Rumor why Parcells backed out is....

You people are way off base, and your comments regarding the Falcons and Blank make you sound more like outsiders than fans from Atlanta who truly understand the situation...

  • Most Falcons fans (myself included) wanted Reeves gone. Dan controlled the entire team (remember it was him, not Blank, who drafted the "thug" Vick), and after his triple bypass he just didn't seem into football, and the team had zero energy/motivation. Wisely, Blank wanted to divide the power between a GM and HC, and at the time McCay was seen as a major coup. Arthur told Reeves -- privately -- that he was going to make a change at the end of the season so Blank could honor Dan in our final home game of the season (how often do you see THAT display of appreciation in professional sports). It was Reeves who wanted to leave with 3 games left and asked Blank to go public with the situation...
  • I love this "thug nation" comments from you idiots. The only VA tech players on our roster of note brought in by McCay/Blank are the irrelevant Jimmy Williams (who was terrific value in the 2nd round), and D-Hall, who has a bad attitude but certainly isn't a criminal, and became an elite corner almost immediately. Our discipline problems stem from hiring the spineless Jim Mora, who had zero control over the locker room and just rode our talent to one decent season. Vick was always the leader of the team. This is why Blank is trying to hire a well-respected disciplinarian.
  • In the hands of an actual tutor, and with the hard work/preparation most elite QBs put in (see Manning/Brady), Vick could have been a once-in-a-lifetime player at that position and in the NFL. Petrino seemed like that guy to Blank, and many of us, but when Vick was out of the equation Petrino (who came here specifically to design an offense around Vick) was as good as gone, too.
  • I think Parcells would have signed here until Huizenga decided not to sell the team yesterday morning. He may have used us for leverage at that point, but the personnel in MIA will make it easier for Parcells to create his 3-4 defense and win earlier than it would here.
 
rambleON said:
You people are way off base, and your comments regarding the Falcons and Blank make you sound more like outsiders than fans from Atlanta who truly understand the situation...
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Well let me be clear. I hate the Falcons, always have always will. I am a Redskins fan. I think the Falcons have always been one of the biggest jokes of an NFL franchise. In 1991 which was my freshman year at GT, I thoroughly enjoyed watching Deion Sanders get torched after torched by Art Monk, Ricky Sanders, and Gary Clark when the falcons were coached by that clown Jerry Glanville. I rubbed it in every sorry ass Atlanta fan I knew.

Atlanta will never truly know what its like being a legit franchise because they are in the hub of the South and college football not NFL rules the roost. If you want to see total mahem, go to a Washington homegame where I have been on the list for season tickets since I was 14 years old, and still have yet to be called. Go to a Bears game, or go to a Giants or Eagles game. You will meet REAL fans of NFL teams. Atlanta fans are casual fans at best. All of them.
 
Bogey said:
The dumb ass post of the year!!
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Nice drive-by moron... say what you want about Vick's leadership abilities, anyone even moderately informed will tell you the players in the locker room considered him, not Mora, the actual leader of the team. Sad, yes, but nevertheless true...
 
Shouldn't this be in off-topic? This is the "GT gridiron topics" forum.
 
rambleON said:
Nice drive-by moron... say what you want about Vick's leadership abilities, anyone even moderately informed will tell you the players in the locker room considered him, not Mora, the actual leader of the team. Sad, yes, but nevertheless true...
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Your post sounded pretty solid to me and I am a Falcons fan. The only part that was new to me is about Reeves requesting to leave early - I don't remembering hearing that but it doesn't mean it's not true.
 
BarrelORum said:
If you want to see total mahem, go to a Washington homegame where I have been on the list for season tickets since I was 14 years old, and still have yet to be called.
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They must be great judges of character, or their standards are just much higher than StingTalk.
 
rambleON said:
Nice drive-by moron... say what you want about Vick's leadership abilities, anyone even moderately informed will tell you the players in the locker room considered him, not Mora, the actual leader of the team. Sad, yes, but nevertheless true...
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In the land of the blind the one eyed, dog fighting, weed smoking, cock blistering, 8 yard out pass bouncing, more turnovers then TD's man is king ...
 
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