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And the two Kellys said no to everybody. Oh well, keep searching. Not sure what all the panic is about.
Good article here from CSN. Don't believe or ignore the hypeOdds that its Washburn floating rumors? Or Andy?
I mean no offense but when Cris Clemons is your "best" pass rusher, it's not hard to see why they didn't have a dominant one. From an outsiders perspective, he had a pretty good scheme since Seattle's defense improved every year he was there. I'll take my chances with that.
Chris has really come on the last few years in Seattle like he didn't do in his previous stops. Not just his pass rushing skills but also his 110% every play motor and vet savvy helped more than just with numbers. You can point to his early career and scoff but he's nowhere near the same player he was there. He isn't elite, but he's in the very good category. Also, it's more Carroll's involvement than Bradley's, IMO, that's made the defense improve every year considering how much he made over the personnel once he got there. Like I said, good riddance. Hope he's better at D than he was here with a D oriented head coach.
Meh, I guess we'll find out. Someone is going to hire him.
That's the first bad thing I've heard about him.'mad sweeney said:
That doesn't really bother me. I think Belechek, Mke Smith and Jon Harbaugh all came from the defensive side of the ball and they're 3 of the 4 remaining teams. I just want a coach who can coach. **ETA**I believe almost all the playoff teams this year had defensive HC's
They do has high powered offenses. Maybe we can have something to that effect in a few years. My main point was that it really doesn't matter what side of the ball the HC comes from so long as he can coach. Yeah I posted that above. Sources are saying it was never scheduled but with what's been reported it seems fitting.ETA--@JayGlazer: Eagles are bringing Seattle DC Gus Bradley in for a second interview tomorrow.
Show me one case where a personnel improvement doesn't equal on the field improvement. I can't gather all of the links to document this but since Bradley's entered the HC coaching ring I can't remember one bad thing said about the guy and plenty of good on the other end of it. IIRC Kiffin, current players, un-named sources, etc all speak highly of the guy. As many know here I'm far from blindly defending someone for the Eagles' sake but these posts from a SEA homer strikes me as a sour grapes type involvement. I'll gladly take my chance on a young, high energy former coordinator that's statistically improved the group under his charge.'mad sweeney said:
yea i don't buy that bull#### at all.They interviewed these guys with the intentions of hiring them and they all went back to their college teams.
Jeffrey Laurie said that exact thing IIRC. I don't think anyone if them had intentions on leaving but that's JMHO. Peter King said it from day one.
I do think Lurie wanted Kelly or Obrien though. They tried their best to lure them in. They both used it to get raises though. No real loss because no one else signed them either.
It wasn't just personnel improvement, it was a complete changeover in personnel, attitude and size. I'm not saying he's horrible. I just don't think he adds much to the D and has had serious issues in getting to the QB and in stopping third downs. With the amount of involvement Carroll has with the D, the next guy won't suffer much in growing pains.
Like I said by Wednesday.
lol - old white guys in denialIs Howie the next Vinnie Ceratto?I see many last place finishes ahead for Philthy'DJackson10 said:Good article here from CSN. Don't believe or ignore the hype'Amused to Death said:'Skeletore Eh said:
Maybe sooner..Howard Eskin... Think #eagles HC could obviously have come down 2 Whisenhut and Bradley. Nothing done but source: finalizing deal w Bradley. Will C11:15pm - 14 Jan 13
Tomorrow the deal will get hammered out. Wednesday the press conference. I originally said Tuesday but hedged and said no later than Wednesday.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Curtis_Crabtree/status/290959368936095744Apparently your coach feels the lack of pass rush is a personnel issue.
They were saying that this visit he'll be with his family and basically take a tour of the city. Hopefully they get it done today so he can start to put together his staff. I'll be very interested to see who his OC is and who he brings from Seattle with him as his DC.
I mean he is a Hawks fan and we did see what the national media can do to coaches like Reid but I'm not so sure what his criticisms are. The defense was 4th in yards and 1st in points. Their 3rd down % was league average at 38% and they were tied for 4th in turnovers and tied for 18th in sacks. Last year, Seattle was 9th in yards and 7th in points and were again 4th in turnovers, tied for 19th in sacks and tied for 9th in 3rd down%.He wouldn't completely switch to the 3-4 but doesn't run the conventional 4-3. I'd have to think the interviews went over personnel and how he thought the current players would fit into his scheme so if he wants to come here, I would think he believes they have some of the pieces necessary to run his defense and the Eagles probably have better pass rushers than Seattle does. Obviously with any hire, it has its risks but I'm not really concerned with 3rd down % and getting to the QB. The Eagles should be able to get to the QB which is obviously one of the biggest factors in 3rd down % and this just seems like an overreaction by a fan to a game where these concerns reared their ugly heads.
Is he going to be the OC? If he hires a real good OC, what's his knowledge of offense matter?
It's all going to depend on the OC. Like I mentioned before though, a lot of succesful HC's are from the defensive side of the ball. We don't know much about him but we know that we looked at a LOT of different people and he was the first one they wanted. Even if you're pesamistic that should tell you something.FWIW, if you're one to believe what's being said about people around the league the main report from this past week about McCoy was that he was too soft to be a HC. I believe the person who inititally reported that was from Denver.
You need both an offense and a defense. There is no way to succeed with just one. Sure, you can have one carry the other to an extent but you need both. Look at what has happened in recent years when NE and GB had defenses resembling the Eagles. The 4 remaining teams are all in the top 12 in scoring defense and they are all in the top 11 in scoring offenses. So either way, if they hired Chip or McCoy or Gruden or Gus or Lovie, the hiring of the coordinator on the other side of the ball will be just as important but we can succeed either way.
And all this twitter BS is dumb.