With Arizona’s hiring of Jonathan Gannon as head coach, the Cardinals are trying a much different approach to building a staff and new football culture.
What Michael Bidwill and new GM Monti Ossenfort were looking for in the head coach is an alpha type leader and motivator who possesses a certain “it factor” that they believe will create a brand new culture in the clubhouse and on the football field.
The new staff building model that the Cardinals are investing in is akin to what the Eagles did when they hired Nick Sirianni. Sirianni is the tone-setting overseer of a staff that is comprised of young, up-and-coming coordinators, helped out at times by senior advisors.