Mike Smith admitting the coaches are the problem

[Dale4Saul2Red0]

(09-14-2010 08:56 PM)The Don Wrote:  

(09-14-2010 08:53 PM)Quarterback Wrote:  I've heard the "all three phases of the game" standard reaction for two+ years now and I'm ready for some new material. More specificity and less generality would be a welcome change.

Yeah, not gonna lie. That crap is getting old. I literally hear that after every loss. But coach is that kind of guy. Meaning that he's not gonna throw ANYBODY under the bus(player, coach, etc).

As long as he knows what's wrong, I'm cool with it.

Yea it's just coach talk. He isn't the type of guy like you said to publicly throw any of his players under the bus.

[RnB]

Trust me, you dont want some media circus with our Head Coach running his mouth about players, players bashing on Coaches....

Thats not what we want. Thats what all the finger pointing leads to eventually. If Coaches and Players pointed as many fingers as fans do, the NFL would be a fucking freakshow. I much prefer to hear the "coach speak" and PC answers from our players. Keeping the dirty laundry within the organization is the right thing to do, always.

[papachaz]

(09-14-2010 01:18 PM)JKH5785 Wrote:  I cannot get the video to play any longer than 5 secsat any one point to even understand it as a conversation...bloody hell it's going to take over an hour to watch a 14 min video.

iMac with newest Safari browser should be able to handle it, is it me, or are things just that messed up.

there's a transcript of the conversation you can read verbatim the whole thing. I didn't really take it as him putting blame on just the coaches either. He does say WE which of course would include the coaches too.

I'm just ready (have been ever since we were hiring MM) for a good OC.

and JHK plus one for your sig!

[Snelling44]

(09-14-2010 09:01 PM)RnB Wrote:  Trust me, you dont want some media circus with our Head Coach running his mouth about players, players bashing on Coaches....

Thats not what we want. Thats what all the finger pointing leads to eventually. If Coaches and Players pointed as many fingers as fans do, the NFL would be a fucking freakshow. I much prefer to hear the "coach speak" and PC answers from our players. Keeping the dirty laundry within the organization is the right thing to do, always.

Not necessarily to the media, but you know what I mean. I hope the same fire we see in him when he yells at referees goes to the players too. Sometimes these things are good thing. Obviously if Mike Smith came out and said Matt Ryan sucked in a press conference that would not be good lol

[RnB]

Im sure it does. He is a great motivator and the players respect him alot. I am sure when he gets on their asses they fix the problem.

[papachaz]

(09-14-2010 02:56 PM)Gritblitzer Wrote:  I think to a large degree it is a coaching problem.

It seems we play very tentatively, almost with a "not-to-lose" attitude on the road. Both this past Sunday's game with the Steelers and last years game with the Pats were road games against perennial champions who were "down-on-their-luck" or struggling a bit themselves.

I'll never consider the Falcons among the elite teams in the NFL until they can march onto a quality opponents field and defeat them.

WOO HOO gritz is here! glad to see you here, i see all that fiber your little dog ate in the offseason is doing it's job!

[Snelling44]

Hopefully. Everyone needs to be accountable for mistakes. Just because they were good in the past doesn't mean they are mistake-free. That goes for guys like Matt Ryan, Turner and even TD.

[JKH5785]

it was just nice to hear the conviction when he said that "not the players, but the coaches"

It made me feel like FINALLY FINALLY maybe he saw something that they can correct that may turn this around! Let's Go ATL!

[DriveHomeSafelyAtlantaWins]

I'd love to watch the video, but the AF.com website is incapable of serving it right now. Can't be a traffic problem on a Tuesday night. WTF.

[JKH5785]

(09-15-2010 12:11 AM)DriveHomeSafelyAtlantaWins Wrote:  I'd love to watch the video, but the AF.com website is incapable of serving it right now. Can't be a traffic problem on a Tuesday night. WTF.

Took me over an hour to watch it piece by piece on an iMac using the latest Safari. It's ridiculous, because they obvious didn't do their research or appoint the proper sources to handle it.

Unlike everything with Arthur Blank's name on it, the websites are pure shit, and I'm sure he'd be very upset to know that they are presenting such a turnoff to the fans.