Details of Falcons interviews with Raheem Morris emerge

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The Falcons shocked the NFL world yesterday when they announced the hiring of Raheem Morris.

After weeks of speculation surrounding Bill Belichick, Arthur Blank did the unthinkable and hired the man he passed over three years ago in favor of Arthur Smith. Many painted a picture of Bill Belichick versus Rich McKay; instead, Blank went with neither.

In the same breath as announcing Morris as the 19th head coach of the Falcons franchise, it was announced that McKay wouldn’t be involved in day-to-day operations.

It was a peculiar ending to an even weirder process, and we don’t really know what happened. However, some details have emerged. Executive Brett Jewkes revealed just how Raheem Morris convinced the search committee to hire him.

I don’t think it’s even debatable at this point, but the time Raheem Morris spent in Los Angeles learning under Sean McVay was infinitely more valuable than his time as an actual head coach in Tampa Bay. There’s no denying Jewkes’ point of his passion; Falcons fans will soon love their head coach if they don’t already. Morris’ passion is unmatched.

I never criticized the Falcons process of interviews in the sense that casting a wide net is a bad thing. It’s not, and Jewkes is correct.

Why Jewkes went from the head coaching search to the Falcons parent company, AMB Sports & Entertainment, is crazy. We (Falcons fans) do not care about AMBSE. We care about wins and the on-field product, which has been sorely lacking since 2017.

“Don’t compare staff structures from a team that is just a football team to AMBSE,” has me at a loss for words, which never happens. Falcons fans literally DO NOT CARE about your other entities? In fact, if the Falcons are so different from other teams, why hasn’t that translated to success? Wins and losses? Arthur Blank has seen more losing seasons than winning ones.

 

 

Jewkes says there was NEVER any panic or discombobulation, which seems ironic. Why would you even need to address that if it weren’t the case? Perhaps, Zach Klein’s report that Arthur Blank was “panicking, in total disarray” about the head coaching search pushed a few buttons?

“I have heard from so many people around the league that say Arthur Blank is panicking, in total disarray, he doesn’t know what to do,” the Atlanta-based reporter told Brian Barrett on the Off The Pike podcast.

But as long as Jewkes does some damage control, an executive of a Falcons team that has constantly lied to its fan base, we should believe him!

With all of that being said, Raheem Morris deserves a fair shake and is certainly qualified to be a head coach. The Falcons, as an organization, deserve to be ridiculed. Raheem Morris does not. He’s a hell of a person and coach.

 

Photographer: Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire

 

 

 

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