Arizona Cardinals should fire Kliff Kingsbury as head coach, azcentral poll results say
Should the Arizona Cardinals fire head coach Kliff Kingsbury?
We posed that question on social media in the aftermath of Arizona's loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL playoffs on Monday and people had takes.
Did they ever.
In an azcentral sports Twitter poll, 65.7% of respondents voted that yes, Kingsbury should be fired. 26.5% voted that he should not lose his job.
7.8% responded with "I'm not sure."
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VOTE: Should the #AZCardinals fire head coach Kliff Kingsbury? (Speculation: https://t.co/1w84cw4buf) @azcentral #RedSea
— azcentral sports (@azcsports) January 18, 2022
azcentral sports readers shared their thoughts on Kingsbury's job security with the Cardinals on Twitter and Facebook.
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Many called for the Cardinals to fire Kliff Kingsbury:
Kingsbury will never be a playoff winning coach unless you fast forward 20 years into the future
— David Braswell (@DavidBraswell84) January 19, 2022
Kingsbury and Murray suffer from the same thing. Something goes wrong, and they panic and lose all confidence. Not something you want in this combination.
— Michael kidd (@MJKPhoenix) January 18, 2022
Absolutely. I believe he is a competent coach, but lacks waaaaay too many skills to be a Head Coach (in college or at the professional level).
— Cat Karis (@ChrisKaris5) January 18, 2022
Kingsbury, a loser college coach and a loser NFL coach. Players' mistakes a result from poor coaching: poor tackling, missed assignments, needless penalties. K1 should be getting better not worse. Too much reliance on plays with super stars who get injured without replacements
— Schroedinger’s Ferret (@ExpatNYrefugee) January 18, 2022
Anyone who votes "NO" is obviously an idiot.
— ampersandaz (@ampersandaz) January 18, 2022
Mark Gurrieri (on Facebook): Yeah its time for a different coaching direction
David Sederstrom (on Facebook): Kliff Kingsbury is like a deer and his play calling is still too soft
Jeff Sloan (on Facebook): Being out played is one thing, but being out coach is another! And that was the big difference last night! Kingsbury game plan was horrible! We couldn’t even move the ball. Not once did he attack the middle of the field! The Rams gave up 70% of their yards gain in the middle of the field! Horrible! If we keep him we’ll just see a repeat of next year. Start strong finish weak!
Chris Murillo (on Facebook): He really wasn't hired as a prototypical head coach in the first place. He was hired as an Offensive Coordinator, but given the title of head coach so if he was successful, he couldn't be pilfered by some other team. Not sure if he has been successful, and I can definitely see there are leadership issues on this team, possibly by the setup of his hire. I'd say Kliff's demeanor alone will make it difficult for him to gain the respect a head coach needs to succeed.
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Others argued that the Cardinals should keep Kliff Kingsbury:
Organization desperately needs stability stay the course
— Troy Price (@troyprice1145) January 18, 2022
Even though each year they come back better....?
— Charles Laursen (@claursen81) January 18, 2022
Cecilia Gonzalez (on Facebook): No! He got them to the playoffs! It's up to the players to execute. Murray was embarrassing yesterday. He must've been seeing ghosts
Warren Brannoch (on Facebook): No no and no....if they fire him it's going to be the WORST mistake this franchise had made. Look at the wins during his tenure. Rome wasn't built in a day
Jeremy Mager (on Facebook): What you made the playoffs. I am a Vikings fan that roots for the cardinals. Your crazy to think about it
Michael C Smith (on Facebook): No. He won 12 games in the NFL! Injuries to key positions late in the season was to much. Growing pains for entire team
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Some chose to blame others for the Cardinals' end-of-season collapse:
Keim must go! He’s the one putting the team together
— Jimmy Salazar (@Jimmydaman50) January 18, 2022
Kliff No - Keim Yes & trade K1
— Steven Ellis (@InkTechEllis) January 18, 2022
Fire the QB. He’s the problem!
— Car Guy (@wizardm3) January 19, 2022
It is obviously Kliff as the answer to your question but ultimately Bidwell is at fault for not firing Keim after his DUI ordeal.
— Zander, Donate at www.fairfight.com! (@Amlaf3) January 18, 2022
Kyler murray isn’t a leader if we’re talking about leaders.
— Cordogdoingwork (@cordogdoingwork) January 18, 2022
I am so disgusted with the whole team at this point. They literally choked last night. Offense couldn't get going, defense seemed lost. Bad play calling? Perhaps. Bottom line is that the Cardinals flat out choked.
— JustTheFacts! - VoteBlue22 (@JustTheFacts68) January 18, 2022
Keim needs to go!
— Kelly Nichol (@Dogsrule444) January 18, 2022
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