Quote:I would suggest if we were to promote from within, Doug Marrone would be my choice.

 

Mike Smith would be a strong candidate for me outside the organization.

 

In another year or so, Ken Norton Jr and Ray Horton would be two viable candidates as well.

 

Smith seems like the type of coach you would have just gotten rid of in Bradley; someone to keep a young team focused while you're building, not a coach to put the team over the proverbial hump. His tenure in Atlanta would somewhat mirror Bradley's here, not record-wise, but in that he's a defensive minded coach who was not able to fix the team's defense while a highly capable offense was wasted. Plus his time management is absolutely awful.

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