lostnmexico Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) Last night, we heard reports that the Falcons had hired running backs coach Bernie Parmalee and former University of Hawaii special teams coordinator Mayur Chaudhari, though we didn’t know what position he had been hired for. Today, the team made those hires and one other official. Parmalee is the biggest name here, and will hold the most major role in 2018. He spent the last three years working with Marshawn Lynch, DeAndre Washington, and others with the Raiders as their running backs coach, and he was a solid reserve back for nearly a decade in the NFL in his own right. Paramlee will be tasked with getting even more out of Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman, if such a thing is possible, and coaching up any young backs the team brings aboard in 2018. Chaudhair joins Keith Armstrong’s special teams staff as an assistant. He has a long and varied coaching career to this point, having coached everything from wide receivers to the secondary before taking over Hawaii’s special teams two years ago. He’ll be a name to watch for the Falcons if Armstrong receives head coaching interviews and offers again in 2018. Finally, there’s Chad Walker. He spent two years with the Falcons as a defensive assistant under Dan Quinn before becoming the outside linebackers coach for Arkansas in 2017. He’s now apparently back as an offensive assistant, despite never coaching on that side of the ball in his career. Chances are good he’ll assist Steve Sarkisian and company with identifying ways to attack opposing defenses, but his role is largely unclear at the moment. We have added three assistant coaches to our staff. STORY - https://t.co/daYECPPs0P pic.twitter.com/A3I2obS04L — Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) February 14, 2018 There’s a flip side to this, which I wondered about. Longtime assistant Eric Sutulovich appears to be the fall guy for a lackluster special teams performance in 2017, as the team has let him go. Chaudhari will take over his job directly. As an extremely experienced special teams coach, Sutulovich should land on his feet somewhere. Falcons let go of assistant special teams coach Eric Sutulovich — vaughn mcclure (@vxmcclure23) February 14, 2018 With these hires, the Falcons appear to have their final coaching staff for the 2018 season. Warmly welcome these three gentlemen aboard. https://www.thefalcoholic.com/2018/2/14/17012618/falcons-announce-hiring-of-rbs-coach-bernie-parmalee-two-others Edited February 14, 2018 by lostnmexico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanadonis Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Its not Sark's fault at all. It's everyone else. We get it Quinn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostnmexico Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, R_The_Great said: Its not Sark's fault at all. It's everyone else. We get it Quinn And Parmalee is another Jersey Boy! But in all fairness, I think Parmalee is a good hire but your point is valid.......... they gotta bring in Knapp, Parmalee, and Guys who never coached offense in their life to support and coddle a coordinator who had no experience and should have never been hired in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Coddle? Sark had two kids with no NFL experience as support last year in Weiss and Hamadan. They're both gone. Knapp is a perfect support for Matt. I would bet most of his problems were working with Hamadan a guy with little to no understanding of the NFL QB. It's unlikely that Walker is nothing more than an "intern" learning a new spot before getting promoted somewhere else. When you look at certain coaches resumes they move through all kinds of positions before finding their place. Coaching isn't about being an expert at a position, its about teaching and motivating about the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abstract Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 It’s nice to be one of the few teams that retained both coordinators. Continuity is key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhawk Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, abstract said: It’s nice to be one of the few teams that retained both coordinators. Continuity is key. Tell that to the Usual Suspects.....they want to burn it all down yet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostnmexico Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, crimsonhawk said: Tell that to the Usual Suspects.....they want to burn it all down yet again. Nope. Just want the cáncer removed. Knapp is competant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 9 minutes ago, crimsonhawk said: Tell that to the Usual Suspects.....they want to burn it all down yet again. Well, you don't have to be Sarktimonious about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhawk Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 minute ago, PokerSteve said: Well, you don't have to be Sarktimonious about it. Now that's funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhawk Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, lostnmexico said: Nope. Just want the cáncer removed. Knapp is competant. If we get the same thing next year, then I'll join you guy on the picket lines.....just seems like we've all seen this movie before though. Edited February 14, 2018 by crimsonhawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlegatv Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 So when the special teams are good, Armstrong gets the credit. When they suck, blame the assistant and fire his a$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezekiel 25:17 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 7 hours ago, crimsonhawk said: Tell that to the Usual Suspects.....they want to burn it all down yet again. No statement is more true. And then they would be mad because it would take another three years to get back a decent offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezekiel 25:17 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 7 hours ago, PokerSteve said: Well, you don't have to be Sarktimonious about it. Nicely done there... nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofEuphoria Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 6 hours ago, middlegatv said: So when the special teams are good, Armstrong gets the credit. When they suck, blame the assistant and fire his a$$. Only thing i'm sure of is our ST sucked *** last year. They better do something. Kicking game good. Return, kick-off and punt coverage, Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcanuck Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Keith Armstrong has fielded one of the worst STs units in the league for several years running. No clue how he is still employed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsd56 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 9 hours ago, lostnmexico said: Nope. Just want the cáncer removed. Knapp is competant. The time knapp spent seahawks, raiders and last 2 years here say other wise. He is a good qb coach but asking him to be an of is idiotic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFanSince1969 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, HouseofEuphoria said: Only thing i'm sure of is our ST sucked *** last year. They better do something. Kicking game good. Return, kick-off and punt coverage, Meh. We weren't that bad......minus all the **** penalties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonDeion Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, FalconFanSince1969 said: We weren't that bad......minus all the **** penalties. Tyler Lockett says otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostnmexico Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 33 minutes ago, NeonDeion said: Tyler Lockett says otherwise Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GET-ME-A-DB-TD Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 15 hours ago, lostnmexico said: And Parmalee is another Jersey Boy! But in all fairness, I think Parmalee is a good hire but your point is valid.......... they gotta bring in Knapp, Parmalee, and Guys who never coached offense in their life to support and coddle a coordinator who had no experience and should have never been hired in the first place. Never? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherdome Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 What really is eye-opening is the way the offensive coaching staff was constructed last season. Basically, we had a rookie OC (with no NFL experience) heading a group of assistants with little NFL offensive experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhawk Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 5 hours ago, etherdome said: What really is eye-opening is the way the offensive coaching staff was constructed last season. Basically, we had a rookie OC (with no NFL experience) heading a group of assistants with little NFL offensive experience. Yes, that is a head scratcher and as much as I am on the "Give Sark another year" bandwagon, if we have another poor offensive showing this season, I will break something falling off of it. I do think that they learned from thier mistakes though, bringing in Knapp as QB coach. We'll just have to wsit and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.11 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 7 hours ago, NeonDeion said: Tyler Lockett says otherwise What about that Pro-Bowl kick returner for the Rams who fumbled twice in the wildcard game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonDeion Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, JerseyNo12 said: What about that Pro-Bowl kick returner for the Rams who fumbled twice in the wildcard game? Our ST looked amazing in that game. We were terrible all regular season. If Armstrong gets can repeat that during the regular season I’ll carry him on my shoulder myself. We’ll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 10 hours ago, GET-ME-A-DB-TD said: Never? The one guy has no relevant experience on offense, correct. He was a defensive coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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