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It's taken a week to digest everything but I have a couple of comments.
In the last 5 years the Eagles have lost a good amount of talent from their coaching staff. I think loosing John Harbaugh and Steve Spagnuolo hurt the most. It is my belief that Catillo was offered the job of OC with Cleveland and Reid did not want to loose him and he already had an OC.
I was confused about this and then realized that Reid is planning for the future (he always does) and that Castillo will be the next head coach for the Eagles when Andy decides to take a break from coaching and moves to the front office. This is somewhat like what Mike Holmgren did at Seattle. The only way to keep Castillo was with a coordinator job.
That said, Andy Reid is not a stupid man (contrary to comments on this and other boards). It's not uncommon to have a defensive coordinator and a assistant head coach - Defense. A couple of years ago Mike Singletary held that title at SF and Gregggggg Williams with the Redskins as examples. In both cases those teams had both a assistant head coach - defense and a defensive coordinator. If Reid feels that there's a need for additional input for defense then we still might see another hire. He may also feel that Castillo is more than capable of putting together a top defense without additional help.
Andy Reid was hired as head coach based on his interview even though he was only a quarterback coach at Green Bay. As baffling as that hire was, it was a good decision. Castillo was hired as defensive coordinator based on his interview even though he was only a OL coach. Time will tell if that was a good decision or not. Working for Don Capers or Dick LeBeau does not mean you will be a good DC (just like working for Jim Johnson) and working as an OL coach doesn't mean you won't be a good DC. We just don't know, and I'm willing to trust Reid on this one. He seems to have a sense of urgency that I've never seen before, so I'm willing to see what happens.
In the last 5 years the Eagles have lost a good amount of talent from their coaching staff. I think loosing John Harbaugh and Steve Spagnuolo hurt the most. It is my belief that Catillo was offered the job of OC with Cleveland and Reid did not want to loose him and he already had an OC.
I was confused about this and then realized that Reid is planning for the future (he always does) and that Castillo will be the next head coach for the Eagles when Andy decides to take a break from coaching and moves to the front office. This is somewhat like what Mike Holmgren did at Seattle. The only way to keep Castillo was with a coordinator job.
That said, Andy Reid is not a stupid man (contrary to comments on this and other boards). It's not uncommon to have a defensive coordinator and a assistant head coach - Defense. A couple of years ago Mike Singletary held that title at SF and Gregggggg Williams with the Redskins as examples. In both cases those teams had both a assistant head coach - defense and a defensive coordinator. If Reid feels that there's a need for additional input for defense then we still might see another hire. He may also feel that Castillo is more than capable of putting together a top defense without additional help.
Andy Reid was hired as head coach based on his interview even though he was only a quarterback coach at Green Bay. As baffling as that hire was, it was a good decision. Castillo was hired as defensive coordinator based on his interview even though he was only a OL coach. Time will tell if that was a good decision or not. Working for Don Capers or Dick LeBeau does not mean you will be a good DC (just like working for Jim Johnson) and working as an OL coach doesn't mean you won't be a good DC. We just don't know, and I'm willing to trust Reid on this one. He seems to have a sense of urgency that I've never seen before, so I'm willing to see what happens.
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