Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith discusses the collaborative process behind personnel decisions, particularly regarding quarterback changes. He highlights the involvement of team owner Arthur Blank and emphasizes that football decisions prioritize winning.
NFL head coaches face difficult decisions on a near daily basis. Whether it's a strategic choice like when to use timeouts or something with personnel such as which players should play the most snaps, NFL head coaches almost never stop making tough decisions.
When asked whether the Falcons organization considered the business side of benching Cousins and whether team owner Arthur Blank was consulted before the decision was made, Morris suggested Blank was a significant part of the change at quarterback. 'We discuss it with everybody, and obviously our owner's always going to be involved in what we do in more of a supportive role more than anything,' Morris told reporters. 'He is extremely supportive and has been since I've been here even as an assistant. He's been supportive with everything we've done from the draft, from free agency, from decision making, from things that we need, things that we want, the building, everything that we do. 'So, he's always going to be involved in those types of things. Obviously, it definitely has some financial implications for us in how you go about your process, but we're always going to make football decisions in order to win the football game, and that's always going to be first and foremost.' As a follow-up question, a reporter flat out asked who has final say in personnel decisions such as who starts behind center, Morris again stressed the collaboration in the Falcons organization. 'When you start talking like that, you might as well just walk out of the building and hand over your head coach's hat and your general manager's hat because these things have to be made together,' Morris said. 'It's a collaborative idea. It's a collaborative effort at all times, and that really doesn't matter in this building.'It's naive for fans to believe owners like Blank aren't consulted when their $180 million investments are sent to the bench. Some owners may even nix that idea because of the financial ramification
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