Calls Are Growing For Cardinals Coach Kliff Kingsbury To Be Fired

Should Cardinals Fire Kliff Kingsbury For His Bad Late-Season Record?

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When the Arizona Cardinals hired Kliff Kingsbury prior to the 2019 season, the hire was widely criticized. After all, he had no NFL coaching experience and had just been fired by Texas Tech as their head coach. The instant jump from fired college coach to NFL head coach was nearly unprecedented, and for it to be someone who had never coached at all in the NFL? Preposterous. But, they wanted to give franchise quarterback and 2019 number one overall pick Kyler Murray someone who ran a familiar scheme.

And, until this year, it’s been mixed results. After a 5-10-1 record his first year, he got the team to 8-8 his second year despite a late-season collapse. And, in 2021, they started out an impressive 7-0 before falling apart down the stretch and losing to the Rams in the first round in the playoffs. This year has been a disaster, as they sit at 4-9 after a 27-13 loss on Monday Night Football to the Patriots. And, Murray appears to have torn his acl.

Now, it’s getting hard to see him coaching the team next year and discontent is building up.

Many around the Cardinals want Kliff Kingsbury Gone

Four years is a long time to turn around a franchise, and it just hasn’t happen for Kingsbury. Now, people want him gone, sooner rather than later.

But, the issue is that the roster isn’t very good and the job isn’t all that attractive. Many stars, like JJ Watt and Deandre Hopkins, are aging and Murray now has a serious injury. A new coach will inherit a very high draft pick, possibly in the top five. But, that’s about where the good news stops.

The Cardinals play the terrible Broncos in week 15.