Matt LaFleur and Jonathan Gannon Running (and Ruining) the Cardinals photo courtesy of ESPN By Walter Mitchell After the dust had settled on the Cardinals hiring of Mike LaFleur, it became clear that Mike LaFleur came to Arizona with no concrete coaching staff plans, other than tabbing Nathaniel Hackett as the team's new offensive coordinator. In retrospect, it's easy to understand why Mike LaFleur was so appealing to Michael Bidwill and Monti Ossenfort, who, all along, wanted to keep Nick Rallis as the defensive coordinator, Justin Frye as the offensive line coach and a handful of other holdover assistants. Despite creating the illusion that the Cardinals were interested in moving on from Rallis by interviewing a who's who of experienced and up-and-coming defensive coordinator candidates, only to pivot away from all of them at the last minute in announcing Rallis' return. The Cardinals' decision to retain Nick Rallis was aided and abetted by Matt LaFleur and his...
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