Andy Reid needs a Supervisor
by eagledelphian on Nov 18, 2011 3:18 AM EST
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PrintIn the beginning, Andy Reid called an onside kick against Dallas to start the second half of a ball game and won the hearts of Eagle fans(mine included). He would go on to take the Eagles to four consecutive championships and a Superbowl appearance. He is unquestionably the most successful coach the Eagles have had in the Superbowl era. It seems ridiculous that fans and sports writers regularly call for him to be fired. But lately things have gotten so bad that its cruel and unusual punishment for Eagles fans to have to endure anymore blatantly obvious mistakes.
Firing Andy Reid could leave the Eagles in a state of disarray that lasts for years, maybe even decades. It would be like inviting a curse.
Jeff Lurie needs to hire someone to follow Reid from a distance and step in only when necessary to prevent poor decisions that are blatantly obvious. Jeff could even do the job himself. We're not talking about a position that requires a ton of knowledge or talent, just the ability to detect the obvious.
Such a person would step in for example during the 12 sack NYG fiasco and make an executive order requiring Reid to call at least one running play per series and on passing downs a TE would have to stay in to help Justice.
During the painful loss to Tennessee he could have required Reid to assign Asante Samuel to cover Kenny Britt after his 2nd or 3rd game-breaking catch.
More recently this person could have required Juan Castillo to work under an established DC for a year or 2 before taking over, and also could have forced the Eagles to pay or trade Desean Jackson prior to the start of the season.
I'm not talking about someone to micromanage Reid, just prevent the bone-headed jaw dropping mistakes that have plagued him over and over again.
Everyone (except Reid) knew the DeSean Jackson situation would get ugly if neglected? Especially with all the other spending the Eagles have done.
Everyone(except Reid) knew moving an OL coach to DC during a shortened off season was a bad idea.
Everyone(except Reid) knew Namdi or Asante should have been covering Fitzgerald at all times last week as well.
It may sound silly, but I'm not joking. Andy Reid needs a supervisors help to prevent future blatantly obvious bone-headed jaw-dropping mistakes. Right now the only thing I want to see more than Andy Reid getting fired is to see him succeed.
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and why not just fire andy and give his “supervisor” the H.C. job?
You kids and your InterWebNet VooDoo......Scary
I'm not implying that anyone with some common sense.....
can coach better than Reid. IMO Reid is a good coach(with the exception of the occasional mind numbing mistake). It seems like the team still supports him and believe in him. I just want someone to step in occasionally and stop him from making a fool of himself.
I picture it like this… Jeff Lurie’s watching the game.. (Eagles vs Titans 2010). Kenny Britt begins to take over the game.. Commentator " Kenny Britt is having his way with Dimitri Patterson and Nate Allen. Don’t be surprised if the Eagles put Asante Samuel on him the rest of the way.." Jeff places the call to Reid. Orders Reid to make the adjustment.
Sounds a little strange, I know but its the only thing I can think of that can fix the problem without firing Reid.
by eagledelphian on Nov 19, 2011 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
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If you think that your head coach needs a babysitter, then he should not be your head coach.
AR should have to wear a Flava Flav necklace until he learns how to manage a fucking clock.
I am the proud target of temper tantrums.
It's funny how you comment with an "o"
and then make a normal response. Make up your mind or give up that “o” shit. I vote for the latter cuz it’s really played out dude.
"I don’t know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf." - Joe Namath
He gets off on it...
He thinks that his opinion actually counts for something… but hey, if someone wants to keep believing that, who are we to burst their bubble, but good observation.
We're playing all our games on the road this year.
- Jason Avant
by Eagladelphia on Nov 19, 2011 2:11 AM EST up reply actions
You looked thirsty.
AR should have to wear a Flava Flav necklace until he learns how to manage a fucking clock.
I am the proud target of temper tantrums.
See?
That’s great. You did something kinda funny.
I’m not “hating” on you. I don’t want you to fail or anything. Just every damn time I read a fan post, even if effort has been put into it- you, and only you, put your little “o” in there. I get that you started something that caught on, but get over yourself. You being “that guy” who made up a funny word but then used it so much that everyone started to hate it.
Less is more, bro. Now, when someone puts up a post deserving of an “o” no one will do it cuz it was spoiled by it’s own creator.
"I don’t know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf." - Joe Namath
Things you are wrong about
I ‘o’ every fanpost.
The fanposts that I ‘o’ aren’t worthy of it.
I started the ‘o’.
I’m the only one to use the ‘o’.
Thinking that I give a fuck about your ’o’pinion.
AR should have to wear a Flava Flav necklace until he learns how to manage a fucking clock.
I am the proud target of temper tantrums.
*sigh*
I’m gonna agree with Eagladelphia below.
You are just a really annoying person I suppose. I guess I can’t convince someone to get a life cuz, hey, when ya have nothing else in your life worth doing, you sit around looking for different ways to “o” everyone.
Thanks for killing a meme that I used to be quite fond of.
"I don’t know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf." - Joe Namath
Hey, thanks for whining in my general direction and dictating what you think my behavior should be.
AR should have to wear a Flava Flav necklace until he learns how to manage a fucking clock.
I am the proud target of temper tantrums.
It wasn't in your general direction
It was clearly directed right to you. But whatever. I don’t care anymore. I’ll do what our favorite team does and just give up. This seems to be about the 4th quarter of this dispute anyways.
"I don’t know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf." - Joe Namath
Lol you did not start o
"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail, should we fall, we will know that we have lived.--"Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness
Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger. -Glen Cook The Black Company
"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail, should we fall, we will know that we have lived.--"Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness
Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger. -Glen Cook The Black Company
Ah fuck i did not read this well enough
"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail, should we fall, we will know that we have lived.--"Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness
Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger. -Glen Cook The Black Company
by Udalango on Nov 20, 2011 7:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It's really not worth it
It’s a waste of time.
We're playing all our games on the road this year.
- Jason Avant
by Eagladelphia on Nov 19, 2011 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
Firing Andy Reid could leave the Eagles in a state of disarray that lasts for years, maybe even decades. It would be like inviting a curse.
The same thing could be said about keeping Andy Reid.
Go Eagles!
Considering the way things are going now, it really could.
The Curse of Lombardi
#TeamFireAndyReid
"Stats are for fantasy and losers. Winning is an attitude."
Don't even answer to him
He provides emotional answers to questions with no base except that he is in love with the Eagles and everything they do is gold and even if we do bad, we are still doing good in someway that you magically don’t see and are too ignorant to comprehend because you’re not a good enough Eagles fan.
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by macjack09 on Nov 18, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Keeping Andy Reid will lead to some real fucking misery.
He is a terrible coach. And a bad man.
God Damn you, Andy Reid.
Reid needs
to stop being the nice guy and wanting to make the next head coach in football, the Juan experiment was fun for no one so lets move on from this mistake and let it go. That is the only problem with this team. Yes our offense sputters at times but this will happen with who ever you have but our Defense, oh man our Defense. I would have rather kept Mcder then this. When you go all in, you hire the best Oline coach, the best D-line coach, sign one of the best corners in football, sign the 2 best d-linemen out there, sign a backup QB that can win in this league and has proven it, oh man we really are going all in and then, are LB’s , safety’s fail miserably because you dont go get the best DC you can, you hire someone that cant; you can fix this and make it right so now the questions remains, Will you Reid? Will you fix your mistake?
"[Juan] is the only problem with this team." >> NO, the offense is absolutely atrocious.
I don’t know what the hell you’ve been watching. They scored 10 points total against the Cardinals.
In their 5 blown lead losses, the Eagles’ offense has scored 3 points TOTAL in the 4th quarter.
This offense is predictable, stale and one-dimensional. Torch the whole thing and start fresh.
O O CheeriO's
"Public school math has gotten bad the last couple of years huh?" - SGT Steve.
Yep, graduated from college and made the dumbest math mistake ever. I am a failure.
micromanage - Control every part, however small
A lot of what Reid does has been successful. The Eagles have won a lot of games under his reign. He doesn’t need to be mirco-managed, just needs someone to point it out to him when he’s making a whopper that will tarnish his legacy further.
After thinking it over, Jeff Lurie needs to be the guy watching over him. He could just listen to the commentators and when they start indicating that they’re puzzled by something Reid is doing, he can pick up the red phone.
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