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I don't usually do sports articles, but I have been pissed off every since the state of Arizona gave Bill Bidwill and his stinking Cardinals a bunch of corporate welfare to come to Phoenix.
For years their worthless football team cause traffic jams in Tempe every Sunday when their team played and usual lost. Thank God the idiots that run the city of Glendale bribed them with more corporate welfare then Tempe and got them to move their worthless team to Glendale. Arizona Cardinals suffer worst loss in franchise history against Seattle Seahawks By Kent Somers azcentral sports Sun Dec 9, 2012 11:33 PM SEATTLE - Football can be a painful game, and sometimes it leaves marks on both body and soul. That was the case Sunday for the Cardinals, whose performance in a 58-0 loss to the Seahawks won’t be easy to forget because there were a lot of “evers” involved. It was the worst loss ever in franchise history. It was the most points ever scored by an opponent. It extended their losing streak to nine, the longest since 1944 when they combined with the Steelers franchise to go 0-10. In 2012, they have no one to blame but themselves. “Let me just start off by saying, I apologize to our fans, everybody associated with our organization,” coach Ken Whisenhunt said to open his postgame news conference. “That was embarrassing today. We owe it to them, our fans, our supporters, to give them a better product, a better job than what we did today.” The Cardinals (4-9) committed six turnovers and Seattle scored 38 points. That was just the first half. They had two more turnovers in the second half and showed little interest in the less-nuanced portions of the sport — blocking, tackling and such. “Ass kicking, that’s the only thing you can say,” quarterback John Skelton said. “For them to come out and dominate the way they did in every phase of the game, it’s embarrassing.” Sunday’s loss was unique in that the Cardinals broke down in every phase. The defense played like it was doing forced labor, and Patrick Peterson muffed a punt and fumbled on another. Both led to Seahawks touchdowns. “Things turned on us early,” receiver Andre Roberts said. “I don’t know how it got to 58 points, whatever it was.” It’s hard to believe that before the nine-game losing streak, the Cardinals had won 11 of their previous 13. But after the first month, this season went south faster than a fleeing felon, and the biggest question now is if Whisenhunt, who is under contract through 2013, will keep his job. “There’s not anything I could do about that,” Whisenhunt said when asked if was concerned about his job. “We all know what this business is. I’ve been in it a long time as a player and a coach. I’m not worried about it.” Team President Michael Bidwill has declined comment about the subject, and there are no indications the Cardinals are prepared to fire Whisenhunt before the end of the season, if at all. This team has 1,000 problems, it seems, but none bigger than the lack of a productive quarterback. Kevin Kolb remains out with a rib injury, and John Skelton and Ryan Lindley have failed as replacements. Skelton started at CenturyLink Field on Sunday and completed 11 of 22 with four interceptions. Lindley replaced him, and while the Seahawks didn’t catch any of his passes, neither did many Cardinals. Who starts next week against Detroit? “Do you play?” Whisenhunt asked a reporter. “Part of our struggles have been tied into the inconsistency at that position. You’ve got to have something there that can cover up some other areas, and we’re not getting that. It seems like we’re getting the other direction, sometimes.” Oddly enough, the Cardinals moved the ball on the opening possession, with Skelton completing his first three passes for 35 yards. But his fourth attempt, which came on third-and-2, hit receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s hands. Linebacker K.J. Wright knocked the ball loose and it hit cornerback Walter Thurmond. It ended up in the hands of linebacker Bobby Wagner. That play, Whisenhunt said, was an example of “how our season has gone the last nine weeks. The ball comes out, doesn’t hit the ground and they pick it up and move it down the field.” The Seahawks (8-5) got a field goal out of it, and the rout was on, partly because the Cardinals defense didn’t do much after that. That unit’s pride came after the fall. The Seahawks led 38-0 at halftime, and the defense didn’t show any interest in tackling the Seahawks to open the second half. Marshawn Lynch’s 33-yard touchdown made the score 45-0. The Seahawks rushed for 284 yards, including 128 from Lynch and 108 from Robert Turbin, his backup. Seattle averaged nearly 7 yards a carry, and Lynch scored three times. “Right now, we’re not very good, to be quite honest with you,” said safety Adrian Wilson, who said everyone in the organization, from the top down, needs to honestly evaluate themselves. “The old cliché is look at yourself in the mirror and see what you’re doing wrong, see if you can be man enough to correct it,” he said. “Right now, I don’t know if there are enough men looking at themselves in the mirror.”
A list of the Arizona Cardinals worst losses By KENT SOMERS Sun, Dec 09 2012 4:52 PM
Dumping Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt pointless right now By Dan Bickley, columnist azcentral sports Sun Dec 9, 2012 11:32 PM SEATTLE - Important decisions should never be made in the heat of the moment, when emotion often betrays logic. Fire Ken Whisenhunt? There’s plenty of time for that. After a 58-0 loss to the Seahawks on Sunday, this much is clear: The offense hit a new low, the defense quit in the second half and the franchise is once again a bumbling disgrace. Yet with a losing season now guaranteed, there is nothing to be gained from firing the head coach out of anger, even if it would pacify thousands of livid fans, even if Whisenhunt is practically begging for early termination. “There’s not anything I can do about that,” Whisenhunt said when asked about his job status. “We all know what this business is. I’ve been in it a long time as a player and a coach. I’m not worried about that.” Whisenhunt’s calm demeanor might be a game of chicken with his bosses. He knows the Bidwill family will be reticent to swallow his $5.5 million salary in 2013, along with the additional costs of hiring a new head coach. Face it. The organization made him compete on the cheap coming out of the lockout, an act of pointless frugality that set this franchise back tremendously. They did nothing to reinforce the running-back or quarterback situation when injuries hurt the cause early in 2012. And in some ways, the pressure is now on team President Michael Bidwill to prove that he can flush millions of dollars, that winning is his primary concern. Clearly, Whisenhunt needs to be fired from his role of de facto general manager, the guy in charge of the 53-man roster. His evaluation of quarterbacks has been atrocious. He remained loyal to an unproven offensive coordinator when better options were available. His Super Bowl leverage brought him power he didn’t know how to wield. Demanding staff changes might not be palatable to a proud, stubborn man like Whisenhunt, likely making his termination a necessity. It’s similar to when the Suns made it clear that Mike D’Antoni needed to change his approach after a playoff loss to the Spurs, prompting him to leave the organization in a huff. Whisenhunt said he’s had no conversation with Bidwill about his future, and unlike a 48-7 loss to Dallas in 2000, there were no overt clues that the coach will be fired the next day. On that day over 12 years ago, General Manager Bob Ferguson walked in the news conference, and flipped the bird in the direction of an unsuspecting Vince Tobin, who was fired the next day. Dave McGinnis replaced Tobin, but nothing changed. The team would not post a winning record until nine years later, after Kurt Warner took over at quarterback. Same deal here. Maybe Ray Horton is a better option for the future, but promoting him now solves nothing. Why tag him with ugly losses and the kind of garbage football this offense brings to the field every Sunday? If you prefer Todd Haley, and Bidwill is a big fan, then the housecleaning must occur at the end of the season. This is not what the growing mob wants to hear. At Whiz We Cuss has replaced In Whiz We Trust. But ask yourself the following: Did his defense quit on him or on a pathetic offense on Sunday? Did you believe in the head coach when he had a quality quarterback? And even if it were possible, the last thing you want is an interim head coach somehow inspiring a meaningless victory that costs you a chance to draft USC quarterback Matt Barkley. Granted, it hurts to be embarrassed by your football team. We all thought those days were over. Now, the Cardinals are again a national punch line. The other three teams in the NFC West are riding great momentum. Our team and our head coach have been relegated to the basement. It’s become so bleak that Seahawks coach Pete Carroll didn’t mind rubbing salt in the wound, throwing a long pass toward the end zone on fourth down with a 51-0 lead. Maybe he’s convinced he’ll never have to play Whisenhunt again. Nine-game losing streaks cause great psychological damage, and the irritants are everywhere. But the issue isn’t that complex. The problem is mostly one person, and that person is not Whisenhunt. It’s the guy playing quarterback. Fix that, and you won’t be screaming about the head coach. That’s a guarantee. Reach Bickley at dan.bickley@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8253. Follow him at twitter.com/danbickley. Listen to “Bickley and MJ” weekdays at 2-6 p.m. on XTRA Sports 910. |