ESPN report: Mora to be next head coach for Hawks after Holmgren retires

[celts32]

I don't see the need for that announcement...what if the hawks are 5-11 with the worst defense in the league next year? Do you really want to promote Mora at that point? It seems to me that they over reacted to the Redskins interest in him. I didn't see the rest of the league lining up to hire him.

[Rajmahal33]

Originally Posted by celts32

I don't see the need for that announcement...what if the hawks are 5-11 with the worst defense in the league next year? Do you really want to promote Mora at that point? It seems to me that they over reacted to the Redskins interest in him. I didn't see the rest of the league lining up to hire him.

On the other hand, in '05 when GW brought the skins D to an elite top 5 status, he was thought to be a head coaching candidate and we rewrote that clause into his contract to lock him up as Gibb's successor. Now with 20-20 hindsight we can see what that was really worth. There isn't any guarantee in this case either. The NFL is so different from year to year and new trends are being started all the time