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[BleedingGreen93]

I don't know how true it is but I heard a rumor that the Eagles have no interest in Bill Cowher at all

[jwood5151]

>>BG93: Cowher & Donhoe got along like Cats/Dogs in Pittsburgh. Cowher is 'old school' and probably doesn't fit Howie's interpretation of innovative. Can't imagine Cowher ever coaching in Philly unless Rooneys bought Eagles.

[jwood5151]

>>Canada_Eagle: To my ears, Jeff Lurie's trumpeting about the Eagles "as best HC opportunity in NFL"...was as self-serving as the "Gold Standard" hogwash from years ago.

Lurie has a winning philosophy build on long term, baby-steps and growing talent and management inhouse. A powerhouse coordinator or HC with a dedicated player following of FA talent has a snow-ball's chance in hell of becoming the next HC.

Everything Lurie said is geared to an under-qualified but "talented" individual who may not even be a coordinator in the NFL--or may never have been in the NFL. Tasking Roseman and Smolenski to gather info and interest will get Lurie a broad collection of "talent". Whereas an NFL GM, would gather by experience, results in the NFL and talent to jump up in responsibility/authority.

Lurie is back at square 2; with Roseman approximating Banner of 1998...and looking for a guy who Lurie can mold into  star coach. Lets note AR was NOTHING before Lurie but one of Holmgren dozen talented assistants. Lurie and Reid were well matched because they each have abundant patience.

Lurie's strategy doesn't work for me--so I am an unhappy fan.

And, Reid quickly appeared as a HC that could not get a bunch of high talent / high cost FA additions to jell. Lurie has been burn 2X by the FA route to success ( Rhodes & Reid eras). He likes the longer, steadier, slower path....which would accommodate a noob HC coming out of college and getting his teeth kicked in for 2 seasons,too.

[dub sel]

Lol what? Lurie doesnt build on.long term baby steps! What team are u watching? The try to find cheap labor as nd attract big names. This team will nvr rebuild for a long future, every year lurie wants to be in contention.

[Lanc - 5]

Coach comes first......and McCoy from Denver's in the mix and to that I say .......
Tebow!
Skip Bayless from ESPN says its best
The ultimate question a coach or GM of a struggling franchise must ask himself: Do we want to WIN?
http://espn.go.com/n...k-story-closing

[bigrosey98]

if you hire geno smith im done watching the eagles play

[JonnyTsunami]

jwood5151
>>jonny: After a torrid start in 2010 and taking the starter role away form Kolb, defenses started to get a bead on how to disrupt #7. In 2010, Vick went from playing like Superman to playing like an NFL average QB. As best as I can determine, most of Vick's performance issues were not physical--but--mental. Defenses were starting to find ways to pressure him that he wasn't expecting and that caused him to improvise and/or extend plays. The extending plays went for a big gain a mere handful of times; more often Vick was sacked, rushed, batted balls, or chased out-of bounds. The ODDS began to favor defenses. Vick was unable to evolve and get a grip on the defensive disguises that rival DCs threw at him. 2010 against the Packers was a close as Vick ever got to any success in Phlly. Anything after that was straight down hill. His errors exceed his big plays--the W-L record worsened...and thats was that. At only $16,000,000--or a tidy one million per game--I don't think Vick will start for any team in the NFL ever again.

[JonnyTsunami]

jwood: You have to understand that this past off-season was Vick's first as a starter, mental errors the year before was due to a shortend off-season. This season he had a pile of crap for a line and Vick gets all the blame, hes not a miracle worker. IF he gets his FIRST line back along with some tweaks on defense Philly will be back in the post-season and you crybabies can stop drinking yours momma's milk.

[Canada_Eagle]

dub sel, on 02 January 2013 - 04:46 PM, said:

Bring on the coach!  Andy will 95% be with arizona they say. Chip kelly,goin to see the browns. Who are we plotting on???? We should get jaworski to coach..lol he would be funny

Totally wrong.  KC Chiefs!  Don't always believe what you read.

[Canada_Eagle]

Do the Eagles keep enough fan interest to turn a profit?  If they do, they don't have to change too much too quickly.  Just keep cranking out the cash.  It's all about the money.

We will see if any bold moves are made to improve the team.

[catbird]

Yea that's the spirit, "Cash for Trash". Foles is not a franchise QB, and Dogbert has defiantly got to go. There will be team trouble for several years, ( maybe longer ?)