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04-23-2015, 04:23 PM
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said Thursday that it is going to be tough to go back to Heinz Field in October, but insists that is only because they’ll have to face “a really good football team” and not because of the way his tenure on Pittsburgh’s coaching staff came to an end.
Arians spent eight years as an assistant with the Steelers, winning two Super Bowl rings and spending the last five years of his stint as the team’s offensive coordinator. His departure was originally announced as a retirement, but it wasn’t long before Arians admitted the team didn’t ask him back.
Arians has spent the last three years making clear his retirement would have been quite premature as he’s won Coach of the Year with both the Colts and Cardinals, which may be why he says there’s no extra motivation to do well on October 18 in Pittsburgh.
“It’s just another game,” Arians said, via ESPN.com. “It really is. It’s been so long now.”
The Steelers game will come a week after the Cardinals play in Detroit, a setup Arians confirms the Cardinals asked for so that they could stay in the Eastern Time Zone for both games rather than make extra flights across the country. Making sure all runs smoothly away from team headquarters should keep Arians busy enough to avoid adding any extra significance to the Pittsburgh trip down the line.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/23/bruce-arians-says-return-to-pittsburgh-just-another-game/
Arians spent eight years as an assistant with the Steelers, winning two Super Bowl rings and spending the last five years of his stint as the team’s offensive coordinator. His departure was originally announced as a retirement, but it wasn’t long before Arians admitted the team didn’t ask him back.
Arians has spent the last three years making clear his retirement would have been quite premature as he’s won Coach of the Year with both the Colts and Cardinals, which may be why he says there’s no extra motivation to do well on October 18 in Pittsburgh.
“It’s just another game,” Arians said, via ESPN.com. “It really is. It’s been so long now.”
The Steelers game will come a week after the Cardinals play in Detroit, a setup Arians confirms the Cardinals asked for so that they could stay in the Eastern Time Zone for both games rather than make extra flights across the country. Making sure all runs smoothly away from team headquarters should keep Arians busy enough to avoid adding any extra significance to the Pittsburgh trip down the line.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/23/bruce-arians-says-return-to-pittsburgh-just-another-game/