NFL: Falcons to hire Raheem Morris as head coach

[MMC]

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[GKJ]

Fun fact: Raheem Morris is already 4-7 as Falcons head coach.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Bill Belichick is going to do TV in 2024.

Never forget that 2010 Bucs season going 10-6 with Raheem at HC and Josh Freeman at QB.

 

[GKJ]

Josina Anderson gonna need to double check her sources

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Josina Anderson gonna need to double check her sources

Need to elaborate here. What did she say?

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Fun fact: Raheem Morris is already 4-7 as Falcons head coach.

Where's that thumbs down reaction???

 

[MMC]

Rams get 2 third round picks for this

 

[Terry Yake]

lol. wasn't morris recently the falcons interim HC a few years ago?

guess they weren't willing to give BB full control over everything

 

[John Price]

wtf. it was supposed to be belichick who got a 2nd interview.

Was listening to the BS podcast and Bill implied that Bill wanted total control and the FO figures were just pushing back

Surprised that Bill did not get this job. With positions quickly filling up the best ever coach in recent memory could be out of comission

 

[GKJ]

Need to elaborate here. What did she say?

She wasn’t completely alone though but this was fairly definitive wording without being official.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Rams get 2 third round picks for this

where are you seeing that?

 

[MMC]

where are you seeing that?

The rule adopted in 2020 that gives 2 3rd round comp picks to a team that loses a minority executive/coach to a GM/head coach job

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

The rule adopted in 2020 that gives 2 3rd round comp picks to a team that loses a minority executive/coach to a GM/head coach job

Ohhhh....but not from the Falcons. Gotcha.

 

[Elvis P]

Raheem's a dream hire, Belichick's not.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Feels like a stop gap hiring

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Really weird not to wait for someone from the dominant Ravens or a coach responsible for helping take the dismal Lions to their best season EVER.

But OK.

 

[GKJ]

 

[Reality Check]

Really weird not to wait for someone from the dominant Ravens or a coach responsible for helping take the dismal Lions to their best season EVER.

But OK.

Fully expecting Ben Johnson to leave for Washington and be with his buddy.

Aaron Glenn is more in the Dan Campbell vein. Picked up some interest but I suspect he is coming back.

I know Morris had a cup of coffee with Tampa but I don't really know that much. I also never understood the Belichick buzz when he was leaving a team with no QB just to interview with a team with no QB.

 

[GKJ]

Belichick only really makes sense as a hire in a similar vein that you see guys like Peter Laviolette, Barry Trotz, Darryl Sutter were/are or I guess what people think Doc Rivers is apparently where you’re looking for a closer, and it’s not really how the NFL works in that regard. Who is underachieving relative to their talent. Who thinks they should be making Super Bowls and aren’t?

 

[Karterthadon]

McCarthy doesn't have an extension so Bellichick might be on standby for the Cowboys when (not if) they flame out next year.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

In the end, it really only matters who Atlanta selects for their QB. There isn't a coach out there who can win with Mariota or Ridder as their QB.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

given the choices available, this may be the worst coaching hire i’ve seen since i started watching the nfl

the guy was already your interim coach! and you’re bringing him back?!? over vrabel, belichick? what the actual f***

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Raheem's a dream hire, Belichick's not.

Not even Raheem Morris believes Raheem Morris is a dream hire.

 

[Voight]

Raheem's a dream hire, Belichick's not.

lol wut

 

[Donnie740]

Not even Raheem Morris believes Raheem Morris is a dream hire.

Agree 100%

Morris is a bad dream. He’s a puppet hire for Rich McKay - - and that’s the biggest problem with the Falcons.

Similar to the Jack Easterby situation in Houston. Texans were a perennial disaster until they finally got rid of Easterby.