The (Expected) FAILURE of Kliff Kingsbury. 

People don't really talk about how Steve Keim never got any draft class quite right. Most players never went beyond their rookie contract.

Could see Kliff being the Jets OC. Or back to college as an OC

After watching Hard Knocks I warmed to Kliff Kingsbury, came across as a real down to earth dude

He’s getting the Saban rehab lol. OC for 2 years and back being a head coach

Trying to bring that college style thing to the pros just isn't gonna work

Kliff lost the moment that Kyler talked to him like he was a lil b. You have to stand your ground, you can’t let people talk to you like that

as a cardinals fan its extremely frustrating we wasted all this talent :(

When your most recognized accolade is “coaching Patrick Mahommes in college”(with a losing record), expectations should’ve been low!

This all started last year in the WILDCARD game vs Rams. Things were never the same after that.

I tend to agree with your points overall, but honestly he wasn't the worst head coach. He just was outmatched especially as the 2nd half of the seasons hit and teams noticed trends in his attack. I think I'm probably going to be a bit kinder then most of your comments on the subject, but his Arizona teams never admittedly got significantly better through the draft. Moves like free agency helped but this was always a team riding hard on a couple talents both sides of the ball. Their loss against the Rams in the playoffs, where Kyler looked very out-matched and overwhelmed, I felt was a harbinger of the next season. I do think Kliff deserves the responsibility for why those teams tended to falter later in the season as it showed an inability to adjust so don't get me wrong, but I do think they could've gotten more assistance for his regime.

Those of you wanting Kingsbury as your OC obviously never watched a Cardinals game.

He didn't deserve that Cardinals job in the first place.

Kliff was born to always be the brides maid but never the bride, in other words he was always a good Offensive of Coordinator but not a coach he was a good back up QB but not the actual QB.

I still want to know if there's any further information about "The Mexico Incident" where they fired a guy for "getting too handsy" with a woman down there, but then rumors circulated maybe it wasn't that guy but actually the GM who "looks similar" (all fat white neck beards look alike right?) and the GM took "time off for ... reasons ... " now the Cardinals are cleaning house completely? Seems oddly coincidental considering they did just extend Kingsbury.

I was so baffled when Kliff got extended

It’s really funny to me how Steve wilks the guy the cardinals fired after one year to bring in kingsbury ended up winning more games as an interim with the panthers then kingsbury won this season

When he was coaching at Texas Tech ESPN ran a narrative about him being good looking even though he underachieved. He is the definition of "failing up" or how people well people treat you when they think you're attractive.

Young coach who happens to be a year or so younger than Brady 😳👀

I think hiring him was an interesting gamble, but the collapse last year should have resulted in his dismissal, not a contract extension. That was the big mistake by the Cardinals. And I would agree he'll probably step into an OC role and do really well.

I love it that the cardinals were so bad this season that everyone seems to have forgotten them

Bro went to Thailand he gone forever

Raiders fan here. Looking at this and im pretty excited that the raiders might make him the new OC

Kliff has a great offensive mind, had the NFL in question for 3-4 years. But never had the complete package as a head coach. But he will make a great offensive coordinator.

this guy never has to work another day in his life. why do any of you think he's gonna go run a college team or be an oc? if anything, we'll see him on tv

I thinks it a cover up something the head coach and GM did shady

Bet Thailand wasn’t in your bingo card 😂

He would make a good QB coach, Max.

THE GUY JUST BOOKED A ONE WAY TO THAILAND XD

The Bidwell family has, for decades, in my opinion and to the best of my memory, done it’s best to hamper, hamstring, sandbag and prevent the Cardinals from being consistent winners.

Ryan Gosling in the Cliff Kingsbury story 😏

He could be a good QB coach tbh but nothing more

His career progression is actually pretty good. He’ll get some coordinator job soon

What makes you think Cliff would be any good at being an offensive coordinator?

that GM look like thanos wtf

Ian Rappaport told McAfee, "We don't say 'Black Monday' anymore . . . " Because, ya' know, the Stanford Censored Words List.

Lol I was just looking at ur channel

As a Bears fan, I hope we skip on Hopkins. The last thing you want to do is hamstring a rebuild with a bloated veteran contract for a guy who will be over the hill by the time we are good enough to compete for a Super Bowl.

The Hard Knocks season was certainly entertaining.

What about DHOP to the Giants

With Bieniemy possibly getting a HC job this offseason, Im kind of down with Kingsbury coming to KC and reuniting with Mahomes... KC does have Nagy back there so he could possibly take the roll though.

I’ll tell you no Cardinals fans are “surprised” that Steve Keim was fired. He was very hit and miss as a GM and couldn’t draft to save his life. Sure he made some great trades for Deandre Hopkins & Chandler Jones, but his free agent signings were always very questionable. Add to that a bad draft picks and the result is a very mediocre team that has only made the playoffs in 2015 & 2021

Rest in peace, Pirate.

He was QB coach as USC. And forget the current OC spot, he is gonna go bath in SEA box

Vince Lombardi would lose with a Munchkin Quarterback who won't study Game Film

Wow another dude who failed upward, what's wrong w/ society

The cardinals are the losers here, kliff is cashing in.

As a cardinals fan, I'm so glad that we got rid of him. Not only did he ruin us, but he also ruined Caleb Williams' hype train. With Bears fans as parents, I really hope the bears don't make him their OC. They hated Getsy, but they'd hate Kliff more.

ROFL damn was going to USC... Then jump to the NFL and boom now fired

Surprised Kingsbury lasted this long .

Kliff was a average head coach who’s team played as well as their injuries allowed them to the failure of this team is 100% keim and his unhealthy love for the line backer position 3 middle linebackers in the first round of 2017 2020 and 2021 is insane

Anyone who can even call a play would be a nice upgrade. Go.... Cards.... 👍

Well ya he’s a college coach

I want him for oc

Cardinals front office is like the Texans. A joke.

Kliff will fail up to NFL commissioner or a governor of a small inconsequential state. Also he will win the Nobel prize for potential

Kliff Kingsbury has worked well with qbs, so does that mean that he could be a qbs coach? Just throwing it out there.

If washington could get him as OC I wouldn't be mad.

He is still going to get paid. If you ask me he doesn't give damn.

The fact that at any point in time Manziel and Tebow were the best players at the college level shows what a joke college football is.

And now the Chargers have an open OC spot

He shouldn’t of ever been the coach. He had a losing record in college and wasn’t impressive as a head coach in college. Yet somehow he leap frogs over all other candidates somehow. He never DESERVED the job in the first place

No. I want him to be OC for my Panthers.

Furstus

Please kliff, we'll pay you whatever you want, just save us from matt patricia

Keim was mid. But in the nfl, mid isn’t good enough (same with Kliff)

Not trying sound condescending but thsi is probably good for the Cardinals they need new ideas

🐣

A few moments leter 😂🤣😅 👍

The Rams could prolly rebuild him

Watching this as a raider fan for some copium 🤣

Honestly had no idea how trash Kingsbury was until this in-depth analysis. Coming from a fan of football but not a fanatic

I would definitely take him in Washington

QUEENSBURY!!!!

All that wasted talent

I rooted for Kliff only because I don’t like any of these people that hated on him.

They have to move on from belichick

New Bama OC

I feel like klif is the problem with kyler I feel like kyler murray and Russ are similar not only in play styles but in how much the coach makes a difference if he has a bad coach he can’t perform so when the cards get another coach hopefully kyler can become what the cards wanted him too be

If your the cardinals you should probably hire the 49ers DC to just get back to at least mediocrity

Should be cheifs qb coach

Cliff Kingsbury needs to find the next Patrick Mahomes, could take 2 years.

I think Kingsbury is gonna hang out in Thailand with his model GF and not think about the NFL for a while. And get paid. $7.5million/year until 2027.

Cliff had help losing his job. He should have got rid of kyler Murray. Murray made him look bad but Cliff hung on to him and even got him an extention with a big cash bonus. It wasn't all Cliff. Murray will show his true color's nomatter what coach they get.

With the exception of this season spiraling wildly out of Kliff’s control, how is his tenure with Arizona dubbed a “failure?” Each season showed clear progress, which included the Cardinals first playoff appearance since what, 2015? Not to mention, they earned HISTORIC ROAD WINS against their division rivals in what was easily the toughest division in the NFL in 2021. Please tell me what head coach could have succeeded in Arizona this season considering everything that was thrown at Kliff? This season was lost before it even got started. With Hopkins out, Kyler Murray’s ridiculous contract, to an eventual depleted roster, no depth of talent, and just all around bad luck. And yet, Kliff found a way to prepare three different backup QB’s so they could actually be somewhat competitive. David Blough was rolling better than Murray was all season-and he literally started a week after getting signed to the team. What’s more telling is that his players played their hearts out to the end. So, if you want to call this season a failure, then I’d completely agree. But it’s not a failure because of Kliff. This is a pretty popular narrative to go after him because a) he’s the head coach, and it comes with the territory, but mostly it’s b) he’s a good-looking dude that everyone thinks reeks of privilege. While the latter may be somewhat true in the NFL’s hiring practices, he definitely pours every ounce of sweat and energy he has into his job. Say what you will about his coaching and his in-game decisions, but this guy works harder than most and there is zero question that he gave it his all. In the meantime, I’ll just sit back and watch Kyler Murray’s ego take over the franchise as he gets a carousel of coaches fired and teammates traded. Arizona is not a winning franchise, and they never will be as long as their current owner is running the table.

Baker was not kliffs quarterback

Only the arizona cardinals

good thing dhop loves arizona and we love you dhop big things coming from this squad

He’s a oc not hc

Kingsbury is in Thailand enjoying his drinks and making out with ladyboys

Steelers please drop Matt Canada and hire this man

Cryler just wants to play CoD.

It’s plain and simple. The owner should be fired - he made a terrible hire and should take complete responsibility. Cliff seemed to be in over his ski’s and unable to inspire the team. He is a very good QB coach and could eventually be a good head coach with more experience and proof. I think he did his best but just wasn’t suited for the role at this point. The owner… he needs to publicly say that he doesn’t know how to hire. This team needs a strong experienced leader. If they stay healthy - within 2 years could compete for a run at a superbowl

The most failingest upwardest dude ever

You judge Kingsbury as a failure due to the Cardinals' record and his college record. He coached at a bottom Big 12 team. Nobody has had a good record at Texas Tech. Then he is asked to win at Arizona where a 5'8" tall quarterback earns 23% of the team's salary cap. In the past 46 years, only 7% of Cardinals coaches had a winning record (Arians). 93% had a losing record. Kingsbury is not the problem. If I owned an NFL team, he could coach for me.

I like how people blame kyler a lot (yes he is at some fault) but people ignore our trash o line and all the injuries that plagued this season

College HC

As a homer Cards fan I was livid when they hired Kingsbury and drafted Murray. I think I yelled at the tv both times. We need to get rid of them both and solidify our lines instead of recycling college gimmicks.

I thought Kliff was okay. In his 2ed, 3rd, and even this year Kylers health screwed him over. Really the whole teams health this year sucked. Sure he may of been a little to aggressive on 4th but statistically that’s what you should do. Kyler also didn’t look to good this year and I think Kliff had nothing to do with it. The o line sucked and his best wide out was out. As for Kliffs teams at tech I mean not many people win at Texas tech.

I believe Brian Flores is our best option he has experience. We won’t break bank or draft capital signing him and he can def unlock the potential of our stars on defense while singing offensive playmakers and letting them cook.

as a cardinals fan, I never wanted him in the first place and was extremely happy he got booted, hopefully bidwell will hire a good coach and gm...but I don't have much hope