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Obstacles in Jonathan Gannon's career path led him to Cardinals

TEMPE, Ariz. -- You hear Jonathan Gannon before you see him.

A booming "Hey, hey, hey!" announces his arrival through the door of the media room at the Arizona Cardinals' facility.

Some days, the head coach adds in a few heavy claps to accentuate his greeting, but you can tell pretty quickly how Gannon's day is going by how loud his "heys" are -- and by how many.

The energy the 40-year-old Gannon emits is palpable. It's contagious. It's loud.

It's also, surprising to many, real.

Sitting behind a wide granite desk inside his corner office at the team's practice facility, Gannon said it's how he's wired.