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[MattRyan2Canton]

muskokas finest, on 15 April 2012 - 08:44 AM, said:

By that reasoning, the Falcons lost to the last 2 Super Bowl champs.

echo

[texasbirdfan]

rcky_mtn_falcon, on 15 April 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:

I'm sorry but right now you have to put Coughlin at number 1 and Belichick at number 2. They've met twice in the Super Bowl and Coughlin's team has found a way to win twice.

I understand that Belichick has 3 SB wins with 5 SB appearances, and Coughlin only has 2 SB wins, but both of Coughlins wins have come against Bill's teams.

More than that both those coaches actually do something Smith doesn't do or maybe his staff didn't know how to do this essential task of winning games.

HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS and then adjust again midway through the 2nd half.

Smitty's staff ranks 30 to 32 in that area

based on that I think the 13th ranking is somewhat ambitious for our Head Coach and coordinators

[nobkowski]

Gritz, on 15 April 2012 - 08:50 AM, said:

That ranking feels about right to me. Until Smitty starts beating some of the elite teams and/or notches a playoff win or two he will be on the outside looking in as far as coach rankings are concerned.

This is close to how I feel about it.  I hope he will not be as stubborn when it comes to critical play calling.

[paulitik]

It's about right. He'll leapfrog 6-7 of them if he wins a Super Bowl.

[PokerSteve]

I think the ranking is a pretty accurate assessment of Smith's overall performance. It's low in terms of his outstanding regular-season record, but forgiving when you consider how he's been owned in the play-offs as well as in almost every game against a top-tier team. Whatever rating you want to assign him, Smith still has much to prove as a head coach.

Edited by PokerSteve, 15 April 2012 - 12:49 PM.

[ChickenBiscuit]

rcky_mtn_falcon, on 15 April 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:

I'm sorry but right now you have to put Coughlin at number 1 and Belichick at number 2. They've met twice in the Super Bowl and Coughlin's team has found a way to win twice.

I understand that Belichick has 3 SB wins with 5 SB appearances, and Coughlin only has 2 SB wins, but both of Coughlins wins have come against Bill's teams.

Doesn't matter, Bill Belichick has constant winning seasons, is a much better manager, and has one more Super Bowl ring. BB is one of the GOAT, Coughlin just got hot at the right time, twice. Besides, if it weren't for the that dropped pass by Welker, the pats would have won.

[Chitown2ATL_Falcon]

Skar, on 14 April 2012 - 09:58 PM, said:

I'm surprised how low Smith is ranked. Click here..

Not surprised. Most of the coaches ranked ahead him have a Super Bowl ring or have played in the Super Bowl.

[UKFalc]

Wisenhunt is ranked too high, as is Jim Harbaugh. It takes more than 1 good season in the weakest division of football, to justify his ranking. I'd put smith above both, and possibly above Fox and Fisher as well.

[MattRyan2Canton]

well according to most of the board he's fkn vince lombardi times a million because Thomas Dimmitroff has filled this roster with smegma and garbage. so getting to the playoffs as regularly as the Falcons do is some fkn divine miracle. in essence Mike Smith is zuess and neptune combined.

Edited by MattRyan2Canton, 15 April 2012 - 05:54 PM.

[youngbloodz]

When Smitty wins a playoff game than you guys can argue where he is ranked. But hasn't and the playoffs is where legends are mad. Both Harbaughs done it last year and so did Fox. All three won games when it mattered. And Smitty didn't

[Gritz]

I'll go one step further and say that this franchise hasn't had it's great coach yet....Most franchises have had at least one great coach......Some have had a couple....Dallas had Landry and Jimmy Johnson...Steelers had Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher AND Mike Tomlin.....

Falcons:

Leeman Bennett-good

Dan Reeves-good

Mike Smith-good

[youngbloodz]

I agree with the last two posts. Smitty is a good but not great coach.

[txfalconfan]

This sounds about right.  He needs a playoff win to move up.  Great in the regular season and not in the post season does not make you a top ten coach.

[Aftermath]

Seems about right to me, I don't recall any games where we out coached a team, but I do recall plenty of games where we were thoroughly out coached by other teams.

[don.reese]

Total disrespect!    Yes we lost the three playoff games, but they were to the team that ended up representing the Nation Conference in the SB.  Two of those teams ended as NFL Champions while the other almost won it all.  The best team doesn't always win because another team can get hot at just the right time and takw it all.  Sometimes it's just being at the wrong place at the wrong time.  I'm sure if we had different match-ups in the playoffs we would have won some but does it matter since we would have had to play the teams we did only later in the playoffs.  Smitty is the best coach we have had hus record should speak for that, a coach that has averaged just under eleven wins a season ranked under new coaches and coaches that are on a different team since Smitty was hired because they were fired from another team is just wrong.