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Arthur Blank is an idiot

Posted on 12/28/14 at 4:43 pm
Posted by Whiznot
Albany, GA
Member since Oct 2013
6994 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 4:43 pm
Only an idiot would announce a search committee for a new coach right before the ultimate division game for the playoffs.
Posted by GeorgiaFlyer
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2014
1618 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:10 pm to
Terrible game to watch. The fans are booing
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12412 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:19 pm to
I'd like to have his idiot money
Posted by Leghumper
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Member since Dec 2003
2330 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 6:01 pm to
did he really do that?
Posted by Cobb Dawg
Member since Sep 2012
9804 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 6:14 pm to
Coach Smith, Mr. Blank wants to see you in his office early Monday morning. Bring your playbook.
Posted by WhopperDawg
Member since Aug 2013
3073 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 6:18 pm to
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Only an idiot would announce a search committee for a new coach right before the ultimate division game for the playoffs.


I have not problem 1 with that. The only problem I have is that it did not include the GM who is that bigger problem.
Posted by Cobb Dawg
Member since Sep 2012
9804 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 6:32 pm to
quote:

I have not problem 1 with that. The only problem I have is that it did not include the GM who is that bigger problem.



+1
Posted by Spunky
Member since Mar 2013
10020 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 6:38 pm to
Yuuuuuuuuuup
Posted by boxerbulldawg
Vagrant
Member since Aug 2013
499 posts
Posted on 12/28/14 at 6:48 pm to
Thomas is terrible in FA and drafting. I think he is a bigger problem than Smith
Posted by Whiznot
Albany, GA
Member since Oct 2013
6994 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:06 pm to
TD should've got the axe instead of Smith.

If you think the Falcons were bad the last two years just wait. The dark ages are coming. Rex Ryan can't succeed and no one good wants to work for Blank.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27289 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:13 pm to
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Only an idiot would announce a search committee for a new coach right before the ultimate division game for the playoffs.


Good God,not what happened at all...nobody "announced" anything.

The story leaked out and Blank wasn't happy about it at all.
Posted by Cherokee Chinstrap
Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Nov 2012
2145 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:22 pm to
quote:

Only an idiot would announce a search committee for a new coach right before the ultimate division game for the playoffs.



I don't understand the reasoning behind this at all. What it ( a big what if) we had won the game. The entire week ESPN, Fox Sports, etc. wouldv'e been running stories 24/7 about "sources" telling Mort/Shefter that Smith is as good as gone, etc. shite like this is the sign of piss poor management and truly a lack of respect for what Mike Smith and the current players have done for the organization.

If they were dead set on firing the guy why wait until the most important game of the season? Why not fire him after the debacle in London? Why waste any more time doing the song and dance when they already had their minds made up?

Also IF we had won, I understand that the players would have said that all their focus is on the upcoming game etc. but there is no way it would be humanly possible to tune out all the bullshite that the media would be coming at them with for the entire week. It would be a circus that Jerry Jones would have been proud to be the ring leader at. I am disgusted that Arthur Blank chose to go this route, I thought that he had more class than to pull a chicken shite stunt like this.
Posted by Cherokee Chinstrap
Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Nov 2012
2145 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:25 pm to
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The story leaked out and Blank wasn't happy about it at all.



He's not going to sit there and say he is happy that it leaked out. I really doubt that anyone Blank trusted with this information would betray him and go to the media with something like this before the game. IMO it was an internal leak because they didn't want to look like scumbags
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27289 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:33 pm to
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IMO it was an internal leak because they didn't want to look like scumbags




I'm assuming it came from the firm they contacted or another firm that did not get the
business...either way,it makes no sense at all that it would come from Blank and his inner circle.
Posted by Cherokee Chinstrap
Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Nov 2012
2145 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:34 pm to
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I'm assuming it came from the firm they contacted or another firm that did not get the
business


I suppose that is a possibility, but I am a disgruntled fan and I want the streets to run with somebody's blood damnit

Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27289 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

I am disgusted that Arthur Blank chose to go this route, I thought that he had more class than to pull a chicken shite stunt like this.


What route? You have no idea how and why the story got out there.
Posted by Hobnail
ATL
Member since Oct 2014
3197 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

The story leaked out and Blank wasn't happy about it at all.


Not so sure about that; a lot of folks are saying it was actually Blank who leaked the story himself
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27289 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:54 pm to
[quote]Not so sure about that; a lot of folks are saying it was actually Blank who leaked the story himself

Name one of the "folks" and please don't mention message board "bloggers"
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27289 posts
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:55 pm to
I feel your pain...but Blank ain't going nowhere
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