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| 12th January, 2008 - 6:13 pm |  ESPN - Tapping into the wealth of talent in the New England personnel department, the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday evening reached an agreement with Patriots' director of college scouting Thomas Dimitroff to be the team's new general manager.
Falcons' officials on Saturday informed the five other candidates for the position of their decision. Details of Dimitroff's contract, which is not yet signed, were not available.
A New England team official confirmed for ESPN.com before Saturday night's divisional-round playoff game against Jacksonville that Dimitroff has accepted the job. He will face a daunting task in rebuilding a threadbare roster and in helping to make viable again a franchise that this season drifted into irrelevance on the Atlanta sports scene.
Dimitroff is expected to have considerable input into the Falcons' next head coach, and sources said he has already offered some analysis to team officials in that regard. With the general manager spot now filled, the Falcons could move relatively quickly to name a head coach to succeed Bobby Petrino, who resigned with three games remaining in his first NFL season. [READ] |
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