Howie Roseman: "The Proof Will Be In the Pudding"

by JasonB on Jan 30, 2010 11:02 AM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

Howie Roseman was officially introduced as the Eagles new general manager yesterday and met the media for the first time in his career. Although he's been in the Eagles organization for 11 years, yesterday was really his introduction to the fans. I thought he came off as generally a youthful, confident, and energetic guy. He addressed questions about his not being a traditional "football guy."

To me, if you work hard, you show proficiency, it's like any other industry, you have to have an instinct and an ability to do the job," Roseman said. "I don't think I would be sitting up here today if I wasn't able to do it. The proof will be in the pudding. I think I know about the cap. I think I know the league and I know about the college draft. Hopefully, moving forward, I will show all of those things."

Andy Reid praised Roseman's energy and knack for evaluation.

"I love Howie's energy and I've loved it since I've been here with Howie," Reid said, "his eagerness to grow in the profession. You've seen how we've done it on the coaching side; you've seen how we've done it on the player personnel side of it. His eagerness to learn and then his ability to evaluate are second to none. Then you can add in that Howie mentioned here about being a cap expert and all of those things. That's just icing on the cake from that side of it. His effort and energy, I think you will find out over time here that it is second to none.

"I have seen firsthand of his evaluation and his strategy on a future plan and an immediate plan. I know it's well thought out and I know his ability to evaluate is very accurate. He knows exactly what we need personnel-wise to win here and to give the opportunity to the player and to the coach to succeed."

Roseman's promotion is a lot like Heckert's departure in that I find it hard to know exactly what to think simply because as usual we don't exactly know what the structure of the Eagles front office is like. Interestingly, Roseman even admitted that he doesn't think his role will change that much from what it was. That would seem to give credibility to the reports we saw when Heckert left that Roseman was already having more influence than Tom.

So if indeed Roseman has been the guy compiling the draft board and directing the scouts the past couple years... It certainly seems like he's done a good job with all the young talent the Eagles now have. Either way, I'm optimistic about the guy and certainly willing to give him a chance.

After the jump, a few Eagles players react to Roseman's rise

Donovan McNabb

"As for keeping it in the family, that's what we do. When you lose a guy like Heckert, who did a great job for us, and then bring a guy like Howie in, who's been there and watched behind Heckert and been with [team president] Joe [Banner] and [head coach] Andy [Reid], I'm very happy for him."

David Akers

"He's kind of been a jack-of-all-trades here," Akers said. "He's been all over the building learning basically every part of the organization, from salary cap over to watching film and really figuring out the ins and outs of the organization. So I'm really happy for him and I wish him the best of luck."

Trent Cole

"That's good and I'm happy for him. I'm happy for anybody that gets another job and gets upgraded," said Cole. "I think he's going to do a great job for the Eagles, and he's been in the system long enough to know how to do it." *

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This guy...

….is a suit, a yes man, and hasn’t played any football.

Andy allowed Heckert to walk and interview for numerous other positions because the front office was too top heavy (no pun intended).

by PierrEagles on Jan 30, 2010 12:11 PM EST reply actions

you prejudiced jackass

He has proven his worth in these last few drafts. Just because he is not a football player doesn’t mean he isn’t a ‘football guy’.

by birds'n'raiders on Jan 30, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions

lol

half the guys on this board talk about how they played football like that somehow makes them oh so knowledgeable, yet now this “suit” is now a GM in the NFL and all the guys reminiscing about their HS football days are still yapping away on here. it looks like playing football is not a prerequisite to evaluating talent.

by eagleyosh on Jan 30, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

ouch

That’s gonna leave a mark.

by EANX33 on Jan 30, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions

Yosh,

Dude, you NAILED that one. Nothing says that you have to be a great player to be good in the front office, and nothing says a suit can’t be effective, too.

There’s this guy who I went to College with. He was supposedly a GREAT wide receiver at Cheltenham High (by his account, anyway). I called him ‘the Mouth.’ Never tried out for the college team but made a career out telling everyone what a GREAT athlete he was.

He could catch a ball and run a route really well – on the intramural level, but never tried out for varsity – he kept faking injuries instead. But with any baseball or football game on the tube he’d be screaming about how, when HE was head coach, HIS teams would be unstoppable. The Mouth’s whole life was sports, it was the only thing he talked about, but somehow he wound up in Real Estate instead of professional sports. All wind, no substance.

Hey, but he really wasn’t a total douche. Although he never played on the college level, he did get some great coaching experience. T-Ball with toddler and 5 year olds.

by IggleGreen on Jan 30, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

Like your style

I was thinking the same thing.

I bleed green and I piss silver and blue

by oldasquick on Jan 30, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions

Whose watching the senior bowl

Tebow looks like a 5 yr old learning to throw a football

by bkeagle718 on Jan 30, 2010 4:12 PM EST via mobile reply actions

DE brandon graham n LB weatherspoon is dominating the south offense

by bkeagle718 on Jan 30, 2010 5:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Mock drafts have us possibly grabbing Witherspoon.

by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Jan 30, 2010 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

He looks great out here

by bkeagle718 on Jan 30, 2010 6:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Yeah, Weatherspoon might have played his way out of our draft range sadly. I’d love to see him in midnight green.

by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Jan 30, 2010 7:10 PM EST up reply actions

Tebow is really sucking against NFL talent

by bkeagle718 on Jan 30, 2010 6:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Definitely a lot mssing

There was a lot that went on this offseason between Heckert, Roseman, and the Eagles’ FO. Still haven’t one good explanation or coherent explanation of exactly what happened. Then again, this is standard operating procedure for the Eagles and their FO.

by MG77 on Jan 30, 2010 8:13 PM EST reply actions

Seems pretty obvious to me. Andy is the real GM of this team, we all know that. Heckert was GM in name onyl, and he wanted a chance to call his own shots. I think once Holmgren steps down in a few years he is the heir apparent to run the Browns.

by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Jan 30, 2010 10:04 PM EST up reply actions

Possibly

Couple of points don’t jive:

1. Holmgren was just brought in as President as the face of the front office in Cleveland. He likely isn’t going anywhere right away in the near-term/intermediate-term. Maybe Heckert did get some value assurances he will be a GM with player personnel decision responsibilities but that isn’t happening in the next 2-3 years. A lot can happen in an NFL franchise over 2-3 years

2. You assume that Andy is the “real GM of the team.” He clearly has an important role but it is far from omnipotent either. Joe Banner and the money guys clearly have an important role on all of the financial issues. Reid can’t make a move without getting their financial input & signoff. Roseman also is likely to going to have a role in the player personnel process too. Remains to be seen to what extent that will be and if it will differ from Heckert.

by MG77 on Jan 30, 2010 11:31 PM EST up reply actions

In Howie's defense...

…his suit looks nice. And he looks very physically fit sitting next to the real GM of the team.

...But if he pulls the rug on his quarterback, Reid must do it knowing that he let McNabb down more than McNabb ever let him down.

Phil Sheridan--Philadelphia Inquirer

by EvilBanner on Jan 31, 2010 10:49 AM EST reply actions

Defense will be fixed

Myron Rolle, sign Thomas Howard, and draft Brandon Lang, if Myron falls into first we get him there, if not we get him in 2nd. Brandon lang we can get if we move up for another 1st, but i would really like it if we got Patrick Robinson or CJ Spiller, that would be a dirty draft. DE can be fixed this year, Howard would give us a great lb, and Rolle is star in the makes

by Dawks4Life on Jan 31, 2010 3:11 PM EST reply actions

who cares???

i’m sure howie roseman is a smart guy but it really dosen’t matter because capn’ andy is in charge on and off the field… howie will be the official bean counter… that’s all!! howie will have no real input into personnel decisions that actually have an impact on the team and its performance..that said, we eagles faithul can count on more of the same… a dumb ass goof ball qb… no running game and a fragile smoke and mirrors defense… and when the team loses two each to dallas, ny, and wash next year we’ll get the same lame "it’s my responsibility… " answers from AR… nothing changed in eaglesland… even if they finnaly wise up and trade the worminator and the dogslayer, they’ll just waste the draft choices on picks like laws, demps, mitchell, harris, abiamiri, gocong, gaddis, mcdooogal, shepard, simon, andrews, etc… either no talents or no character guys… the truth is this team needs more than a new accountant… they need a freakin’ brain transplant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!clearly the eagles are cursed… an owner who is more concerned than making a politically correct statement than fielding a championship team.. a coach who has too much control and nowhere near enough smarts (especailly during a game)… and a grinning dumbell for a qb!!!!

by Elmo the faithful fan on Feb 1, 2010 1:16 PM EST reply actions