Thoughts on Mike Mularkey hire

that Mularkey, Gene Smith, and Gabbert all have 3 years left on their contracts.

Thanks for the fresh and original thinking

Nice article.good perspective.

What else new can we get.

However, I don’t think Mularkey’s play calling doomed the Falcons against the Giants. It was the O-line’s inability to control the line of scrimmage. Unless Mularkey could block JPP, the Falcon’s losing falls entirely on the players.

then almost all of the potential candidates would have come from a loss or most likely from a team that hardly made the playoffs.

I like Mularkey,I think that Gene needed a coach that fit the personnel that he was bringing in. I see similarities in the Jags organization and the Falcons. Playoff records are a dumb way to evaluate coaches. For one, Chud (OC Carolina), the guy I hear most people clamoring for is just a stats guy and his team didn’t make the playoffs. Secondly, the falcons were the 10th ranked on offense. 3rd, he will not be the play caller. 4th he looks like Kevin Costner, 5th his team made it to the playoff the past three years and to the best record in the regular season in 2010 only to lose to a Hot QB in Aaron Rodgers. This past year his team lost in the post season because the Giants are a better team. I think that coaching usually can get a team a few plays a game and maybe a few wins but to say that the Falcons lost in the playoffs because of Mularkey is a bunch of you guessed it Mularkey.

As a fan I’ll support him for now and hope he makes us a contender.

How can Mike be tied to Blaine. You all know full well IF Blaine fails Gene will say we need to get Mike’s QB and another 3 years.

but his players couldn’t execute. Ryan missed open receivers and open receivers dropped balls. Atlanta has a QB problem and O-line problems that were not Mularkey’s fault.

That said, if I were a Jag’s fan, I would be skeptical of this hire. Mularkey’s coaching record is spotty, containing a resignation and a demotion to go with some success as an OC in Atlanta. He will have a lot to prove in Jacksonville and, off what I saw in 2 games this year, not much to work with at QB.

With the draft, FA aquisitions, off season and the 2011 record this guy will look like a genius by the end of the season. There wasnt so many missing pieces that he was set up for failure.

The defense ended ranked 6th with some players who did not even make a practice squad. This year sent the majority of our defensive starters to the IR. The amount of defensive injuries should be reduced when we have the offense thats able to keep them off the field.

Teams have known that we have not had a go to, high level reciever in years and that we have been one dimensional. how often do you see Mike Thomas get double covered? really. They have played to our strength which is a running attack and still managed to allow MJD to get the title this year.

The passing game has needed alot(for sure!). But we saw a game plan built around another passer get handed to Blaine 2 weeks into the season with a receiving corps that was substandard coached by a sub standard OC. I know there is not alot of room to explain the no off season bit, however the facts speak for themselves. He does make rookie mistakes but lets not forget all the dropped catchable passes.

With the upcoming FA signing period, the draft and an entire off season to build a game plan around “Our” QB and MJD. I really cant see how this guy can fail.

Mike received a team that has a good foundation with some missing components in the passing game. The offensive failures of 2011 are defined and fixable, he knows this and he really has taken over a good team with the arrows pointing up.

I believe he must have been a value and as an offensive minded coach, the right choice.

Under Mukarkey especially, Gabbert will only get better from 2011. His stats, his confidence, his leadership.

I’m saying this assuming Gene brings him some WRs that can get open.

I’m pretty excited about Mularkey, I think he’s capable of grooming Gabbert the way he did with Ryan.

Would make a world of difference. Look at andy Dalton and the few games aj green was out. I believe the word they used to describe him was “pedestrian” . As long as we show the same commitment to the offends that we showed towards the D last offseason, we should be rather pleased. Between V Jackson,s Johnson, m colston, or H Douglas and a few others we should not reckognize our offense. Anyone notice that once we paid Mike Thomas he quit on us? Id send him packing as well. The only big play he has made was on a lottery winning catch…..

He did a great job in developing Matty Ice. And the offense was very successful under him. Mel Tucker and our Jags D is strong enough on its own, we don’t need a defensive minded HC as well.

I like this hire. Now lets get a solid OC and get this team’s offense moving fresh and fast.

Oh yeah, and I think we will all more than welcome the return of Rashad Jennings next year. I think he will bounce back from his injury real strong and help spell MJD for that dual threat run game we should’ve had this past season.