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

[juraitwaluzka]

(01-18-2013 01:50 PM)Swift Is a Die Hard Wrote:  Why would it be hard to believe that Blank would fire Smith if we lost that playoff game ? Tony Dungy was fired from Bucs and he brought his team to playoffs 4 out of 6 seasons
only to be fired after playoff record . Following season they go on to win a Super Bowl with a new head coach John Gruden . Smith would have just been a scape goat for the roster Dimtroff has put together . He would have also been used as the scape goat for Ryan play in the post season . Not much Smith can do he is a good football coach . He did panic in late stages of playoff game which makes me worried that pressure was building but hopefully getting monkey off our back we see a more loose football team come Sunday .

Simply because it goes against everything that Blank has said and all the evidence points to him not operating like that. He has even referenced publicly this exact issue taking about the mistake made by the Smiths under similar circumstances when they fired Leeman Bennett. So for him to do that would be completely out of character and make him a liar. From everything I know about Blank, including personal conversations, he has more than earned my respect and the benefit of the doubt. Simply put, I take the man at his word and have never seen anything at all that would make me think otherwise. Jerry Jones might do it as well as some other owners but not Blank.