203 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: some d Everybody was talking about how this is going 204 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 1: to be a non competitive Monday night football game, and 205 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 1: we took that to heart. And I know from a 206 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 1: defense this perspective, we want to go out and show 207 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: that Chicago Bears had a really good defense, but we 208 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: would no slouches either, and we felt like this is 209 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: our opportunity to make a big statement. Yeah, you really 210 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: can't understand the post game or the game without broadening 211 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: lens a little bit to the season and the preseason 212 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: as a whole. The backstory is we played Chicago in 213 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: Chicago in the third preseason game and the Ones versus 214 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: Ones held our own and outplayed the Bears first team. 215 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: That was in the back of Denny's mind the whole 216 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: time coming up into that game. And then we got 217 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith on our conference call that week and love 218 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: Smith said, it was a glorified practice. We haven't really 219 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: played them yet. They were able to have some success 220 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: against us back then, but it's a totally different mindset. 221 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: The preseason games are important. They're glorified practices to me, 222 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: and I think that God under Denny skin a little bit. 223 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: I think that's important to know and to understand that 224 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 1: Denny was probably a little disappointed when coach Smith said, yeah, 225 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: that preseason game didn't mean as much to us as 226 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: it seemingly did to you. The game started, and it 227 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: started well. Matt Leiner had two touchdown passes in the 228 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: first quarter. Cardinals beat writer Kent Summers covered the game 229 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: for the Arizona Republic. The Cardinals dominated them in the 230 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: first half, I mean dominant. Matt Leiner was so sharp, 231 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: and you could tell the Cardinals had a game plan 232 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: that put the Bears on their heels. I mean Lyoner 233 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: was hitting short passes everywhere, and they were moving a 234 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: ball and the Bears, you know, Rex Grossman was turning 235 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: the ball over all the time, and I thought they're 236 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: going to win this game, you know, and I think 237 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: everybody did at halftime. That's how good they were in 238 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: the first half and how bad the Bears were. The 239 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: Cardinals defense, you had a young Darnell Docket, a young 240 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: Carlos Stansby, a young entre role. You had bertram Berry 241 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: playing really well. You had Adrian Wilson in the prime 242 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: of his career. It was a pretty good defense that 243 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: was starting to find its way, and they just made 244 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: the Bear's offense look like a disaster. They had Rex 245 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: Grossman at quarterback and Rex wasn't the most talented quarterback. 246 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: He didn't have the best arm, he didn't make the 247 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: best decisions. So we felt like we could get a 248 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: few balls from him, like he would throw us a 249 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: few and maybe we could get some turnovers and go 250 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: for the ball because he was a guy that was 251 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: pretty loose with the ball. He had really small hands. 252 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: Play fake. Grossman steps up, hit the balls out, he 253 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: got sack of the balls loose at the thirty two 254 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: yard line. It was bertrand Berry that came around against 255 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: his first sack of the year and a forced fumble. 256 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: Again they're still wrestling board. It's cardinal ball. Berry comes 257 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: up with the former recovery as well. He did it 258 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: all on that play. We felt like if we could 259 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: get him the turn the ball over more than what 260 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: he had, that we could as an offense score enough 261 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: points in order to get that win home. And it 262 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: almost worked. Almost as mentioned, the defense did its part. 263 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: Rex Grossman finished was six turnovers, four picks, two lost bumbles, 264 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: his passer rating and a halftime seventeen point two. In fact, 265 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: it was twenty to nothing Cardinals getting ready for the 266 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: second half and Dave Pash was still uneasy when the 267 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: Cardinals were up big. Yeah, we were surprised, but I 268 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: think just because we had been snake bitten before. I 269 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: think there was a little concern, like, you got another 270 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: half and then it all started to unravel. Denny kind 271 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: of got a little cautious, didn't want Matt Lennert making 272 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: any any mistakes. They started handing the ball off to 273 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: Edrin James time after time after time, and he wasn't 274 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: going anywhere. He ended up with fifty five yards on 275 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: thirty six carries. That was ridiculous. That's one point five 276 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: yards per carry, and it was carry after carry thirty 277 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: six times. Edrin James ran the ball and got nowhere. 278 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: And it was by design a halftime adjustment to make 279 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: darn sure the rookie QB didn't throw the game away 280 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: literally once again, Ken Summers. I think Denny Green went 281 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: to offensive coordinator Keith Rowan and said, back off, run 282 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: the ball, drained the clock, and that's what they did. 283 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: Bryan or Lacker finished with like one hundred nineteen tackles 284 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: in that game. He hit Edgar and James so often 285 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: it was an unbelieving I've never seen one player hit 286 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: another player so often in any game. They ought to 287 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: name er Lacker Skycamp because he's everywhere. He is making 288 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: plays sideline to sideline. Even though the Cardinals got conservative 289 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: and stunk, the Bears still had to have four things 290 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: go exactly right for him to win that game. Commencing 291 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: countdown to meltdown, ignition to implosion. In three two one 292 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: high formation behind line of three step dropper comes Anderson 293 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: of the Ball's ball, but that's loose on the far 294 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: side of the Bears. Mike Brown picks it up and 295 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: he walks in fresh Chicago touchdown, and the Bears have 296 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: new life with two seconds to go in the third quarter. 297 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: The one thing they can't do is turn the ball 298 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: over in that situation, and that's exactly what happens given 299 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: the Bears. Light Wolf gives me grief all the time 300 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 1: that somehow I'm the human Jinks with the Cardinals. He 301 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: calls it the pash factor. I say something and the 302 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: next play the opposite happens. Well, he did it to 303 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 1: Edrin Edrin James, Thank goodness, he's not a fumbler. Very 304 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: next play fumbling. The Cardinals really protecting the football right now. 305 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: And that's the great thing about having Eder and James too. 306 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: The guy's not a fumbler, David. He doesn't put it 307 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: on the ground very often. Five twenty five to go 308 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: in the fort twenty three to ten Arizona, they're out 309 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: of the eye with James the deep man. He gets 310 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 1: it off the right side, cut it back to the left, 311 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: and he gets stuck right in the legs at the 312 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: forty one yard line and the balls loose. It's fumbled 313 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: to pick up by the Bears far side Tilmot at 314 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: the twenty to ten to five touchdown Chicago. Did I 315 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: just say that? Oh my goodness, a thirty six yard 316 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: fumble recovery for the touchdown by the Chicago Bears, and 317 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: with five minutes to go there within one touchdown, another unforgettable, 318 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 1: regretable moment. Forget the pash factor, the wolf factor. Jing 319 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: seemingly spoke the fumble into existence. But wait, there's more now, 320 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: time for the Bears special teams to score. Devin Hester. 321 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 1: When Devin Hester caught the punt work, I'll never forget 322 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: as soon as he caught the ball on the return, 323 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 1: like he made one move in and you saw it 324 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: pastor waits for it at the eighteen yard line, backs 325 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: up and now runs right into twenty twenty five look 326 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: out thirty nearside, forty at midfield, forty five, forty with 327 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 1: a kicker to be thirty twenty fifteen ten five touchdown 328 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: Chicago and the Bears unbelievably have tied this football game. 329 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: You gotta be kidding me. No way, no way, unbelievable. 330 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,199 Speaker 1: There are no works. The meltdown is complete for the 331 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: Cardinals offensively and in transition hunting the ball straight to 332 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: Devin Hester. That that wasn't the best idea. So it 333 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: just it was deflating. It really was, because we felt 334 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: like we had done enough to win, and to see 335 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: him return that punt for a touchdown, it just it 336 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: took a lot to win out of ourselves. But as 337 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: devastating as that may have been, rookie Devin Hester with 338 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: his second career return for touchdown, the Cardinals still had 339 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: two fifty eight left down one twenty four twenty three, 340 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: with one last chance at redemption. What everybody forgets is 341 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: that they fell behind after the part return by Devin Hester, 342 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: and Matt Leiner played like the quarterback of the future 343 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: he came on the field. He led them down the 344 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: field into field goal range for a game winning field 345 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: goal from forty yards. I mean, that's completely doable. And 346 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: then Neil Rackers blows it. The snap's good, balls down, 347 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: Rackers kick is up, it has the lack. Rackers kick 348 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: is no good. Rockers hooked it and he just missed 349 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: it to the left, and the Bears takeover, leading by one. Unbelievable. 350 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: Never ever seen anything like it. We don't make it. 351 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: Had we made it, history would judge the next half 352 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: hour forty five minutes much differently than than it does now. 353 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: And as the Cardinals VP and media relations Mark Dalton 354 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: there hinted, the drama did not end with the end 355 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: of the game. The most memorable moments were still to come, 356 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 1: and when we come back, we'll learn how Denny Green's 357 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: meltdown came to be, including what was the question that 358 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: lit the few? And did the question even matter? What 359 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: did Denny Green say right before and after the rant 360 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: That actually explains a lot in hindsight, not to mention 361 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: how Denny eventually embraced and even monetized that moment. As 362 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 1: we continue with this special Cardinals Folk Tales edition of 363 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: The Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert, 364 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: we are santan Ford and welcome back everyone into a 365 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert. I'm 366 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: Paul CALVISI Tonight a special Cardinals Folk Tales edition. This 367 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: is where we say, look, you can't spell the word 368 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: history without the words story. And we have documented memorable 369 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: moments all time in Cardinals history, and tonight we're focusing 370 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: on Denny Green's Monday Night meltdown circa two thousand and 371 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: six that, as we know, we'll live on forever as 372 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 1: an all time rant. And we're gonna pick up here 373 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: where we left off. Denny Green about to meet the 374 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: media after the Cardinals blew that twenty to nothing halftime 375 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: lead against the Bears, eventually losing twenty four twenty three. 376 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: About as excruciating as it yet it's two words in fact, 377 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: brew toll. Believe me. I was a sidelined reporter for 378 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: that game. I did the coach Green radio interview after 379 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: the game, after the rant, which we'll get to. But 380 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: what about right before the meltdown, right before the media session. 381 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from beat writers Darren Urban and Ken 382 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: Summers and Cardinals VP of Media Relations Marked Dalton. As 383 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: we continue with our encore presentation of Cardinals Folk Tales. 384 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: Thanks coach. Coach Dennis Green has got to be absolutely 385 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: beside himself. So your team just lost in gut wrenching fashion, 386 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: a Shakespearean tragedy on national TV. You're the VP of 387 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: media relations. What do you do? What do you say 388 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: to your head coach Danny? We didn't talk a ton um. 389 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's a professional's he's he knows, he 390 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: knows what he's got to do. And but no, there 391 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: was no harbinger of overwhelming sentiment that was any different 392 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: than you would have expected in that situation. So yeah, 393 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 1: we made our way to the interview room and proceeded 394 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: to address the media. I was literally in the first 395 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: row right in front of the podium. I mean I 396 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: was bracing myself because I'm thinking, here's a guy who's 397 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: going to give us two word answers. He's going to 398 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: be super ticked off. And he wasn't. He came out 399 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: and people started asking questions about hard stuff, and he 400 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: answered like it was any other game. And then came 401 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: the question and things changed. Four picks against Grossman and 402 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 1: two funnels. What do you see about the Bears of 403 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: we shut them down that way, now, you know, I mean, 404 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: we just the Bears are what we thought they were, 405 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: but what he thought they were. The question was nothing 406 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: about that. It was Mark Brown, a freelancer, asking him 407 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: about Rex Grossmith's turnovers. It's like, that's what I remember. 408 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: It's like, what questions set him off? And it was 409 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,479 Speaker 1: typical Denny. It's like, yeah, it had nothing to do 410 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: with That's not what set him off. He had what 411 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: he was going to say, and it was coming out. 412 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: By god, we played him in preseason. Who the hell 413 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: takes the third game in the preseason, like us both book, 414 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: We played him in the third game. Everybody played three 415 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: quarters the Bears or who we thought they were. That's 416 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: why we took the damn field. Now, if you want 417 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: to crown him, they crowned her ass. But they are 418 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: who we thought they were, and we let him out 419 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: the hook. And again the media member who set him 420 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: off was freelance writer Mark Brown, who that evening was 421 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: writing for the Chicago Sun Times. In this particular case, 422 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: I was surprised by Dennis's response because coaches are normally 423 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: much more professional and much more subdued in answering questions, 424 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: but his comments were toward the nature of the game 425 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: itself and not directed toward me, who asked the question, 426 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: or any other of the media representives who were in 427 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: the room that day. It was just venting in just 428 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: a level of frustration that he probably felt that he 429 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: had to exhibit at a certain time, and it was 430 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: delivered to the moment, and it wasn't delivered specifically to 431 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: an individual. It's interesting the way it started. It was 432 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: fairly calm, and when it was over, it was over. 433 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: It was just that minute and a half in between 434 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: that it was not what was interesting to me about 435 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: that whole moment, as if you covered that team. His 436 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: rant made sense because they had played the Bears in 437 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: the third preseason game. The Cardinals had played their starters 438 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: into the third quarter, The Cardinals had played well against 439 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: the Bears. They were very confident. That's where the whole 440 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: The Bears are who we thought they were. You know, 441 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: we lewed him off the hook. We played them in preseason. 442 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: Who the hell takes a third game in a preseason 443 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: his book, The rare use of both back to back 444 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: was just you don't see that in a press conference. 445 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: Very off. Frankly, the way the game was trending. For 446 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: three quarters, was was bearing out what Denny was preaching, 447 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: which was, hey, don't let don't listen to anybody else. 448 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: You're every bit the equal of this Chicago Bears team, 449 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: even the other five and old. And for three quarters 450 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: he was one hundred percent right and should have been 451 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: standing in that podium with great pride. And I think 452 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: that is probably all the things happening with him and 453 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: what led to what it led to their bears or 454 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: who we thought they were. That's why we took the 455 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: damn field. Now, if you want to crown them, they've 456 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: crowned your ass. You know. You decide, all right, I 457 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: better get in there and cut this off so we 458 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: don't have another question and keep this going. And there's 459 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: different ways you can do that, right, So one of 460 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: the ones is just okay, I'll interject and thank the 461 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: coach for his time. As I think back, we probably 462 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: weren't going to get another question because he's just looking 463 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: around the room. There are a lot of jaws on 464 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 1: the floor, and people were a little like okay. So 465 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 1: as you read the room, I thought it would be appropriate, 466 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: in hindsight, perhaps not to just pay nothing to see here. 467 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: We're moving on with the rest of our program here. 468 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: Thank you, Coach Green. They are when we thought they were, 469 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: and we let him out the hook. Thanks coach. Yeah, 470 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: that that that did generate a little bit of attention. 471 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 1: It was beautiful, from the beginning to the end, to 472 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: the mic slap to Mark Dalton coming in and breaking 473 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 1: it up. It was a thing of beauty. When I 474 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: closed my eyes and I think about it, I always 475 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: think of Mark Dalton because Mark was the one that 476 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: had to say thank you, Denny. And you know, at 477 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: that point, I think Mark was literally afraid to say anything, 478 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: and you know, Denny heard him, and he just walked 479 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 1: off and he walked straight to Paul Calls becall had 480 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: to interview him right after that. Not having a clue 481 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: what did it happened. We were waiting, as we normally 482 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 1: do for the postgame interview with Paul, so we're waiting 483 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: for Denny and we see on the JumboTron Denny hit 484 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 1: the microphone say what he said, and Jim Momahundro, the producer, 485 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: gets in Paul's ear and goes, Paul, here comes coach, 486 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: and he's pissed. And then I think Denny said the 487 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: exact same thing to Paul the whole third preseason game. 488 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 1: They are who we thought they were. The last question me, 489 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: head coach Dennis Green, what do you think we'll stick 490 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: with your most from this one? Well, I just think 491 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 1: that we you know, the Bears are what we thought 492 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: they were. We played in the third preseason the game 493 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: they played their first team for three quarters. We played 494 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: arts the first three quarters. They are what we thought 495 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: they were. If you want to make them more than that, 496 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: everybody can. The Bears are exactly like we thought they were. 497 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: And if they're the consensus number one coach, was it 498 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: say about the potential of the Cardinals number ones at 499 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: the end of the year. Not Now there you go, 500 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: head coach Dennis Screen. Guys, we will throw it back 501 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: to you. Thanks a lot. Paul and Dennis Green obviously 502 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: fired up. As a matter of fact, before Paul spoke 503 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: with him, he had his press conference which was played 504 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: here in the stadium, and well, let's put it this way, 505 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: he was a lot more calm with Paul than he 506 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: was with the media, as he was very upset visibly. 507 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: What I always tell people is that if you remember 508 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: when Dennis Green exits the press conference, room. He goes 509 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: through that door right well, on the other side of 510 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: that door was yours. Truly totally unaware I was of 511 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: what had just gone down, what was about to go viral. 512 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: In fact, the wheels were already in motion. Press conference 513 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: ended and I walked into the locker room where another 514 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: member of our staff, Chris Melvin, was and he said, 515 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: as he always does, you know, hey, how was coach? 516 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: I pause, and I thought, I'm not sure how how 517 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: to succinctly describe it, and he goes, what do you mean. 518 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, I think you'll you'll see it soon enough, 519 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: and as it turns out, often enough. The immediate aftermath 520 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: was you know, all over the place. I mean ESPN 521 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: was playing it like every six seconds. I felt like 522 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: that night, you know today that those moments, you know, 523 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: as soon as they happened, it's like going to be iconic. 524 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: But even back then, I just knew, you know, they 525 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: had those famous Coors Light commercials back then where they 526 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: took real moments in history, the Jim Mora Playoffs and 527 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: those things, and I remember thinking, Denny just got himself 528 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: a Coors Light commercial. Hey, cos those guys just took 529 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: off with all your cold refreshing Coors light. Who do 530 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: they think they are? They are who we thought they were. 531 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: They are who you thought they were? Well, who do 532 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: you think they were? They are who we thought they were. Okay, 533 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: if you knew who they were, why didn't you stop them? 534 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: But yet am about the hook? I think there are 535 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: some people that felt that that was a little staged, 536 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: like it was coming the whole. They are who we 537 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: thought they were. But who cares? Right, it didn't have 538 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: to be completely off the cuff. So what if he 539 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: thought about a little bit before we went in there? 540 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what Hollywood's all about, then he could 541 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 1: have made it knowledge with her. Yeah, Dave Pash is 542 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: onto something there, because, as we learned years later, Dennis 543 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: Green had a post game plan. In fact, we're here 544 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: from Gabe Watson and Matt Leiner. But first, here's Bertrand 545 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: Berry taking us back inside that Monday night locker room 546 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: where coach Green called his shot. His shirt was untucked, 547 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: he didn't have a hat on, and those were two 548 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 1: things that you never saw with Denny. You never saw 549 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: him without a hat and you never saw his shirt untucked. 550 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: And he was kicking this green gatorade cup, you know 551 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: those green Gatorade paper cups. He just was kicking this one, 552 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, on the ground. Wasn't saying anything. It was 553 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: just it was early quiet, like I'll never forget it. 554 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: And I can't even repeat all the things that he said, 555 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: but the basic crux of the matter was he said, 556 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: I don't want anybody saying anything to the media because 557 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: when I get in there, I'm going off. He didn't 558 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 1: see it quite like that, but you can kind of 559 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: guess how colorful it got. He came in there, heated, 560 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: and the first thing he said was, I don't want 561 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: anyone saying anything to the media because when my I 562 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: can't say the next word going there, I'm gonna go eight. 563 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: I can't say the next word. Yeah, so you called it. 564 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: He said he was gonna go off. Yeah, this a 565 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: little pre premeditated. I can't quite get up that high. Men. 566 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: I don't want anybody saying anything to the media when 567 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: I get in there, because when my ass gets in there, 568 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go eight. And I was like, whoa what. 569 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: It just was the weirdest thing that I could ever remember. 570 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: I cannot remember Denny ever being that out of sorts 571 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: like it just something snapped. I'm telling you, when that 572 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: clock went triple zero, something snapped in Denny and I 573 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: don't think he ever recovered. Everybody remembers where they were 574 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: when it went down. When Danny Green went off, you 575 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: were were I was. I was next up on the podium, 576 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: so I remember, I was just kind of standing there. 577 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: I actually caught the tail end of it and then 578 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,239 Speaker 1: uh and then Mark comes up and says, Okay, next up, 579 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: Matt Liner and I and I was like, oh my god, 580 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: what am I walking into? You know? And I was. 581 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: I was upset obviously the last two. But I mean 582 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: it's it's one of those one of those things that's 583 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: gonna go down to history. Is I mean, everyone's gonna remember. 584 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: You know, there's there's more coach, more playoffs. Don't talk 585 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: about the playoffs, Oklahoma State coach. I'm a man, I'm forty. 586 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: There's a Denny Bears who we thought they were. There's 587 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: there's a handful of guys you know that are forever 588 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: gonna be a go down in history as some of 589 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: the best one liners. I guess, you know, so to speak, 590 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: Come on, give me a few lines. What do you 591 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: remember from it? How to go. They are who we 592 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: thought they were. It doesn't about the hook. Players would 593 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: joke about it in the locker room. I was one 594 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: of the guys to joke abroad, and sometimes I'll say, 595 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 1: you know, do the voice and whatever to the media. 596 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: Give us a dramatic reenactment, if you will. They were 597 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: who we thought they weren't, and we let him off 598 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: the hook. Players like, man, what are you doing? And 599 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, what's wrong. I'm just being me, you know, 600 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 1: I'm a clown sometimes, you know. And then they were here, 601 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: were they were? They? They were here, we talked they 602 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: were I mean, you know, and that's how we took 603 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: the damn field. And if they want to crown them 604 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: and crown there at they were we thought they were, 605 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: and we allowed them off the Bears who we thought 606 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: they were. They were who we thought they weren't. The 607 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: Bears are who we thought they were, and we led 608 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: them off the hook. Do you want to crown them? 609 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: Crown him? Do you watch the third preseason game, in 610 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,799 Speaker 1: the third preseason game, barring that to a regular season game, 611 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, it wasn't funny. After the loss, after 612 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: a few years being removed and like seeing this commercial 613 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,400 Speaker 1: pop up and it's you know, the same deal, and 614 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: it's like, man, it's hilarious. You know you didn't like 615 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: laugh and joke with guy's body and the impersonations definitely 616 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: weren't limited to the Cardinals locker room. On Fox NFL Sunday, 617 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 1: for instance, Hall of Famers too, Mary Bradshaw and Jimmy 618 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: Johnson channeled there enter Denny. Can the Cardinals recover from 619 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 1: a lost like, well, I think they can't. H I 620 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,919 Speaker 1: think they can't. We are who we think we are. 621 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: You just cry all you can do it, Jimmy crowd him. 622 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: I don't care. I don't think they can. They got 623 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: a good quarterback all right now. Not even a year later, 624 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: even the cardinals next head coach waited for the perfect 625 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 1: opportunity to drop his own Denny inspired quote. Here's Ken 626 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: Wizzenot cracking himself up. I mean, I think a lot 627 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: of people outside of the team or outside maybe at 628 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: this conference, don't really know a lot about Ankuin, But 629 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: when you study him on taping you and you see him, 630 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: it's pretty apparent that he's a good football player. So 631 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 1: he is what we thought he was just kind of 632 00:35:53,239 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: just I couldn't decide whether I could go with that. 633 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: That was great. I've been I've been waiting for so 634 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,280 Speaker 1: long for that one. Okay, honestly, that's probably the most 635 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,440 Speaker 1: or at least the hardest we ever heard. Ken wizzon 636 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,760 Speaker 1: ont laugh as the Cardinals head coach from two thousand 637 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:17,439 Speaker 1: and seven to two twelve, because no doubt, Dennis Green 638 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:22,759 Speaker 1: was a tough act to follow. In more ways than one. 639 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 1: Every day was an adventure. You never knew what you 640 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 1: were going to get. I always I always felt like 641 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: sometimes I needed a Denny Green interpreter. You felt like 642 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: you were covering maybe one of the last true characters 643 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,760 Speaker 1: in the NFL. And in some ways maybe we should 644 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,920 Speaker 1: have seen the Monday night meltdown coming because, for example, 645 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: on his radio show one week, we asked about the 646 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,280 Speaker 1: old line and the whole boy, did we get an answer? 647 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 1: I know during training camp some of the offensive linemensighted, 648 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,280 Speaker 1: you know, just the constant media discussion of the offensive line, 649 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: you know, as the week lank and just saying all 650 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,279 Speaker 1: pointed flick line as so much those and half those 651 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: guys are making a with three million dollars a year. 652 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: They need to just get off their butts and start 653 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: doing a job. You know, And I don't like to 654 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,640 Speaker 1: feel sorry for guys. There's no rum for cry baby's 655 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: no no rum for soft side. When your offensive a linement, 656 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,960 Speaker 1: you're getting paid big money, didn't do your job. You 657 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: can go watch Mason High School play and you can 658 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 1: tell if the lineman or doing a job or not. 659 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,160 Speaker 1: A seventy five year old woman in the stands can 660 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 1: tell if you're doing a job not because what happens 661 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 1: is the guy got blocked or he didn't. All right, 662 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 1: that was a doozy. And then a couple of weeks 663 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,239 Speaker 1: before the Monday night meltdown in Atlanta, after Coach Green 664 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: had pulled starting quarterback Kurt Warner for rookie Matt Liner, 665 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: we had one last question in the locker room for 666 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:41,800 Speaker 1: Liner when Coach Green blitzed us from behind and answered 667 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: in person, what do you know about the quarterback situation 668 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: going forward? Now? Oh, I don't know anything. I'm just 669 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 1: gonna be ready to play whenever I can Matt to 670 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: start next week. Mattch done. Yeah, that was a real time. 671 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: Alrighty then moment for sure. But for all we heard 672 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:00,560 Speaker 1: Danny Green had an eye for talent. He's two thousand 673 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: and four draft class, Larry Fitzgerald, Carlos Stansby, Darnell Docket 674 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: in the first three rounds in all timer. In fact, 675 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: Denny's players formed the backbone of that two thousand and 676 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,480 Speaker 1: eight Super Bowl team. Former third round pick Darnell Dockett 677 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 1: will always remember the man who saw what Docket could become, 678 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,520 Speaker 1: maybe even before he did. Everybody will always remember him 679 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: because of the they were, who we thought they were. 680 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: Everybody that speech will be forever him. But the thing 681 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 1: that stands out to me was I brought you here 682 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,800 Speaker 1: not to be a backup. I brought you here to 683 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 1: be a starter. Now get out, dann working like dash. 684 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 1: My speech from that day on, I never looked back, 685 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 1: and that's our look back at Dennis Green and who 686 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 1: we thought he was in that very memorable moment. We 687 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed. Cardinals Folk Tales, Thanks Coach, presented by 688 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: Sky for producer Jim Almahundro. I'm Paul calvc as we 689 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 1: leave you with a final word from Cardinals VP Mark Dalton, 690 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: who spent as much time as any one with Dennis Green. Sadly, 691 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: Danny passed away in twenty sixteen, and a number of 692 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,919 Speaker 1: us went to San Diego to his funeral service, and 693 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,359 Speaker 1: the program of the funeral service was really well done, 694 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 1: and like many, it had his picture on the front 695 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: and the program and the songs and the scripture readings. 696 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 1: But on the back page of the program it had 697 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: famous Denny Green quotations and I think there were eight 698 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: to ten, but the very first one in the program 699 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 1: his funeral was they are who we thought they were? 700 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 1: And about that A look back at Denny Green's memorable 701 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:53,399 Speaker 1: meltdown Cardinals folk Tales. Thanks coach and four A head 702 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,800 Speaker 1: coach who won one hundred and thirteen regular season games 703 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: in his career plus four playoff games. It's zoom out here. 704 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,759 Speaker 1: Even Denny Green knew that's what he'd be remembered for. 705 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 1: In fact, as reports said later, he tried unsuccessfully to 706 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: trademark that phrase Danny Green. Now when we come back, 707 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: we'll bring back Darren Urman on how that moment that 708 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:20,080 Speaker 1: rant has lived on and still resonates today and what's 709 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,880 Speaker 1: coming this fall when it comes to Cardinal's Folk Tales. 710 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,840 Speaker 1: That is next. This is the Big Red Rage presenta 711 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:32,760 Speaker 1: by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford Welcome 712 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 1: back into this very special edition of The Big Red Rage, 713 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,240 Speaker 1: presenta by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford, 714 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,520 Speaker 1: We are Paul Calvec Darren Urban from ac Cardinals dot com. 715 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:46,120 Speaker 1: This is our Cardinals Folk Tales edition. We just heard, 716 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,799 Speaker 1: thanks coach, the story of the Denny Green meltdown and 717 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: some of the quotes that will live forever. They are 718 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: who we thought they were, which we just learned. Denny 719 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: Green actually tried to trademark about a year afterwards, and 720 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 1: as Mark Alton, the VP of Media Relations, told us 721 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,280 Speaker 1: at Denny Green's funeral, it was the first quote listed 722 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,960 Speaker 1: on the funeral card. So it was something that he 723 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,480 Speaker 1: did come to embrace it and it did define him 724 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, and he was able to 725 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 1: monetize it via beer commercials. I mean, I think it's 726 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 1: kind of cool that Denny eventually understood what it really 727 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,400 Speaker 1: meant in the grand scheme of things. I think it's funny. 728 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:32,279 Speaker 1: I think back to Denny and that year before Matt 729 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:37,600 Speaker 1: Leiner signed his contract in training camp, somebody had told 730 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,080 Speaker 1: me that going into a press conference after one of 731 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: the training camp practices that Denny's Denny was going to 732 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:45,960 Speaker 1: have a little something to say about Matt Leiner not 733 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 1: signing his contract, and it kind of came up in 734 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:49,799 Speaker 1: the same way. And this is what I always think 735 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: about when I think of the Monday Night meltdown. Was 736 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:56,040 Speaker 1: the somebody asked a question about it somebody's injury, Antonio 737 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,760 Speaker 1: Smith's toe or Carlos Dansby's toe or something, and somehow 738 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,759 Speaker 1: that Cardinals were playing in New England for preseason game 739 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 1: that week, and somehow Denny turned that question into a 740 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,439 Speaker 1: soliloquy about how Tom Brady was going to be playing 741 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,560 Speaker 1: in the preseason game and Kurt Warner was going to 742 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,719 Speaker 1: be playing in the preseason game and how come Matt 743 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: Liner it was? And that whole thing kind of reminded 744 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,840 Speaker 1: me the same way he played off the question for 745 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,400 Speaker 1: the Thanks coach, Yeah, the question didn't really matter now, 746 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,279 Speaker 1: it was gonna happen. It was gonna happen. It was 747 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 1: just a matter of time before all. Right. So look, 748 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 1: the offseason, we know in the NFL is all about lists, right, 749 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 1: Everybody likes to formulate these lists, and they fill time 750 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:35,080 Speaker 1: and content and all that. Where does that moment rank 751 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: in your journalism career? Where where does that moment rank, 752 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: it's just an all time WTH moment. Well, I mean, 753 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 1: I think for a press conference that's number one. That's 754 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,759 Speaker 1: pretty obvious, and just in general that game. I mean, 755 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,160 Speaker 1: I know it's it's a tough one for a lot 756 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:57,200 Speaker 1: of Cardinals fans and that's understandable. But the package of 757 00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,360 Speaker 1: that how that game played out, I mean, the Cardinals 758 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,000 Speaker 1: were the better team that night and there was no 759 00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:03,920 Speaker 1: question about that, and somehow they lost the game and 760 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,240 Speaker 1: then to have it kind of topped off and really 761 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,920 Speaker 1: that kind of sent everything in a tail spin that game, 762 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,359 Speaker 1: did you know, because you entered one in four, Yeah, 763 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,439 Speaker 1: you would have been two and four and you would 764 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,719 Speaker 1: have beaten the undefeated Bears, right, but now you're one 765 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,880 Speaker 1: in five. And in fact, the offensive coordinator lost his 766 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,879 Speaker 1: job the next day, Keith Rowan, who to this day 767 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,879 Speaker 1: claims that Danny told him to take the air out 768 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,279 Speaker 1: of the ball and just run the ball in the 769 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: second half, which Edgerrin James did like thirty something times 770 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:32,360 Speaker 1: for less than two yards of carry. Thirty six carries 771 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:36,560 Speaker 1: fifty five yards. Jeez. But but to your point about 772 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,400 Speaker 1: how it was premeditated, we hear we heard bertrand Barry 773 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 1: and Gay Watson say, how you know he did come 774 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,399 Speaker 1: in and tell the players, don't say anything. I'm gonna 775 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,799 Speaker 1: do the speaking on this one. Yeah, And and sure 776 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,600 Speaker 1: enough he did. And look, it was just it was 777 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:55,000 Speaker 1: sort of the way Danny Green went about things back 778 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:58,120 Speaker 1: in that day. You just had more of the personality, 779 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,400 Speaker 1: You had more emotion, you know. Now a lot of 780 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,360 Speaker 1: these head coaches are more like CEOs. Yeah, but he 781 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,720 Speaker 1: got out there and not only was he an expert 782 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,839 Speaker 1: on personnel, and he had a great eye for talent, 783 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,359 Speaker 1: and we all know about the two thousand and four 784 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:13,880 Speaker 1: draft class, but he didn't hesitate to take to e 785 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,680 Speaker 1: put heat on his own locker room or in cases 786 00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:18,960 Speaker 1: where a team lost, take heat off a locker room. 787 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:20,680 Speaker 1: And that was always, I think a sign of a 788 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,080 Speaker 1: great coach right where you would deflect and defend your 789 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,320 Speaker 1: own locker room. I think there was a lot of 790 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,440 Speaker 1: expectations for that team too, going into the year, drafting 791 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:32,040 Speaker 1: Matt Liner, signing edgarn James. They had some really young 792 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:35,120 Speaker 1: talent fits doc at Dansby, and for them to kind 793 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:39,440 Speaker 1: of flounder out of the box, that really that was 794 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,040 Speaker 1: tough and ended up being Danny Green's last year coaching him. 795 00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,120 Speaker 1: It was you know what to me, that was the 796 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:49,480 Speaker 1: epitome of infotainment. It was entertaining, it was informational. Danny Green, 797 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:54,359 Speaker 1: the singular personality and head coach. Special thanks not only 798 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,239 Speaker 1: did Darren for sitting in here tonight, but our Jim 799 00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,840 Speaker 1: Almahandro not only fine producer of The Big Red Rage, 800 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,719 Speaker 1: but the Cardinals Folk Tales podcast which you can find 801 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,920 Speaker 1: at Acy Cardinals dot com. Special thanks Zach Larson for tonight. 802 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,359 Speaker 1: We're going to continue. We have a two for next week, 803 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,279 Speaker 1: a couple of Cardinals Folk Tales as we continue during 804 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,040 Speaker 1: the summer. Here, I'm Paul KELDC. This has been The 805 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,440 Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by Santanford and Gilbert. 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