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The STUPIDEST Contract Extension in Atlanta Falcons HISTORY | 1976 Falcons | Marion Campbell

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  • čas přidán 14. 08. 2021
  • In August of the 1976 NFL season, Atlanta Falcons owner Rankin Smith decided to give head coach Marion Campbell a contract extension, even though Campbell had only won 25% of his games as the head coach of the team. Not even two months later, the Atlanta Falcons fired Marion Campbell. This is the story of the 1976 Falcons and what might just be the stupidest contract extension, especially for a head coach, in the history of the Atlanta Falcons
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    Members of the 1976 Falcons:
    John James
    Steve Bartkowski
    Kim McQuilken
    Nick Mike-Mayer
    Scott Hunter
    Rolland Lawrence
    Haskel Stanback
    Mike Esposito
    Frank Reed
    Ron Mabra
    Ray Easterling
    Ray Brown
    Rick Byas
    Billy Pritchett
    Bob Jones
    Sonny Collins
    John Gilliam
    Dave Hampton
    Bubba Bean
    Brad Davis
    Woody Thompson
    Greg Brezina
    Jim Cope
    Dewey McClain
    Paul Ryczek
    Fulton Kuykendall
    Ralph Ortega
    Guy Roberts
    Jeff Van Note
    Jim Weatherly
    Tommy Nobis
    Brent Adams
    Greg Kindle
    Royce Smith
    Len Gotshalk
    Larron Jackson
    Mike Lewis
    Dave Scott
    Wally Pesuit
    Greg Marderian
    Steve George
    Jim Bailey
    Phil McKinnely
    Mike Tilleman
    Jeff Merrow
    Ron East
    Bill Wundauer
    Jeff Yeates
    Karl Farmer
    Bob Adams
    Scott Piper
    Alfred Jenkins
    Jim Mitchell
    Claude Humphrey
    Wallace Francis
    Rankin Smith (owner)
    Marion Campbell (head coach)
    Patt Peppler (head coach)

Komentáře • 81

  • @Kid-Pink_88.
    @Kid-Pink_88. Před 3 lety +19

    Campbell extension = Bill O'Brien getting promoted to GM.

  • @markbrian7179
    @markbrian7179 Před 3 lety +27

    And then the Falcons hired Him as head coach AGAIN in 1987, where He was just as successful as his 70's stint.

    • @classicsports5057
      @classicsports5057 Před 3 lety +3

      The coach that replaced him the next year was the defensive coordinator of the Grits Blitz.

    • @chriswoodsports
      @chriswoodsports Před 3 lety +1

      Jerry Glanville

    • @chriswoodsports
      @chriswoodsports Před 3 lety

      Jerry Glanville

    • @tohaz
      @tohaz Před 3 lety

      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!

    • @Rusty3659
      @Rusty3659 Před 3 lety

      @@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.

  • @davester1970
    @davester1970 Před 3 lety +11

    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.

  • @richardadams4928
    @richardadams4928 Před 3 lety +6

    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.

  • @mhlaw229
    @mhlaw229 Před 3 lety +8

    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

  • @coryshannon3815
    @coryshannon3815 Před 3 lety +13

    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.😂

    • @HeathNation2465
      @HeathNation2465 Před 3 lety +3

      SB Nation is boring and overrated though? Unlike this guy of course 😉

    • @coryshannon3815
      @coryshannon3815 Před 3 lety +3

      @@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.

    • @Gutbomber
      @Gutbomber Před 3 lety

      Haha and the video after is more Falcons drama .

    • @HeathNation2465
      @HeathNation2465 Před 3 lety +2

      @@coryshannon3815 I'll take your word for that. Everything else is just...meh.

  • @jewsco
    @jewsco Před 3 lety +9

    this channel deserves sooo many more subs

  • @johnmanier7968
    @johnmanier7968 Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @JoeBobTarheel
    @JoeBobTarheel Před 3 lety +5

    JG9 has a few videos on the 1976 Falcons!

  • @hiramlewis3873
    @hiramlewis3873 Před 3 lety +5

    I love when you you say Spiked the ball into the ground on every single play!!

  • @chevleclair493
    @chevleclair493 Před 3 lety +1

    Recommend for you, JG9. The Cowboy Chicken Club, and the 1940 NFL Championship.

  • @BlackFlagsMatter
    @BlackFlagsMatter Před 2 lety

    Sounds like when the Rams gave Jeff Fisher an extension in 2016 but it was never made public until his firing.

  • @jeffpearljam1976
    @jeffpearljam1976 Před 3 lety +1

    Get blown out by The Saints, get fired that Monday. Atlanta tradition

  • @fishflake1209
    @fishflake1209 Před 3 lety +30

    A pre-emptive “hello” to everyone who will be discovering this channel once Secret Base’s Falcons series launches.
    The algorithm works!

  • @nasetvideos
    @nasetvideos Před 3 lety +3

    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

  • @derekcabanaw1789
    @derekcabanaw1789 Před 3 lety +9

    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.

  • @johnholtz4056
    @johnholtz4056 Před 2 lety

    “When he gets an extension without doing anything, it looks stupid.”
    Me, as a Nebraska fan looking at Scott Frost

  • @charliewartelle6720
    @charliewartelle6720 Před 3 lety +1

    The spike the ball into the ground on every play comment gets old.

  • @alanpeel1981
    @alanpeel1981 Před 3 lety +7

    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.

  • @bubbafug00gle51
    @bubbafug00gle51 Před 3 lety

    The dude in the front at 3:37 looks like a character from some terrible sci-fi flick.

  • @EssexAggiegrad2011
    @EssexAggiegrad2011 Před 2 lety +1

    Can't help but think of Urinatingtree's video on the Falcons

    • @NWOWCW4Life1
      @NWOWCW4Life1 Před 2 lety +1

      These videos and UTree’s really emphasize the Falcon’s legacy of nonsensical failure.
      It’s just..no words

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 Před 2 lety

      @@NWOWCW4Life1 Yup

  • @bigbigjoel9710
    @bigbigjoel9710 Před 2 lety

    3:23 Owie!

  • @chrisrifkin3670
    @chrisrifkin3670 Před 3 lety +1

    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

  • @alec1115
    @alec1115 Před 3 lety

    I am noticing a bunch of 70s Falcons thanks to the dorktown documentary.

  • @patbrooks9823
    @patbrooks9823 Před 7 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @LordTeaboBaggins
    @LordTeaboBaggins Před 3 lety +1

    Kim McQuilken is the GOAT. Send that man to Canton now!

  • @RebelTXWrestling
    @RebelTXWrestling Před 3 lety +1

    Rams did the same thing with Jeff Fisher. Gave him an extension then fired him after the regular season

  • @stantonthezag1109
    @stantonthezag1109 Před 3 lety +4

    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.

  • @scottconner7930
    @scottconner7930 Před 3 lety +3

    45 Years Ago

  • @brandoncole5939
    @brandoncole5939 Před 3 lety +2

    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.

  • @hrtvfan2870
    @hrtvfan2870 Před 3 lety +2

    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)

  • @brianbuster9875
    @brianbuster9875 Před 3 lety +3

    Another Falcons video thanks

  • @denisceballos9745
    @denisceballos9745 Před 3 lety +2

    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!

  • @tygrkhat4087
    @tygrkhat4087 Před 3 lety +3

    "It runs in the family." That was mean. Accurate, but mean.

  • @1USACitizen192
    @1USACitizen192 Před 2 lety

    Norm Vanbrocklin should be hall fame.

  • @Youngpinevr
    @Youngpinevr Před 3 lety +1

    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

  • @davefairburn3298
    @davefairburn3298 Před 3 lety

    Rankin Smith wasn't the smartest owner around in ANY league.

  • @williefaulker
    @williefaulker Před 3 lety

    Didn't the rams do this with Jeff fisher ?

  • @chadwickwhite6107
    @chadwickwhite6107 Před 3 lety +2

    The Atlanta Falcons would be SO MUCH BETTER OFF SPIKING the football into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!!

  • @LordHeadley87
    @LordHeadley87 Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @frankie3987
    @frankie3987 Před 3 lety +2

    Jeff Fisher got a contract extension with the L.A Rams the year he got fired in 2016.

    • @Junior_Rocky
      @Junior_Rocky Před 3 lety +1

      Yes, that would deserve a video as well.

    • @coryshannon3815
      @coryshannon3815 Před 3 lety +1

      When did Jeff Fisher tell the players he was fired?
      Between 7 & 9...

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 Před 3 lety +2

      @@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.

  • @Fireyninjadog
    @Fireyninjadog Před 2 lety

    The falcons were stupid enough to hire him in the late 80s

  • @jayblake682
    @jayblake682 Před 3 lety +4

    Rankin Smith was undoubtedly one of the worst owners ever. He is the father of Falconing it up.

    • @catholic200747
      @catholic200747 Před 3 lety +2

      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.

  • @joeylawn36111
    @joeylawn36111 Před 3 lety +2

    The problem back then for the Falcons was obviously the ownership. Arthur Blank is light years better.

    • @patbrooks9823
      @patbrooks9823 Před 7 měsíci

      Not any more. Since the SB meltdown, Blank has melted down.

  • @daleburrer1546
    @daleburrer1546 Před 2 lety

    Marion Campbell, definitely not a Hall of Fame HC for sure as he never finished with a winning record

  • @c71score
    @c71score Před 3 lety

    Not that I'm complaining, but hasn't there been about two thousand eight hundred and three Falcons videos lately?

  • @chevleclair493
    @chevleclair493 Před 3 lety +2

    Marion Campbell, drafter of Randall Cunningham, makes Buddy Ryan look like a genius, and reversed everything Dick Vermeil did. All Cowboys fans love him.

  • @maxpuppy96
    @maxpuppy96 Před rokem

    The Swamp Fox

  • @CTubeMan
    @CTubeMan Před 3 lety +4

    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.

  • @tohaz
    @tohaz Před 3 měsíci

    Yeah, I'm sure that owners and GMs are watching a CZcams channel for hiring advice. Especially from someone that is just ripping off other people's work.

  • @HeathNation2465
    @HeathNation2465 Před 3 lety

    What is this? "Take a massive dump all over the Falcons" month?

  • @okolo22000
    @okolo22000 Před 3 lety +2

    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.

    • @stantonthezag1109
      @stantonthezag1109 Před 3 lety +6

      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.

  • @hammerva
    @hammerva Před 3 lety +2

    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

  • @d0nKsTaH
    @d0nKsTaH Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @karlcooper8460
    @karlcooper8460 Před 3 lety +1

    The fish always rots from the head on down I know that all to well being from Detroit.

  • @karlcooper8460
    @karlcooper8460 Před 3 lety +1

    I remember him he was pretty sorry as (head coach).

  • @karlcooper8460
    @karlcooper8460 Před 3 lety

    Another falcons vid you are a big falcons fan just go on and admit it.

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 Před 3 lety

      I think JG9 was a Falcons fan until the Jaguars came about.

    • @karlcooper8460
      @karlcooper8460 Před 3 lety +1

      @@tygrkhat4087 I about figured.

  • @tookmyjob
    @tookmyjob Před 3 lety +1

    The Swamp Fox