The Atlanta Falcons appear to make a few changes to their front office in the wake of their search for a new head coach.
Falcons today announced a restructuring of its player personnel department, which is effective today. The changes are designed to provide a more intense focus on pro and college scouting efforts, play on the strengths of individuals in the two departments, and ensure the highest standards of performance in other areas of football operations managed by Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff.
Falcons announce restructuring of front office. Post coming at PFT. Duties changing.
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According to Ian Rapoport, Scott Pioli will take over pro and college scouting, while also handling the draft.
Thomas Dimitroff will continue to do the cap.
Arthur Blank explained more on the Falcons official site:
“After reviewing all of our options – internally and externally – I have no reservations that this is the best approach to setting up our player personnel groups for future success,” said Falcons Owner and Chairman Arthur Blank. “It maximizes the talents of Scott, allows for more time and focus on all areas of our football operations groups managed by Thomas, and is in line with other player personnel groups in the league.
“While this decision was not tied to the head coach search currently underway, we also believe that independent thinking and collaboration will contribute to taking us to the next level in our league. Therefore, our new head coach and Thomas will report separately to me.”