How soon we forget. Do you remember why the tide turned on Jim Mora, Jr.,as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons? He joked on a radio show that he would take the Washington Huskies job in a heartbeat, even though that job was not available. A guy named Michael Vick was his most vocal critic.
After Mora went 7-9 last season, though he was 26-22 over three seasons, and Arthur Blank let him go.
In a display of loyalty to Michael Vick, GM Rich McKay and the Falcons traded backup quarterback Matt Schaub to the Texans. Let's just say that didn't work out well. Arthur Blank and McKay hired Bobby Petrino away from Louisville, clearly willing to trade a wannabe college coach for a college coach. Let's just say that didn't work out well.
Now news is breaking that the Parcells has been offered a position with the Falcons. Not as head coach mind you, but rather as Vice President of Football Operations.
How does that sit with Rich McKay?
When Rich McKay was with the Bucs and the Glazer family in 1996 he informed them he would quit if they hired Parcells to be the head coach. They instead hired Tony Dungy. He was presumably afraid Parcells would want to shop for the groceries and cook the meal. The position Parcells has been offered includes heading up the search for a new coach. I don't know about you, but I certainly can't imagine why Rich McKay would be uncomfortable right now. What's the opposite of a "vote of confidence"?
There's a comedy of errors, and then there is just clear and convincing evidence that God hates the Falcons. That's just recent history too. We're not even going to go back into propositioning undercover officers and the long and illustrious career of Jamal Anderson.
December 19, 2007
Atlanta Falcons: Mora, Petrino, Parcells, McKay, Schaub, Vick = Cursed
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Chris Mortensen is now reporting on ESPN that Bill Parcells said on the record that he is going to take the job. Parcells would hire a GM, and then he and the GM would hire a coach.
Current GM Rich McKay would be demoted to "Team President", overseeing exciting matters like stadium development.
heard he is heading to Miami
On it like bling on Ocho Cinco.
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