iDash Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Just Saying,Dan Reaves would pound that rock all day Double TE formation even!Big Rbs are Atlanta Tradition!He can tell who's the Momma boys are.Also,I think Gruden could rock with Good Qb already in Place!He has done it before with Someone Elses Talents/ leftovers and he got robbed that Year in Oakland too!Who else do you think can come in to ATL and win?Since Coach Smith is Defensive Coach,Should we go offense next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Idk, ask me again in 2015, if that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samueladams Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 yes he did get the falcons to a SB, can he do it again is the big question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Doktor Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Not with how poorly we tackle. Watching the Raiders play today, all I could think was "these cats actually tackle". Would it kill us to wrap up? Apparently so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFanSince1970 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Truth be told, I miss the man. Shaky GM, but dam good coach. He could coach up a roster like this one. For sure.Coached three different teams to the playoffs. Two of em to four Super Bowls.Blank stepped on his weenie when he fired him in 2003. Should have let him coach the 2004 team. I think he would have coached em to a Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Owns Cooperbh Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 so could Chris Chandler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro2000 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 (edited) I wanted the guy fired, but it was the wrong call. He stood a chance of getting something out of Vick unlike the crew who succedeed him that let Vick run the show.It is also Reeves. He had some terrible drafts though. Edited November 29, 2013 by jeffro2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke in duluth Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Reeves. Sorry to be a jerk, but he coached my childhood team in Denver. His knots are so big, he once had a plan to trade JOHN ELWAY!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke in duluth Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I wanted the guy fired, but it was the wrong call. He stood a chance of getting something out of Vick unlike the crew who succedeed him that let Vick run the show. It is also Reeves.I have to agree with you. Mike's best season (before The Rebirth) was when Reeves had that dude balling' out on third-and-long to Quentin McCord and Trevor Gaylor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller2Rison Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 yeah reeves was a great coach but he was old and frail in 1998 so he aint coming back.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJeff1975 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Yeah he got us to the Superbowl...but didn't instill enough discipline in his team to prevent a dumb **** cornerback from soliciting a hooker for a knob job the night before the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller2Rison Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Yeah he got us to the Superbowl...but didn't instill enough discipline in his team to prevent a dumb **** cornerback from soliciting a hooker for a knob job the night before the game.its robinson's own fault for getting caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dem Birds Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Smith tries to pound the rock and did so successfully when the talent was there. Its not now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Freddie Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Dan Reeves was worst than a bad coach - he was a mediocre coach. A bad coach gets found out fairly quickly and if management has enough guts to admit a mistake he's got rid of quickly. (Like Seattle did with Jim Mora, the Younger, realizing this guy's not going to get a ring and dismissed Mora after one season. Brutal, but a better coach became available and it had to be done.) A mediocre coach, on the other hand, does juuuusssttt enough to hang onto his job, enabling him to spread his poison for years of mainly disappointing seasons.If you look at the record, Dan Reeves richly deserved to be dismissed in 2003. (Actually, Reeves wasn't exactly fired by Blank. Blank informed Reeves, after Reeves confronted him, that Dan wasn't going to be with the Falcons after the 2003 season [something Reeves had to know]; Reeves then left the team in a huff with three games remaining in the season.) I remember Broncos and Giants fans warning us that Reeves was not all he appeared, especially long term.Yeah, 1997 was rebuilding and 1998 was great. However, fans tend to forget the 1999, 2000, and 2001 seasons. I am convinced almost any other team would have fired Reeves after the 2001 season. But then Arthur Blank bought the Falcons too late to prudently make wholesale changes, deciding to keep Reeves for another season. The phenomenon that was the early Michael Vick then appeared in 2002, giving Reeves another reprieve. However, Reeves luck finally ran out in 2003 when Vick was injured, exposing just how little Reeves did with the team in the seven years he was coach.Take off the Super Bowl blinders folks. You're remembering a coach that in reality didn't truly exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradybaby33 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I want gruden or cowher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden Child Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Yeah he got us to the Superbowl...but didn't instill enough discipline in his team to prevent a dumb **** cornerback from soliciting a hooker for a knob job the night before the game.Reeves let the families stay at the hotel that night. Not only did Eugene Robinson betray the fans and the team, he betrayed his wife and kids. It was not Reeves fault. I thought he was a heck of a coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFanSince1970 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Dan Reeves was worst than a bad coach - he was a mediocre coach. A bad coach gets found out fairly quickly and if management has enough guts to admit a mistake he's got rid of quickly. (Like Seattle did with Jim Mora, the Younger, realizing this guy's not going to get a ring and dismissed Mora after one season. Brutal, but a better coach became available and it had to be done.) A mediocre coach, on the other hand, does juuuusssttt enough to hang onto his job, enabling him to spread his poison for years of mainly disappointing seasons.If you look at the record, Dan Reeves richly deserved to be dismissed in 2003. (Actually, Reeves wasn't exactly fired by Blank. Blank informed Reeves, after Reeves confronted him, that Dan wasn't going to be with the Falcons after the 2003 season [something Reeves had to know]; Reeves then left the team in a huff with three games remaining in the season.) I remember Broncos and Giants fans warning us that Reeves was not all he appeared, especially long term.Yeah, 1997 was rebuilding and 1998 was great. However, fans tend to forget the 1999, 2000, and 2001 seasons. I am convinced almost any other team would have fired Reeves after the 2001 season. But then Arthur Blank bought the Falcons too late to prudently make wholesale changes, deciding to keep Reeves for another season. The phenomenon that was the early Michael Vick then appeared in 2002, giving Reeves another reprieve. However, Reeves luck finally ran out in 2003 when Vick was injured, exposing just how little Reeves did with the team in the seven years he was coach.Take off the Super Bowl blinders folks. You're remembering a coach that in reality didn't truly exist.Reeves' biggest mistakes were not having adequate back ups for Jam and Vick when they got injured in 99, 01 and 03. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden Child Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 The thing I like about Reeves was that he was accountable. When the offense didn't move the ball, he took over the play calling duties. The players that were drafted were his as well. In this current regime, accountability shifts too much. Too many people cosigning decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club212 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 (edited) We've let plenty of quality coaches go since AB bought the team besides firing Reeves. I'd start with the easiest & you guys can chime in, ANY Special teams coach we've had since the team was founded is better than K Armstrong! DC...Zimmer (hire him as HC )? Sure there's more I'd like to have, as far as what we can use? No retreads ie.Gruden & Cowher since ther're out of the game too long & have nothing to prove...I know Marty Shott also has been out too long & is old, but when you never get to the Super Bowl (oh so close), there's still a fire burning, Arthur, give him a shot!!! GM,HC or Consultant, he won't let us down! Edited November 29, 2013 by Club212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Freddie Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 We've let plenty of quality coaches go since AB bought the team besides firing Reeves. I'd start with the easiest & you guys can chime in, ANY Special teams coach we've had since the team was founded is better than K Armstrong! DC...Zimmer (hire him as HC )? Sure there's more I'd like to have, as far as what we can use? No retreads ie.Gruden & Cowher since ther're out of the game too long & have nothing to prove...I know Marty Shott also has been out too long & is old, but when you never get to the Super Bowl (oh so close), there's still a fire burning, Arthur, give him a shot!!! GM,HC or Consultant, he won't let us down!You're kidding, right? Marty Schottenheimer has ultimately let down every freaking team he's been associated with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtybird2k5 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 We'd still lose to the Brincos too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddyFalcon21 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 No way he could do that now. His offense is too out dated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Yeah he got us to the Superbowl...but didn't instill enough discipline in his team to prevent a dumb **** cornerback from soliciting a hooker for a knob job the night before the game.You're going to try to lay E.R.'s dumbazz move on Reeves? Of anybody on the team that Reeves might have felt an obligation to "instill discipline" into, the last player on the list would've been Robinson, who was virtually the Family Values Poster Boy for the Falcons up until that incident? C'mon, man. No other coach has got this team within a long distance call of the Super Bowl, give the man credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andras Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Superbowl coach list of things to do:1: Gameplan.2: Make sure everyone gets there.3: Tell them not to try to get a BJ from a hooker.4: Win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.11 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) No way he could do that now. His offense is too out datedNo, we just thought that after the 2011 season which saw three players pass for over 5000 yards (and two break Dan Marino's record) we thought that the league had evolved into a passing one. Now teams are finding out the hard way that it's important to have a power running game. Heck, Green Bay, Detroit, and New Orleans figured it out. We had one, up until 2011. And just like the guy that tries and fails at following trends, we thought we could be one of those "explosive" passing teams by having Matt essentially become the focal point of our offense. It worked (somewhat) in 2012, but obviously we weren't going to sustain success running that kind of offense.Dan Reeves offense would be a breath of fresh air. Pound the football, then kill 'em with play action. That's just fundamental football. I think he would have added more route combinations and try to get our playmakers like Julio, Roddy, Harry, and Jacquizz in space and one-on-one match-ups to spice up our passing attack, but ultimately he would have stuck with his MO which is to relentlessly pound the rock. Don't forget that Chris Chandler put up his best numbers as a passer with Dan Reeves (Chandler still holds the Falcon single game passing yards record at 431 and has the second highest Falcon single season passer rating at a little over a 100). Edited November 30, 2013 by JerseyNo12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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