nuccah Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/default.htm?mode=nfcsouth AtlantaJan. 30, 2008 Falcons owner Blank says he considered stripping McKay of GM duties two years agoWhen Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced in December that then president-general manager Rich McKay would be stripped of his GM duties, it came as a surprise to many. However, according to Blank, the move was years in the making. In an exclusive interview with PFW, Blank said he first spoke with McKay about the splitting of his job two years ago at the Scouting Combine. We talked about the job being just too much at some point, as we got closer to facing the reality of potentially a new stadium, Blank said. We needed to split the job, because it s too much to ask one person to be general manager and president of an organization, given the complexities today in the NFL, given the complexities of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. When asked why it took two years to make such a move, Blank responded, We re now up to the point where we have to start engaging the gears on a potentially new stadium, and that s potentially going to take a lot more time. Blank said McKay is happy with his new role in Atlanta, although other sources have said he would likely take a job elsewhere if he was offered GM authority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuccah Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Yay for not being to fix my opening post :ermm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnesiac34 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 God please let it be an outdoor stadium if it's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 jamnesiac34 (1/30/2008)God please let it be an outdoor stadium if it's true.amenIf yhe can have open air stadiums in Buffalo and Green Bay, they certainly have no excuse to play in a dome here. I hated the idea of the dome, but hated Atlanta Fulton County Stadium as well.we need an outside air football stadium in a big way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakyfalcon Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 jamnesiac34 (1/30/2008)God please let it be an outdoor stadium if it's true.More than likely it will be a retractable roof stadium that can host other events also. It maybe a long time before we see a new stadium anyway. Blank just poured a ton of cash on Dome renovations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativefalcon Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 jamnesiac34 (1/30/2008)God please let it be an outdoor stadium if it's true.I want one with a retractable LID like the arizona one, best of both worlds. Ahhhhhh. :P We can skip the rain games but have real turf and keep it open for everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativefalcon Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 nuccah (1/30/2008)Yay for not being to fix my opening post :ermm:Yahh thats one of my beefs about the new message board too, you cant change your opening post, so it has to be PERFECT and better yet you can't delete it. I miss the old board at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfried Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 If McKay could deliver an open air, state-of-the-art stadium -- he'd definitely redeem himself (although, his 2007 draft class looks pretty good). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicker Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 A new stadium is many years away. "The Falcons' lease at the Georgia Dome is tied to retirement of the bonds issued to fund it. And so the date is not a hard one. Original projections has the bonds being retired around 2011. But the state refinanced some elements of the Georgia Dome, and some estimate the bonds won't be retired until 2020. Blank said he feels a more realistic date is around 2015. "http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp..._len&id=2532580 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelgee Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 nativefalcon (1/30/2008)jamnesiac34 (1/30/2008)God please let it be an outdoor stadium if it's true.I want one with a retractable LID like the arizona one, best of both worlds. Ahhhhhh. :P We can skip the rain games but have real turf and keep it open for everything else. Let's be the first to have a dome shaped like a clam. When it is sunny, the clam will open up. We could call it the Calamity Dome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmildog Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 If they are going to build a new stadium, they should go the way they did in Arizona. It seems like a terrific place to play as well as watch a game. As for McKay, let's hope him having less duties makes a big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV.2000 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 nuccah (1/30/2008)Yay for not being to fix my opening post :ermm:You can use the words "Striped him of his GM title" but Mckay's still wearing the crown. And all decisions must be approved by the King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.