Mike Smith News

The National Football League and its 32 teams are no different. Each club is its own company and no matter how talented one may be on the field of play, the franchise has to be run properly from the top.

Friday will be declared "Forever Butch Jones Day in Bradley County" as the first-year football coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers prepares for a Big Orange evening with several hundred local Big Orange faithful.

May 29, 2013; Flowery Branch, GA, USA; Atlanta Falcons running back Steven Jackson takes a hand off from quarterback Matt Ryan during organized team activities at the Falcons Training Complex.

What could hold back head coach Mike Smith and the Atlanta Falcons from going deeper in the playoffs? Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images So how far away is your favorite NFL team from winning a Super Bowlor a playoff gameor a division titleor enjoying a winning season? True, while some of the 32 clubs have bigger concerns than others, the focus here is the ... (more)

I must admit that when he first came to us back in '08 I was a bit skeptical b/c I didn't know much about him.