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[pgcd3]

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Zach Berman @ZBerm
Hearing Ted Williams will stay with the Eagles as TE coach; has been with team since 1995. Look for Duce Staley to take over as RB coach

[Solomon]

I don't get moving Ted Williams to TE coach when he's been sucha  good RBs coach.

[Sean Jerz]

pgcd3, on 19 January 2013 - 08:55 AM, said:

Zach Berman @ZBerm
Hearing Ted Williams will stay with the Eagles as TE coach; has been with team since 1995. Look for Duce Staley to take over as RB coach

Great news if true..

[GreenMtEagle]

Solomon, on 19 January 2013 - 08:59 AM, said:

I don't get moving Ted Williams to TE coach when he's been sucha  good RBs coach.

He gets to keep,a good coach here and promote an up and coming one who once played the position.....here. Good call.

[eagleeyejk]

Solomon, on 19 January 2013 - 08:59 AM, said:

I don't get moving Ted Williams to TE coach when he's been sucha  good RBs coach.

ugh...like he can't help out with RBs and Duce deserved it.

[Krukslonelyball]

Position coaches help about as much as power balance bracelets help.

[stang8118]

Krukslonelyball, on 19 January 2013 - 09:13 AM, said:

Position coaches help about as much as power balance bracelets help.

That would be true for any position, but maybe the OL and DL coaches. I think they are the most important position coaches.

A RB/TE/WR coach to me is like a hitting coach in baseball.

[EagleJoe8]

Ted Williams was the one assistant I didn't mind keeping. Little surprised he's moving to TE's though.

[Runtherock]

Making Duce the TE coach makes more sense. Btw TaTe, notice how many times we had special teams players late getting on the field, or not on the field at all? Whose responsibility was that?

[EagleJoe8]

Runtherock, on 19 January 2013 - 09:22 AM, said:

Making Duce the TE coach makes more sense. Btw TaTe, notice how many times we had special teams players late getting on the field, or not on the field at all? Whose responsibility was that?

Damn you Vick!

[pgcd3]

Runtherock, on 19 January 2013 - 09:22 AM, said:

Making Duce the TE coach makes more sense. Btw TaTe, notice how many times we had special teams players late getting on the field, or not on the field at all? Whose responsibility was that?

Really it's mostly the players fault. If you're on the punt unit you're supposed to get your butt out there. The ST coach shouldn't have to round up 11 guys on the sideline each time. That said he's supposed to make the players prepared.

[eagles nut]

WiIIiams was the TEs coach here before he was the RBs coach

He was TEs coach from 95-96

He'II stiII be around to give Duce advice if needed

[AceofSpades]

Good move keeping Ted Williams. He's a really good coach and out of all the other coaches he deserved a chance to stay on staff.

[wvjerome]

Hopefully Duece can teach these guys to cover up the ball when they are about to take a hit.

[pgcd3]

Wow, didn't think this big rumor would break the site

[OldEagle1960]

pgcd3, on 19 January 2013 - 10:10 AM, said:

Wow, didn't think this big rumor would break the site

But it's Zach Berman, Chris Berman's nephew....geez!

[philly_phan74]

Isnt Ted close to pushing 70? I was expecting him to retire.

[eagles nut]

69

Make whoever they hire as asst ST coach assist him with TEs

Have him groom them Iike he did with Duce

[NoDecaf]

I do like keeping some core staff that have help develop our offensive bright spots.

[AceofSpades]

eagles nut, on 19 January 2013 - 10:33 AM, said:

69

Make whoever they hire as asst ST coach assist him with TEs

Have him groom them Iike he did with Duce

That's usually what quality control coaches do, when they're not handling their responsibilities for game film or whatever, they help out with a certain position that may be their specialty.

[vox populi]

Krukslonelyball, on 19 January 2013 - 09:13 AM, said:

Position coaches help about as much as power balance bracelets help.

Wow. You and the idiots who clicked like on your post have obviously never played a sport beyond your backyard or madden.
Assistant coaches are key to any team's success.

If you have crap assistants, you have a crap team.

[time2rock]

Solomon, on 19 January 2013 - 08:59 AM, said:

I don't get moving Ted Williams to TE coach when he's been sucha  good RBs coach.

He was the TE coach during the first couple years of his tenure here before moving to RB coach.  

[lman]

Ted also scouted Duce at the University of South Carolina.

[voodoochile75]

What if they promoted Williams to OC?

[Runtherock]

pgcd3, on 19 January 2013 - 09:28 AM, said:

Really it's mostly the players fault. If you're on the punt unit you're supposed to get your butt out there. The ST coach shouldn't have to round up 11 guys on the sideline each time. That said he's supposed to make the players prepared.

pgcd3, on 19 January 2013 - 09:28 AM, said:

Really it's mostly the players fault. If you're on the punt unit you're supposed to get your butt out there. The ST coach shouldn't have to round up 11 guys on the sideline each time. That said he's supposed to make the players prepared.

The answer is it was Duce's responsibility. On more than one occasion Bobby April took bullets for Duce screw-ups and I give April props for that. Duce was Reid's boy, ownership obviously loves him as do the fans, I do too, but Duce was not getting it done as the Assistant Special teams coach and there wasn't much Bobby could do about it.

[surefooted]

stang8118, on 19 January 2013 - 09:17 AM, said:

That would be true for any position, but maybe the OL and DL coaches. I think they are the most important position coaches.

A RB/TE/WR coach to me is like a hitting coach in baseball.

It's apparent that you clearly don't understand baseball.

[voodoochile75]

Runtherock, on 19 January 2013 - 01:05 PM, said:

The answer is it was Duce's responsibility. On more than one occasion Bobby April took bullets for Duce screw-ups and I give April props for that. Duce was Reid's boy, ownership obviously loves him as do the fans, I do too, but Duce was not getting it done as the Assistant Special teams coach and there wasn't much Bobby could do about it.

What are you talking about?  Duce started out as a special teams quality control coach.  If he had any sort of responsibility that far down the totem pole then that, in fact, would be Bobby April's fault.

[RepPhilly]

wvjerome, on 19 January 2013 - 10:10 AM, said:

Hopefully Duece can teach these guys to cover up the ball when they are about to take a hit.

Especially Bryce Brown........Chip's RB's at Oregon weren't exactly big, more speed than anything, and they did a really good job of holding onto the ball.

[BillTheButcher]

RepPhilly, on 19 January 2013 - 01:56 PM, said:

Especially Bryce Brown........Chip's RB's at Oregon weren't exactly big, more speed than anything, and they did a really good job of holding onto the ball.

lagarrett blunt and jonathon stewart were big RBs.

[Runtherock]

voodoochile75, on 19 January 2013 - 01:52 PM, said:

What are you talking about?  Duce started out as a special teams quality control coach.  If he had any sort of responsibility that far down the totem pole then that, in fact, would be Bobby April's fault.

Pretty obvious what I'm talking about. Duce was charged with the responsibility on game day to make sure the right players were on the field for special teams. How'd that work out?