I don’t think Mike B is as cheap as he’s often made out to be. I think he lacks the personality traits to be empathetic and effective as an NFL owner. I don’t think he understands what it truly means to value people as people and employees nor what it takes on his end to put them in a position to succeed for the organization, whether it be players, coaches, kitchen workers etc.
I remember multiple GM candidates and coaches being reported to have turned him down last year.
Wow, that reminds me of a guy I worked with that shouldn't have even still been employed said...You don't want to lead the pack because you'll be ambushed but you don't want to be last because you'll be eaten, just stay in the middle and you'll be fine. Unfortunately, welcome to art Bidwill, M. school of business.
You know, I like this....little Mikey grew up with the silver spoon in his mouth and most likely doesn't have the empathy most people grow up learning....but, thinking about it...why can't he learn to be a better owner since this is his only path in life, why not make it as good as you can?
There are a ton of examples of him being cheap, (many of which have been shared on this very board!) but some people will never believe it.
Tomlinson, Calais played all season. Sweat and zaven 14 games of season. The davis-gaither played 17 games this season. Budda (17) and Thompson (15) this season. Will Johnson 12 games this season. What are you talking about?
I’m not saying he can’t, just that I don’t think he does. I wish he would.
Yes, using AI as your argument makes it null and void.
I’m laughing at all the bolded guys. HUGE impact guys. And you listed 7 guys who missed 1 or 2 games. Yawn. By my estimate that’s 46 games lost by starters. The majority of which were mostly nolen, Wilson and one of either SMB/starling (as the goal was to start Will Johnson).
Again, I said “I don’t think he’s as cheap as people make it out to be”. Since you’re obviously struggling with comprehension here, that means that I do think he is cheap. I just don’t think he’s as cheap as is often said. I have been in situations, primarily when we took over the company where, for the benefit of the company (everyone involved) I had to be cheap. There wasn’t enough money to go around. I went to people and vendors and said openly, “I know you or this product or your services are worth more than this but this is all I can physically afford right now. If you can roll with me on it, I promise to make better on it when I can because I want you to know I recognize that it’s deserving. If not, I can respect it. Doing that salvaged and even created lasting relationships. Same result but an honest and empathetic delivery can and often do go a long way imo.
I think we should all be able to agree that Davis Gaither was not what anyone had hoped for.
Those were valuable 20 snaps. Golden.
I don’t really care about this because you’re caping a post excusing our terrible defense because of injury.
You don’t need to care to be wrong.
I had zero hope for him. But he was still a starter at years beginning. That’s what the coaching staff determined. That’s what the gm signed him as.
I can’t argue with that. I tried to drink Kool aid and not question his signing. I wasn’t surprised by his performance and that’s not a good thing.
Crazy that a career backup who never did anything of significance with a bad defense was bad here!
I thought he was being sarcastic….
They should consider changing the name to AZ Groundhogs.
Perfect
They would be doing me a favor. I’ve always said that if they ever removed the Cardinal nickname, I would no longer be a fan. I only became a football Cardinal fan after being a hard core baseball Cardinal fan.
