Bruce Arians Denies Report He Intends to Leave Cardinals After 2017 Season

Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians refuted the rumor he plans to retire from coaching at the end of the 2017 season.Arians tweeted Tuesday his focus is firmly on their next game, a Nov. 5 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers:ABC15'sCraig Fouhy reported Tuesday that Arians had "told people close to him that he intends to make the 2017 season his last with the Cardinals."Ariansis in his fifth season with the Cardinals, and the team is 44-26-1 under his watch. He's arguably the best head coach the Cardinals have had since moving to Arizona in 1988.WereAriansto step down at the end of this year, it wouldn't be a huge surprise.The Cardinals are 3-4 through their first seven games, and things aren't going to get any better with Carson Palmer out for a large part of the season after hebroke his armin the team's 33-0 defeat to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.Palmer turns 38 in December, so his arm injury could force Arizona to seriously think about finding another quarterback in the offseason. Were that to happen, the Cardinals would likely enter a rebuilding phase. Larry Fitzgerald, 34, isn't getting any younger, while the team can't expect 35-year-oldKarlosDansbyand 33-year-old AntoineBetheato be productive on defense beyond the next couple of seasons.A lengthy rebuild may not be all that enticing for the 65-year-oldArians, who hadsurgeryin February after doctors discovered a form of kidney cancer.Ariansalsodealtwithdiverticulitis in August 2016.
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