Mathieu agreed, and the offensive line took those lyrics personally. Louis, the last winnable game on the schedule for a team that had been depleted by injuries. He listened to it five times in succession.Īrians then asked if Mathieu would play it before the biggest game of the season - a Thursday night game, on short rest, on the road in St. The Cardinals safety listened intently, intrigued by the message.
7, Arians brought the song to Tyrann Mathieu, who controls the music in the locker room. We always play music loud, and now I’ve got the song.”Īfter a narrow 17-14 win over the Chiefs on Dec. “I flew him in for the game, and he said a preacher had written this song, and he thought our guys would like it,’” Arians said. The song is full of swagger and expletives, just like the head coach. And the song he delivered in early December made Arians grin. After retiring from football, he embarked on a career in real estate and never looked back. When Devlin was later fired from the Houston Oilers and fell on hard times, Arians hired him to be his assistant head coach at Temple.
MORE: Cards rookie QB Sims has blurry future The other is John Devlin, the only college recruiter who didn’t abandon Arians after he was expelled from high school. The Cardinals head coach would’ve probably accepted the gift out of sheer respect for Sharpe, one of two unsung heroes in Arians’ career. View Gallery: Cardinals Training Camp 2015 “It’s the sound of his voice, the deliberate words … you listen to it and say, ‘I want to be like that.’ You start getting down deep. “It says to me, ‘I don’t care what today brings, I’m going to get up,” Sharpe said. He brought it to Arizona, as a motivational gift for his old friend. Sharpe promptly downloaded a copy to his phone. There’s brute strength, silent fury and a lot of humor in this 36-second recording. By all accounts, it is sung by a pastor, making the choice of words rather curious. The song begins with a solemn but determined voice. “A friend of mine shared it with me, and it just hit me,” said Sharpe, 75, who lives in Destin, Fla. Sharpe was getting ready to visit Arians in Arizona when someone played him the aforementioned song. The tale begins with former Virginia Tech coach Jimmy Sharpe, who is Bruce Arians’ primary mentor, the man responsible for spawning a coaching career unlike any other. Here’s the unlikely story of how “Whip Somebody’s Ass” - a song with five lines, no music and lyrics that could fit on a bar napkin - became a rallying cry for the 2014 Cardinals and beyond. Fan bases rally around smash hits with timely titles, like “We are Family” and “Don’t Stop Believin.’ ” And sometimes, the strangest notes can galvanize a wounded football team.
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