When NFL teams grossly underachieve as the Arizona Cardinals have done this season, most fingers point to the head coach. Fans are taught to believe that NFL head coaches are the ultimate puppeteers —- because they hold all of the strings that will either make or break the team’s chances to win.
However, when one looks more closely at the actual strings that have been tying Kliff Kingsbury’s hands this season, those strings come from the Cardinals’ owner and his hand-picked GM.
Is it by pure coincidence that the Cardinals’ worst two seasons in Steve Keim’s 10 year tenure as GM occurred in years where he has had to take a leave of absence?