"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it"
I'm fairly sure I'm in the minority here but I don't want Andy Reid to be fired. I'm my opinion he's a top 5 coach in the league and quite honestly I can't think of anyone available who'd I prefer.
He's not perfect and I don't know a coach who is, but I've enjoyed watching a team that's been competitive for the last 10+ years. I live in DC and my poor wife is a Redskin fan and has to deal with lost seasons almost every year.
But the Eagles? All they do is win. So what's the issue, and why the dislike of Coach Reid?
Let's see, first no Super Bowl win. Fair enough, that hasn't happen, but there are a lot of mediocre coaches that won a Super Bowl, is is that a fair criteria?
Let's look who's available to replace Reid. How about Jeff Fisher. Let's see, how many Super Bowls did he win? Zero. Better yet, in his 17 years as a head coach, how many winning seasons? Six! That's right, Fisher had six winning seasons in 17 years! OK then, how about Bill Cowher? It took him 14 years to win a Super Bowl, but he did have 11 winning seasons in 15 years. OK then how about the great Jon Gruden? 11 years and 5 winning seasons.
Among active coaches with 100+games only Belichick has a better win % than Reid.
So in our myopic world of Philadelphia sports, we fans become "tired" of the coach and want change because...because? Well I guess because we just want change. That's plain dumb!
Reid has made a lot of mistakes, but name me a coach who doesn't. Bleichick in my opinion is the best game day coach in the league but look at their drafts. In 2011 they started with two #1's, two #2's and two #3's (in 2010 they started with three #1's, three #2's and three #3's) and yet they don't have any receivers other than Welker and have no decent CB's and no pass rush. Maybe be you'd prefer Tom Coughlin, who's team seems to crash the last half of every year (BTW 16 seasons and 9 winning seasons).
Point is this. I really don't care if Reid is arrogant, I don't care about post game press conferences, and I don't care that he's fat. I just want to be entertained, and that's all football is, entertainment. It's not my life, it's just a game.
For the better part of 12 years, the Eagles have been a good, competitive team and there's only a handful of teams that can say the same. I want them to win a Super Bowl as much as anyone, and I hate the way this year turned out, but it would be beyond stupid for Reid to be fired for one bad year, especially in a year that had no off-season. He made some bad mistakes this year, agreed, but what is gained by firing Reid? There's a two part question. If you fire Reid, who do you replace him with. Who out there is better?
So to all of you that want the team to lose so Reid gets fired, get a life. That is by far the dumbest think I ever heard.
I've been an Eagles fan for 50 years.
In the 60's we had 3 winning seasons
In the 70's we had 2 winning seasons
In the 80's we had 4 winning seasons
In the 90's we had 5 winning seasons
In the 00's we had 8 winning seasons (Reid was coach for the full decade)
So, he's not perfect and maybe he's a pain in the ass, but he is a winner, and for the most part (this year an exception) I enjoy watching my team again.
So, I may very well be the only member of the Andy Reid Fan Club, but maybe I'm the only one that remembers that we had only 9 winning seasons in three decades (1960 - 1990) and had 8 winning seasons in the last decade under Reid.
So flame away!
I'm fairly sure I'm in the minority here but I don't want Andy Reid to be fired. I'm my opinion he's a top 5 coach in the league and quite honestly I can't think of anyone available who'd I prefer.
He's not perfect and I don't know a coach who is, but I've enjoyed watching a team that's been competitive for the last 10+ years. I live in DC and my poor wife is a Redskin fan and has to deal with lost seasons almost every year.
But the Eagles? All they do is win. So what's the issue, and why the dislike of Coach Reid?
Let's see, first no Super Bowl win. Fair enough, that hasn't happen, but there are a lot of mediocre coaches that won a Super Bowl, is is that a fair criteria?
Let's look who's available to replace Reid. How about Jeff Fisher. Let's see, how many Super Bowls did he win? Zero. Better yet, in his 17 years as a head coach, how many winning seasons? Six! That's right, Fisher had six winning seasons in 17 years! OK then, how about Bill Cowher? It took him 14 years to win a Super Bowl, but he did have 11 winning seasons in 15 years. OK then how about the great Jon Gruden? 11 years and 5 winning seasons.
Among active coaches with 100+games only Belichick has a better win % than Reid.
So in our myopic world of Philadelphia sports, we fans become "tired" of the coach and want change because...because? Well I guess because we just want change. That's plain dumb!
Reid has made a lot of mistakes, but name me a coach who doesn't. Bleichick in my opinion is the best game day coach in the league but look at their drafts. In 2011 they started with two #1's, two #2's and two #3's (in 2010 they started with three #1's, three #2's and three #3's) and yet they don't have any receivers other than Welker and have no decent CB's and no pass rush. Maybe be you'd prefer Tom Coughlin, who's team seems to crash the last half of every year (BTW 16 seasons and 9 winning seasons).
Point is this. I really don't care if Reid is arrogant, I don't care about post game press conferences, and I don't care that he's fat. I just want to be entertained, and that's all football is, entertainment. It's not my life, it's just a game.
For the better part of 12 years, the Eagles have been a good, competitive team and there's only a handful of teams that can say the same. I want them to win a Super Bowl as much as anyone, and I hate the way this year turned out, but it would be beyond stupid for Reid to be fired for one bad year, especially in a year that had no off-season. He made some bad mistakes this year, agreed, but what is gained by firing Reid? There's a two part question. If you fire Reid, who do you replace him with. Who out there is better?
So to all of you that want the team to lose so Reid gets fired, get a life. That is by far the dumbest think I ever heard.
I've been an Eagles fan for 50 years.
In the 60's we had 3 winning seasons
In the 70's we had 2 winning seasons
In the 80's we had 4 winning seasons
In the 90's we had 5 winning seasons
In the 00's we had 8 winning seasons (Reid was coach for the full decade)
So, he's not perfect and maybe he's a pain in the ass, but he is a winner, and for the most part (this year an exception) I enjoy watching my team again.
So, I may very well be the only member of the Andy Reid Fan Club, but maybe I'm the only one that remembers that we had only 9 winning seasons in three decades (1960 - 1990) and had 8 winning seasons in the last decade under Reid.
So flame away!
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