Call it a culture shock or a culture change. Both phrases have been used by Cardinals players lately to describe what new coach Jonathan Gannon and GM Monti Ossenfort have done since taking over in Arizona earlier this year.
But culture shift is probably the appropriate phrase for this story, because Gannon didn’t waste a second jumping into the stadium cart that was parked behind me on the floor level of State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., the location of my second stop for my nine-team training camp tour.
From the jump—literally—Gannon flashed his energetic and decisive sides, leaving no option of whether to stand or sit for this interview with Sports Illustrated. Gannon took the driver’s side and shifted to his left to leave enough room for me to ask about the team culture.
