Anyone that uses an interim record against Morris or any other coach needs to get out of the conversation. They were interim because the head coach failed miserably over an extended amount of time.
Even if you did look at his interim year, they were 0-5 when he took over. They then went 4-2 over next 6 games and then lost the last 5 games with 4 of them one-score affairs. As an interim, that looks pretty damn solid to steady a sinking ship.
Was going to post that too. There was a definite turnaround in '20 when Morris took over. That was never going to be a good team anyway, but he got a lot more out of it than Quinn did, and that means something.
The last three games of that season, the Falcons played the two eventual Super Bowl participants (Tampa twice of the Chiefs once). They lost to Tampa by 4 at home, lost to Kansas City by 3 on the road, and lost to Tampa by 17 on the road. For a team that didn't have anything to play for, that's a respectable showing, especially at Kansas City.
I'm not sure how much relevance Morris' performance in Tampa a decade ago has now. We'll see. With hindsight being 20/20, the Falcons should have hired him instead of Arthur Smith three years ago. I respect that they didn't allow the optics of hiring Morris now to prevent it from happening.