It's not the age that should define the two new, young head coordinators of the Cardinals’ coaching staff, according to new head coach Jonathan Gannon.
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Time will tell if it works, of course, but it’s clear that this head coach will take a different tact than that of the former head coach, Kliff Kingsbury, who was fired after four seasons on Jan. 9, a day after the Cardinals finished 4-13 following an 11-win season and the team’s first postseason appearance in six years.
"It’s huge,” Gannon said Thursday. “Everybody does it their own way but how I envisioned sitting in the seat that I’m in was that. You know, not having to call the defense or coach a position — I will have my hand obviously the defense a little bit.
He did so in his interview with team Owner Michael Bidwill and General Manager Monti Ossenfort, especially when the new GM asked him about a particular roster position and Gannon put forth the question right back on Ossenfort and they disagreed somewhat. But it jolted the GM into a new way of thinking, and it helped Gannon get hired.
Petzing, Gannon said Thursday, brought a similar brain tease he couldn’t resist. The two spent four seasons together on the Vikings’ coaching staff from 2014-2017, Gannon as a defensive backs coach and Petzing as a wide receivers and quarterbacks coach, and their thoughts and visions of what can happen in Arizona also meshed.
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