New Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon just went through his first NFL Draft as a head coach, and he made a move that seemed to rub fans and media members the wrong way during draft weekend when he passed up on a chance to speak to the media.
As staff writer Josh Weinfuss of ESPN points out, Jonathan Gannon did not speak to the media at any point during the three weekends of the NFL Draft. And as he points out, that’s pretty unusual for a coach. In fact, it’s something he has never experienced from a head coach before.
“Interesting move by the Cardinals during the draft: head coach Jonathan Gannon did not speak to the media after any of the three days. First time that’s happened, that I remember, in my 12 drafts,” Weinfuss said in a tweet on Sunday afternoon.
Retired sports columnist Kent Somers, who worked for The Arizona Republic for decades, echoed those thoughts in a reply tweet, claiming that he does not remember a single draft that a head coach has not spoken to the media.
It’s quite a bold and controversial move from Gannon, and the NFL world absolutely roasted him for it.
Gannon isn’t exactly establishing himself as one of the more likable coaches in the league.
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