Falcons Hire Dirk Koetter As Offensive Coordinator?
The question mark is due to the fact that only Chris Mortensen is reporting this, and he is not the first guy on my trusted sources list. Stay tuned for further confirmation.
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Uh oh.
Fan outrage: enabled.
My choice would have been the GB guy. For obvious reasons.
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It's been said that Clements didn't want to leave GB
And I guess Billick didn’t want to go back to being an OC (and I think the brother-in-law dynamic would’ve made things messy anyways). But sheesh, I’m having a hard time getting excited about this guy. I guess the only thing I’ve seen that I’ve liked, from his Wikipedia page, was from his head coaching days at ASU
Under Koetter, the Sun Devils became known for a vertical passing attack.
What we all have to hope for is that his lack of success the past couple of seasons was due to a lack of talent rather than poor scheming.
Was Bobby Petrino good in college? No he was great!
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
Ummmm.......
This is not really the big splash I was hoping for. Maybe they know something we don’t.
by wparker82 on Jan 15, 2012 10:40 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Supposedly, he's well-regarded around the NFL
It’s kind of hard to argue that he’s the guy who caused their rookie passer and awful wide receivers to have a horrendous season.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
I think the concerns about this rumored hire
would be much less if it were one bad year, but a number of excellent years. All I’ve seen out of Jacksonville in the past 4 years or so is riding MJD until he got hurt.
by falconnuke on Jan 15, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Dave, it's his body of professional work
that’s the concern
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
I recognize that
But again, he never had the weapons he’s going to have here while in Jacksonville. Not once.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
I'll raise you a re-recognize that
but his record is his record
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
And I re-re-recognize that his record is his record
Ask Jaguars fans what they think of Dirk Koetter, though. Many of them will tell you he was hamstrung by the lack of talent available.
Again, I’d be bullshazzing you if I told you I knew this was going to be a good hire. But I think it’s going to be an upgrade.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
You must not know any Jaguars fans.
They all blame DelRio, but they also complain about playcalling.
You may WANT this to be an upgrade, but anyone who’s optimistic right now is just drinking the Kool-aid.
And FWIW, I don’t think Smitty’s ‘situational coaching’ is much better than DelRio’s. The failed QB sneaks on multiple 4th downs is classic JDR.
Perilously close to a 2007 style depression.
by VaderX5 on Jan 15, 2012 2:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
touché, sir. :)
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by VaderX5 on Jan 15, 2012 3:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Some guy named Dirk????
So we’re getting screwed by a porn star? Awesome.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 10:41 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Speak for yourself....sorry you know not to leave food around for us rats
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Last Dirk I heard of just won a championship
just saying.
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by Caleb Rutherford on Jan 15, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Please, God....NO!
What? Have we got some kind of trade package with Jacksonville?
On a positive note.....
This all but guarantees that we land Steve Spagnaulo, right? The Falcons are saving the best for last….. At least that’s my hope.
by wparker82 on Jan 15, 2012 10:48 AM EST via mobile reply actions
MAYBE, if Koetter doesn't pan out....
we can go after Mike Bobo!!
I think I would've liked promoting Bratkowski more than this...
ugh.
by LongSufferingFalconsFan on Jan 15, 2012 10:51 AM EST reply actions
Sadly, I agree.
Perilously close to a 2007 style depression.
by VaderX5 on Jan 15, 2012 2:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Oh for god's sake.
Perhaps they meant to go for Jacksonville’s D coordinator, and got mixed up.
Too bad he hasn’t been here before; there’s a nifty “Welcome Back Koetter” joke that will have to go unused…
Underwhelming to say the least...
It’s not like the Jaguars offense has resembled a great offense in the last 5 years
must admit ive never heard of the guy..
But just read his bio..it says he is a offensive genius who likes2 air it out & lead potent offenses in college.based off what I read..maybe jax was holding him back due2 talent.guess we gonna find out really soon but I’m encouraged by what I read about him
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by turnj35 on Jan 15, 2012 10:59 AM EST via mobile reply actions
It's gonna be a long ass offseason.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions
i'd prefer billick honestly.....
but no one knew who mike smith was and look where we are now….so im hoping for the best…
by Conrad C-lo Phi Phillips on Jan 15, 2012 11:03 AM EST reply actions
You can't blame an OC
for having bad personnel. Name a good Jax offensive player after MJD? I can’t think of a single receiver and their QB situation has been a joke for years.
Let’s see what he can do with a real QB and receiving corps.
Bad players is no excuse.
Look at Charlie Weiss in KC.
Or BAL (other than Rice/Turner, every one of our skill postion guys is better than theirs)
Look at the Lions, who have my mother-in-law penciled in at RB and WR2 on the depth chart.
Or even Martz in CHI.
Hell, look at the Texans and their 12th string QB.
This is a Coordinator driven league, and Dk ain’t been heard from since he entered St Johns county.
Perilously close to a 2007 style depression.
by VaderX5 on Jan 15, 2012 2:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
What a joke...
So disappointed. I have a feeling were gonna be getting a new head coach after next season. This is such a buzz kill after that inspiring press conference held by our F.O.
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 11:05 AM EST via mobile reply actions
General feeling among the fans
seems to be disappointment. I have to agree. Then again, when they hired Smitty people were really down on it and he’s our winningest coach ever. I’ll reserve my comments on Dirk Diggler until after the next season if he is the guy.
even dunta was heard laughing about jax wrs..
He had no weapons in jax & a qb who curled up in a fetal position when a tackler got within 15 ft of him.he has never had a qb of ryans caliber or our wrs..he had2 tailor there offense around mjd..the guy has potential me thinks so I’m not gonna cruxify him yet.what happened2 in td we trust?lol
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by turnj35 on Jan 15, 2012 11:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Very Unsexy
I have faith in TD but this better pan out. I hope we are all wrong about this hire. Def would like to seen a more sexy hire. Know we need to scoop up spags before NO does. BTW Gregg Williams is leaving for St. Louis and their top candidates are Spags and Nolan!!!!!!!!!!!
Mixed Feelings
When he was in college i always thought of him as on par with petrino as a play caller
however, lack of anything resembling success in jax has to be worrisome
"Derek Lowe's Contract Has Stopped Looking Like a Retard Got Lost in a Pen Factory.".......wait.....nevermind
I'm relieved, though uncertain
I was worried about too big of a ‘name’ hire – how often does that actually work out? This guy could be great, or he could be more of the same. I’ll wait to decide until we hear from him and find out what he has planned for the offense.
I'll re-post what I just Tweeted
Leading receivers in Jax in those years: Mike Thomas, Matt Jones (!), Reggie Williams (!!) Mike Sim-Walkers, Marcedes Lewis.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:11 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
another embarassment!
Somehwere in the NFC everybody is laughing at us again!!
No way. People in the NFC are still busy laughing at the Saints.
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you mistyped
“People all across the world are still busy laughing at the Saints.”
Fixed it.
Saints have won a SB
and when they lose a playoff game they don’t get shut out
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
They did, when?
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Agree. I hate the effers,
But we won’t be the best until we go in to the Superdome and knock them in the teeth. Until then, we’re second fiddle in the South. Be glad they lost, but we got no room to talk down to a team that put a whooping on us twice this year, and IIRC, have won 10 of our last 12 contests.
Perilously close to a 2007 style depression.
by VaderX5 on Jan 15, 2012 2:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Im tryin hard to think of a bright spot out of Jax..
within the last few years and im coming up empty. Yes MJD but the guys wheels ard falling off hes so played out. Someone gave this guy the keys to the Lambo and im praying he doesnt total it.
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 11:14 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Oh god...
too many JAX interactions for our team: BVG was a coach, MM is not the HC, Mike Smith was the DC, and now this guy!?!
Don't bother hanging yourself or shooting yourself, just watch Atlanta sports.
Via Twitter - Adam Caplan (@caplannfl)
Koetter and Mularkey run essentially the same offensive scheme, so don’t look for much to change with the ATL offense.
Goodbye World
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by InMattWeTrust on Jan 15, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
whoa!
thats almost too far. Looks pretty real!
Oh it is...
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by InMattWeTrust on Jan 15, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
Dude?
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
Peter King says:
@SI_PeterKing – Picking Koetter over Schottenheimer, I believe, was a nod by Atl to developing Ryan and the downfield passing game.
What does that even mean?
Is Matt developed enough that we don’t need this guy or what?
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:24 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think it means
Koetter likes to throw downfield more, which is not something we really do (and apparently Schottenheimer doesn’t either)
Somebody wake D.O.L.
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by a hooter's baby on Jan 15, 2012 11:18 AM EST reply actions
LOL.
That’s why I stopped looking to the AJC for Falcon news a long time ago. He’s horrible. He’s even worse on tv because I have to see that bowtie and hear that voice that just screams “idiot”
Mortenson says
we now are battling NO for DC’s!! Who would you rather coach for a team with a ton of success both in reg season and post season or a team that folds constantly!!?
I rather coach the team with better defensive players
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by a hooter's baby on Jan 15, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Agree
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by InMattWeTrust on Jan 15, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, so the Saints.
Perilously close to a 2007 style depression.
by VaderX5 on Jan 15, 2012 3:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No
What team are you looking at?
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by a hooter's baby on Jan 15, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
If we lose either Abe or Grimes
Then the saints D is noticeably better than ours. We certainly couldn’t score on them 3 weeks ago.
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by VaderX5 on Jan 15, 2012 11:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'd rather coach the non-Roman Harper defense.
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by Duff_Man on Jan 15, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Miko doesn't know anything about football, the only reason she is in the discussion is because she's defending her husband and her remarks
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by InMattWeTrust on Jan 15, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Has anyone really been far
even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
by orion12 on Jan 15, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Understand not sentence your fragmentation.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:35 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Shouldn't need it.
We’re all adults here, well maybe not.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:25 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Horrible hire
You have to be able to throw the football. This is a coach’s league. We’ve seen Koetter’s work. Atlanta should be a plum job, talented players, rich, involved owner, great city. See ’ya Mike Smith!
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@Chris Mortenson
Koetter replaces Mike Mularkey, who left to become the head coach in Jacksonville on Tuesday. That’s where Koetter spent the past five seasons, coordinating an offense that finished better than 18th in points scored just once. Koetter worked alongside new boss Mike Smith in 2007, and runs a very similar system to Mularkey. The Falcons will not be making radical changes on the offensive side of the ball in 2012.
Dude that was heartbreaking to read
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 11:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Once again
I am majorly dissapointed. Just wait til we lose out on our DC to the taints!!!!
You couldn't possibly be more disappointed than I am
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
I do, she said you were better which is why I came here
couldn’t care less about football!
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
i dnt care what oc or dc falcons bring in..
If we dnt get bigger & stronger in the trenches it will b more or less the same as this past season..falcs problem is ryan does have a line that can buy ryan time or open holes 4 the backs & on d we can’t rush the passer without a blitz. We are a few players away in the trenches
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by turnj35 on Jan 15, 2012 11:24 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Hey Mike Smith
Quit hiring your effin friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
by Brog on Jan 15, 2012 11:24 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
+100,000
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by InMattWeTrust on Jan 15, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Best quote I've heard so far.
“Great! Now Matt is going have to learn ANOTHER playbook next year, when Smith gets fired.”
by ChickenLay on Jan 15, 2012 11:27 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Either one of two things had better be true, otherwise this is incredibly disappointing:
1) Smith and Dimitroff know what they are doing and believe that Koetter can bring the type of change they are looking for, and break through with Atlanta’s offense;
2) They learned of Greg Williams departure from the Saints and signed a cheap OC quickly to free up more money for Spags.
Ideally both are true, but I would definitely prefer a Koetter/Spags combo to a Clements or Billick combo with a no-name DC, especially if the Saints land Spagnuolo.
Let me put it this way
If Koetter is Mularkey 2.0, Mike Smith and TD just got themselves fired. They make mistakes, but are they really that stupid?
Time will tell.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Well, they did keep MM for four years...
by Starrk on Jan 15, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lets look through the first 3 of those four years shall we?
2008: Falcons go from being 4-12 to making the playoffs, our rookie QB is only the 2nd rookie to break 3,000 yards passing, the first being Mr qb P. Manning himself. Not to mention Turner going from being a backup to one of the leagues best rushers. You are not gonna fire you OC after that season.
2009: falcons go 9-7, yeah its a dropoff and we don’t make playoffs but it is the first consecutive winning seasons in falcon’s history, along with injuries to Ryan, Turner, I think half our offensive line at in bits and peices, can’t really say I’d fire him here either.
2010: 13-3 good for no.1 seed in the NFC, Ryan has an absolutely outstanding year, O line is up for Most valuble protectos from John Madden. OK we get to the Playoff game aginst Green bay and we get beat, more than beat we get humiliated. I can see you saying ok maybe that should’ve been the signs to fire him there excpet when you look at the game and see that Green bay didn’t punt that game. Not once. We did not have the pass Rush that game to get at Aaron Rodgers while he was on the hottest streak I’ve ever seen from a QB. We got torched on defense that game plain and simple, of course there were offensive mistakes as well but when the oppssong team doesn’t punt even once its a bit harsh to say that it is the offense’s fault. I can see a desire to get away from him but hey we just went first in the NFC and coaches and even media beleive we are one or 2 key players away from winning it all, can’t say if I was in TD or Smitty’s shoes I’d fire him then either
This is the first offseason where it would have made practical sense to fire MM and you know what, thats exactly what happened. Yes we did hold on too long but honestly it wasn’t as obvious as we like to believe that MM should’ve been fired probably the end of 2010.
I seem to remember that, despite going 13-3
I spent a lot of 2010 complaining about first down runs, uncreative passing routes, failures to throw the ball deep, and the lack of utilization of screen passes. We were a middle of the road offense in 2010, and we had many of the same weapons: an all-pro WR, a pro-bowl TE, a pro bowl RB, pro-bowl FB, and a good young QB who had just been to his first pro bowl.
We had ALL of that, and a middling offense. It’s hard for me to imagine what might hold you back from firing a coordinator-are you only allowed to do that when you’re in danger of losing season ticket holders?
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by Bronn on Sep 18, 2011 4:26 PM EDT
by Bronn on Jan 15, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes we had some complaints with him but we were the number 1 seed.
That means we won the most games in the NFC, The playoff game showed that our offense did have holes in but look at what you just listed out. We had 6 offensive players go to pro-bowl in 2010. If I look at that alongside a 13 win season I think acually our offense did pretty well that season. Hell even with MM we were still listed as superbowl contenders this year by a lot of the media. Look I’m no trying to say I didn’t want Mularky gone, we got no offensive point tagainst the giants and our offense was inconsistent this year. I’m as glad as the rest of you too be rid of him and his playcalling but I just think expecting to fire your OC after your best season with him just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
Playcalling....Dirty Dirk vs Sean Payton
what’ll ya have? Thanks to Varsity Line man!
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I'd take Payton
But my loathing for him has grown to the point where that makes me hurt inside.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I had a deep philosophical question asked of me last night:
“Ed…is it possible you hate the Saints MORE than you love the Falcons?”
A day later and I still have no answer.
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Answer is obvious..
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Certainly the question should be asked
I yelled myself hoarse at the end of that game.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
For some sick reason that was my favorite game of the season
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
You know, I actually finding myself rooting for the 49ers now
Things on the football field rarely move me, but seeing how happy Vernon Davis and that team were…I dunno.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
It's a sad sad world we Falcon fans live in.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:39 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I've been staring at this question for the past few minutes
my answer, I think, is yes (at least for me),
mainly because so many of their fans are bandwagon fans,
That 6 years after “the glorious return to the Superdome”, we still have to relive monthly reminders about why “this is why it’s Un-American to root against the Saints, and look how horrible the Falcons are”,
That the rarest thing seen when the Saints play is a game called cleanly,
That Sean Payton is immortalized for completely disrespecting that noblest of past times that has gathered us all here today in the Superbowl (I know some falcoholics disagree, but that’s my personal opinion of that play)
That Dan Marino’s record was broken by a team that ran up the score constantly.
That their HC is a Vicodin addict, but it was hushed up as soon as word got out.
That the OT win in NO last year was remembered not for a fluke ball bouncing off the foot of a Falcon going out of bounds, but for a missed field goal.
But mainly it’s the perpetual attitude of all of sports media (I know I shouldn’t care, but I’m human) that “New Orleans, particularly their offense, can do no wrong”, while at the same time there’s the “Falcons can’t throw the ball well enough to beat anybody, can’t run the ball well enough to beat anybody, and their defense is horrible”.
Give 'em their props nuke
they won the SB and that’s part of the reason I’m angry. They should never have won a SB before Atlanta. Atlanta was the city that both leagues fought over occupying.
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
I'll give them some props
and yes, part of why I’m angry is that they won the SB before Atlanta.
And I’m angry that Peyton Manning is one of the 3 or 4 best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL (Brady is also right there), but due to differences in scheme, opponents, defense, and various other things, statistically is worse than Breesus. That Peyton Manning is one of the most selfless, charitable people in all of sports, but gets 1/100th the recognition. (Does Drew Brees have a children’s hospital named after him?)
But I guess so much of it comes back to the incessant positive (to say it moderately) treatment of the Media and NFL to that team, while it’s a rarity to get a mention of Atlanta, and when there is a mention of Atlanta it’s almost always discussing the various faults of the Falcons.
That the OT win in NO last year was remembered not for a fluke ball bouncing off the foot of a Falcon going out of bounds, but for a missed field goal.
THIS!
I have to constantly remind people that it was a lucky bounce that let the saints even take the game to OT so our luck at the missed FG is just the world sorting itself out.
I am curious, whot do you think they did to disprespect the super bowl? Do you mean the onside kick?
The onside kick, yes
I’m spoiled by watching SEC football, but I truly feel that football is about whether your offense can beat the other team’s offense (particularly in the trenches), and whether your defense can give their offense a whippin’. The onside kick was, imo, recognition of the fact that Peyton Manning was reading the NO defense like a kid’s picture book, and turning it into his own little playground.
When I watch the superbowl, I want to see two great defenses go up against two great offenses, not what happened in that superbowl.
And yes, if it had been UT or Atlanta doing that, I would’ve been upset with it, too. It wasn’t a great call, it wasn’t a genius call, it was the kind of horse manure call that you see in MAC of WAC or Big East football.
And nobody mentioned the line man at the Varsity?
Oh so now y’all hatin’ on chili dogs!
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
After this hire its Super Bowl or Bust!
For Smitty…seriously he hires this clown…your but buddy from ota camp who you bunk up with. Anything lesd than a SB is gonna be his termination.
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 11:34 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Hey I just got roasted on the other thread
because I posted that I was tired of crap like this
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not really sure why you got roasted for having an opinion
I thought I’d get roasted for mine.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Oh your definatly getting roasted.
Everyone else is getting mildly tanned.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:42 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Mmm roasted
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah but without salt....how good can it be?
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
Hey bud we all have to suffer in one way or another.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:48 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Like what?
Your oppinion on the hiring?
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 11:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah by some of the same people on this thread questionig the hiring
but honestly I did write that this hiring might be it for me. Watching the Niners beat the Saints was good (Saints lost) to “Why aren’t we doing that?” This season we scored 39 points against the Saints. In two games against that defense.
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
Im honestly at a loss for words when it comes to my thoughts on it...
Just shaking my head. I know we have yet to see the product but his track history isnt pretty and from research hes uber conservative. I cant watch the small ball anymore.
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 11:50 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
These made me feel better.
Where DK (DONKEY KONG) says:
It’s the perfect formula for an explosive play. It’s not like you’re in 2×2 and you’re throwing quick outs to the outside and stick routes to the inside. You might complete that concept 67 percent of the time, but you’re only getting six yard plays. However, you may complete four verticals 48 percent of the time but you’re getting 18 yard gains, those are the kinds of plays I like better. I don’t like to work hard for four yard gains.interview/#ixzz1jXuavU17
I’m really bad with these caption/quote/link things, so sorry if it didn’t work.
Couldn't be worse than I am...it's kept me from fan posts
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by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
either way. thats the quote.
He seems aggressive.
I see more ints in our future.
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by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 11:47 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
If it comes with more touchdowns
I might be able to live with that.
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by Dave Choate on Jan 15, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
what?
seriously what? The major complaint we had with MM was he was to run first, too conservative and now your complainging about the hiring of someone who wants to be more aggressive?
Actually
The main, more serious complaint about Mike Mularkey is that he’s uncreative and not at all deceptive. His run plays weren’t creative, they were vanilla, he didn’t run draws or screens, and his passing schemes were ridiculously simple. We threw the ball a lot, actually, but for 6 yard gains.
But yeah, I won’t be upset with a more aggressive play caller, even if it gets us burned, a bit.
Braves will be fine. I'm not worried.
by Bronn on Sep 18, 2011 4:26 PM EDT
I'll give the poster his opinion
but these are billion dollar businesses. You hire the best and our question is Dirty Dirk the best? Well we don’t know the criteria that the Falcons used to make the hire. But….observational data indicates that this isn’t the guy. Of course he could have been crying out for better players and been overruled by JDR. Which then leaves him in the unknowned category and this team should be past the unknown.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
That second article was very good
I like his aggressive attitude. He also seems a lot more accessible than Mularkey
DKs gotta be think...man did I get these suckers.
Moving on up..he finally got a piece of the pie. Watch todays halftime report and all the analyst will say the falcons hired who? Who is that?
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 11:57 AM EST via mobile reply actions
You know you raise a point here....or as my HS coach would say "pernt"
Back when Jerry Glanville was hired Bill Walsh was on NBC (which then was the AFC home) and he said "You should always hire an offensive guy for a young QB (Chris) you can always find a guy to coach the defense. This is a league of high powered offense. The rules favor the passing game.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
by FrozenFinger on Jan 15, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
That guy was a genius...true pioneer..
Your coach that is. “perent” haha
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 12:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ray Rice and Matt Forte are FA's.
Wrap your dicks around that.
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 12:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Besides theyll probably get tagged anyhow
by Bigru3 on Jan 15, 2012 12:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Back to the dark ages, all of you!!!!
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Jan 15, 2012 12:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions
new oc
well now that i have calmed down. the prozac did help.
after all, football is not rocket science.
dirk ought to able to handle it.
i mean, how hard could it be?!
throw the ball
run the ball
be a little creative and there you go
i feel much better
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