Will Russ Grimm Return To Arizona Cardinals Coaching Staff?

by Alex Mann on Jan 15, 2012 8:00 AM MST in NFL Offseason/Free Agency

There have been rumors floating around that several teams are looking at Russ Grimm. His contract has expired he has yet to re-sign, but reportedly has a two-year offer on the table from the Arizona Cardinals. Many of us believed it was due to the week off, but after hearing the teams interested, fans should either be rejoicing that he's possibly leaving, or having restless nights of his potential departure. Hit the jump to find out the possible teams.

An article recently released on NFL.com by writer Jason LaCanfora let loose that Grimm could end up on the staff of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Grimm is a close friend to current Jacksonville OC Mike Mularkey. With him putting together a new coaching staff, Grimm is possibly the biggest name on his list as an assistant head coach, an offensive line coach, or an assistant coordinator. Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt is also one of his closer friends and Grimm will have a choice to make.

Another teams name being thrown around is the Washington Redskins. We all know of his obvious relationship with the team, seeing as he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame this year as an offensive lineman for the famous "Hogs". He would be returning home, and his title would more than likely be nothing more than offensive line coach.

The final team being thrown around is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A few sources say that this isn't true and others are saying there may be some fact. So as of now there are two teams that are known to be interested in Russ Grimm.

One thing that will likely be a factor is that of compensation. The Cardinals paid him $1.5 million as an assistant head coach. As an assistant/coordinator, he is not as likely to find that kind of money elsewhere. That alone could keep him around, especially since we know that the team wants him on the staff.

What do you think? Should Russ Grimm find a job elsewhere, or should he finish what we need him to do in Arizona, and that being to build an offensive line?

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Get him out of here.

The only thing he’s good for is doing the pregame over the head catches with Larry, and I don’t think that’s worth over a million dollars.

by badblood54 on Jan 15, 2012 8:22 AM MST via mobile reply actions

That's hilarious! I think he's a bit better than that but...

I’m really conflicted as to which way I hope this goes down. I mean the Cards don’t have a bunch of talent on the line so maybe that’s the problem. Then you have the O-line playing good sometimes and opening holes for Beanie to get his first 1000 yd. season. All these players and fellow coaches singing his praises and fighting for his services. I just don’t know. Is it the talent of the players or the coaching?

‘Cause if it’s the coaching I say we could do as good by throwing a dart at board of names and let Grimm leave.

"The point is, by my standards, I won fair and square."
-Bender

by az78true on Jan 15, 2012 10:25 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs

beanie got a thousand

by limiting injuries and taking a majority of the carries.

e. James got just as much yardage on a worst o line

by fansincejakenrob on Jan 15, 2012 5:14 PM MST via Android app up reply actions

Yes I'm aware of this.

"The point is, by my standards, I won fair and square."
-Bender

by az78true on Jan 15, 2012 6:24 PM MST up reply actions

Hopefully he returns,

Grimm really is a genius.

Formerly known as Cardsfan928, If you wanna grab a quick game of madden, my screenname is also my Xbox name.

by INSOMAN1ATIC on Jan 15, 2012 8:27 AM MST reply actions

What bums me out about this conversation is that we have absolutely no idea how good a coach he is.

We can speculate.

We can show that in his previous coaching stops there were ups and downs.

We can say that the Cardinals have had a bad offensive line (by those sites that measure such things against each other) since he’s been here.
But there’s a lot of moving parts to coaching, at the pro level one can only imagine.

The only way to be positive about how good he is would be to have an off-the-record conversation with everyone he’s worked with and then use the majority’ answer as the truth.

I can say this much: Even before Grimm got here, it’d been a very long time since the Cardinals have had a good offensive line, despite investing draft picks and cash at the position.

So without being boring and simply blaming someone for the problems, if you were the Cardinals, what would you do to fix this?

by superpsck on Jan 15, 2012 9:32 AM MST reply actions 1 recs

Good post

and basically what we have is all questions and no answers. I’ll venture that based on the interested teams and their respective postion possibilities, I feel it is unlikely that Grimm will make a lateral move, wouldn’t make sense for his career.

by Birdman2 on Jan 15, 2012 10:25 AM MST up reply actions

I don't know..

Since I don’t really hear much from the players, I’m not quite sure what to make of Russ Grimm. Do the players like him? Is he a good coach? Were either of his Lines in Pittsburgh or Arizona really THAT good? Does Whisenhunt really care if he walks?

Since he really hasn’t coached a dominant OL, what does that say about his coaching?

On a side note, there are a couple of exceptional Tackes in the 2012 Draft. If the Cardinals have a chance to get one of them, they should do it, without question!

by Eric M on Jan 15, 2012 11:22 AM MST reply actions