Many have been calling for the Arizona Cardinals to fire and replace general manager Steve Keim. The team has missed the playoffs four straight seasons. There have been multiple draft misses. The team won only three games last year and has only won three this year. It is safe to say that, from afar, he is on the hot seat.
He doesn’t appear to feel the heat, though.
Appearing on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM on Friday as he does every week during the season, he was asked about his job status and whether he has had conversations with team president Michael Bidwill about his future.
“Nothing’s changed since the last time you asked this question,” he said, referring to when he was asked about his job security after the team began the season with a winless September.
“It hasn’t changed,” he said. “I come to work every day and do the best job I can.”
He sounds like a man who knows he will be retained.
“I have a great plan in place for the offseason,” he said. “Very excited about fixing all the areas I think we need to fix. Very excited about the future.”
he also took it a step further, saying he knows “everyone else in the building shares my sentiments.”
He cited the salary cap situation they have and the excitement there is about Kyler Murray as a franchise quarterback. He also believes the team has some core pieces on offense moving forward.
Defensively, there are changes that need to be made “at all levels.”
“We’re excited about the plan and we’re going to have a lot of fun this offseason putting this thing together and building around the core pieces we already have in place.”
When the Cardinals fired Steve Wilks after last season, Michale Bidwill expressed supreme confidence in Keim to get things turned around. Keim speaks like a man who knows he has at least one more year to get things right or he is doing a great job of hiding any of the stress that comes when you might lose your job.
Should he be fired? That is a completely different discussion. Will he be fired? It appears he probably will not.
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