Report: Cardinals Finalizing Deal to Hire Kliff Kingsbury as New Head Coach

SI ^ | January 8, 2018 | Kaelen Jones

[C19fan]

Hope AZ fans don't mind zero defense. Until a week ago I have never heard Kingsbury as some in demand coach. But get fired by Texas Tech and all of a sudden you are a must hire???

[SpinnerWebb]

He would be an awesome Offensive Coordinator. He will fail as a Pro Head.

[Mozzafiato]

Baker Mayfield transferred away from Texas Tech under his term, then he went 4-8, 7-6, 5-7 with Patrick Mahomes at the helm. Good luck Cardinals!

[dfwgator]

I still hate that Mike Leach is not at Tech. Best coach they’ll ever have.

[dfwgator]

Yep, it’s Mahomes that pretty much is the only reason Kingsbury got the job, as if Kingsbury was responsible for his development.

[Blue House Sue]

If that running around throwing the ball up in the air for grabs 50 times a game does not work in Lubbock, it’s not going to work in the NFL.

[skinndogNN]

There is also a big rumor that Kingsbury is GAY.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[teevolt]

Looks like NFL wants basketball on grass if this is the trend. I prefer power running and play action passes myself, but I’m a dinosaur.

[NohSpinZone]

Is that how they got around the Rooney Rule?

[SanchoP]

Mayfield transferred to OU because Tech did not offer him a scholarship.That's a stunningly inept Athletic Director not KK's fault.Add Manziel to the list of KK coached quarterbacks and you get a hint of what these NFL teams are looking at.
A "Air Raid" offense in the pro's will never work. Right?

[Jeff Chandler]

There is also a big rumor that Kingsbury is GAY.

Un-check one box and check another.

[JZelle]

“I’m a man”?

[DesertRhino]

Kingsbury is damn good. The AD at Texas Tech was the first class dumbass to get rid of him and bring him some no-name.

[Mozzafiato]

There is also a big rumor that Kingsbury is GAY.

Hmm, I don't know about that one. He seems to be doing pretty well judging by this article: Kliff Kingsbury hired by USC

[OKSooner]

No, that was another coach at another school...

[DesertRhino]

Mahomes has been fantastic in the NFL. And the weak point in Kingsbury defense, is when his defense coordinator was terminated for cause, and shopped around their playbook. TCU and Texas both famously acquired the Texas Tech Playbook, and play calling signals.

Kingsbury is much better than you will believe

[DesertRhino]

Leach was fantastic. A legacy snowflake and his lowlife journalist dad who killed the SMU program did him in.

[dfwgator]

TCU and Texas both famously acquired the Texas Tech Playbook, and play calling signals.

You'd think Texas would have learned their lesson after Mike Leach had one of his players "accidently" drop a bogus OU playbook on the field before the Texas-OU game, when he was an assistant coach in Norman.

[Mozzafiato]

You'd think Texas would have learned their lesson after Mike Leach had one of his players "accidently" drop a bogus OU playbook on the field

Ha ha, shades of Greg Brady when he shystered the star player on the opposing team that his sister Marcia was dating.

[Susquehanna Patriot]

Jerry Moore wasn’t any good at Tech ... but found his success later on at App State. Coach Spike Dykes was a pretty good coach, local, West Texan, decent guy ... even took the Red Raiders to a few bowl games. Mike Leach was the best they ever had. I was very disappointed that he left, and more disappointed to see that TTU has gone politically correct.