Gannon Fined $100,000 by Cards for Altercation

[TJ]

Per Schefter

Personally, I think he should be fined $100,000 per game that Drew Petzing is still employed

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Yup, said it yesterday...This will end up being his "We let 'em off The Hook!", moment. He's gone at the end of the year...and will probably be even more subdued than before, just like Denny was.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Fined by who, the NFL or Cardinals?

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

I just saw it was the Cardinals who fined him. That's complete BS.

If I was Gannon, I'd be beyond pissed.

That's why they're a losing organization.

Maybe next time Demarco should drop the ball at the 5 and Gannon should go give him a big hug.
Unbelievable.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

It was the hand swipe/physical contact that made it a bigger deal than it probably was... getting caught by the cameras. If that wouldn't have happened, this wouldn't even be a story.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

It was the hand swipe/physical contact that made it a bigger deal than it probably was... getting caught by the cameras. If that wouldn't have happened, this wouldn't even be a story.

Sorry that's complete crap.

Mikey is THE problem. Gannon did nothing wrong.

 

[TJ]

I just saw it was the Cardinals who fined him. That's complete BS.

If I was Gannon, I'd be beyond pissed.

That's why they're a losing organization.

Maybe next time Demarco should drop the ball at the 5 and Gannon should go give him a big hug.
Unbelievable.

Yeah it's kinda dumb. Excuse for Mikey B to get some money back from his contract.

 

[BirdGangThing]

if it's like that cado should get the cadough

 

[Jetstream Green]

If Gannon was fined by the team, then he has no authority now in front of his players after that... way to sabotage your coach

 

[Mr X]

They had to do something. I'm sure the players association/league threatened to get involved. A coach cant assault a player on the sideline in any level of football The fact that Gannon apologized to the team and player proves he went out of line. He wouldn't have done that if it was just harsh words

 

[jf-08]

Sources: Cards fining Gannon $100K for RB spat

The Cardinals are fining coach Jonathan Gannon $100,000 for his sideline altercation Sunday with running back Emari Demercado, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

www.espn.com

 

[Shane]

If Gannon was fined by the team, then he has no authority now in front of his players after that... way to sabotage your coach

nAHHH

 

[Goodyear Card]

When will this organization hit rock bottom?

 

[unseenaz]

They had to do something. I'm sure the players association/league threatened to get involved. A coach cant assault a player on the sideline in any level of football The fact that Gannon apologized to the team and player proves he went out of line. He wouldn't have done that if it was just harsh words

Assault is crazy

 

[602 Native]

Don't care just win some games

 

[MadCardDisease]

Bruce Arians was fined $50K by the NFL for something similar 3 years ago when he was the coach of the Bucs. Man Inflation is brutal!!!!

 

[The6]

Soft.

He would of never did that if it was Connor or Kyler

Soft coach.

 

[WisconsinCard]

Yeah it's kinda dumb. Excuse for Mikey B to get some money back from his contract.

Michael doesn't get to keep that money. It all goes to the NFL charities fund. So that's why the NFL won't get involved. So it was either the cards do it or the NFL would have IMO

 

[MadCardDisease]

Cardinals fine head coach Jonathan Gannon $100K for sideline altercation; NFL will not take action

The NFL will not take any action against Gannon.
"We have been in contact with the NFL [Players Association], and the club which addressed the matter," the league said in a statement obtained by Pelissero. "There is no further action from the league."

 

[unseenaz]

Michael doesn't get to keep that money. It all goes to the NFL charities fund. So that's why the NFL won't get involved. So it was either the cards do it or the NFL would have IMO

Interesting, I had no idea.

 

[PJ1]

That is ridiculous. Should have ended with the apology. Wonder what Demercado thinks about this?

 

[pemory09]

If Gannon was fined by the team, then he has no authority now in front of his players after that... way to sabotage your coach

I get it. I manage a small-medium organization (about 35-40 employees who report directly or indirectly to me). In this era, workers have tremendous power and they know it. So, DeMercado royally screws up, Gannon reacts (as many of us might), and Gannon gets punished. It’s not ideal for leaders to be treated in this manner (hard to maintain any authority or credibility), but it’s the current way. Regardless, I’d advocate that the Cards also fine DeMercado, but the players’ union would go bonkers and future free agents would be that less likely to come here. Makes me really feel for Gannon. He’s being squeezed. And what’s he going to do—walk away from a high-paying dream job?

 

[TK421]

The Cards fining JG pretty much proves that this team is soft from the top down. Had Gannon known he would end up getting such a hefty fine he should have gotten his money's worth by hitting that idiot over the head with a chair WWE style lol

 

[pemory09]

Gannon should have gone all Sam Kinison on him.

 

[ajcardfan]

It doesn't matter whether any of us think Gannon was justified or not. That type of behavior has LONG been not tolerated. Some of you might remember Frank Kush for getting hot water for something like that and one of the most famous meltdowns ever was Woody Hayes hitting a player. And we are going back around 45-50 years for those two incidents.

These players have a union, there is zero chance of it being able to slide by with an apology. Even Emari making a public statement would not have been enough because they NFLPA thinks about the entire league not just the Cardinals.