{"id":3824,"date":"2012-01-15T18:16:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T22:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3824"},"modified":"2012-01-15T18:16:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T22:16:29","slug":"wtf-%e2%80%93-koetter-hire-as-oc-not-exactly-inspiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/01\/15\/wtf-%e2%80%93-koetter-hire-as-oc-not-exactly-inspiring\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF \u2013 Koetter Hire As OC Not Exactly Inspiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously.  WTF were the Falcons thinking hiring <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/jeff-schultz-blog\/2012\/01\/15\/falcons-next-offensive-coordinator-jaguars-koetter-really\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/jeff-schultz-blog\/2012\/01\/15\/falcons-next-offensive-coordinator-jaguars-koetter-really\/', 'Dirk Koetter');\" target=\"_blank\">Dirk Koetter<\/a> (former OC for the Jacksonville Jaguars) for their vacant OC position?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Jaguars have had some obvious personnel deficiencies. The organization was a mess and head coach Jack Del Rio clearly had lost his effectiveness. But it\u2019s safe to conclude Koetter was not viewed as anybody\u2019s \u201chot\u201d candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Two factors may have played into this hiring: 1) Smith wanted somebody he is comfortable with, and in this case that\u2019s somebody he has worked with; 2) The Falcons\u2019 third straight immediate playoff exit has, for the first time, put some heat on Smith, and that perceived uncertainty sometimes affects a team\u2019s ability to hire a high-profile candidate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good Lord and good grief, I hope this turns out well, but at first glance, this hire is not exactly \u201cI will renew my season ticket holder status\u201d inspiring.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me eat my words \u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously. WTF were the Falcons thinking hiring Dirk Koetter (former OC for the Jacksonville Jaguars) for their vacant OC position? The Jaguars have had some obvious personnel deficiencies. The organization was a mess and head coach Jack Del Rio clearly had lost his effectiveness. But it\u2019s safe to conclude Koetter was not viewed as anybody\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/01\/15\/wtf-%e2%80%93-koetter-hire-as-oc-not-exactly-inspiring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WTF \u2013 Koetter Hire As OC Not Exactly Inspiring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,29],"class_list":["post-3824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3825,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3824\/revisions\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}