High-Profile Coaching Search Sets Up Falcons’ Arthur Blank for Another Failure

November 4, 2014   ·   Brent Sobleski   ·   Jump to comments

The last thing Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank wants to do this offseason is pull another Bobby Petrino.
By definition, a Bobby Petrino is "an act of hiring one of the hottest names on the coaching market despite not being ready to lead an NFL franchise who subsequently leaves his team before his first year is complete." 
Blank may eventually repeat his biggest mistake by limiting his next coaching search. 
CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora reported Blank is leaning toward firing head coach Mike Smith after the season and will attempt to replace him with an "A-list" candidate: 
 ...Blank has become increasingly frustrated with his team's descent into the bottom rung of the NFL and is irate about his 2014 product, according to a source close to him.
Coach Mike Smith is not expected to be back next season, according to the source, with his job security now become a regular topic of conversation in Atlanta. Blank is mulling a move for a big-n...

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