Arizona hires Buddy-replacement
■ NEW COACH Tobin's
low-key and determined
style was important in the
decision to hire him
TEMPI. Am (API — For lh«
second time. Vine* Tobin is in
territory by Buddy Ryan
The Art ran* Cardinals hired
the defensive l uaniiutoi of ihe
Indianapolis (alls as I hair coach
Wednesday Ha nplicM Ryan,
who wa* ftred Hat aft. 1995.
after hi* Ittm skidded to 4-12
with a season ending 37-13 loss
to Oalfes,
In ISftft. Tobin replaced Ryan
a* defensive coordinator of the
Chicago Basis altar Ryan not hi*
first head coaching )ob with
Philadelphia
(ordinals owner Bill Bidwill.
who kepi hi* plan* aacrat unlit
the last day. said he likes Tobin's
low-key but determined style
“He comes across as a very
straightforward person." Bidwill
said "He has lwen described that
way to me by a number of peo
ple What you see is what you
K*t
Tobin, 52. Mid he always pre
pare* for victory. Bui he
demurred when asked if he was
saying there was “a winner in
town," the now infamous way
Kyan described himself when he
was hired Feb 3. t<WM
"I've never gone into a game or
a season thinking we couldn't
win,'* Tobin said "Now, is that
a goal? 1 don't know, but the only
purpose of coaching or playing
in the National Football league
is to win. is to want to get to the
Super Bowl.”
Bidwilt flew to Honolulu for
last week'» Pro Bowl and made his
first contact with Tobin there
Both said the deal wasn't dosed
until Wednesday afternoon, just
hours before the Cardinals tailed
their news conference.
Tohtn « five-year <t«ura«i »* far
coaching only. end Bhlw.il Mid
he ha* not yet *ettled on a gen
eral manat** the other pout ion
that Kv*n left vacant The owner
Mid he would not Iry lo hit* •
general manager until after the
NFl. *c outing (omhm*. which
begin* Thumlay in lndtaaapoti*
Bill Tobin. th» now coach'*
older brother, i* the Coll* direc -
tor of (nothull operation* and hat
been mentioned a* a noeaibili
ly. Vince Tobin Mid he didn't
know whether hi* brother we •
tenon* tend (date
"Tht* i» tomethtnu that Mr
Btdwiii and t diet usaed at greet
length, and he ha* aasured me
when he hire* a general manag
er it will be a guy who i* very
compatible with me, “Tobin «aid
Nidwill look u* week* lo
replace Ryan, hot he beet hi* own
deadline by one day He had Mid
he wanted io tend the new coach
to the combine
Tobin *aid he hope* to ulk to
defenuve tackle Eric Swann and
comet-bark Aenea* William*, the
team** two moil valuable free
agent*, before returning to Indi
anapolis tht* weekend
Arizona * offense wu anemic
throughout Ryan's two yuan, but
the third ranked defense helped
the Cardinal* to an ft It record In
1994 Laat year, the defense was
as medicM.ru a* the offense
The (Cardinal* have not had a
winning w*mii niece I9ft4 or
been to the playoffs in a non
strike year since 19?S,
Tobin he« omits the Cardinals'
fifth coach since the team moved
to Arizona from St IduIs In 19»».
and the 32nd coach in the fran
chise's ?S-year history H*
emerged a* a top candidate for
the job from a field that includ
ed Green Bay defensive coordi
nator Fritz Shurmur and former
UCXA coach Terry Donahue
Tobin s 198ft Bears defensive
unit«« an NFl record few fe\mt
points allowed (tit?) tit a I&it«iiw
season. and th« ItHUI Bears also
war# the leagued stingiest in
opponent m urntg Ha an out oI
football in 1IH1.1. then joined the
Cults
In HMM ha tool over a defense
that had ranked last the previous
season and molded it into a unit
that Had for seventh in total
defense am) fifth in fewwt point*
allowed in 1905
And hit »to» k cttmbed during
tndianapolia' drtva to the AK
title* game «wM season Hit defen
*<ve unit played a map* role in
the ('-oils'»-? regular season and
electrifying postseason
tl was the 13th season tn
Tobin s l?1h year as a defensive
coordinator in Canada, the USFl.
and the NFl. that he had hewn cm
a winning team
I hi nol against a defensive
guy aa long aa the offense it nol
vanilla " renter Ed Cunningham
taiil "Thai happens sometimes
— they're wary about going after
it on offense, because they think
thayil fust have to put the
defense bark on the field Hut
with the high powered offense
they had at Indianapolis. I don't
think that will be any problem "
Frank handers, a star wide
receiver last year aa a rookie, said
Tobin wilt infect some puiass
into the offense
**l think he's going lo make
things happen, because he's going
lo lei people go oul and make
plays." he said
Middle linebatker Efts, fllll. the
team s leading tackier the last two
seasons, said he wasn't happy
about more rebuilding
With a new coach, you get a
new regime, a guy who wants to
build a team around his charac
ter." he said "To me. that puts
us a few years away from win
ning. and I'm not getting any
younger '*
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