Suddenly Dirk Koetter's Hire Seems Better

I’m not bashing the pick but I can’t get excited about the pick. The first thing I thought about were the teams currently in the playoffs. In the remaining 4, three of them have very good defenses and okay offenses (Giants, San Francisco, and Baltimore). The last has a Hall of Fame QB and Hall of Fame Head Coach so they’re an exception here.

At first look it seems to me as if we’re thinking get a very good defense and a decent offense. I hope Koetter is an offensive genius and proves me wrong.

at this juncture credentials are all you really have besides your complete faith in Smith and TD. What he says sounds OK and better than MM who said nothing apparently even to Smith. Smith falling in love with screens do not get me overly excited.

Answer me this:

If Smith wanted screens, why didn’t he tell MM to work that into the game plan????

If Smith and TD were unhappy with the strategy of the OLine (smaller players, but coach ’em up to be aggressive, why did they endorse it????

It seems like they were part and parcel of those strategies, and now they are being held up as reasons for change. If a new staff came in that would make sense, that “logic” coming from the HC and GM that have been in place makes no sense.

I just listened to Nolan’s press conference and the guy is a class act. I can easily see why the players play harder for him and why the Falcons were so happy to bring him in.

In his first press interview with DOL, Koetter said he had lunch with Matt Ryan for an hour…BEFORE he was hired. Makes me wonder how much Ryan had to do with the choice.

so if we now are able to get the defense off the field more, that means the offense is on the field more? or quicker…..so i guess we should arguable be seeing DK’s offense more.

i was one of those WTF???? guys when DK was announced. and i also have settled in a little better after reading some of his philosophy. if we can see a team come out in the 3rd quarter and look refreshed and adjustments made, i’ll definitely be happier.

while i didn’t like the DK hire, i definitely LOVE the MN hire. maybe i’m setting myself up for a fall again, but somehow my expectations are high for this team next year. now, go shore up that OLine and get us another playmaker in the secondary

I bet money that most of their interviews were doing via SKYPE or some other Video Conferencing and not so much face to face. Most big Orgs are doing it that way in business so why not Football!!!

I think you also have to consider the poole of OC candidates who were available at the moment…if I remember correctly Billick, Tom Clements, and Brian Schottenheimer were on the short list. Of those three, only one had coached as an OC within the past year – Billick has been out of football for several years and Clements only had experience as an OC for 2 years back in 2004. Schottenheimer was run out of NJ because he failed to deliver on offense and had predictable playcalling. And that was the short list. I’m not saying Billick wouldn’t have been an exciting pick, but the league has changed since his departure and I even doubt if there was serious interest in leaving the broadcasting booth for an OC position and not as a HC.

The more I read about Koetter, the more that I get excited about this pick and I think given the poole of applicants, it may have been the best fit within the organization. Further, after reading several of his interviews, it is obvious that the man possesses a football acumen.

I am curious as to who is going to be the new Quarterbacks coach now that Bratkowski is gone. It would be great to have somebody with experience coaching winning QBs in the postseason.

He is a phenomenal choice.

Despite what some on here have said, I’m not (nor have I ever) “blindly trusted” this FO. I like the pick because once I realized who he was, I realized that he is the guy. I want championships and believe this guy might be the best candidate to do just that.

And I stand by my top 8 offense in the league comment. You heard it here first.

I was going to write a lengthy fanpost detailing my position, but it essentially comes down to this: He’s a good coach. He has a good offensive philosophy and has had success with it everywhere he has coached. In my view, the relevant equation is

Good players + Good coach = success.

We have the players. Now we have the coach.

I think if anyone does their due diligence, and actually LOOKS at what he has done and what he believes in, it would be hard NOT to be excited for our offense. Sure his name isn’t “brian billick” but the last time I checked McCarthy and Payton weren’t “billicks” at the time either of their hiring either.

I know folks are sold on this guy….giving him excuses for why his time in the jags was not great… Hopefully the new DC will be able to help the OC get into his groove…