Marion Campbell: One of history's worst coaches ever not only was hired and fired by the Falcons once, but twice. Not to mention that he was employed by the Eagles after Dick Vermeil left. The man must have had blackmail information against Rankin Smith.
What's funny as HELL is that in 1987... they finished with 3 wins. They beat the Redskins--coached by Joe Gibbs and won the Super Bowl that yard... and the cowboys, coached by Tom Landry. Two of his 3 wins came against 2 Hall of Famers!
@@classicsports5057 Which was yet another horrid choice! All the idiot was to proceed to ruin Steve Bartkowski and a really good Falcons. Not content with 100% destroying Atlanta, he was then hired by Houston and proceeded to absolutely decimate Warren Moon and the Houston Oilers as well.
I remember vividly how awful Campbell was as HC for the Falcons, then continued that pattern with the Eagles, and how utterly SHOCKED I was when the Falcons made him HC AGAIN. Absolutely inexplicable.
@@HeathNation2465 with SB Nation, it depends on the video. Rewinders and the stuff made by Jon Bois are great. Luckily, the Falcons SB stuff will be produced by Bois.
Marion Campbell is essentially Wade Philips, only that he had a worse record. Both great defensive coordinators, apparently they were not capable enough when it comes to running the entire show.
5:20 - The obligatory "which is worse than if he did nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every single play" comment. It's required in every video.
I was born and grew up in Atlanta and my curse has been that the Falcons are my team. While there have certainly been some mind boggling lows (mixed in with some gratifying highs) for Falcons fans during the 20 years of Arthur Blank’s ownership, the franchise was straight-up dysfunctional during the Smith family’s reign from the beginning. This story-and the fact that Marion Campbell was hired as HC *again* in the ‘80s (also a debacle, of course)-was pretty much par for the course during the Smith years, which is why JG9 keeps making Falcons videos.
Rankin Smith was still the owner when Campbell was rehired as Atlanta head coach in 1987. He gave way to his son in 1990, after Campbell was fired again.
JG9 is my go to channel for Old school NFL. You do a great job researching and presenting topics that aren't covered a lot. Keep it up. You'll have 50k subs before you know it.
At 9:57 you can see the play where Steve Bartkowski (10) is injured and lost for the remainder of that season. He grabs his knee which got torn on that sack in the New Orleans game. You also see him walking off the field in an earlier game with his arm in a sling. It was tough sledding for QBs in that era!
Remember several years ago when NFL Network had an episode of NFL Top 10 devoted to college coaches that didn't work out in the pros? If they ever did a follow-up on coordinators who never should have been promoted to the top job, Marion Campbell would have to be #1 on that list...with multiple examples (his stints in Atlanta and with the Eagles)
Since you’ve made a lot of videos recently about the Falcons of that era and linked to two of them, this unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will not remind everyone of others. However, he will point out that you made a video about the one time Colts Owner Robert Irsay gave Kicker Toni Linhart a bonus after a 3-point loss to Cleveland in which Linhart missed three field goals. Irsay then released Linhart later that week.
You're absolutely right. Rankin Smith Sr. made a lot of decisions that made no sense whatsoever. Those were the days when you went to a Falcons game to see the other team. When I see what the Detroit Lions are going through, what the Cleveland Browns appear to be coming out of, I can't help but to feel a little sad for their fans, given we went through this from the Mid 60's to the late 90's. I feel their pain.
Marion Campbell, drafter of Randall Cunningham, makes Buddy Ryan look like a genius, and reversed everything Dick Vermeil did. All Cowboys fans love him.
@@coryshannon3815 Jeff Fisher has more wins, 173, than Bill Parcells, Tom Coughlin, Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren. However, he has 165 losses; tied for most with Dan Reeves, and 2 more than Tom Landry and 9 more than Don Shula.
Campbell was a good defensive coordinator. One of the worst HCs though. One of the all time worst winning percentages. NO winning seasons in 3 different head coaching tenures.
Let's see.. Falcons 70s Marion Campbell You have to know there would be a point where a qb played so bad that he would have been better off spiking the ball into the ground on every play God Bless you 1970s Falcons...every time I think back to my childhood and think about my Giants ineptitude this team and the Saints make me feel better about my team
You seem to do a lot of Atlanta Falcons videos on this channel, I wonder how many teams you haven’t done videos on? Jaguars, Panthers, Ravens & Texans (2002) don’t count because they didn’t exist until 1995.
I think a big reason why he does so many Falcons videos is that they have a rich history of passer ratings lower than the rating from just spiking the ball on every play.
Yeah, I'm sure that owners and GMs are watching a RUclips channel for hiring advice. Especially from someone that is just ripping off other people's work.
It's not stupid, if.... the Falcons were being sneaky and taking out a clause or two in the original contract. I mean.. it could have been a rewrite of the contract *with* an extension that looked attractive for the coach to sign. Which means it was an all new contract based on the old (without some clauses that the Falcons didn't like). For example... if there was a clause in the original that paid Marion a lot of money in the event he got fired during the season... or too soon.. Then the Falcons would want that part gone... they get him to sign this "extension" and it wipes out the clause. I don't know for sure if this happened... but if it did... then Atlanta's owners were being sneaky.
Campbell extension = Bill O'Brien getting promoted to GM.
Marion Campbell: One of history's worst coaches ever not only was hired and fired by the Falcons once, but twice. Not to mention that he was employed by the Eagles after Dick Vermeil left. The man must have had blackmail information against Rankin Smith.
A pre-emptive “hello” to everyone who will be discovering this channel once Secret Base’s Falcons series launches.
The algorithm works!
And then the Falcons hired Him as head coach AGAIN in 1987, where He was just as successful as his 70's stint.
The coach that replaced him the next year was the defensive coordinator of the Grits Blitz.
Jerry Glanville
Jerry Glanville
What's funny as HELL is that in 1987... they finished with 3 wins. They beat the Redskins--coached by Joe Gibbs and won the Super Bowl that yard... and the cowboys, coached by Tom Landry. Two of his 3 wins came against 2 Hall of Famers!
@@classicsports5057 Which was yet another horrid choice! All the idiot was to proceed to ruin Steve Bartkowski and a really good Falcons. Not content with 100% destroying Atlanta, he was then hired by Houston and proceeded to absolutely decimate Warren Moon and the Houston Oilers as well.
I'm a Falcons fan since I was a kid. I like how most of your Falcons vids show how incompetent the ownership was under the Smith family
I remember vividly how awful Campbell was as HC for the Falcons, then continued that pattern with the Eagles, and how utterly SHOCKED I was when the Falcons made him HC AGAIN. Absolutely inexplicable.
this channel deserves sooo many more subs
With all of the crazy stories JG9 has done about the Falcons, I get why SB Nation has a video set about them coming up. They're a fascinating mess.😂
SB Nation is boring and overrated though? Unlike this guy of course 😉
@@HeathNation2465 with SB Nation, it depends on the video. Rewinders and the stuff made by Jon Bois are great. Luckily, the Falcons SB stuff will be produced by Bois.
Haha and the video after is more Falcons drama .
@@coryshannon3815 I'll take your word for that. Everything else is just...meh.
I love when you you say Spiked the ball into the ground on every single play!!
Marion Campbell is essentially Wade Philips, only that he had a worse record. Both great defensive coordinators, apparently they were not capable enough when it comes to running the entire show.
5:20 - The obligatory "which is worse than if he did nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every single play" comment.
It's required in every video.
That was a mind blowing contract extension that never made sense from the start. Will never understand that one. Great context laying this one out
JG9 has a few videos on the 1976 Falcons!
I was born and grew up in Atlanta and my curse has been that the Falcons are my team. While there have certainly been some mind boggling lows (mixed in with some gratifying highs) for Falcons fans during the 20 years of Arthur Blank’s ownership, the franchise was straight-up dysfunctional during the Smith family’s reign from the beginning. This story-and the fact that Marion Campbell was hired as HC *again* in the ‘80s (also a debacle, of course)-was pretty much par for the course during the Smith years, which is why JG9 keeps making Falcons videos.
Rankin Smith was still the owner when Campbell was rehired as Atlanta head coach in 1987. He gave way to his son in 1990, after Campbell was fired again.
Recommend for you, JG9. The Cowboy Chicken Club, and the 1940 NFL Championship.
JG9 is my go to channel for Old school NFL. You do a great job researching and presenting topics that aren't covered a lot. Keep it up. You'll have 50k subs before you know it.
At 9:57 you can see the play where Steve Bartkowski (10) is injured and lost for the remainder of that season. He grabs his knee which got torn on that sack in the New Orleans game. You also see him walking off the field in an earlier game with his arm in a sling. It was tough sledding for QBs in that era!
Remember several years ago when NFL Network had an episode of NFL Top 10 devoted to college coaches that didn't work out in the pros?
If they ever did a follow-up on coordinators who never should have been promoted to the top job, Marion Campbell would have to be #1 on that list...with multiple examples (his stints in Atlanta and with the Eagles)
Get blown out by The Saints, get fired that Monday. Atlanta tradition
"It runs in the family." That was mean. Accurate, but mean.
Rams did the same thing with Jeff Fisher. Gave him an extension then fired him after the regular season
Sounds like when the Rams gave Jeff Fisher an extension in 2016 but it was never made public until his firing.
Since you’ve made a lot of videos recently about the Falcons of that era and linked to two of them, this unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will not remind everyone of others. However, he will point out that you made a video about the one time Colts Owner Robert Irsay gave Kicker Toni Linhart a bonus after a 3-point loss to Cleveland in which Linhart missed three field goals. Irsay then released Linhart later that week.
Rankin Smith was undoubtedly one of the worst owners ever. He is the father of Falconing it up.
You're absolutely right. Rankin Smith Sr. made a lot of decisions that made no sense whatsoever. Those were the days when you went to a Falcons game to see the other team. When I see what the Detroit Lions are going through, what the Cleveland Browns appear to be coming out of, I can't help but to feel a little sad for their fans, given we went through this from the Mid 60's to the late 90's. I feel their pain.
The spike the ball into the ground on every play comment gets old.
The problem back then for the Falcons was obviously the ownership. Arthur Blank is light years better.
Not any more. Since the SB meltdown, Blank has melted down.
“When he gets an extension without doing anything, it looks stupid.”
Me, as a Nebraska fan looking at Scott Frost
Marion Campbell, drafter of Randall Cunningham, makes Buddy Ryan look like a genius, and reversed everything Dick Vermeil did. All Cowboys fans love him.
Love these shows but man we need a break on the 73 to 76 Falcons. This has to be the 6th video on them. There has to be awful 76 to 77 Jets stories
Another Falcons video thanks
Jeff Fisher got a contract extension with the L.A Rams the year he got fired in 2016.
Yes, that would deserve a video as well.
When did Jeff Fisher tell the players he was fired?
Between 7 & 9...
@@coryshannon3815 Jeff Fisher has more wins, 173, than Bill Parcells, Tom Coughlin, Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren. However, he has 165 losses; tied for most with Dan Reeves, and 2 more than Tom Landry and 9 more than Don Shula.
I am noticing a bunch of 70s Falcons thanks to the dorktown documentary.
Campbell was a good defensive coordinator. One of the worst HCs though. One of the all time worst winning percentages. NO winning seasons in 3 different head coaching tenures.
Let's see..
Falcons
70s
Marion Campbell
You have to know there would be a point where a qb played so bad that he would have been better off spiking the ball into the ground on every play
God Bless you 1970s Falcons...every time I think back to my childhood and think about my Giants ineptitude this team and the Saints make me feel better about my team
Kim McQuilken is the GOAT. Send that man to Canton now!
The dude in the front at 3:37 looks like a character from some terrible sci-fi flick.
You seem to do a lot of Atlanta Falcons videos on this channel, I wonder how many teams you haven’t done videos on?
Jaguars, Panthers, Ravens & Texans (2002) don’t count because they didn’t exist until 1995.
I think a big reason why he does so many Falcons videos is that they have a rich history of passer ratings lower than the rating from just spiking the ball on every play.
RG William Andrews WR Alfred Jenkins Big TE Jim Mitchell WB Bartkowski RB Art Malone had bow legged brother Benny Malone that’s about it
Can't help but think of Urinatingtree's video on the Falcons
These videos and UTree’s really emphasize the Falcon’s legacy of nonsensical failure.
It’s just..no words
@@NWOWCW4Life1 Yup
3:23 Owie!
The date for the Sunday Night Week 1 Trivia is wrong. It should be September 12th, NOT September 13th. September 13th is on a MONDAY.
Rankin Smith wasn't the smartest owner around in ANY league.
Norm Vanbrocklin should be hall fame.
45 Years Ago
Didn't the rams do this with Jeff fisher ?
The falcons were stupid enough to hire him in the late 80s
Not that I'm complaining, but hasn't there been about two thousand eight hundred and three Falcons videos lately?
Marion Campbell, definitely not a Hall of Fame HC for sure as he never finished with a winning record
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Yeah, I'm sure that owners and GMs are watching a RUclips channel for hiring advice. Especially from someone that is just ripping off other people's work.
What is this? "Take a massive dump all over the Falcons" month?
The Atlanta Falcons would be SO MUCH BETTER OFF SPIKING the football into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!!
The fish always rots from the head on down I know that all to well being from Detroit.
It's not stupid, if.... the Falcons were being sneaky and taking out a clause or two in the original contract.
I mean.. it could have been a rewrite of the contract *with* an extension that looked attractive for the coach to sign.
Which means it was an all new contract based on the old (without some clauses that the Falcons didn't like).
For example... if there was a clause in the original that paid Marion a lot of money in the event he got fired during the season... or too soon..
Then the Falcons would want that part gone... they get him to sign this "extension" and it wipes out the clause.
I don't know for sure if this happened... but if it did... then Atlanta's owners were being sneaky.
I remember him he was pretty sorry as (head coach).
Another falcons vid you are a big falcons fan just go on and admit it.
I think JG9 was a Falcons fan until the Jaguars came about.
@@tygrkhat4087 I about figured.
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