Maybe Coughlin will decide to retire after some "encouragement".Although it happened yesterday, Harbough is also officially gone... And there is a really good chance Coughlin will be sent packing as well...
He helped turn around the Falcons and they had a lot of success under him until the past two years.Mike Smith was the most pathetic coach in the league since being hired IMO. I was shocked he lasted this long. What a joke.
what are everyone's thoughts on Rex Ryan being our DC/Asst. head coach? (assuming, of course, he's willing)
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Mike Smith was the most pathetic coach in the league since being hired IMO. I was shocked he lasted this long. What a joke.
what are everyone's thoughts on Rex Ryan being our DC/Asst. head coach? (assuming, of course, he's willing)
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Just say NO...........
Rex is the wrong Ryan
Mike Smith was the most pathetic coach in the league since being hired IMO. I was shocked he lasted this long. What a joke.
Hm... He led them to the playoffs four of the last seven years, helped turn the team around from a disastrous Mike Vick/Bobby Petrino period, and they lost two of their top 10 players for the entire season in Sam Baker and Sean Weatherspoon.
Smith made some curious clock and game management decisions in that time, but it's going to be hard for them to identify a better coach.
plus keeping Nolan as his DC didn't help his cause.Smith's coaching record since he was hired in 2008:
11-5
9-7
13-3
10-6
13-3
4-12
6-10
2 bad seasons in 7. I'll take that any time. His playoff record is probably what got him fired. 1-4.
I just have a hard time believing he led them to much of anything. I see a supremely talented roster assimilated by a good GM, led by a perennially strong staff that has horrifically underperformed the last two years and was consistently embarrassed in the playoffs, when well-coached teams separate themselves. Watching Smith on Hard Knocks was painfully awkward. I've never seen a high school coach who looked more oblivious and along for the ride. Color me extremely unimpressed.Hm... He led them to the playoffs four of the last seven years, helped turn the team around from a disastrous Mike Vick/Bobby Petrino period, and they lost two of their top 10 players for the entire season in Sam Baker and Sean Weatherspoon.
Smith made some curious clock and game management decisions in that time, but it's going to be hard for them to identify a better coach.
plus keeping Nolan as his DC didn't help his cause.
I'd take Nolan over Davis every day of the week and twice on Sunday over Davis. They aren't in the same league IMO..
According to espn first take Coughlin will be back to coach the Giants next year.Although it happened yesterday, Harbough is also officially gone... And there is a really good chance Coughlin will be sent packing as well...
agreedI like Mike Nolan. He's a 3-4 guy who played with a 4-3 in Atlanta because that's what they had for personnel. I'd love to bring him in to replace Bowles.
I'm a huge Mike Nolan fan.
I just have a hard time believing he led them to much of anything. I see a supremely talented roster assimilated by a good GM, led by a perennially strong staff that has horrifically underperformed the last two years and was consistently embarrassed in the playoffs, when well-coached teams separate themselves. Watching Smith on Hard Knocks was painfully awkward. I've never seen a high school coach who looked more oblivious and along for the ride. Color me extremely unimpressed.
"Likewise, Whisenhunt needs to become more flexible. Moving forward, he must adapt his offensive scheme to his players' abilities.
"You stick with what you believe in," Whisenhunt said. "That's one of the things that I have learned from some of the good coaches I have been around. You've got a foundation for what you believe and how you do it and you stick with that. …
"You've got to believe in what you're doing and that's why you do it. We have had success with it."
Personally, I'm getting a little tired of hearing how this system has been successful in the past. Yes, Whisenhunt took the second of his six Arizona Cardinals teams to the Super Bowl but his combined record in his last four seasons as head coach – 2010-12 in Arizona and 2014 with the Titans – is 20-44.