Arizona Cardinals Question Of The Day: Will The Sellout Streak End This Year?

is because they play the Rams (division foe/lead), the Broncos (pretty big fanbase in AZ from what I’ve seen), and the Cowboys (even though they suck, it’s the freakin Cowboys and it’s a holiday game).

If the Cards/Panthers game was in Phoenix there’s no way they sell that game out. I’m not guaranteeing they’ll sell out the next three, it’s very likely one won’t, but they’ve at least got the upcoming teams they’re playing to thank for that.

I think the Cards have got something going down behind the scenes where at least for this season, the sell-outs continue and they have sponsorships buying up the remaining seats so its not one of those media events publicized on Thu…..The TB, Seattle & SF games were sell-outs and there were empty seeds in the nose-bleeds….I also know first hand that they are working the phones trying to get a lot of community groups to games and are offering up deals…..

In a larger sense, I think this talk is pre-mature.
if the losing continues for another few years, then yes, the fan-base will dwindle. I don’t think it will go back to the Sun Devil days, as the venue is first rate, and they have built up some good will from the last 2 years (3 if you count the 8-8 season) which has brought in new fans. This town has always been about going with the winner….I don’t like saying that, but until proven otherwise, it is what it is….I think we’ll be back…GO CARDS!!

as long as I can put meals on the table for my family…

This question about “Sell outs” makes no sense! Lets talk Cardinals football or the lack thereof. How about a question for the fans, like myself, who wear Cardinals gear in public. We suffer in private over the piss poor play, terrible coaching and unintelligible play calling.

Do the die hard Cardinals fans think the season was tanked on purpose? Is the failure due to an inept head coach? Was Warner’s play changes, at the line of scrimmage, hiding Wisenhunts lack of talent?

I want a coaching staff and team that inspires hope by executing smash mouth fundamentals along with grit and determination. I want ingenious and devious play calling.

Joe, you keep bringing up some body called “Hard Hat” in reference to my posts. I don’t get what that means, but I do get that you are not much of a NFL football fan if you accept what Whisenhunt brings to the table. You can not be a true Cardinals fan if you think this is, in any way, a season that is to be enjoyed, much less tolerated.

Joe, you stick up for “The Whiz” and claim you are a fan. That in itself, proves that you sir, are a fraud! No “fan” could allow himself to promote the very ingredient that has tainted and ruined a perfectly good football team. Everything wrong with the Arizona Cardinals can be traced back to Whisenhunt’s coaching approach, personell decisions, play calling and coaching staff recruitment.

Get real Joe, or are you afraid to speak like a true fan. Everyone else is pissed off and you still stick to the “Whiz is a great coach!” line. Die hard Cardinals fans just ain’t buying that garbage.

You attempt to diminish me, for speaking the truth as I see it. The readers are beginning to understand the point I am making. Something is seriously wrong with the Cardinals and Whisenhunt is to blame along with Bidwell for allowing this travisty to continue. This is an embarrassment for Arizona and all it’s football fans. Every week we are humiliated on national television, and you still support Whiz. Thanks for the knife in the back Brutus, er JoeCB.

The Arizona cardinals are the Titanic. Bidwell is the Captain. Whisenhunt, for all practical purposes is the First Mate, acting at the pleasure of the Captain. Joe CB is the conductor, orchestrating the ships music as a distraction.

The fans are the passengers on this cruise ship, and it is sinking quickly. We all have a choice. Either board one of the 31 life boats provided by the NFL or go down with the ship. I did not sign on for a suicide mission, I just wanted to go on holiday with a fine NFL product.

Going down with the ship is Bidwell’s place. He can order Whisenhunt and his other henchmen to join him but the fans owe the crew nothing. It is the other way around.

Most Cardinals fans are not foolish and will opt to save their NFL football lives and abandon ship. Those who remain on board will simply be populating a ship of fools.
Do not listen to the music of JoeCB, it is a distraction to hide the tragedy unfolding before our very eyes.

I say save yourself and your family. Let the NFL lifeboats transport you to a place where you can view the demise of the Cardinals from afar. A place where NFL football is played to win and with passion. A place of elegance, with fine dining and music that is enjoyable, that you can actually dance to. NFL cruise ships that cater to your every need, including smash mouth football, if that be your cup of tea. If you prefer ariel warfare, there are ships for that, you name it and there are 31 other NFL cruise lines waiting to spirit you away from the lost cause known as the Arizona Cardinals.

The damage has been done and we fans have had enough. If, in the future, the ship is recovered and salvaged, we will be watching intently. If the ownership refurbishes and receives a clean bill of health, we may return. The most important aspect would be replacing the Captain and entire crew with people who truely care about us passengers. They must win us back by taking steps to show they value us! A start would be catering to our every need, as far as football is concerned.

Time to abandon ship fellow passengers, you are being played for fools. Going down with the ship is for Bidwell and his bunch. We are the heros who must survive to enjoy another day elsewhere. Good luck and God bless you and your NFL loving families. Please, enjoy the best football weather you can find out there. There is something for everyone, except in Arizona!

But not because they might fail to sell out a Cardinals game at some point.
 
Don’t be disgusted with the people who have been buying tickets because some of them aren’t buying tickets anymore. Tickets are expensive, and not all fans live near Glendale. Very few people are capable of attending every single game, even if they wanted to. Why shouldn’t people be more likely to go to more games when the team is performing well? It adds value to the ticket.
 
Don’t be disgusted with those people who only go to two games a year instead of three. Be disgusted with the people who never bought tickets in the first place. Be disgusted with the people who only buy tickets with the Cowboys are in town, and who show up wearing Tony Romo jerseys. If we don’t sell out, those people are the ones to blame. Not the actual Cardinals fans.
 
Fans of every sports team are going to be less likely to watch when the team is losing. Even the Cowboys and Steelers. The difference is that even if the Cowboys perform so badly that only 50% of their ticket-buying fans are interested in watching a game, they still have more than enough fans in Dallas to sell out.
 
Arizona doesn’t have that luxury. But it’s not primarily because of the fans who buy tickets. It’s because of the fans who don’t. Arizona is full of Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, Lakers, Spurs, and Bulls fans. For every Cardinals fan you meet, you’ll find three fans of other teams. Those people are the reason we barely sell out games. They’re the ones who give all Arizona sports fans a bad name. Blame them.

I have been and still am a Cardinal fan since 1979! There is plenty of blame to go on for this season. It starts with owner, upper management, and the coach. I am sick of hearing about how good Whisenhunt is! Sick of it!!! Tell me does a good coach get blown out on several occasions? Remember that even when the Cardinals went to the Super Bowl they was getting blown out going to the east coast? Bidwells are tight people when it comes to their money! Always have been and always will be! Why do you think they aren’t in St. Louis anymore? It wasn’t the biggest mistake letting a few players go but letting Anquan go was huge! They had an exciting offense and no matter what, people would come just to see that! No one and I mean no one could cover Fitz and Q! The second biggest mistake was paying Leinert all those years plus him getting tutored by Kurt Warner and then just dumping him for Derek and two rookies. This is where the coach comes in! He will never admit it but I guarantee Whisenhunt regrets that decision! You can say whatever that he is a third string with Houston and all that, but ask Kurt Warner what he though of Leinert. I know everyone is sick of hearing it but its the truth. He may have not ever been the successor that we were looking for but any idiot knows he was better than what we have right now! Skelton may one day be great but bringing him in could also ruin him! The truth is if Arizona doesn’t sign a big time qb in the offseason, there will be a lot of people leaving the desert! I am most certain that Fitz won’t stay long. Grimm was supposed to help them run the ball. He plain and simple sucks! Davis is much worse than Pendergast! Why hasn’t he been fired. They had the ball ran down their throat on Monday night! The score could have been much worse. The simple and honest truth is that this team is living off Dennis Greens draft picks! Calvin Pace is doing pretty good! Look at the draft that Dennis has had compared to Whisenhunt! Just go back and look! Whiz drafted that DT out of Tennessee this year and what has he done? He hasn’t really started playing until late. Suh and that Buccs DT has been playing all year. All I can say is get ready for many years of losing. Any one want to lose a bet? I bet your all popular Whisenhunt is gone by the end of next year if they don’t sign a big name qb! The Cards are headed downhill in a snowstorm and the ball is getting bigger!