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Atlanta Falcons Hire Mike Nolan

The Falcons have hired Mike Nolan as their new defensive coord. Solid, solid hire
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wow...

that was unexpected. I wasnt even aware that he interviewed

Yeah it was reported.
damn, must have missed it
Wasnt he under contract? Or is he free to come and go as he chooses?
he was under contract as long as sparano was HC

After he was fired, nolan was free.

His contract ended this year.

He signed for two years back before the 2010 season, so he was technically a free agent coach.

oh

Well then, ignore my response

Whatever, I’m used to being wrong

O ho ho ho ho... don't tell your dad. He'll throw a shoe... LOL!
that borders on racism there alpha

2 things:
1. I’m indian, not iraqi. Hindu, not muslim

2. how dare you compare me to george bush?

sorry for the angry reply alpha, just tired

Does this mean Zimmer is on the way?

id like Zimmer as DC

Carmichael as OC.

Moss as HC.

Possible? lol

that would be perfect, but why would Carmichael leave the Saints for the same position with us?
He probably wouldn't lol

unless he misses Reggie and his beautiful chocolate muscles… i mean whatttt…

Nolan left for the same position for Atlanta? But Atlanta is better so I understand.

Atlanta also has a HC currently.

I wonder if Nolan just wanted out after being passed over for interim coach or if he wanted out the moment Sparano was shit-canned.

He couldn't just choose to do so

He’d have to get permission from the Saints to leave because it’s a lateral position switch. They could easily block his exit. If he was accepting a position as a Head Coach, then the Saints wouldn’t be able to prevent his move.

Ass. Head Coach?
Not considered a promotion.
That is what most teams do. With a coach on staff that is getting sniffed at. Bowles was an Ass. Head Coach.
Technically it is even though we all know its not. Teams have done it in the past to get around the rule.
They've offered AHC positions, but it's still considered a lateral move.

Just like how position coaches can be blocked from being coordinators. It’s goofy, but HC is the only position considered a promotion.

Williams left the Aints to go to the Rams for the same position DC

Just saying.

that's because he is friends with Fisher

Williams woulda been our DC had Fisher came here

WTF

Zimmer is slowly becoming a better option. Maybe get carmichael and spagnuolo as D coord.

what? That would never happen

You cant just make dream staffs. Carmichael would have to get permission to make a lateral move to a team without a QB. Spags wouldn’t come with Zimmer maybe calling the plays. Spags will take William’s spot as NO DC probably.

no, i put out two distinct possibilities, here, i will explain

Option 1:
HC:Zimmer
OC: Daboll or mike shula
DC: Bowles

Option 2:
HC: Carmichael
OC: Daboll
DC: Spagnuolo

oh thanks for that I didn't understand

That looks reasonable. The 2nd one looks better but the first one is more realistic.

Yeah I like option 2

That would be a great start to the 2012 season

Hire Bowles as dc
I wonder if Bryan Cox would be ready for a DC job?
Who

But I would like some continuity in the coaching staff ie Bowles

Seriously? He was one of our LB coaches

And a 3 time All-Pro LB for us in the early 90’s but was more famous for flipping the bird to Bills fans at Orchard Park.

I'm 18
:)

I am no expert on the history of the Dolphins either, just there are certain players from each “era” that stick out. I try my best to know the players from past teams that I should know as a fan. There are many Dolphins I know that played before I was born.

Bryan Cox was hired last year and there was a lot of discussion about it so I figured that even if you didn’t know his history with the team you would have still heard about him.

im an alien from planet AIOSJ2-18

Who is this Brian Cox you speak of?

Also I need to mate with a fiesty short Earthling to repopulate my planet… who is this Nicky you speak of?

Someone call Strange. 72 needs help.
72 has been dosed with a hallucinogenic STD...

Known as Bacon sperm.

Poor fella

I didn’t realize Alpha let Bacon out.

Didn't someone tell him not to put the lotion on the skin? SMH
Must of

Live and learn I guess. Sad thing is there is currently no known cure.

i guess i can help him be even stranger...

… if you think it will help…

If not currently doing so you need to sit down before you hurt yourself!
sorry dude, not an acceptable excuse

I’m 15 and I still know who he is and have seen pics of the incidant at orchard park

Dude I only recently became a huge football fan

I’ve always been a dolphins fan but that was because of where I live and my parents, but last season I started watching a lot more football and became a true Dol-Fan

You are forgiven young flipper-wan.
Thank you sensai
barely

next time you must make a sacrificice into the dolphin circle…

i vote a finger

And put the history of the Miami Dolphins , DVD on your christmas list

It is a must watch !

That just passed

And I be poor

see if it's at the library, not sure but they have a lot of dvd's
its alright

I was just messing with you

Well we all knew this was coming.
not me
Nolan was leaving.

There was no doubt about that. The new coach would want his own DC. Nolan didn’t get an interview for the HC position. And, Nolan reportedly did not enjoy being in Miami last year.

From the moment Sparano was fired, Nolan was leaving.

but i liked Nolan....

I’m going to pout, brb

me too. I guess this gives me a reason to drink tonight....blah
Everyone knew he wanted to be gone, his contract was up and when the season ended he was the one coach that

packed up all his stuff and left the building.

Not a good sign when they are the only one to leave
Yeah it was a sure sign of things to come.
A big shame...

You can’t blame him. He wants to go to a team that make the playoffs year in year out. He will do great there.

We need to bring Bowles in as DC now, regardless of who the coach is.

maybe bowles

How about bringing in spagnuolo? Is he even available?

As of right now I believe so
Spagnolo would be interesting.

His giants defence sacked Brady 5x in the superbowl. How I’d love that to happen!

Where's the damn unlike button....

I hate this. I really liked Nolan. Hopefully this will push us to a 4-3 now with our next DC.

Why, we have been running the 3-4 since 2005

I like the 3-4 and our defense hasn’t been the issue.

Lolwut?

Our run defense hasn’t been a problem you mean? I’ll agree with that, but i think a 4-3 will give us the help needed in our weak secondary. Those are my 2 cents though.

Well the personnel won't change in the secondary

So it’s kind of hard to expect that aspect of the defense to improve solely because of a scheme switch. I think our pass rush will improve though, so that might help our secondary

No time to throw...

Because the qb is on his back helps our suspect secondary immensely. When we had tons of pressure on qbs this season, the pass game from other teams was hard to see. You saw the bug plays pulled off when the qb had all day to throw.

*

Big even… Stupid autocorrect.

No I agree with that

But it won’t make our secondary personnel better. We still need a ballhawking FS to take advantage of that increased pressure. We’re going to need to replace Bell soon..

Totally agree with personel.

I hope that when it is time to replace Bell, they get someone just as physical as he is. I dig when i see him wreck people.

Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but....

I think Jimmy Wilson could be that ball ballhawk.

Pardon the stu stutter. LOL
lmao... is it cold where you are?
Actually in Texas right now doing training for work.

But yes, when I left work (which is in Prudhoe Bay, AK) it was -35 ambient temp. :)

Was stationed in Fairbanks for 3 yrs..

Prudhoe Bay is always effen cold… lol
The pay was good huh…

Yeah buddy.

I’m working two on two off, pretty gravy…The camp we stay at is really nice, single status w/ flatscreen t.v’s not too shabby!

You know its kinda funny Alpha..

they have a pool here at the sheraton, so I go swimming. These texas boys looked at me like I was crazy. lol

I agree

Given time to get his instincts right and read his opponents, he’ll be a monster in the secondary for us.

Zimmer

Hi Everyone! First time post but year 2 in reading your comments…Long time fin fan over here on the west coast. I have to say with losing Nolan we need a defensive HC imo. Our defense is the strengh of our team and I would like to build on that as much as possible. No clue on what this FO wants to do though…struggling the last few years with this team

Welcome to hell
Been there for the last 12 years or so..
Dam it! I have to change my Avatar! Again!
Hahahahahahaha
atlanta just go alot tougher
Good thing we only play them every 4 years. lol
Not really

they still have Matt Ryan as their QB

DAMN!!!!!

It’s just like someone shit my punchbowl!

Hopefully we will get a damn Coach quickly so we can start building this staff.

With how fast they wanted Sparano out, you would think they might have a plan in place…..

It will happen soon as I am sure

They want the staff in place for the Senior Bowl

If it's soft and round.. it was the monkey

It’s like a blast of ink like an Octopus would do.. it was Daytona….

I saved some for ya !
People shouldn't be so surprised.

I know many wanted Nolan to return as DC, but really, everyone knew it was unlikely he’d come back with a new regime change. It just hardly ever works out that way.

It sucks to realize he’s gone, but we knew he was most likely gone the day Sparano was fired. Nolan is exactly what Atlanta needs and it’ll be interesting to watch their defense grow under Nolan, especially since they’ll most likely convert to a base 3-4 defense.

Good luck Mike Nolan. You were one of the few, if not the only, well liked coach in Miami for the past several years. At least it’s nice to see a coach go on good terms…

A team to trade Soliai to now?
cant do that, soliai is a free agent

And sign-and-trades don’t work in the nfl

If we franchise him again we can if he signs the tender :)
Atlanta wouldn't trade for him unless he agreed to an extension with them.

And if we franchise Soliai with the only hope of trading him, then we are restricting our own ability in FA for days, maybe weeks or months.

MOTHER F******
Maybe we should have interviewed Nolan?
It is being reported that he left because he did not get an interview. I would have give him a shot to at the very least

interview for the position.

I was hoping he'd at least interview.

But he would probably be gone even if he interviewed and didn’t make it.

Hard to say. Its probably much more insulting to his ego to not be considered at all especially given that the D was the strong part of the team.
No doubt.

But there were better options for him. I would’ve loved for him to remain, but Atlanta truly is a better team if he wants to win and if he turns the Atlanta defense around it’ll only up his chances for a 2nd chance at a HC position. Honestly, I think it would’ve been a bad move for him to return when he had better options out there.

But what's it saying that NO team wanted to interview him for a HC position....
I know what your saying. Just looking at it from his POV.
ay have something to d with his failure in San Fran
I agree. I would have been today by that too.

And rightfully so. I loved having him at the reigns, but you gotta respect a man if you expect him to be a team player. The loss hurts, but I understand. Nothing but the best to you, Nolan.

Phins UP!

What do you guys think of Columbo for HC?
...

I will kill you….

Too late

I already did!

Soooo....

is that a no?

keep looking over your shoulder, we have dispatched alpha to wash your brain!!

Do not panic when he removes your clothes and blindfolds you, cuz the chloroform will calm your nerves !

But no... Come on...

I heard Columbo’s first act would be to bring in Ginn as the WR coach. Imagine him working with Gates!

sigh!
AND

he can give BM tips on hiding on to those long balls (oh…. my…. THAT didn’t come out right at all)

Correction
  • holding
Is there an elephant on the field?
Did someone say Rex Ryan?
he sucked in San Fran

as much as I liked Nolan, I have to say no to that

reply fail...SOB
Yeah... but Belichick also sucked in NE.

I wouldn’t be opposed to Nolan getting a 2nd HC position. He’s one of the few that I think would do better in his second chance.

Damn it.

Belichick sucked in Cleveland. He probably sucked too in NE, just not at football.

I wish he sucked in NE
I can hear the wind, there's so much sucking in this thread... lol
DC Candidate

One word……..Spagnuolo! Philly hasn’t hired him yet; should be a legitimate candidate.

My idea is to hire like this:

HC:Zimmer. Had the 7th ranked defense this past year and can transition us well into a 4-3. He is also a great leader so we don’t have to worry about Cam Cameron again

DC:Bowles. Won’t call plays because Zimmer will. But will be on sideline working with players, focusing on secondary

OC: Tom Clements. Helped develop Rodgers when he was the QB coach and learned how McCarthy ran his offenses to take over an OC job somewhere.

Lot of stuff hitting right now. Check Roto Boys
Roto-router boys?
Sounds like a good name...

For efficient laxative.

So! this might be the 1st step into changing to a 4-3 D lolo
I think Ireland would want Zimmer.

But I don’t like the hire one bit really.

We SHOULD have hired Nolan. Then Bowles in as DC.

Why was the argument against Fisher that he had just 6 winnig seasons...

But now people are upset we didn’t interview a guy who went 18-37 in four years as a head coach.

His best season was 7-9. He also went 4-12, 5-11, 2-14.

Sparano went 11-5, 7-9, 7-9, 4-9.

Why would Nolan be a consideration?

All sorts of this ^
Some guys are just meant to be coordinators.
Cough. Cough. Cameran
Bellichick wasn't good at Cleveland.

Sometimes having continuity is a good thing.

Incontinence is a bad thing....
this wouldnt of happened if we would have drafted matt ryan instead of jake long...

lol

OMG

I thin k part of my brain just exploded.

good

get a 4-3 in here. easier to get players for. plus, they can let Soliai walk in that situation and have the cap room. Starks already makes for a good 4-3 DT.

Not to mention Tony McDaniel and Jared Odrick are good DTs as well.

We ran some 4-3 looks under Nolan. We are quite capable of converting IMO. The only problem I see is that pulls Burnett off the field, and he really kicked up his game in the 2nd half of the season. Dansby and Burnett played pretty brilliantly together.

Burnett shouldn't have a problem at the SAM
You think so?

Has he played OLB before?

The sam is pretty similar to the 3-4 ILB

It’s not responsible for contain for the most part, it’s the primary cover guy for TEs in basic man, and it’s a blitzer. I think his skillset translates well to the SAM position.

So he would be dealing with gronk
I wouldn't match up in basic man against Gronk. Bracket him with Burnett and a safety

Hes too good to not help on. Unless you are going to play a 2 safety shell and have the LB beat him up at the LOS

Let's get gronk! Wait.. that's not right.. is it?
you are not right !! lol
our team just gets slapped in the face every day now... when will this madness end
BREAKING NEWS

Colombo gets franchise tag.

BREAKING NEWS

Miami is now the suicide capital of the world.

thats not even funny
i have a feeling we wont even be able to land any of the b list guys, and then also completely bomb the draft
Ok good to know we havent given up
This team makes it really hard to have hope.

They have kicked us in the balls for most of this decade.

I have learned to expect for the worst
Well you can always go root for your home town team or just fight through it like those of us who have been fans forever.
I don't think the kick hurts you...

lol

are you saying there are no twig and berries there?
i have reached an all time low for this season, i thought going 0-7 to start the year was gonna be the worse, but right now is the worse
Fan morale is at an all-time high

We cant even agree on how bad we are.. At least during the 1-15 year, everybody accepted that we stunk and it became hysterical..

Damn

Meant all-time low

Oh I thought it was sarcasm
couldn't be sarcasm

wasn't in the grey box

It seemed implied
I don't know how to use the box lol
That's because they put it on the top shelf.

what do you mean Nicky is super tall

Just use the holes provided...

Ooops, wrong box.

REALLY

wow this is ridiculous, their goes our best co-ordinator.

I'm tell you all

We take Marino hostage. Fly him to China where they inject him with a horrible concoction of stem cells and radiation. Now transformed, we bring him back and we don’t even need coaches or coordinators.

Disappointing

I did Like Nolan as DC, Maybe they ought hire PEE-Wee Herman as coach.
Since we like Celeb’s anyway, to help fill the stands.

awww crap
... more than a shart?
I actually sneezed, farted and coughed all within a couple of seconds
Sneezing and farting

Is painful. The air comes out fast at both ends at the same time.

Proves that the longer it takes to hire a head coach the more it will hurt us

…Not that whoever we hire would have retained or resigned Nolan. But still….

i agree with You

That is why i tossed out the Pee-Wee herman thing for coach.
It’s becoming a Joke!

well then the fins will hire a new

DC but they just hired the new OC last year.

I hope the door hits you on the way out

We have a lot of talent on D. We’ll be ok with a new coordinator as long as he’s not conservative. I hope we bring back the 4-3 D.

I guess one can call this rebuilding

Over the past year, the team has 3 new running backs, new QB, new OC, new DC and new coach.
And the Patriots ….. are in the AFC championship game!!

Is your preferred alternative to not replace guys who left via free agency or IR?

The team probably wouldn’t do very well running 8 guys out on the field.

good luck to him

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