Falcons Fan MVP Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Is Arthur Blank's hiring firm going to pick the head coach or the new GM? Perhaps they already know the new GM and haven't announced it yet. Arthur Blank and Rich McKay must have some say in who the head coach will be if they interviewed Raheem Morris already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celtiksage Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 It was discussed in length in another post, but "professional courtesy". He's most likely not even in the running. Although I wouldn't be opposed to making him our DC with Ulbrich. Ah who am I kidding, send them packing. We need a new culture. Falcons Fan MVP, Ezekiel 25:17, Geneaut and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons Fan MVP Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, celtiksage said: It was discussed in length in another post, but "professional courtesy". He's most likely not even in the running. Although I wouldn't be opposed to making him our DC with Ulbrich. Ah who am I kidding, send them packing. We need a new culture. Wade Phillips or Rex Ryan is the only ones I think would be an upgrade at DC celtiksage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rise Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Falcons Fan MVP said: Perhaps they already know the new GM and haven't announced it yet. This happened (More than likely). The team played like the new GM was watching too. Edited December 28, 2020 by Rise Falcons Fan MVP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMERO Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I thought he was going to get an interview after our season was over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovie_Lover Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 He didn’t. They plan to interview him. Falcons Fan MVP and JDaveG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octoslash Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Doesn't matter. The Morris interview is nothing more than a token PR formality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenn.junior Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Rise said: This happened (More than likely). The team played like the new GM was watching too. ngl you have a point there they played like that was a chance to go to the playoffs at least the defense did Falcons Fan MVP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons Fan MVP Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, octoslash said: Doesn't matter. The Morris interview is nothing more than a token PR formality. The new GM might be thinking that Raheem is fine and we just need a good draft to fix it. Obviously it would be a PR nightmare to keep Koetter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriMeTiiMe Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 He's got 0 chance to get the job. They were just doing the right thing before telling him to kick rocks on January 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 It's been posted and reported that the new GM is not hiring a head coach. They are both being chosen by McKay and Blank and to be hired at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Jesus said: It's been posted and reported that the new GM is not hiring a head coach. They are both being chosen by McKay and Blank and to be hired at the same time. The interview I saw with McKay said they may do it in either order (that is, they might hire the HC first and the GM 2nd, or vice-versa). Has he said something different since then? Jesus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, JDaveG said: The interview I saw with McKay said they may do it in either order (that is, they might hire the HC first and the GM 2nd, or vice-versa). Has he said something different since then? I'm just going by what he said when Quinn and TD were fired. I know he is making the decision on coach not the GM. I would guess they would want someone on sooner than later for GM but probably want to interview guys they can't at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Jesus said: I'm just going by what he said when Quinn and TD were fired. I know he is making the decision on coach not the GM. I would guess they would want someone on sooner than later for GM but probably want to interview guys they can't at the moment. The way he described it to D-Led, basically he and whoever else is participating will give Blank the candidates they like and the reasoning, and Blank makes the final decision. If there is a GM in place when the coach is hired, I imagine the GM will get to throw in his 2 cents. I think your last sentence is on the money. I think they are more worried about making the wrong choice than getting someone in fast. They're going to take their time and make the right decision (as they see it). Jesus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, JDaveG said: The way he described it to D-Led, basically he and whoever else is participating will give Blank the candidates they like and the reasoning, and Blank makes the final decision. If there is a GM in place when the coach is hired, I imagine the GM will get to throw in his 2 cents. I think your last sentence is on the money. I think they are more worried about making the wrong choice than getting someone in fast. They're going to take their time and make the right decision (as they see it). I hope they are getting as much input as possible. celtiksage and JDaveG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveHomeSafelyAtlantaWins Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Falcons Fan MVP said: Is Arthur Blank's hiring firm going to pick the head coach or the new GM? Perhaps they already know the new GM and haven't announced it yet. Arthur Blank and Rich McKay must have some say in who the head coach will be if they interviewed Raheem Morris already. Good point. It shows that any good gm would be wise to look elsewhere because he won’t have full control here. When you hire something like a gm, you’re hiring expertise. You’re saying, “i don’t know how to run a team, so please come do it for me.” If your then start interjecting stupid opinions like, “oh, but hire dirk koetter s the OC so Matt wont have to learn a new system,” then the expert you hired can’t do what you hired him for. Vince lombardi and bear bryant would suck under those conditions. And therefore, they’d be smart enough not to take this job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty72780 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I wouldn’t be opposed to keeping Morris as the DC and making Ulbrich the linebacker coach or something. Let’s face it, Morris is not on any other NFLs teams radar for a HC position so I don’t believe a DC position would be a demotion for him. He was the WR coach two years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, matty72780 said: I wouldn’t be opposed to keeping Morris as the DC and making Ulbrich the linebacker coach or something. Let’s face it, Morris is not on any other NFLs teams radar for a HC position so I don’t believe a DC position would be a demotion for him. He was the WR coach two years ago. I really do think Morris has been burned by the organization here (not intentionally, but still). What's been revealed is the team lacks talent on defense and a coherent and workable scheme on offense. Morris has done the best he can with the defensive talent we've given him to work with. We need pass rush, a safety and depth at CB, in that order. Koetter's scheme is not conducive to winning even with good defense, since we do nothing to burn clock and score points with a lead. It's feast or famine. He had that one good drive yesterday that resulted in a TD, and I swear I wondered if someone else wasn't calling the plays, because it was all fast strikes, running the ball -- all the things we should do with a lead but never do. Then with the game on the line we're chucking it toward the end zone instead of driving it down the field with high percentage plays. I think Morris is likely gone, but I would love him to stay on as the DC, and if he doesn't, I hope the new staff considers Ulbrich for that job, and invests significant draft capital on the defensive side of the ball. Dirtybird56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty72780 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 hours ago, JDaveG said: The way he described it to D-Led, basically he and whoever else is participating will give Blank the candidates they like and the reasoning, and Blank makes the final decision. If there is a GM in place when the coach is hired, I imagine the GM will get to throw in his 2 cents. I think your last sentence is on the money. I think they are more worried about making the wrong choice than getting someone in fast. They're going to take their time and make the right decision (as they see it). If they hire a HC before a GM that’s a$$ backwards. That’s my biggest fear because we’ve proven that relying on Blank to “pick the right” coach blows up in our face 100% of the timeframe he’s owned the Falcons. Too many cooks in the kitchen in Atlanta, makes the front office dysfunctional which has been the obvious since we fired Dan Reeves. JDaveG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngbloodz Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Falcons Fan MVP said: Wade Phillips or Rex Ryan is the only ones I think would be an upgrade at DC Rex isn’t coming back to be a DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Just now, matty72780 said: If they hire a HC before a GM that’s a$$ backwards. That’s my biggest fear because we’ve proven that relying on Blank to “pick the right” coach blows up in our face 100% of the timeframe he’s owned the Falcons. Too many cooks in the kitchen in Atlanta, makes the front office dysfunctional which has been the obvious since we fired Dan Reeves. I agree. But that's exactly what McKay said. I think ideally they'd like to hire the GM first, and I do think that's one reason they let Dimitroff go mid-season. But time is getting short at this point. I think it ends up looking a lot like it did with the Smith hire, where McKay runs the interviews, they bring in the GM and say "we think this is our guy, what do you think?" If the GM agrees, we make the hire. If not, hopefully we step back and reset. I'd rather have Morris stay on for another year than make a bad HC hire because we goobered up the timing. And we sure don't want conflict between the HC and a GM who doesn't really want him here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyg2033 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Falcons Fan MVP said: Is Arthur Blank's hiring firm going to pick the head coach or the new GM? Perhaps they already know the new GM and haven't announced it yet. Arthur Blank and Rich McKay must have some say in who the head coach will be if they interviewed Raheem Morris already. The Rooney rule... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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