looks like today will be a win or get fired day for Mike Smith

[Captain Morgan]

and a win today still might not save his job.  Expect him to pull out every trick he's got.

 

 

 

 

The Atlanta Falcons have hired the search firm Korn Ferry to identify head-coaching candidates in the event the team makes a head-coaching change, league sources told ESPN.

 

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AP Photo/John BazemoreMike Smith is 66-45 during his time in Atlanta.

 

Current coach Mike Smith was hired in 2008 after serving as the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator from 2003-07.

The Falcons, 6-9 this season, can win the NFC South and host a playoff game if they beat the Panthers on Sunday. They will miss the playoffs with a loss.

Smith was asked Monday if the regular-season finale could decide his future.

"I know that that's a subject that everybody wants to talk about and I said, I don't know four or five weeks ago -- I hope this is the last time that I have to answer it -- I'm going to prepare just like I've done for the seven years that I've been here," Smith said. "My focus is on winning football games and winning the next football game. And I'm going to continue to do that until Arthur Blank tells me differently."

 

 

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12086906/atlanta-falcons-hire-search-firm-event-coaching-change

[Jackofalltrades]

If they've already hired a firm I'd suspect he's gone regardless of today's result.

[Hotsauce]

[!stUp]

[Jackofalltrades]

I'd love for them to hire Rex.

[ickmule]

I'd love for them to hire Rex.

Me too so they would suck worse 

[t96]

I'd love for them to hire Rex.

 

As HC. Hope they don't get him as DC.

[CharlottePanther]

Im jealous, why cant we also fire our HC after the season?!

[Mr. Scot]

I'd love for them to hire Rex.

That would be fantastic

[Mr. Scot]

As an aside, "Korn Ferry"?

[philw5289]

We should've put that ultimatum on Rivera as well

[Mother Grabber]

would be awesome to see the Ryan brothers combine to implode Hotlanta into a 10 year suckhole.

[2plankingpanther]

Shut up Nicholas Cage!

[Cyberjag]

I wonder if this is how their fans felt when we got rid of Fox.