43 minutes ago, metal said:

 

I haven't hated this team so much I don't think ever. 

2 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

This is directed at Joe Brady, I'd imagine?

I actually think it was aimed at Bieniemy, he just doesn't want to say it without getting attacked by the twitter mob for suggesting the obvious 

1 minute ago, Saltpeter said:

This is directed at Joe Brady, I'd imagine?

I was thinking more Bieniemy since he was passed up last year and is not mentioned much this year either.  

6 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Why do you think Kafka is smart? I must be missing something that hes done.

First he went to school at Northwestern. You have to be very smart to go to Northwestern.

Second almost every single podcast and reporter who’s talk to sources and scouts or dealt with him says he’s a super smart guy.

Third he has been the one working with Patrick Mahomes since 2018. Additionally he is Andy Reid right hand man. The guy reid trusts the most on his staff is him according to both mosher and caplan. He is their passing game coordinator.

Fourth The book on him coming out of Northwestern was he was a super smart guy. So this isn’t anything new this was known when the Eagles drafted him that he was a super smart quarterback.

fifth he’s a former quarterback. He has been mahomes QB coach for 3 years. 

4 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

 

Wow, Fing horrible. HORRIBLE

4 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

First he went to school at Northwestern. You have to be very smart to go to Northwestern.

Second almost every single podcast and reporter who’s talk to sources and scouts or dealt with him says he’s a super smart guy.

Third he has been the one working with Patrick Mahomes since 2018. Additionally he is Andy Reid right hand man. The guy reid trusts the most on his staff is him according to both mosher and caplan. He is their passing game coordinator.

Fourth The book on him coming out of Northwestern was he was a super smart guy. So this isn’t anything new this was known when the Eagles drafted him that he was a super smart quarterback.

fifth he’s a former quarterback. He has been mahomes QB coach for 3 years

So hes book smart, but nothing about being a great football mind or even a real leader of men. If thats the case Im hiring Fitzmagic to the HC.

I think Bienemy lands in HOU and Daboll with the Chargers.

That leaves Joe Brady.  If he signs a contract to coach in DET, that would be like a dark cloud forming over NovaCare in some people’s eyes.

It will be interesting if the Eagles pull a rabbit out of the hat at that point.  Do they actually have Lincoln Riley in waiting?  Is there another solid candidate yet to emerge that lends credence to Lurie’s "last one to hire a coach” comment?  Or will Lurie and Howie be left to rationalize to the fans why anyone should get excited about Duce or Kafka or Todd Bowles?

6 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

 

Really isn’t that surprising. The Eagles wanted Kafka last year and reid blocked them. He’s a former quarterback. He’s a northwestern graduate and everyone around the league talked about how smart he is. He’s been Patrick Mahomes quarterback coach the last three years. The year mahomes won his MVP is the year Kafka became his QB coach. They want to either fix wentz or develop Jalen hurts they’re probably going to look at somebody who has developed and worked with a good quarterback and it helps he was a former QB drafted by the eagles. 

y'all freaking out on report by John mcmullen.  lol

1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

I think Bienemy lands in HOU and Daboll with the Chargers.

That leaves Joe Brady.  If he signs a contract to coach in DET, that would be like a dark cloud forming over NovaCare in some people’s eyes.

It will be interesting if the Eagles pull a rabbit out of the hat at that point.  Do they actually have Lincoln Riley in waiting?  Is there another solid candidate yet to emerge that lends credence to Lurie’s "last one to hire a coach” comment?  Or will Lurie and Howie be left to rationalize to the fans why anyone should get excited about Duce or Todd Bowles?

Lions signed Dan Campbell. Sorry expected to sign. Their spot seams to be filled. 

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I actually think it was aimed at Bieniemy, he just doesn't want to say it without getting attacked by the twitter mob for suggesting the obvious 

It's 100% Bieniemy. 

Bieniemy doesn't interview well. People for obvious reasons don't want to hear it, but it's true.

Not all coaches interview well. Previously, it was Mike Zimmer. He was a top DC for years, but couldn't get a HC job. Given his personality, that's not a surprise. 

Meh, we have no clue who the Eagles really want, but kudos to interviewing a lot of people.

It's not because Howie is so stupid that he needs all these people to educate him, rather, you want input from outside your organization because it gives you a new perspective on both your team and your approach. It''s similar to a corporation hiring a consulting firm to review their corporate strategy, except you get all that input for free.

And if someone comes in and hasn't watched film and doesn't know your players and schemes, well, that's an instant, "don't call us, we'll call you."

There is no right coach, how many of the "hot commodity" coaches in the past have fallen flat on their faces in their new job?

But if you interview a bunch, you'll get a feel for who is ready and who is faking it.

47 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

So hes book smart, but nothing about being a great football mind or even a real leader of men. If thats the case Im hiring Fitzmagic to the HC.

You’re right Andy Reid must be an idiot for making him the quarterback coach to work with Patrick Mahomes when he was young before the MVP when Kafka had literally just two years of coaching experience total. I see that worked out really well for the Chiefs. Or the fact that Andy Reid promoted him to block the Eagles from getting him as the offensive coordinator last year because he didn’t want to lose him. So Andy Reid loves the kid and thinks he’s smart but yet he must be an idiot lmao 

6 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

First he went to school at Northwestern. You have to be very smart to go to Northwestern.

It seems to me that Mike Greenburg spouts about going to Northwestern, so these statements don’t jive

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Really isn’t that surprising. The Eagles wanted Kafka last year and reid blocked them. He’s a former quarterback. He’s a northwestern graduate and everyone around the league talked about how smart he is. He’s been Patrick Mahomes quarterback coach the last three years. The year mahomes won his MVP is the year Kafka became his QB coach. They want to either fix wentz or develop Jalen hurts they’re probably going to look at somebody who has developed and worked with a good quarterback and it helps he was a former QB drafted by the eagles. 

The real question is whether he's been learning from the master.

Grasshopper, here is my binder. Go and learn.

Kafka would be a typical Lurie and Howie move. "Going back to the same well" and "we're smarter than you" all in one.

No one else even interviewed Kafka. But Lurie is a creature of habit, and I don't think he believes in his own evaluation enough to leave the Andy Reid coaching tree.

And of course they'll spin the "former QB" angle, like it's the be all, end all, and how they "know him when he played for the Eagles and saw signs of a future head coach" back then.

Someone please save us from this potential nightmare. This organization needs to nail this hire or we are so Fed, because then we'll be forced to keep Kafka for a few years when in the ensuing years, guys like Brady will get hired elsewhere.

The sad and scary thing is, we're not even at rock bottom yet, we are plummeting into the depths of the marianas trench 

3 minutes ago, austinfan said:

The real question is whether he's been learning from the master.

Grasshopper, here is my binder. Go and learn.

Really won’t know until he gets the opportunity to be the head coach.

But I think it speaks volumes that Andy Reid block the Eagles from hiring him last year. and it was reported reid really didn’t want to lose Kafka because he likes him a lot and thinks he’s going to be a great coach one day. I also think it speaks volumes that Kafka only two years of coaching experience and he trusted him enough to work with Patrick Mahomes who was entering his second season and only had one start under his belt when he became the QB coach. 

Lurie is probably close to AR, Lurie was very good to him during a really rough period of his life. And those are the people you value in life. Lurie is one of those decent people who understood what AR was going through was more important than football.

So I think if Lurie asked AR if Kafka was ready to be a HC, he'd get an honest answer.

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

No one else even interviewed Kafka.

The fact that other people interview/didn't interview him doesn't make anyone a good or bad candidate.

Just now, RLC said:

The fact that other people interview/didn't interview him doesn't make anyone a good or bad candidate.

Didn't say it did. But it would show a pattern of behavior where the Eagles try to be "trend setters" and stand out from the rest of the pack, where 9 times out of 10 it ends up making them look stupid. Moving OL coach to DC. Taking a QB when you already have Wentz. Drafting Reagor over Jefferson just because of speed and speed alone.

The Eagles always try to be the slick team that does the move no one else considers because it's a major ego boost for Lurie and Howie. They think they're two geniuses giving a bunch of "stupid jocks" a lesson on how football is done, but in reality they're just LARPing.

3 minutes ago, RLC said:

The fact that other people interview/didn't interview him doesn't make anyone a good or bad candidate.

Kafka is Doug 2.0. A younger "yes" man. Lurie said in his PC he is looking for a leader of men, Doubt Kafka fills that role. So maybe hes a offensive great mind? Dont see that either. So Im still trying to understand why people think hes the guy. Only reason I heard was he was smart cause he went to NorthWestern. 

4 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

It seems to me that Mike Greenburg spouts about going to Northwestern, so these statements don’t jive

You don’t think Mike Greenberg is smart? He might have hot takes on sports at times. but go look at his career and where he’s gotten to at ESPN. An idiot does not get to where he is in life nor the peaks he’s gotten too at ESPN without having intelligence. ESPN routinely fires people and even talented ones and yet he survived is making ridiculous money. 

7 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Didn't say it did. But it would show a pattern of behavior where the Eagles try to be "trend setters" and stand out from the rest of the pack, where 9 times out of 10 it ends up making them look stupid.

This organization under Lurie has historically been great at hiring coaches.

Sign me up for Joe Brady please.  He'll probably struggle in his first year, but unless he's a tool or just not a leader of men at all, then please hire this man.  Ignoring Carolina's record for a second (they lost almost every game other than week 17 by 1 score or less), their offense was exciting, innovative, and most important.....it catered to the strengths of every weapon they had.  I can't imagine what he would do with McCaffery in a full season.  

He utilized Curtis Samuel in the slot, jet sweeps, in the backfield, in motion, out wide, and between the tackles when the D was spread out.  He made Mike Davis, the slowest stubby RB in the NFL look like an all pro battering ram that caught the ball out of the backfield when McCaffery was out, he turned Robby Anderson into a high volume, sure handed receiver and weapon for Bridgewater on 3rd downs, and he even made Bridgewater look like a competent QB at times.  He would use Reagor just like they used Samuel in this offense, which should be exciting as long as he stays healthy.  He was also forced to design plays for Bridgewater to get rid of the ball quickly, which is exactly what Wentz needs if we stick with him moving forward.