Cardinals Announce Extensions For HC Bruce Arians & GM Steve Keim

Arizona Cardinals president Michael Bidwill announced Monday that theyโ€™ve signed GM Steve Keim and HC Bruce Arians to a contract extensions that will keep them with the team through 2018.

 

Bidwill said in a statement released a statement regarding the new extensions:

โ€œTwo years ago we hired Steve and Bruce a few days apart and believed we had something really special. Every day since then they have validated that belief. The teamโ€™s performance over the last two seasons certainly reflects how talented they are in their respective roles and it was important that we reward them for their accomplishments.

โ€œI speak not only for myself but all Cardinals fans when I say how thrilled we all are that Steve and Bruce are now under contract though 2018.โ€

Bidwell had said previously that the deals would be announced at some point in the near future, so this shouldnโ€™t come as much of a surprise.

Kent Somers reports that the Cardinals have included options in the fifth year of Arians and Keimโ€™s agreement, so they could be under team control though 2019.

Thereโ€™s no question that both Keim and Arians have earned new contracts after what theyโ€™ve managed to do in the past two years.

Arians won his second Coach of the Year award in 2014 and Keim has done a good job of adding some young talent in recent years.

In two years in charge of the Cardinals, Keim and Arians have led the team to a record of 21-11 (65.6 percent) and a playoff appearance, despite dealing with as much adversity as any team in the league.

 

 

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