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[mattwill]

Like the Phoenix, Eagles fandom rises from the ashes.

bkwhoa, on 31 December 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

another opportunity to name this thread The Rose Garden slips away

[Iggles25]

Free at last, free at last...




For the Eagles, this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius!

[evilwaldo]

3rd post!!!

I leave all arguments in the last thread, new thread new attitude.

[ToastJenkins]

I blame McNabb....

[Solomon]

I was wondering when they were going to lock the other one...

[aptosbird]

What??..How does this Mattwill character get to start a new blog??? Who died and made him pope of this dump!!!

[Mike31mt]

evilwaldo, on 31 December 2012 - 01:26 PM, said:

3rd post!!!

I leave all arguments in the last thread, new thread new attitude.

yuo can never escape your past

evilwaldo, on 31 December 2012 - 01:22 PM, said:

That all depends on the coaching staff and if the problems stay.  If DRC goes and guys like Maclin and McCoy assert themselves then you are fine.

youre not just going to wipe the problems away in one offseason....there is a vacuum of leadership in the locker room right now.

You cant just wish and hope that the young players who failed to lead this year will somehow succeed in leading next year under a new coaching staf.

Hell, they might not be so inclined to lead when they realize they arent the shoe-ins that they were under AR.

[E v 2.0]

So, you guys see this new "wildcat" thing catching on?

[Mike31mt]

Solomon, on 31 December 2012 - 01:28 PM, said:

I was wondering when they were going to lock the other one...

apparently, right in the middle of my post

[austinfan]

I think Gruden would love Foles, he's a bigger, slightly stronger armed version of what Gruden had with Ty Detmer, Rich Gannon, Brad Johnson and Jeff Garcia, and he went to the playoffs with all four QBs.

In fact, the three QBs he couldn't make into players were Jeff George (head) and Bobby Hoying and Chris Simms (strong armed, immobile QBs who lacked accuracy and quick decision making skills).

I think this is the situation Gruden's been looking for, his last job, no handicap like all the draft picks he gave up to escape from Al Davis, no crazy owners, a solid talent base and lot's of FA money to work with, and a GM who knows how to work with a coach instead of starting a war.  If Lurie is keeping Howie, he knows who was responsible for the madness of the last three years.

[Solomon]

Mike31mt, on 31 December 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:

apparently, right in the middle of my post

[evilwaldo]

Mike31mt, on 31 December 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

yuo can never escape your past


youre not just going to wipe the problems away in one offseason....there is a vacuum of leadership in the locker room right now.

You cant just wish and hope that the young players who failed to lead this year will somehow succeed in leading next year under a new coaching staf.

Hell, they might not be so inclined to lead when they realize they arent the shoe-ins that they were under AR.

I am a fisher of men.  

We should stop thinking the worst.  That is TATE's job.

[justrelax]

Another thing I like about Gruden: he's wired into coaches all around the league and with lots of contacts with college guys. He's well-situated to put together a staff. And it's not like he's an old man - he's three months older than Chip Kelly, four months older than Jim Harbaugh, and one year younger than John Harbaugh.

[evilwaldo]

E v 2.0, on 31 December 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:

So, you guys see this new "wildcat" thing catching on?

It is totally the future of the NFL.  We need a wildcat QB.

[WestPaEaglesNest]

Go Birds!

[djbigf]

lurie's presser devolved into a big long howie the lawyer love-fest.  barf.

[Iggles25]

Lurie is praising Howie like he's actually done something in this league.

Why couldn't he cut ties with this accountant and find a real GM?

[HazletonEagle]

Lurie said no interviews with coaching candidates are set up yet.

[aptosbird]

"I too have no problems with Jon Gruden. As I said in another post, this roster needs a good swift kick in the balls and he's just the guy to do it. He's good with QBs, he can run an offense, and he has said he likes Foles, which pleases me because I want us to expend our draft picks on linemen and DBs. I like Foles too, a lot. If he could draft well, he'd be perfect, but maybe Ghor and beast and Afan can help him with that."

I think that Ghor character is still busy setting up his website and in depth analysis of all of the last two years draft picks...

[ToastJenkins]

Here's why Tim Tebow wont be an Eagle...

[mattwill]

aptosbird, on 31 December 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

What??..How does this Mattwill character get to start a new blog??? Who died and made him pope of this dump!!!

The Ghost of Reids Past

[evilwaldo]

Iggles25, on 31 December 2012 - 01:32 PM, said:

Lurie is praising Howie like he's actually done something in this league.

Why couldn't he cut ties with this accountant and find a real GM?

He has to have a couple of really bad drafts.

Andy had a few bad drafts before that power was taken away.

[austinfan]

Lurie knows who ran the last three drafts.
Howie ran the 2012 draft, which was the best draft since ???

He got Cox without mortgaging the draft, picked up Kendricks and Curry while trading down to get back a 4th to take Boykin, picked up Foles in the 3rd for great value, and found Kelly in the 5th and Bryce Brown in the 7th.  Picked up Ryans for a late 3rd but no dead money (who outplayed Tulloch by a sizeable margin).  Also found UDFAs Polk and D Johnson, and Menkin off the waiver wire.

You really can't do it much better than that, he didn't panic, didn't over pay, didn't reach.

[Parrot Head]

austinfan, on 31 December 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:

  If Lurie is keeping Howie, he knows who was responsible for the madness of the last three years.

Lurie just said in his PC that the first draft that Howie is accountable for is 2012.

[DE]

Look back on this post and know that I was the one that first called, SANCHIZE to Philly.

[Iggles25]

If Lurie says 'panacea' one more time in this presser, I'm going to knock my desk organizer across the room.

[evilwaldo]

Iggles25, on 31 December 2012 - 01:36 PM, said:

If Lurie says 'panacea' one more time in this presser, I'm going to knock my desk organizer across the room.

Panini

[Mike31mt]

so if Lovie Smith doesnt get a HC gig, would anyone be willing to see him as Eagle DC?

Id be pretty happy with Gruden as HC and Lovie Smith as DC.

Lovie runs the 4-3, has a simple and effective scheme, and actually understand the role and value of the LB position

-the odd thing about that would be that Lovie was the LB coach in Tampa Bay  from 1996-2000, where he basically set up the "Tampa 2"....he left to be the Rams DC in 2001
-not long after, in comes Jon Gruden, using Lovies players and defense to win the SB in Tampa

[djbigf]

DE, on 31 December 2012 - 01:36 PM, said:

Look back on this post and know that I was the one that first called, SANCHIZE to Philly.

that's not even ironically amusing

[purplefiggy]

mattwill, on 31 December 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

The Ghost of Reids Past

Very good to see that you are back Matt.