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Face of the Franchise

Its high time the Falcons restored order to the franchise.  Its gotta start from the top, and the best way to put a stranglehold on this debacle is to hire someone with a stellar reputation as a head coach IN THE NFL.  I hate to beat a dead horse, and since I've been begging for Cowher since mid-season, I'm sure you guys knew where I was going with this, but humor me for a minute.

Cowher is 100% what this team needs.  The minute he walks in that door HE COMMANDS respect from every single person involved with the falcons franchise.  He is a proven winner who has shown that he can adapt to the circumstances that present themselves.  He is both a players coach and a disciplinarian.  HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY BECOME THE FACE OF THE FRANCHISE.  No matter what big free agent the team signed, they would not over shadow Cowher (tom brady and peyton manning excluded).  

I strongly beleive Cowhers presence and influence would help to quickly turn this team around.  I beleive the veterans who had such problems with Petrino would be ecstatic to see a proven winner with an NFL resume on board.  I also beleive that his longevity (he ain't jumping ship after 13 games, or 3 years) would allow Rich McKay to do a far better job at identifying and signing/drafting (I really can't knock McKay, our drafts have been good under his watch) the players Cowher would need to turn this team into a perenial super bowl contender.  

I wish there was some way we could force Blank and Cowher into a room together, with a contract that has 3 lines on it, the amount of money, the # of years, and a place for cowher and blank to sign.

After all we've endured this past year, we deserve a head coach and a breath of fresh air.

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Fired Up
Man, this post has gotten me fired up.  It's still raw, but you know what?  Upward and onward!!  This might seem like the oddest time to say this, but I am 100% looking forward and excited about the following months.  

From here, the only way is up.

Let's matriculate the ball down the field boys.

by runningback on Dec 11, 2007 8:20 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Have to clean the roster out first
I fully support Cowher as a coach, but the team has to hire a GM who can help root out the softer players. If they're not willing to play for Old Ironjaw, they need to go.
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by Dave the Falconer on Dec 11, 2007 8:32 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cowher
The Falcons are going to get some stiff resistance from the Bengals, Dolphins, Rams, 49ers, etc for old ironjaw.

Arthur Blank's not afraid to spend money, but I've heard upwards of $7 million per season ... that's quite a lot of money.

by Sunil on Dec 11, 2007 9:00 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

7 mil
Petrino was getting 5 a season, so the way I figure it, Blank would have to be willing to give Cowher 10.

by Hamburger on Dec 11, 2007 10:14 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

best news
all season. now lefts get a REAL coach and move forward, pick up decent player and make a move towards winning the NFC!
go hard or go home

by TO falcon on Dec 11, 2007 10:56 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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