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my brother works for the Eagles, media department making flyers and promo items for the PR guys and my dad has held season tickets since 1985 so I have a ton of useless info on the birds......the Eagles have NEVER had a black out game under Andy Reid. they had two under ray rhodes and two under rich kotite. that's only four since 1991 which is fourth least in that time period (only behind the two NY teams and the redskins). my dad is a season ticket holder. the wait for season tickets is currently three years... in 1995 it was one year..... so you're wrong again. by the way, the last two games of the 1999 season (Reid and McNabb's first seasons in Philly) were in danger of blackouts. one was the Pats game sold out about an hour b4 the deadline (the friday b4 the game) and the other was the rams game (last game of the year and the rams were resting all their starters after having clinched home-field throughout the playoffs). the eagles had won 4 games at that point. the vet held 65,000 and 62,00 tickets had been sold but team toyota (local dealership) bought all the seats so that it wouldn't be blacked out BUT then they were able to SELL ALL those tickets as discounted walk up seats (face value was $45/ticket at that time but those seats were sold at $35 by team toyota and the entire stadium was sold out by kickoff).
Shape up Philly fans! We have offended the gods! That's why we haven't gotten a championship!
ok my fault. i thought the two black out games i remember was one in rhodes' last year and one in reid's first year, but now that you mention it, i do remember it was two in rhodes' last year. i think that makes my case even stronger though. two in one year when the team really stunk. most fans gave up on the team. lehigh98 mentioned something about philly teams stinking, but still selling out games, which is not the case as i pointed out.as far as the season tickets are concerned, i think you are mistaken about the 3 year wait now. i think it is much longer then that, but my point was this.... before the eagles started to win under reid, it was VERY easy to get season tickets. i think my buddy was called within several months of getting on the list.maddawg2020 said:
obviously andy reid feels that mcnabb is the best candidate to start for the team right now. why should you question him at this point? its to early to question him. trust the coach. you cant bench your star qb after one aweful performance. this is exactly what im talking about. philly fans at their finest right here. the majority anyway.delusional said:
Ironically Andy Reid is McNabb's worst enemy right now. D Mac clearly is still not fully recovered from his surgery yet they still won't help him out by calling a more balanced game plan. They tailored their offense when Garcia was running the show, give McNabb the same help. Get Buck some more touches and activate Tony Hunt. They spent a first day pick on him and he hasn't even dressed. Reid and Marty should be protecting McNabb rather than throwing at a 70% clip.
