Falcons expected to fire Mike Smith

[beastson]

 

 

Falcons owner Arthur Blank has informed multiple parties that he plans on moving on from head coach Mike Smith at the end of the season, sources said, and it would take a shocking playoff run to alter that scenario. Blank has also told some confidants that, for now, he expects to retain general manager Thomas Dimitroff, though it could be revisited through the hiring process.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/24906676/falcons-expected-to-fire-mike-smith-could-be-eyeing-adam-gase

 

1. Wtf are the Panthers going to do? Mike Smith record > Rivera

 

2. Do you think the Falcons will still ball out knowing they're probably playing for a lame duck and it'll take a deep playoff run to keep Mike? If they lose today, and we win they'll be eliminated. Will they let up a little?

[Jangler]

really sucks we need the taints to lose too.

[Kakarot]

Sucks this is coming out now. Hopefully, the Falcons can still pull out the W.

[davos]

really sucks we need the taints to lose too.

 

Maybe it'll motivate them to play hard for him.  *knocks on wood

[Proudiddy]

As much as I hate the Falcons, I've always thought Mike Smith was an excellent coach and a coach that players respect and would run through a wall for. It's not his fault Dimitroff can't put a good team together...

I would take Smith over Rivera in a heartbeat.

Caveat: if Rivera gets us in the playoffs, fug Mike Smith. Coach Rivera is the greatest coach of all time.

[raleigh-panther]

Smith is a good coach.

 

Unlike Sean Peyton, he isn't a dirt bag either.

 

The issue is the drafted talent and that comes from the GM. 

 

You have to have a defense in this league and they don't have one and while Julio Jones is an all world player, it takes more than that.

 

He won't be unemployed long.

 

 

[SCMunnerlyn1]

Watching hard knocks this year all I kept thinking was "dude this guy is such a pansy. I would never be motivated to do anything for him. I would just turn tomy team mates and say bro..is he serious right now?"

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

their drafting has been almost hurney caliber over the past several years and several of their FA acquisitions have flopped

 

even during the 2010-11-12 seasons when they were consistently making the playoffs and were the top seed twice they were a house of cards and had really obvious issues

[Jangler]

Watching hard knocks this year all I kept thinking was "dude this guy is such a pansy. I would never be motivated to do anything for him. I would just turn tomy team mates and say bro..is he serious right now?"

 

yeah , I didn't finish the first episode, all I could think about, was that this whole team is full of sh!t top to bottom.

[PhillyB]

dimitroff is a bigger problem imo

 

i really hope the players hear this today and rally around their embattled coach for one day exactly

[Hammerin'Cameron34]

Time is moving so slow

[CarolinaNCSU]

Win one for the Gipper, Falcons. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

yeah dimitroff is the main problem with the falcons. good job arthur.

[Salvo]

Kinda like us, the Falcons hate the Saints with a passion.

 

They'll show up and play hard.