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Fans are desperate for an ownership change... #bidwill

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They were desperate BEFORE the team moved to AZ. People back then didn't want the Cards because of Bill Bidwill. This has been a running theme since before they even moved here.

FWIW, I am one of the few that think Michael's trying. It's just bad decisions, bad luck, and not having deep pockets that is holding him back. You don't switch out coaches this many times if you aren't desperate. Michael needs a GREAT GM. Not a good one. A great one. An Ozzie Newsome, John Lynch, etc. Someone that can build a franchise and a culture from the ground up. If Bill is going to ever spend his money excessively, he needs to get this one guy, with a proven track record, and hand over the keys to him. Cardinals need a rebranding, new culture, etc. They need excitement. When is the last time anyone felt excited, really excited about the Cards? Kurt Warner's era?
 

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They were desperate BEFORE the team moved to AZ. People back then didn't want the Cards because of Bill Bidwill. This has been a running theme since before they even moved here.

FWIW, I am one of the few that think Michael's trying. It's just bad decisions, bad luck, and not having deep pockets that is holding him back. You don't switch out coaches this many times if you aren't desperate. Michael needs a GREAT GM. Not a good one. A great one. An Ozzie Newsome, John Lynch, etc. Someone that can build a franchise and a culture from the ground up. If Bill is going to ever spend his money excessively, he needs to get this one guy, with a proven track record, and hand over the keys to him. Cardinals need a rebranding, new culture, etc. They need excitement. When is the last time anyone felt excited, really excited about the Cards? Kurt Warner's era?
He has needed to step back for a long time now. Step back and let true football people run the football operations. These family run teams usually have someone in the family that feels they are a football person just because they have been around the team most of their life. There's a big difference.
 

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He has needed to step back for a long time now. Step back and let true football people run the football operations. These family run teams usually have someone in the family that feels they are a football person just because they have been around the team most of their life. There's a big difference.
You can have a family team. The Chargers have family all over the front office. In like community relations, business opportunities, etc. They go out and get a real GM, and Coach, though. They don't do director of scouting, etc. They stick to Charger Charities, etc. That's how you do a family run NFL team. You let the football guys do the football things.

The Cardinals need someone that can come in, tear down what needs to be torn down, keep anything that is good, and start fresh. The fans deserve a new start in AZ. Look at the Suns, they finally seem to have stumbled onto a decent GM. They are "aligning" the team to a new culture. The Diamondbacks have always had a killer marketing team. They have some of the most innovative foods that keep people coming out to the ball park. If Michael just looks around in Phoenix itself, there's examples of how he can change the Cards.
 
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I'm sorry, I'm confused. Who's this Bill you keep talking about?
Sorry, was talking about Bill in an earlier post.

William Vogel Bidwill was an American businessman and the owner of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. Bill had co-owned the team from 1962 for ten seasons with his brother Charles Jr. and had been sole owner from 1972 until his death in 2019. The team has been owned by the Bidwill family since 1932.
 

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They were desperate BEFORE the team moved to AZ. People back then didn't want the Cards because of Bill Bidwill. This has been a running theme since before they even moved here.

FWIW, I am one of the few that think Michael's trying. It's just bad decisions, bad luck, and not having deep pockets that is holding him back. You don't switch out coaches this many times if you aren't desperate. Michael needs a GREAT GM. Not a good one. A great one. An Ozzie Newsome, John Lynch, etc. Someone that can build a franchise and a culture from the ground up. If Bill is going to ever spend his money excessively, he needs to get this one guy, with a proven track record, and hand over the keys to him. Cardinals need a rebranding, new culture, etc. They need excitement. When is the last time anyone felt excited, really excited about the Cards? Kurt Warner's era?

There’s something rotten in Denmark Yuma.

Michael was okay for a minute, but it’s impossible for a franchise to be this bad for this long, to fail so consistently on every front, and for the owner to be competent in his role.

It’s not possible.
 
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