Falcons fire Arthur Smith as head coach after three seasons

[TeamProg]

https://www.nfl.com/news/falcons-fire-arthur-smith-as-head-coach-after-three-seasons




The Arthur Smith era is over in Atlanta after three seasons.

The Falcons fired the head coach late Sunday night after missing the postseason for the sixth consecutive season -- the third under Smith -- the team announced.

"Decisions like this are never easy and they never feel good," Falcons owner Arthur Blank said in a statement, following a meeting with team CEO Rich McKay in which they decided to dismiss Smith. "We have profound respect for Coach Smith and appreciate all the hard work and dedication he has put into the Falcons over the last three years. He has been part of building a good culture in our football team, but the results on the field have not met our expectations. After significant thought and reflection, we have determined the best way forward for our team is new leadership in the head coaching position."

[exboyfil]

1. Final act as coach was calling out the classless Saints

Glad they are sitting at home next week.

[TeamProg]

3. Hard to watch Smith cussing out Dennis Allen after NO's "rub it in" TD.. I thought it was classless to see Smith

lay in with the 'What the hell are you doing? F*** You!' when teams meet in the field and shake hands.. That was weird.

Smith doesn't need any future NFL jobs, he's from some mega ultra-rich corporate family.

[RockRaven]

4. I don't have a great opinion of DA, but apparently he called for a kneeldown

and Jameis Winston et al. ran a real play despite that to get that player a TD for whatever reason. Winston had a back and forth with reporters after the game about it and was very unrepentant, so seems pretty clear Allen didn't deserve the "FU" (except to the extent that his players don't respect him enough to follow their directions).

[TeamProg]

7. I didn't see the press conference. Interesting! nt

[RockRaven]

2. 7-10 three years in a row will do that to you...

Especially when you don't have a reservoir of better prior years' outcomes to buffer it.

[True Dough]

5. The Falcons have quite a few issues

and I think coaching was one of them. As you say, he had his three years to try to right the ship. They can do better than Smith.

[Submariner]

6. Don't worry. Bill Belichick just quit the Patriots and will coach for you,

He will bring back Tom Brady, have Tom steal Taylor Swift from that runt with the Chiefs, and then win next years SUPERBOWL!

Have your people PM my people and we’ll get the Falcon’s back in the news.

You’re welcome.