Andy Reid approval rating

…but I wouldn’t fire him as head coach. I’d curtail his GM-like responsibilities in the hopes that someone else can help make up for his blindspots (linebacker/fullback), but the way I see it changing coaches would do more damage than good. Right now, Andy Reid is the devil we know.

And, might I add, had Westbrook got the first down and we scored a touchdown (two big ifs, I know, but certainly not out of the question considering it was third and three or four in Giants’ territory) then we’d be talking about how the Eagles were the class of the NFC. Let’s not lose sight of that.

As they say — things are never as bad or as good as they seem in the NFL.

I have always backed Reid until now. He knows how to operate a team, no question. His style of coaching puts the onus on the players and he is ALOT more revealing to his team then he is to the media/public. However, he merely looks confused in game situations now. His play calling and challenging leaves alot to be desired at this point in time. I mean, he isn’t a rookie coach with inexperienced players. And to keep calling the same running plays with the game on the line is ridiculous. He does not seem confident at all and is merely only outguessing himself at this point in time.

And teams, especially in our division, seem to always know what play is coming and in what situations. This actually came about last year when they were playing the Giants and the Eagles had the ball inside the 5. You could hear the Giants D calling out, “shovel pass” or “watch the shovel” and sure enough they shoveled it to Westbrook and it was stopped.

Reid just doesn’t seem to know how to get us to the next level. He used to cruise through the regular season but would clam up in the NFC Championship games. Now he is clamming up in mid-season games. It is time to get some new energy and ideas for this team.

I dont think Andy is terrible as a GM or a coach, but his play calling is horrible. Whenever I think about the last dive it just leads to holes in walls and yelling “serenity now”. Marty can’t call plays well either. Andy needs to put the play calling in the hands of a good offensive coordinator, one who can think of a few plays to get it done in late down short yardage situations.

i doubted reid this much was in ‘06 when we got beat a few times in a row and lost mcnabb for the year. That year he was saved by giving morningwheig play calling duties and Jeff Garcia, but he obviously had a part to do with the turn around. I’m not happy with the state of the team and the direction right now, but i think reid should be given the rest of the year. Anything less that 9-7 and he should be gone.