44 minutes ago, RLC said:

Home run hire for us. Takes another spot off the board.

I think Dan Campbell might just end up being a very good coach.   Likely no one will know it though, since Detroit is such a disaster.

57 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

IDK what it is about milk in a bag, but the taste is so much better, and like you said, you can freeze it as opposed to jug or carton'd milk.

I've never even contemplated the idea of milk in a bag.  

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

I've never even contemplated the idea of milk in a bag.  

School lunch. Strawberry milk was actually pretty good. 

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

I've never even contemplated the idea of milk in a bag.  

That blue bag has 3 individual bags of milk inside. We drink 'em outta this here jug. 

4 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

That blue bag has 3 individual bags of milk inside. We drink 'em outta this here jug. 

Growing up in the70's here in Central PA, several local Dairies sold milk this way, one still does. 

3 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

That blue bag has 3 individual bags of milk inside. We drink 'em outta this here jug. 

Is Canada out of cardboard? 

33 minutes ago, austinfan said:

I think the reason they were concerned with Pederson/Reich in 2016 was because Wentz started hot, then regressed most of the season before improvement the last quarter. That's doesn't inspire confidence in your new HC/OC who are both former QBs whom you hoped would develop your rookie QB. Note they didn't pull the trigger, but they weren't being unreasonable either.

That's 100% unreasonable.  The rookie QB who had no preseason, and was playing with the 3s primarily the entire OTAs, steps in as the starter and the FO was so convinced that Wentz was ready to be the starter, that they fleeced the Vikings and named him the starter while he was still nursing broken ribs.   That denotes another level of commitment from the front office to the QB.

Then, the rookie QB starter had no preseason and the Eagles had a new coaching staff, new system giving opposing teams very little to go by as they prepared for the Eagles.   They Eagles surprised some folks with the 3-0 start... then they had the bye.   By Week 5, teams had some tape to study of both the Eagles' offense, as well as Wentz.  The defenses adjusted.   It took the Eagles and Wentz some time to adjust back.  

A 7-9 season, with a new HC, new OC, rookie QB is not a reason to even remotely consider pulling the plug after one year.   The fact that they were considering it means that they were never comfortable with their hire from the year before and never committed to Doug.   Then they won the Super Bowl, seemingly much more by a coming together of divine intervention than anything that could be considered great foresight by the front office.  And it fell apart when the synergy between Doug, Reich, DeFilippo and Wentz disintegrated.   Of those pieces, I think its fair to say that Reich was the glue that held it all together.  When he left, it all came tumbling down.   And they still never committed to Doug.  Telling him who his staff would be, who would be active on gameday, etc.  

Yeah, unreasonable.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-10-awards-jeffrey-lurie-coaching-search-howie-roseman-salary-cap-draft-picks-05888/

It's amazing that this guy has such a lack of self awareness... he's a complete clown.  Some of these HC candidates have to start laughing at him and the undoubtable buzz word salad he throws at them.  I hope a few of them through some questions back his way.  "So why did you fire Doug, and why did it take that long?  Why did Carson go from MVP to worst QB in the league?  Why did you take Jalen Hurts after you paid Carson?  What happened with the whole Reagor/Jefferson thing, who made that call?  Who is making the draft picks here?  Would you say they are doing a good job?  Why is the GM being retained?"  Should be followed by "$10M per year guaranteed, five years, full control of the 90... and I will think about it... but no promises... this is a mess."

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

Is Canada out of cardboard? 

I can't look at that and not think about the breast milk in our freezer when my kids were little. 

31 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Howie is not afraid of football men, he brought in Douglas and Weidl, and now Dorsey

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/john-dorsey-eagles-front-office-exec-who-built-two-playoff-teams

Dorsey got fired twice, but obviously not for his drafting, must have some problem interacting with people.

But in an advisory role, giving advice, it's a nice addition to your personnel group.

 

Of course he's not afraid of them.  They are always the fall guy for him when things don't pan out.

31 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

I am not going to defend Howie.  I understand what the motive was but the process was flawed and Jeff needs to realize that while he set the tone for the goal, Howie set the process.  Now, Howie thought he would be seeing an ever expanding cap, but he misplayed it.  This is not the first time that he failed and sought to,fix his failure.  Afan mentioned AR’s "dream team”.  Howie did that.  I am sure he deferred talent selection but he failed there with AR, just like he did with Chip and then Doug and Jim.  So, in essence Howie gets credit for fixing the result that is a product of his methodology.   We had a word for that in business.  Fired.  Do it once, we saw it as growth, twice a pattern we could not risk.  Howie has shown he has not learned and I don’t understand why Jeff keeps giving him another chance. IMHO he has had two chances.  I don’t get why he is getting a third. 

We are in agreement.

3 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Is Canada out of cardboard? 

Of course not. We need cardboard to keep the fires going inside our igloos to keep us warm. Duh. 

27 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Those who can’t, teach(?).

And then, there are those who can't teach.

8 minutes ago, Ipiggles said:

Growing up in the70's here in Central PA, several local Dairies sold milk this way, one still does. 

I heard there is a dairy in Hazleton that is bringing back glass bottles.  They are even recycling bottles from defunct dairies as part of that. I am sure HE has probably heard of them. Always thought any drink in glass was better than in plastic.  

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

I heard there is a dairy in Hazleton that is bringing back glass bottles.  They are even recycling bottles from defunct dairies as part of that. I am sure HE has probably heard of them. Always thought any drink in glass was better than in plastic.  

IT WAS. 

The days of the Milk man are long gone. 

2 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

I heard there is a dairy in Hazleton that is bringing back glass bottles.  They are even recycling bottles from defunct dairies as part of that. I am sure HE has probably heard of them. Always thought any drink in glass was better than in plastic.  

HE probably would only know about it if there was a sign on the window of the local Taco Bell... or Taco Bell were selling milk that way.

5 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Of course he's not afraid of them.  They are always the fall guy for him when things don't pan out.

Makes you question how many of these coaching prospects really want to come here 

7 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

And then, there are those who can't teach.

My sister taught college mathematics for 35 years.  As our careers evolved, both my dad and I significant parts of our roles focused on training and development.  hence the (?).  

4 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

HE probably would only know about it if there was a sign on the window of the local Taco Bell... or Taco Bell were selling milk that way.

That’s true.  The things he punishes his body with astound me.

16 hours ago, eagle45 said:

I find it hard to hitch myself to a coaching name.  I was early to the Daboll bandwagon because I had to watch more Bills football this year than I'd have liked.  He did a great job there...on his own.  Sorry Mcdermott.  Even that doesn't mean he'd be a great HC.

As fans, we judge these guys based on the known commodities they studied under and the performance of the offenses (mostly) that they coordinated.  That's pretty weak information, but it's all we've got.  

No one would be interested in a retread from the Browns who ducked out of the NFL's largest market and was bizarrely estranged from the brightest coach in the NFL, but that is what produced the best coach in NFL history.

That's not to defend whatever 15th choice HC the Eagles manage to get, just to reinforce that we have no idea which HC's from this year's crop will pan out.

The one thing we can say is that we know who the hot names are.  If they all quickly settle into other cities and Lurie pulls this "he's the one we wanted all along" schtick with someone you've never heard of, then we know no one wants to come here.  We are all going to just have to hope they get lucky.  It has happened before.

 

This is why no matter who they pick I just want Lurie and Howie to feel confident enough in him to let him do his job. If Howie and Lurie didn't trust Doug they shouldn't have hired him tbh. I'm really glad they did but that relationship was doomed from the start. Hire someone you feel confident in so they can do their job and Howie can do his.

12 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

I heard there is a dairy in Hazleton that is bringing back glass bottles.  They are even recycling bottles from defunct dairies as part of that. I am sure HE has probably heard of them. Always thought any drink in glass was better than in plastic.  

Milkhouse Creamery

It's an ice cream shop run by the owners of the old Pecora's dairy.

They originally opened a small location in bowl arena in Hazleton (they own that too)

But now have locations in mountain top, and sugarloaf (technically address for this one is in Drums)

I think they've got a location in Berwick now too.

Biggest one is at their Drums/Sugarloaf store. That one is located at their original dairy. They have different flavors milk there,  as well as ice cream cakes,  and other stuff.

It pains me to see so many people be so negative, yet ready and waiting to watch what they feel will be the football equivalent to pulling teeth. I don't know what to think about how this team will look next year or the years ahead but to sit and take it knowing you feel there's nothing worth watching and it depresses/angers you weekly? That's narcotic behavior.

7 minutes ago, BGDutchNorris said:

It pains me to see so many people be so negative, yet ready and waiting to watch what they feel will be the football equivalent to pulling teeth. I don't know what to think about how this team will look next year or the years ahead but to sit and take it knowing you feel there's nothing worth watching and it depresses/angers you weekly? That's narcotic behavior.

 

23 minutes ago, jwill2420 said:

Makes you question how many of these coaching prospects really want to come here 

Not really. College coaches, especially HCs, have to consider the impact on recruits and the transfer portal when considering any change.  I don’t know if Riley has kids but if he does, Philly and its suburbs are a lot different than Norman, OK. But other than CFB head coaches, I doubt coaches not wanting to come here.  There are 32 head coaching positions in the NFL.  If you think you are at the stage in your coaching career where 1) you think you are ready to be a HC and 2) you aspire to be an NFL HC, then you take the interview.  And if you turn it down, consider your justification because offers don’t keep coming.

5 minutes ago, BGDutchNorris said:

It pains me to see so many people be so negative, yet ready and waiting to watch what they feel will be the football equivalent to pulling teeth. I don't know what to think about how this team will look next year or the years ahead but to sit and take it knowing you feel there's nothing worth watching and it depresses/angers you weekly? That's narcotic behavior.