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Every coach has a shelf life. Andy had tremendous success between 2000 & 2004. Look at the Eagles record since. 3 playoff wins, none since '08. They have now declined 3 straight years. Every aspect of the on-field product is controlled by Reid, from the coaches to the player personnel to the game planning. Pick one area of this organization and tell me what looks like its being handled correctly.Andy did wonderful things for the Eagles and as a fan I appreciate it. But 1 win in the last 9 home games (NFL worst) is inexcusable. Andy can go to a team like Miami or Jacksonville and improve them in a year or 2. But he's not the same coach here in Philly that he was 5 or 6 years ago. Oh, and now they have coaches arguing with each other on the sidelines.
That's my take. Reid has been a good coach for some time, but there comes a time in every coach's tenure that a mutual parting of the ways is probably necessary to get both the team back on track and the coach to re-charge his batteries.Agree that he won't be unemployed for very long at all.
I think Rex Ryan is running into this same scenario.
I was listening to a Rex Ryan interview on the radio, where he openly described how he was using Sanchez criticism as a motivational tool, and that he most certainly wouldn't be benching Sanchez. While that's no great secret, that level of candor essentially breaks the fourth wall, and pours lady feet onto the floor of my car. Keep it to yourself, Rex.
this is a weird post and completely inaccurate.
I disagree that it was a long term bad decision (the jury is still out on that) on Castillo. Changing defensive schemes is often not a quick/fix process.
Never addressed the poor O-Line? They are starting two rookies in the line. And then he lost Justice (the rock of the OL) to injury.
I bet that OL will be substantially better next year with a year of experience for the young guys and Justice back.Who's responsible for team discipline? Teams become undisciplined when they stop listening to the coaches. And who exactly decided to rely on a rookie kicking game in a Super Bowl year? You are correct that the players have to play, but the coaches have to have control and find ways to fix the problems. The problems we're seeing now should not be happening in year 13 of Reid's tenure. Bad decisions to promote Castillo to DC, to give Vick a long-term 100 mil contract to bringing in a mis-matched Nnamdi...all on Reid. What makes anyone think year 14 will be better?ETA: If you think he's the best thing on this team, who do you think built this team?
Justice is not the rock of the oline. Don't know why u think that or who told you that. Hes very average like the rest of the o line. If anyone is the rock I guess its peters, but he seems to be hurt alot too.Never addressed the poor O-Line? They are starting two rookies in the line. And then he lost Justice (the rock of the OL) to injury.
"Thankless" Eagles fans have watched the team regress now for 3 straight years. The Eagles have won 3 playoff games in 7 seasons. And 2 of those wins came in the same post-season ('08) when it took a double miracle in week 17 for them to even make the playoffs. 13 years into his tenure the goal is not to win the division or be competitive. The goal is to improve and advance deeper into the post-season. They are not. Winning the division is what the Lions are striving to do. Same with teams like the Redskins, Bills, Dolphins, etc. But in years 11, 12, 13 the goal is set higher. As well it should. Andy had great success in the early 2000's when he had a different front office, Jim Johnson as his DC, and few stud defensive holdovers from the Rhoads years.Yes, Andy would do great things in DC as well as Jax, Miami, SD...but he has run his course in Philly. Players are not responding and are undisciplined; coaches are fighting on the sidelines. Those are things that happen to losing teams.Weren't Redskins fans giddy with excitement how the "thankless" Eagles 'gave' them McNabb? Thanks for the draft picks.
Who has been there longer then 10 years?No one...How about 5 years?You can probably count them on your hand...
Nobody cares about your FF team.He keeps his job. Keeping a system in place for a long period of time has better results than fire/hire then get new players to fit a scheme.
For the record I am not an Red Skins fan I pull for the Saints and really could care less about the NFC East except I want Dallas to do bad every year so I dont have to listen to their fans down here. thats about it. I just think Andy is a better coach than anyone you are going to find to replace him. Give me one name of who is out there who would take the Eagles job that could do better? Hint: Bill Cower, John Gruden and Jeff Fischer are not interested.
No one's talking about FF. How about giving your best weapon (and one of the best RBs in the game) more than 4 carries in the 1st half when you're winning? Maybe try to keep the ball out of Brady's hands for a bit and let one of the best RBs try to run a little? 1st and goal from the 5 and your best player doesn't touch the ball? Look at what the Pats did, they were down by 10 early but continued to give BJGE the ball and ran it down the Eagles throat. Andy would have never done that.The Eagles came in with a game plan and had some success. The Pats made some adjustments and the Eagles had no answer. If their game plan works, they are fine. But don't ask them to make in-game adjustments. They can't or won't.
So there will never be another great coach? Andy's the last of the line? Who was Andy when they hired him? Just because we don't know who will be next or if they will better does not mean the Eagles are stuck with Reid for life. And its not like we're being impatient. Not many other coaches have lasted 13+ years without winning anything. Giants fans get fed up with Coughlin, and he's won a SB.For the record, I'm not in favor of bringing in Cower or Gruden or Fisher. One name that intrigues me though it Brian Billick.
Be honest....You lost your FF game this weekend and Mccoy only got you 14pts??Come on....i said be honest.I have no idea how you can say Reid does not give the ball to the best player.McCoy leads the league in rushing yards and TD's and is in the top 5 in total touches per game.Do you mean kickoff and punt returns?Field goals?
Be honest, you don't watch the Eagles every week do you? I said be honest...Don't just look at his stats, look at how often he runs the ball. When they lost to the Cardinals (I think it was Ari) they went 13 game minutes without McCoy touching the ball, when they were winning and trying to close out the game.'comfortably numb said:Be honest....You lost your FF game this weekend and Mccoy only got you 14pts??'Phenix said:
Come on....i said be honest.
I have no idea how you can say Reid does not give the ball to the best player.
McCoy leads the league in rushing yards and TD's and is in the top 5 in total touches per game.
Do you mean kickoff and punt returns?
Field goals?
Its not 1 season, its 3 straight years of regression. Its 3 years of no playoff wins. Its 2 home wins in a calendar year (1 in last 9 for an NFL worst). People outside of Philly have to look beyond the numbers and see the failed expectations. It not about division wins after 13 years.
I didn't watch the game but this is bigger than one game. Lesean McCoy touches:2010=2852011=236 + last 5 games, per averages should get to 343. If he goes into the high 300's or even 400's I would be worried.Do you really want to run your best player into the ground at the tender age of 23? He isn't built for a huge work load.'Amused to Death said:
Then maybe they should work in some other RBs. Maybe some of his receptions should be carries. But you don't go up by 10 on the Pats and continue to throw the ball. Try to control the game a little. ya know, adjust to the game situation. Andy can't do that or won't.
This is my original point. The steelers have a leg up on most teams year after year because they keep the same coach/system in place. This allows players to improve because they know what to do and can just play without too much thinking. They just need to find the right players to improve or replace year after year.Take a Detroit/Oakland/Washington/etc who replace their coaches all the time. New Coaches/new schemes/new players come and go. Overall record isn't that good.
He's the exception. Its happened once in the history of the NFL. Are you suggesting that every HC should get 14 years? Other than Cower, I think Andy's the longest tenured coach without winning a championship in the NFL.
