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The Arizona Cardinals are one of the least successful franchises in NFL history. The team has never won a Super Bowl, and has only made one appearance.
Recently, they experimented with mediocre college football head coach Kliff Kingsbury as their head coach for four years. Shockingly, that didn’t work out, and now they are looking for a new coach.
Meanwhile, Kingsbury is in Thailand. Good for him.
Kliff Kingsbury in Thailand pic.twitter.com/xi83KDMKSs
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) January 14, 2023
Kliff Kingsbury bought a one-way ticket to Thailand and told all interested teams he's not interested in returning 😂 pic.twitter.com/RxR3SZ2WAV
— Whistle Blitz (@WhistleBlitz) January 14, 2023
Kliff Kingsbury running into Jerry Jones in Thailand pic.twitter.com/Dl5QKVYDsU
— Gary Sheffield Jr. (@GarysheffieldJr) January 23, 2023
So, they need a new head coach. They’ve already found their new GM in Monti Ossenfort.
Monti Ossenfort is the first external hiring at GM for the Arizona Cardinals in 29 years.
TWENTY. NINE. YEARS. pic.twitter.com/h8mhtuCRia
— PHNX Cardinals (@PHNX_Cardinals) January 22, 2023
And, Ossenfort has seemingly narrowed down his search to one prominent name.
Monti Ossenfort is the first external hiring at GM for the Arizona Cardinals in 29 years.
TWENTY. NINE. YEARS. pic.twitter.com/h8mhtuCRia
— PHNX Cardinals (@PHNX_Cardinals) January 22, 2023
Steelers’ senior defensive assistant/LB coach and former Dolphins’ HC Brian Flores is scheduled to interview today for the Arizona Cardinals’ head coaching job, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 23, 2023
The former Patriots assistant went 24-25 in three seasons as the Miami Dolphins head coach. That includes a 19-14 mark his last two seasons. But, he was controversially fired, and sued the league over what he thought was discrimination.
Still, it would be a good hire for the Cardinals, as the hard-nosed 41-year-old would upend the culture in Arizona and maybe get the most out of Kyler Murray. Who knows, maybe he will ban him from playing Call of Duty.