There usually isn’t enormous pressure on a new head coach. They are expected to receive time to go through some growing pains to instill their philosophy into building a winning culture. Even if the new coach has previous head coaching experience, expectations are normally tempered, given the state of a franchise making a head coaching change. That doesn’t apply to Raheem Morris.
He knows expectations are high in Atlanta. That was clear when he gave his thoughts about the state of the quarterback position at the NFL Combine. Morris’ experience with the franchise, handling a variety of roles from 2015 to 2020, makes this an even more unique situation.