Your first reaction when you saw this article was probably, "Oh great, another Eagles fan whining about Andy Reid." If you ignored that thought and clicked on the article, I thank you.
Andy Reid, Andy Reid, where art thou, Andy Reid?
Where's the Andy Reid I had come to know and love? Where did he go? Where did that lovable big guy go?! Where did that good play-caller and that terrific game-planner go? Where did that winner go?
Over the past few seasons, I've seen the worst of Andy Reid again and again.
I've seen a bad play-caller, a bad game-planner, a bad motivator, and a bad winner.
I like the coach who fires his team up, who yells at them for being pansies, but who still has the teams back. I like the coach who knows how to call plays, and knows how to set their teams up. And before these past few seasons, Reid was all of those things except for the motivator.
But with the leadership this team had, I didn't think that motivation was a needed skill for Reid on this team.
But times have changed.
Brian Dawkins is no longer enough to fire up this defense. Donovan McNabb has taken a backseat to Brian Westbrook as the offensive leader. The team has just become a lot softer.
So in a time like this with a softer team, a good motivational coach is always needed. Andy Reid is not one of those coaches.
That leaves the Eagles with a bit of a problem. There is no proven leader on the team now apart from Dawkins, who won't be around forever. This team just doesn't have that fire and enthusiasm that every team needs.
Now the players are left without anyone to set them straight, and this team needs that person right now. Everything is just wrong with this team. Someone needs to be able to smack them in the back of the head. But nobody is there to do that.
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Bryn Swartz 8 months ago
Good stuff...it's only 3 straight losses to the Giants, not 4...but i completely agree with your andy reid article, read mine that i wrote yesterday night...
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Christian Karcole 8 months ago
Gad, my mistake...darn you John Madden and your false stats!
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Orlando Morales 8 months ago
Nice job Christian. I totally agree with you on Andy right now. Where is the coach that did such a great job making this team respectable again and was our leader? I'd love to see that big guy. Not this big bafoon parading around as Reid. Back to reality. Andy really needs to either step his game up or give the playcalling to Marty sicne his system is so ineffective. If things don't get better in a hurry, we might see a few big changes in the upcoming offseason.
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Christian Karcole 8 months ago
As I wrote in a previous article, I've heard some sources say that this could be Donovan's last year, and probably is, and that Reid will move to a GM-type spot, which is perfect for him.
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Orlando Morales 8 months ago
I would really hate for this to be Donovans last year in Philly. He has been so vital to this teams success throughout the years including this one. He's proven he's still a great QB and should remain in Philly for the rest of his contract at least. As for Reid, the GM type spot is perfect. He does a good job drafting prospects even though he's given away our first rounders for the past two years. But in those years, the guy they wanted always got taken.
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Christian Karcole 8 months ago
Well I think it's time to move on and rebuild. This team is clearly going nowhere right now. It may be time for them both to go.
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Cody Swartz 7 months ago
A tie to the Bengals? Classic Andy Reid.
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