Falcons: TD was the happiest kid on earth after that FG!

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(01-15-2013 06:59 PM)Aftermath Wrote:  I don't think that getting rid of a coach that had obviously plateaued with the team (if he went 0-4) would be dumb at all. Sooner or later you have to ask yourself if regular season success is enough without progress in the playoffs. TD pulled Smith out of nowhere, sure he could do it again. I have a feeling that was one of the reasons that they extended Koetter. Not saying that Smith isn't a good coach by any means, but aside from discipline and consistency he doesn't really bring that much to the table. He isn't a Sean Payton, or a BB, or a Harbaugh, he wouldn't be incredibly hard to replace IMO.

Going 0-4 in the playoffs would have been a tremendous setback for this franchise, they have been under tremendous pressure all year and it would have been unbearable next year. If I'm Arthur Blank and my HC goes 0-4 and gets flat out embarrassed in the last 3 I'm going to have to consider whether or not my HC has what it takes to get it done. Of course, its a non issue now so there is really no point in arguing about it. As long as we don't get blown out by the 49ers Smitty should have bought himself another two years at least.

Basing this argument on the 0-4 playoff record is retarded. Teams don't ever go from 3-13 worst in the league record to being in the playoffs 4 of the next 5 years. The fact we did it is beyond extraordinary. Arthur Blank certainly didn't have such an unrealistic expectation when he started this new regime. He was more likely just hoping we would get into the playoffs at all by year 3 or 4. His biggest hope was likely to just get back to back winning seasons for once. So for us to even make it to the playoffs in year 1 far exceeded any expectations. So complaining about 0-3 when it very well would have been acceptable to just make it to 0-1, is absolutely idiotic.

This goes for TD, Smith, and Ryan. If we didn't even make it to the playoffs in 08, but did much better than 3-13, Blank would have been ok with it. Then even if we didn't make it to the playoffs in 09, but had a decent winning record, Blank would have been ok with it. Then if we finally turned in back to back winning seasons yet still no playoffs on 2010, Blank would have been very happy with the obvious year to year improvement and finally getting over that huge hump. His expectations from that point would have been lets get to the playoffs and then next year win a game and hopefully by year 6 be a SB contender. From 3-13 to back to back winning seasons by year 3, to perennial playoff contender by year 4, to perennial SB contender by year 5 or even 6.

THOSE are reasonable expectations. To be mad because we far surpassed anything close to what's typically reasonable or realistic and as a result have this unexpected monicker of 0-3 in the playoffs would be moronic. Aside from Belichick and Brady, Smith and Ryan have the best record in football over the past 5 years. They've broken nearly every record this franchise ever had. They've had 5 straight years of winning records after 40+ previous years of never winning back to back once, twice winning the #1 seed. And are one of only 2 teams to make the playoffs 4 of the last 5 years.

And you actually think Blank would fire any of these guys???? If that happened, it would be the all time dumbest mother fucking blunder of a decision in the history of football. Yeah let's fire a coach because he over-achieved and got too many playoff losses in the process of coaching far above expectations.

Fucking retarded. Sorry, I tried to be civil, but come the fuck on.