Arthur Blank
Arthur Blank
Arthur M. Blankis an American businessman and a co-founder of The Home Depot. Today he is known for his philanthropy and his ownership of the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 September 1942
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Obviously, Mike is a critical part of this team, but the players have a tremendous amount of confidence in Doug Johnson, and Mike does, too.
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My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job.
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And at the end of that game, when we stood there and watched the snow come down and you looked up there at that scoreboard and the Falcons are on top, I mean our players were in awe. They stood there and took their helmets off and soaked it all up. It was so special. It was just the culmination of an incredible season, both on and off the field, and it was a gift to our players and a gift to our fans. I was just proud to be part of it.
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I'm not a football guy and I'm not going to try to be,'' Anderson said.
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The new logo depicts a more powerful, aggressive falcon -- one of fast movement. It's representative of the evolution and direction of our team.
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I want to be clear that this decision is not being made based on our performance this season -- we're looking forward, not back. This is purely about the future of the organization.
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This team will have to pull together, and we'll all have to play at a little higher level than they were going to before. But they have the capacity to do that.
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We're the largest home improvement company today, and we did $30 billion last year, or less than 10 percent of the total amount of building materials sold in the U.S. So when people ask, how much runway left does Home Depot have, it's an awful lot.
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We're the largest home improvement company today, ... and we did $30 billion last year, or less than 10 percent of the total amount of building materials sold in the U.S. So when people ask, how much runway left does Home Depot have, it's an awful lot.
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This conversation also puts the club in a position to operate in an open and honest environment during the final weeks of the season, and to proceed with our plans for the future.
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People that voted for Tampa last time, the warm-weather people, voted (for Miami), ... That's pretty much the way I think it happened.
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Rich isn't going to politic for the job, that's not his style. At the same time, he's certainly a credible candidate who has excelled on both the business side and the football side.
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No, I don't know how you can do that. You don't start out being a head coach.
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What I expect from Peerless is probably less than what he expects from himself. Peerless knows he's a No. 1 receiver. He needs to perform at that level and he knows that, too. So far when you talk to the coaches and talk to the players, and talk to Mike Vick, they'll tell you we got what we bargained for, plus.