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Cardinals hire new head athletic trainer from Texas Tech

Drew Krueger replaces Tom Reed. He was an associate athletic director for Texas Tech and head athletic trainer for multiple sports.

The Arizona Cardinals dismissed longtime head athletic trainer Tom Reed this offseason. It was done as an organizational decision.

While the team has not announced it, Reed’s replacement has been hired.

Texas Tech University announced that Drew Krueger, associate athletic director and head athletic trainer for the university’s football team and both the men’s and women’s golf teams, had left the university and was hired by the Cardinals.

He is the Cardinals’ new head athletic trainer.

Krueger had been at Texas Tech since 2014 after he had a seasonal internship with the New England Patriots, where Cardinals general manager Monti Ossnefort worked, and was a graduate assistant at Oklahoma University.

The Cardinals were given failing grades this offseason by players in five categories. The training staff was not part of those failing grades, but changes apparently needed to be made.

Gannon told reporters it was not in reaction to the report card.

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Longtime Cardinals head trainer Tom Reed fired

According to a report, the recent poor grades on the NFLPA’s team report card likely caused the Cardinals’ head athletic trainer his job.

The Arizona Cardinals received poor grades almost across the board in a recent report card by NFL players for their facilities and working conditions.

It might have cost a longtime employee his job.

According to Kyle Odegard (formerly a reporter for the team) of Compare.bet, longtime head athletic trainer Tom Reed was fired.

He had been the team’s head athletic trainer for 15 years.

Per Odegard, “there is a belief within the building that Reed was collateral damage following the Cardinals’ poor grades on an NFLPA players survey.”

In the recent NFLPA player report cards for teams, the Cardinals received failing grades in five of eight categories. It included the training room. However, the training staff was given a grade of B+.

Reed was well respected by current and former players. It was his work primarily that got the team through the pandemic seasons.

It is an interesting move, but the organization does need change. What follows the firing will be critical.

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