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DiscombobulatedWavy t1_j3nowke wrote

Hi fellow Red Raider. Aside from leveraging the Tech job into an NFL job,he also burned USC before taking the Cardinals gig. By no means am I a USC lover, but they don’t fuck around when it comes to the reputation of their football program. Or at least I thought they didn’t, until they went around chasing this guy.

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UtesDad t1_j3nn8sp wrote

Hopkins is the main reason the Cardinals seemed to have a chance. Without him, Kingsbury and Murray would have been exposed for the underwhelming coach/QB that they are a lot sooner.

I don't have it in front of me, but the stats and W/L when he plays vs when he's injured is astounding.

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CallofBootyCrackOps t1_j3nmvhy wrote

yes, he gets all of it. coaches do not count against the salary cap for the team though so that’s why no one is talking about it. when your pockets are as deep as an NFL owner’s paying out Kingsbury’s full contract is a drop in the bucket. so that’s why it’s easy to cut ties right after signing a big contract

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grifttu t1_j3nl4ut wrote

As a Red Raider, I never understood how he leveraged a losing record at Tech into a head coaching job in the NFL.

I was even in the camp that if he had one more season, and no QB injuries, he was on the cusp of finally turning it around. But he didn't do anything to make me think "oh yea, totally NFL HC material"

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