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re: Falcons fire Smith. Keep your eyes open Georgia.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:35 am to TideTurf
Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:35 am to TideTurf
Rumors are that Todd Monken is on the short list. That'd be ideal...Falcons, being the dumpster fire they've always been, hire Monken, fire him in 3 years and he returns to Athens for a few years.
One thing you can count on is the Falcons will botch the hire. Smith's base salary was $500k his first year. He was apparently earning somewhere between $2 and $5 million a year. Kirby Smart is making somewhere in the neighborhood of $12 million a year. Highly doubtful Falcons come close to that number and even more doubtful Smart would leave an established program that is built and about as close to auto pilot as a program can get for a dumpster fire with as shitty a history as the Falcons have. Falcons do not need a coach of any quality, tickets are sold and the money is like a printing press in the NFL...you do not have to win, all you gotta do is have a team.
One thing you can count on is the Falcons will botch the hire. Smith's base salary was $500k his first year. He was apparently earning somewhere between $2 and $5 million a year. Kirby Smart is making somewhere in the neighborhood of $12 million a year. Highly doubtful Falcons come close to that number and even more doubtful Smart would leave an established program that is built and about as close to auto pilot as a program can get for a dumpster fire with as shitty a history as the Falcons have. Falcons do not need a coach of any quality, tickets are sold and the money is like a printing press in the NFL...you do not have to win, all you gotta do is have a team.
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:57 am to AwgustaDawg
I don't think Kirby leaves either. He has the job he wants and is probably close to Dooley status in Athens (you Georgia guys can confirm that).But, does he have the itch like Nick did or did he learn from that experience?
How far will Blank go to get what he wants? If he wants Kirby at all.
How far will Blank go to get what he wants? If he wants Kirby at all.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 7:01 am to AwgustaDawg
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Highly doubtful Falcons come close to that number
Why wouldn't they? Arthur Blank has never had a problem spending/wasting money.
Highly doubt it happens or Kirby would be interested but Blank has got to make some type of splash with the next hire.
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