Falcons interested in Marty Schottenheimer (1 Viewer)

[mchaps55]

Just saw it on Espn's ticker "breaking news" that the falcons are interested in Marty Schottenheimer.

Good move? Bad Move? Will Marty want to take that type of job?

 

[Avery]

I gotta figure that Marty will have better offers than Atlanta coming up this off-season.

 

[mad sweeney]

I gotta figure that Marty will have better offers than Atlanta coming up this off-season.

Well, he'd have an immediate top 3 draft pick darling to start his regime off with. I don't think that there will be a lot of pressure on him to win a playoff game for a few seasons, just getting above .500 is a good short term goal. THey can worry about his playoff woes down the road.

 

[Avery]

I gotta figure that Marty will have better offers than Atlanta coming up this off-season.

Well, he'd have an immediate top 3 draft pick darling to start his regime off with. I don't think that there will be a lot of pressure on him to win a playoff game for a few seasons, just getting above .500 is a good short term goal. THey can worry about his playoff woes down the road.

Dude's 64 years old.I could be wrong but I'm not inclined to believe that he wants to step in to the coaches seat for an organization that is in such disarray.

Edit to add: But if the money is right.... just ask Parcells.

 

[Filthy]

Marty got dealt out in San Deigo and wanted to keep coaching. IMO he'd take it.

Good move for Atlanta and possibly better than Parcells deal. Media would be downplayed some. Marty would have instant respect walking in the door and would definitely get them to .500 ball in 3 years or less.

 

[mad sweeney]

I gotta figure that Marty will have better offers than Atlanta coming up this off-season.

Well, he'd have an immediate top 3 draft pick darling to start his regime off with. I don't think that there will be a lot of pressure on him to win a playoff game for a few seasons, just getting above .500 is a good short term goal. THey can worry about his playoff woes down the road.

Dude's 64 years old.I could be wrong but I'm not inclined to believe that he wants to step in to the coaches seat for an organization that is in such disarray.

Edit to add: But if the money is right.... just ask Parcells.

On the flip side, his biggest knock is not being able to do well in the playoffs which might turn off teams that are closer to being contenders. In a way, both the Falcons and Schotty are beggars and can't be too choosy. Blank needs to turn around his team and fill seats so I could see Marty getting a lot of power to go along with his job, and unlike Petrino he has tried and true NFL team building experience.

 

[Marvelous]

I think Marty Schottenheimer would be a great hire for Atlanta. Marty coached a Redskin team with very little talent to 8-8 in his one season here. That was the season where Tony Banks was the starter. Atlanta would be a decent team in 1-2 years.

 

[Sopranos]

I really dont see much talent in the division.TB could be well under .500 next season and NO has talent but are hard to figure out. With alittle magic they could take the division. I see them winning their division long before Miami does. Marty wins games in the regular season.

 

[gregjcross]

I really dont see much talent in the division.TB could be well under .500 next season and NO has talent but are hard to figure out. With alittle magic they could take the division. I see them winning their division long before Miami does. Marty wins games in the regular season.

I am rooting for this nowATL is by no means barren. Hell, a lot of teams would give a right arm for their talent on D.Deangelo Hall, Michael Boley, John Abraham, Jamal AndersonATL being competitive is not the question by any means!Offensively, they need a few pieces, a mobile QB (NOT PENNINGTON) a real RB to go with Norwood and a possesion Wideout to go with Roddy and Laurent RobinsonI would be excited to get Shotty, its a fit. A guy who will be NFL ready and proven.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

marty will have this team at 8-8 next year.

in the playoffs the following year,

then get fired in four years when he has 0 playoff wins in 2 tries

 

[SSOG]

Marty got dealt out in San Deigo and wanted to keep coaching. IMO he'd take it.Good move for Atlanta and possibly better than Parcells deal. Media would be downplayed some. Marty would have instant respect walking in the door and would definitely get them to .500 ball in 3 years or less.

If it takes him 3 years to get the Falcons to .500, that would double the number of losing seasons he has in his entire career. I'd be surprised if it took him longer than 2 years. Schotty is a tremendously underrated coach.

 

[DoubleG]

Awwwwwww crap. If that happens, Roddy White and Laurent Robinson will be more worthless than they were with Harrington throwing to them...cause now he'll just be handing off.

 

[dwarfboy]

I'm an Atlanta fan and season ticket holder. I'd be thrilled with Schottenheimer as their coach. I'm tired of unproven young coaches.

I miss the good ol' days of Dan Reeves and Wade Phillips.

 

[Chasers Dawg]

I really dont see much talent in the division.TB could be well under .500 next season and NO has talent but are hard to figure out. With alittle magic they could take the division. I see them winning their division long before Miami does. Marty wins games in the regular season.

I am rooting for this nowATL is by no means barren. Hell, a lot of teams would give a right arm for their talent on D.Deangelo Hall, Michael Boley, John Abraham, Jamal AndersonATL being competitive is not the question by any means!Offensively, they need a few pieces, a mobile QB (NOT PENNINGTON) a real RB to go with Norwood and a possesion Wideout to go with Roddy and Laurent RobinsonI would be excited to get Shotty, its a fit. A guy who will be NFL ready and proven.

They are in the NFC South. They are gonna win the div next year

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

After the way the Chargers treated him, it would be hard not to root for Marty.

 

[Limp Ditka]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...falcons.search/

"I have not heard a word from anybody about anything relating to the Falcons," said Schottenheimer, who was fired by the Chargers in February after butting heads with club president Dean Spanos over the makeup of the coaching staff. "I really don't know much about the Falcons situation, other than what has gone on of late out there. Nobody should have to go through what they've gone through."

"I'm content with what I'm doing," he said by phone from his home outside Charlotte, N.C. "I really don't think I'm going to do it -- coach again. It's changed so dramatically (from) the way I was brought up in it, if you will. I would not rule it out, but ... I have not heard from the Falcons or anybody else. I've got four grandbabies and I'm having a ball with them. It would have to be a perfect fit for me to come back, and I don't know that there are any of those anymore."

 

[BoltBacker]

After the way the Chargers treated him, it would be hard not to root for Marty.

Agreed. And he was treated even worse in WAS. Started off the year 0-5, then turned the team around and finished the rest of the season 8-3 and was promptly fired.It would be a perfect fit. I can't think of a better guy to build a solid foundation for any franchise that hasn't made the playoffs in years. He'll have the franchise at .500 in no more than two years and in the playoffs in no more that three years. I hope for his sake he gets a long contract. Fans won't even give HC's a single season to turn a bad franchise around. It's pretty crazy. Every coach deserves at least two years. Fans start complaining about new HC's before the season starts now.

 

[BoltBacker]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...falcons.search/

"I have not heard a word from anybody about anything relating to the Falcons," said Schottenheimer, who was fired by the Chargers in February after butting heads with club president Dean Spanos over the makeup of the coaching staff. "I really don't know much about the Falcons situation, other than what has gone on of late out there. Nobody should have to go through what they've gone through."

"I'm content with what I'm doing," he said by phone from his home outside Charlotte, N.C. "I really don't think I'm going to do it -- coach again. It's changed so dramatically (from) the way I was brought up in it, if you will. I would not rule it out, but ... I have not heard from the Falcons or anybody else. I've got four grandbabies and I'm having a ball with them. It would have to be a perfect fit for me to come back, and I don't know that there are any of those anymore."

Please refrain from attacking familymatters with "conjecture".

 

[Rockchild]

Marty would be a nice signing for Atlanta. Experienced, proven, stable. All of these atributes should make him very appealing to the Falcons considering what they've gone through over the last year. Cowher would be nice but it sounds like he's out for at least one more year. Do they sign someone with the intention of making a run at Cowher next year? It would be nice to have him but not a necessity. They need stability and a vision now. Marty would provide this. If they sign Marty and Cam Cameron is let go in Miami does Marty sign him as his OC? Did they get along in San Diego? They were successful there but I can't remember if there was any acrimony between them.