Falcons: MIKE NOLAN!!!!

[raysnill1]

HELL YEAH!!!!!

[ggp]

I like the hires. NICE WORK!

[The Falcon Jedi]

I LOVE IT!!!

[ggp]

Start looking for our NT. Watch our secondary look instantly better. Things are looking up. Or, as TD and Smitty like to say: The arrow is pointing up!

[vel]

Now, I think we will know what kind of D we run depending on Abe's contract. If we resign him, it's probably hybrid. If not, it's full 3-4.

But I think a guy like Alameda Ta'amu or Dontari Poe would be great. They both are 330 and over, with Poe coming in at 6'5 350. The only thing with Poe is his level of play (Memphis)

[The Falcon Jedi]

I think we let Abe go, possibly Edwards, and run a full 3-4. And that wouldnt bother me at all.

[Tandy]

This came from the Dolphins web site.

Mike Nolan enters his second season as the Dolphins’ defensive coordinator after being named to the position on January 20, 2010. One of the most veteran defensive coordinators in the NFL, Nolan has 13 years of experience in that capacity with five different teams: Denver (2009), Baltimore (2002-04), the N.Y. Jets (2000), Washington (1997-99) and the N.Y. Giants (1993-96).
Miami’s defense improved dramatically in Nolan’s first year at the helm. The 2010 season marked only the eighth time in team history that a Dolphins defense ranked among the league’s top ten in overall defense, pass defense and run defense in a season. They also were one of only five teams in the NFL in 2010 to rank in the top ten in overall defense, pass defense and run defense.
Nolan joined Miami after spending the 2009 season as the defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos. Under his tutelage, Denver’s team defense improved to seventh overall in the NFL after a 29th place finish in 2008. Denver’s passing defense was equally impressive, finishing third overall in the NFL, allowing 186.3 yards per game. Prior to joining the Broncos’ staff, Nolan served as the San Francisco 49ers’ head coach from 2005-08, following in the footsteps of his father, Dick, who coached that club for eight seasons from 1968-75 and had an 11-year NFL head coaching career.
The 49ers were one of the NFL’s most consistent teams in stopping the run during Nolan’s four years with the club, ranking fourth in the league in yards per carry allowed (3.9) during that period. Offensively, San Francisco’s 4.3-yard rushing average over Nolan’s four years was the eighth-best mark in the NFL.
Prior to San Francisco, Nolan served three years as Baltimore’s defensive coordinator from 2002-04. Nolan’s group tied for the NFL lead in takeaways (106) while ranking fifth in the league in both points per game allowed (18.8) and third down percentage (34.7). Five Baltimore defenders earned a total of nine trips to the Pro Bowl, and Nolan instructed back-to-back AP NFL Defensive Players of the Year in Ray Lewis (2003) and Ed Reed (2004). After spending his first year (2001) in Baltimore as wide receivers coach, Nolan replaced Marvin Lewis as the club’s defensive coordinator in 2002. He coached one of the league’s youngest defenses in 2002, helping the Ravens post a franchise record and an AFC-high 25 interceptions while placing sixth in the league in opponent passer rating (73.4).
Nolan became the NFL’s youngest defensive coordinator in 1993 when the Giants hired him for that position at age 34. He spent eight consecutive seasons as an NFL defensive coordinator with the Giants (1993-96), Redskins (1997-99) and Jets (2000). In his first year as a defensive coordinator with the Giants in 1993, Nolan’s defense allowed an NFL low 12.8 points per game for the best mark by the club in 44 seasons.
Nolan’s NFL coaching career began with the Broncos in 1987 as their special teams/linebackers coach, a position he held with the club through the 1992 campaign. He was a part of three teams that won the AFC West and helped the Broncos reach the Super Bowl during the 1987 (XXII) and ’89 (XXIV) seasons.
Following a free agent tryout in the Broncos’ 1981 training camp as a defensive back, Nolan began his coaching career as a graduate assistant that year at his alma mater, the University of Oregon. He was a three year starter at safety for the Ducks after beginning his collegiate playing career as a walk-on. Nolan landed his first full-time coaching job at Stanford University as its linebackers/defensive backs coach in 1982 and worked there for two years before serving in the same capacity at Rice University from 1984-85.
He spent 1986 as the linebackers coach for Louisiana State University before moving into the NFL coaching ranks with the Broncos in 1987.
A native of Baltimore, Nolan and his wife, Kathy, have four children: Michael, Christopher, Laura and Jennifer.

[Aftermath]

This is a serious upgrade over BVG, great things are going to happen in the next few seasons.

[FullMetalFalcon23]

Will be interesting to see what our base D will be. That big NT in Miami is a free agent. I wonder if he follows his old coach. He might be also provide a nice hog for our 4-3. I wonder if the 4 3 or 3 4 will be the base in our multi. I played in a Multi my final 2 seasons it is intense because the playbook is massive so many audibles checks at all three levels shifts. We ran a 4 4 base with our OLBs being 230lb freaks. And myself and another thumper at MLB. I was the read and react player of the two. He was the berserker. We had a 43 a 34 a 5 2 and 2 5. I can imagine Nolan will give looks that confuse the QB at the the line. Come out showing 43 and then shift to 34. I can't wait lets fucking go.

[juraitwaluzka]

(01-17-2012 04:54 PM)FullMetalFalcon23 Wrote:  Will be interesting to see what our base D will be. That big NT in Miami is a free agent. I wonder if he follows his old coach. He might be also provide a nice hog for our 4-3. I wonder if the 4 3 or 3 4 will be the base in our multi. I played in a Multi my final 2 seasons it is intense because the playbook is massive so many audibles checks at all three levels shifts. We ran a 4 4 base with our OLBs being 230lb freaks. And myself and another thumper at MLB. I was the read and react player of the two. He was the berserker. We had a 43 a 34 a 5 2 and 2 5. I can imagine Nolan will give looks that confuse the QB at the the line. Come out showing 43 and then shift to 34. I can't wait lets fucking go.

The only time the QB was confused playing against the BVG schemes is why the Falcons would always have that guy with the porn stache standing there on the sideline.