Mike Smith

Smith, who led the Falcons to a surprising playoff berth last season and has the team off to a 3-1 start this season, tops that off by handing out books on leadership and personal growth.First,he knows how to run his team with the right guy.For example,As a head coach, he empowers different people to do things.he uses (Winston) because he has a different relationship with those players.That guy can really set a tone for how the team is going to work every day, as he’s the first guy they see when they come in on Wednesday for the special teams meeting."I know that he has a great feel for how to run the meeting. I’ll stick my head in there, but it’s his meeting. If it needs to be fire and brimstone, it’s fire and brimstone. He sets the tone." Secondly,he has a mechanism to help players deal with all the non-football issues that go with playing in this league.Such as Falcon University ,the Rookie Club and so on to refresh the players.Smith said:"Different guys learned about different situations. Maybe it was dealing with a girlfriend or dealing with an old girlfriend or dealing with a father that was out of the picture and maybe came back in. Whatever the situation, there are so many dynamics that they need direction and a place to go to find out how to deal with a problem. They need assistance and a person to bounce that off, someone who’s not necessarily a coach. It’s bouncing it off somebody who is in a
different area and that’s something that really helps them grow and ultimately help the team."