Falcons asking to interview Hankton

Hankton won’t last forever at LSU, but feels like a weird move to hire a college Co-OC without play calling experience to an NFL OC position under a defensive head coach.

Seemingly every reporter instantly stated Zac Robinson would likely follow Morris to ATL, that still seem like the mostly likely thing to happen

Rooney rule extends to coordinators as well.

ETA but I would expect him to get a job like this eventually. Might be this cycle, more likely next. Need to keep a list ready for a replacement either way.

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feels like a weird move

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this is the falcons we are talking about. Same team who’s owner came down to early to jinx it and watch his team lose the Super Bowl up close

Lolz

Good for him. If he takes it go get Adam Henry.

What are we paying Hankton now with his new deal?

Edit: Google thinks it's around $900K. But might be more now with his Co-OC bump.

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Damn! When CBK hears the phone ring, does he say..."Good Lord, who's leaving now???"

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We’ve taken a lot more than we’ve been taken this off-season. Other coaches would be stressing even more so if they see a 225 number pop up on the caller ID

Y’all are being dramatic here hanktons NFL goals are pretty well established. He had interest there when we grabbed him. It’ll happen eventually. Part of the reason I think we waited so long to announce the staff was to try to wait out the NFL staff changes. And the Co-OC title was likely very important to Hankton bc that will get you interviews and chances over being a pure positional coach, even if you aren’t calling plays

Coaching and player turnover happens every year. This isn’t a new phenomenon. It’s been this way for a decade and a half since the SEC and NCAA became a complete arms race for facilities, staffs, shadow staffs, etc. the only staffs that aren’t getting poached or people aren’t trying to poach are the ones that can’t win games. It’s a good problem to have. Take a breath.

No way the falcons hire a guy who's never called plays before

Falcons aren’t interviewing if there is not mutual interest
If hankton wants in the nfl then he likely goes