3 hours ago, Bacarty2 said:

1) Who knows what OBJ is, he got hurt. We shall see next year, and I'm okwith calling him top 10

2) Yes I think the guy whos tied for 50th in the league in catches, 3rd on his team in catches and really only had 1 monster game is a JAG RIGHT NOW 

Finally, I dont think you get what a comparison is. When you lump something together. It means your comparing their similarities. When you say "if you dont want A, you must not want B" because theyre both letters is a broad comparison that isnt true. Just because I dont like Dog Sh!t flavored ice cream, doesnt mean I dont like any other flavored  ice creams. Just because they both run 12(comparison of similarities ) doesn't mean there the same, or you cant like 1 or the other. 

 

have a good one bud. 

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

We can only hope whoever we hire talks about curb stomping the opponent.  

Side note, I think it's pretty cheesy to try to embody what a city is.  

Guy is funny

2 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

There’s an SI.com article from last September that lists Sirianni among the best HC candidates; it actually hits on many of the coaches that got hired this cycle.

If Lurie called up Frank Reich (or vice versa) and got a recommendation to interview Sirianni, props for doing so.

This. If you don’t think they called Frank reich and asked him about him then you are crazy. Now Frank reich is going to speak well of him. However so is everyone in the New England Patriots organization of mcdaniels. So is everyone in the eagles organization with Duce. So is everyone in Tennessee with Arthur smith.

However since Frank was on the Super Bowl team and constructed his own staff they probably trust him a lot with what he says. (part of the reason i think there was a BS report saying they were going to fire him after the first season. I believe they might have had discussions about if things don’t improve in 2017 they might move on from reich). Probably why howie likes mcdaniels cause Jedd fisch is his good friend from college and is friends with mcdaniels. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

Guy is funny

I hope he doesn’t lose that sense of humor. I feel like the lions could do that to a person. 

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

We can only hope whoever we hire talks about curb stomping the opponent.  

Side note, I think it's pretty cheesy to try to embody what a city is.  

Agreed it kinda is. However, I think saying it is cheesy. Embodying it is awesome... There is a reason we live guys like Dawk, A.I., Michael Jack, and smoking Joe. It goes beyond them simply being good, they 'got' what it was to be a Philadelphian. And those guys all let their actions speak for themselves.

32 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I don’t think enough people are emphasizing the fact that they didn’t want to fire Doug.

Doug got fired because he did a 180 and said he’d no longer be a puppet who would let them pull the strings.  Had he not done that, he’d still be the HC.  
 

They aren’t really "settling” for other guys.  From my viewpoint, they will actually get exactly who they wanted all along...whomever it is that will allow Lowie to run the team.  That’s what they want and that’s what they’ll get.

I agree, the reports said they never planned on having an opening. Lurie went against advice of his people and pulled the plug. Each week the Eagles just look worse and worse. I just want the bleeding to stop. Something to get excited for.

Hiring the protege of the protege of the man you fired is anything but that. And they tried to fire Reich after 2016 and Doug saved his ass. Then hiring the protege of the guy you tried to fire who you now apparently greatly respect when they wanted to fire him after 2016? It would show cluelessness and a total lack of direction.

Hey, McDaniels has flaws and is risky as hell but at least it would show they had a guy in mind and had a plan. Sirianni would confirm they had no plan and just winged it which in itself would be disconcerting, irrespective of Sirianni himself and his abilities as a coach.

2 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Guy is funny

Well when you go to Philly it's both the team and the fans

5 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Guy is funny

Philly fans.  Hold my beer....

check that, let me throw it at you.

9 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I mean I’ll always love the brand the Philadelphia Eagles, that will never change. But life is too short to invest hundreds of hours into something that makes me miserable. My perspective on that changed. I got horribly sick in 2010, I almost died. And once I got better one of the things I realized is that I spend like 80% of my free time on sports. Hundreds and hundreds of hours a year. I’ve neglected countless interests and hobbies. So I made it a point to spend more time on them.

Then it really hit me when I was watching say a Sixers game or a Phillies game that I knew I wasn’t enjoying. And not only not enjoying but spending the entire game frustrating and cursing at the tv. And I asked myself is this how I want to spend 80% of my free time? Watching something I don’t like just because of some weird obligation? I just decided eventually that I’m only going to watch if I find the product entertaining and/or feel there’s hope for a championship or at least in the road headed toward one.

Even this past season, for the second half of the year, the Eagles for me were basically background noise while I was reading. I have this massive stack of books in my backlog that I let grow to absurd levels and finally have gotten around to reading them.

In life, do what makes you happy. As long as you follow that, it’s hard to go wrong 😁

I’m all for doing what makes you happy and you having that epiphany when you got sick and not spending time on something that makes you frustrated, mad or depressed. However every sports franchise has their ups and downs. Philadelphia probably more so then a lot of sports franchise around the country. frankly we’ve been dealt a difficult hand as we’ve had some bad owners at times, bad general managers and just some bad luck and bad teams. It is what it is  i still come here rain or shine cause i love talking to people on this community and learning more and venting and sharing opinions or stories with them  

No offense but kind of sound like a fair-weather fan that only wants to be around when they are doing well and not here when they stink. Or only have interest when they are playing good and no need for them when they are bad.

5 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I agree, the reports said they never planned on having an opening. Lurie went against advice of his people and pulled the plug. Each week the Eagles just look worse and worse. I just want the bleeding to stop. Something to get excited for.

Hiring the protege of the protege of the man you fired is anything but that. And they tried to fire Reich after 2016 and Doug saved his ass. Then hiring the protege of the guy you tried to fire who you now apparently greatly respect when they wanted to fire him after 2016? It would show cluelessness and a total lack of direction.

Hey, McDaniels has flaws and is risky as hell but at least it would show they had a guy in mind and had a plan. Sirianni would confirm they had no plan and just winged it which in itself would be disconcerting, irrespective of Sirianni himself and his abilities as a coach.

How? His team wasn’t in the playoffs and they didn’t even interview him first. He was like down the line. How do you know that jedd fisch (howie’s college roommate) who worked with mcdaniels last year didn’t call Howie Roseman and say hey you should interview Josh McDaniels. they didn’t even have him on the list until then. That doesn’t seem like the plan. That seems like somebody who howie is friends with told him about them and they went and interviewed him.

14 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

We can only hope whoever we hire talks about curb stomping the opponent.  

Side note, I think it's pretty cheesy to try to embody what a city is.  

Reminds me of the classic Simpsons episode when it used to be funny.  Route 401!

There was more than one rock concert I went to as a kid that was identical to the first half of this clip

4 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I agree, the reports said they never planned on having an opening. Lurie went against advice of his people and pulled the plug. Each week the Eagles just look worse and worse. I just want the bleeding to stop. Something to get excited for.

Hiring the protege of the protege of the man you fired is anything but that. And they tried to fire Reich after 2016 and Doug saved his ass. Then hiring the protege of the guy you tried to fire who you now apparently greatly respect when they wanted to fire him after 2016? It would show cluelessness and a total lack of direction.

Hey, McDaniels has flaws and is risky as hell but at least it would show they had a guy in mind and had a plan. Sirianni would confirm they had no plan and just winged it which in itself would be disconcerting, irrespective of Sirianni himself and his abilities as a coach.

They interviewed McDaniels, If Sirianni beats him out in an interview wtf does that have to do with not having a guy in mind? This boils down to you stomping your feet because they didn't go with your boy. Your argument is weak. 

45 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I think some of the folks around here are secretly fans of 'say yes to the dress'... my wife is obsessed with that show and watches it on her phone.. and I can't for the life of me figure out the allure.

You don’t get excited watching women trying on wedding dresses?  My wife watched it some with my daughter over a decade ago.  I would be walking by the room and hear they were paying the price of a down payment on a house and would say "elope, I will give you the money instead”.

Just now, BigEFly said:

You don’t get excited watching women trying on wedding dresses?  My wife watched it some with my daughter over a decade ago.  I would be walking by the room and hear they were paying the price of a down payment on a house and would say "elope, I will give you the money instead”.

Remarkably the store's security people frown upon you doing that.

1 minute ago, greend said:

They interviewed McDaniels, If Sirianni beats him out in an interview wtf does that have to do with not having a guy in mind? This boils down to you stomping your feet because they didn't go with your boy. Your argument is weak. 

Thank you. That’s exactly what it is. 

and how do we even know they had Josh McDaniels at the top of their list or even on the list to start. He wasn’t there first couple interviews. he interviewed 5-6 days after their first round of interviews. Also how do we know that Howie didn’t get a call from Jedd fisch (like Tony Pauline indicated last night) saying to interview him and hire him and that turned the eagles on to mcdaniels when originally they didn’t have him on their top list of candidates. 

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’m all for doing what makes you happy and you having that epiphany when you got sick and not spending time on something that makes you frustrated, mad or depressed. However every sports franchise has their ups and downs. Philadelphia probably more so then a lot of sports franchise around the country. frankly we’ve been dealt a difficult hand as we’ve had some bad owners at times, bad general managers and just some bad luck and bad teams. It is what it is  i still come here rain or shine cause i love talking to people on this community and learning more and venting and sharing opinions or stories with them  

No offense but kind of sound like a fair-weather fan that only wants to be around when they are doing well and not here when they stink. Or only have interest when they are playing good and no need for them when they are bad.

I’m always down for chatting Eagles, but watching them is a different story. To me I separate being purposely or naturally bad to being bad via incompetence. The process Sixers were horrible, but they were horrible on purpose. So while I didn’t watch them every night because the product was bad, when I did watch I didn’t get pissed off or miserable because I knew they weren’t constructed to win, so there’s really no purpose in being angry. If anything, I was happy when they lost for draft pick purposes.

And then there’s times where your team say is great for a long time and then just gets old and has to rebuild and sucks for a few years. That’s understandable as well.

But the kind of sucking when you constantly make mistakes and refuse to admit them, actually legitimately try but you’re just aimless and clueless, or not trying at all(John Middleton) then that’s a whole other story. 

For me anyway, psychologicaloh there’s a difference in watching a team that was great but got old and now is bad, vs watching a team where your owner just cut off the funding midway through a build and left the team incomplete and you have to watch them blow games because they didn’t allow any bullpen pitchers to be added, so they’d blow games night after night after night. 
 

One thing I’m not going to do is sit down and when I’m going over things I want to do for the night... ie hang out with friends, read a book, write, watch a new movie or tv series... I’m not going to choose wasting 3 hours watching a team where the owner flat out refused to spent enough money to make it a contender and have me spending 3 hours angry aNd cursing at the tv. That ain’t happening anymore. And if that makes me fairweather then it does. It’s kind of become a negative term in sports circles, but it really doesn’t have to be and it shouldn’t be. I didn’t watch a single Phillies game between 1994 and 2006. I jumped back on the bandwagon in 2007 and then followed it into 2008 and didn’t enjoy that championship run any less. I used to think you had to be there for all the lows to truly understand the feeling of a championship, but that experience to me changed my mind on that stance completely.

59 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I think some of the folks around here are secretly fans of 'say yes to the dress'... my wife is obsessed with that show and watches it on her phone.. and I can't for the life of me figure out the allure.

My wife was on that show...not featured, they gave her a huge discount to continuously get fitted in the background while doing the show for someone else.  
 
I can’t say I understand the appeal either.  Even with the discount that crap is expensive.  

I hate this guy already 

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

How? His team wasn’t in the playoffs and they didn’t even interview him first. He was like down the line. How do you know that jedd fisch (howie’s college roommate) who worked with mcdaniels last year didn’t call Howie Roseman and say hey you should interview Josh McDaniels. they didn’t even have him on the list until then. That doesn’t seem like the plan. That seems like somebody who howie is friends with told him about them and they went and interviewed him.

I’m going off Bo Wulf and Caplan/Mosher saying he was high on their list all along and Lurie has always liked Josh.

 

10 minutes ago, greend said:

They interviewed McDaniels, If Sirianni beats him out in an interview wtf does that have to do with not having a guy in mind? This boils down to you stomping your feet because they didn't go with your boy. Your argument is weak. 

This isn’t completely accurate. Is there an aspect of me being bitter for not getting my way? Of course. That’s a part of being a fan. I’m an absolute C when I don’t get my way. But there’s more to it besides that. For one, I want Joe Brady more than I want McDaniels. I just think it’s obvious he isn’t in the mix anymore, so I don’t bring him up as much. McDaniels was 4th on my list behind Riley, Brady, Daboll a week ago. I’d be fine with McDaniels but I’m not gushing over the guy.

The interview process is only part of it. I don’t think you can hire someone solely based off an interview. Body of work has to factor in too. Say what you want about McDaniels, but it’s undeniable his resume is superior to Sirianni’s.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

I hate this guy already 

Truly embarrassing, all that tough guy talk goes right out the window at 0-3 or 0-4.

21 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I’m always down for chatting Eagles, but watching them is a different story. To me I separate being purposely or naturally bad to being bad via incompetence. The process Sixers were horrible, but they were horrible on purpose. So while I didn’t watch them every night because the product was bad, when I did watch I didn’t get pissed off or miserable because I knew they weren’t constructed to win, so there’s really no purpose in being angry. If anything, I was happy when they lost for draft pick purposes.

And then there’s times where your team say is great for a long time and then just gets old and has to rebuild and sucks for a few years. That’s understandable as well.

But the kind of sucking when you constantly make mistakes and refuse to admit them, actually legitimately try but you’re just aimless and clueless, or not trying at all(John Middleton) then that’s a whole other story. 

For me anyway, psychologicaloh there’s a difference in watching a team that was great but got old and now is bad, vs watching a team where your owner just cut off the funding midway through a build and left the team incomplete and you have to watch them blow games because they didn’t allow any bullpen pitchers to be added, so they’d blow games night after night after night. 
 

One thing I’m not going to do is sit down and when I’m going over things I want to do for the night... ie hang out with friends, read a book, write, watch a new movie or tv series... I’m not going to choose wasting 3 hours watching a team where the owner flat out refused to spent enough money to make it a contender and have me spending 3 hours angry aNd cursing at the tv. That ain’t happening anymore. And if that makes me fairweather then it does. It’s kind of become a negative term in sports circles, but it really doesn’t have to be and it shouldn’t be. I didn’t watch a single Phillies game between 1994 and 2006. I jumped back on the bandwagon in 2007 and then followed it into 2008 and didn’t enjoy that championship run any less. I used to think you had to be there for all the lows to truly understand the feeling of a championship, but that experience to me changed my mind on that stance completely.

I’m not saying it has to be a good or bad thing. I just said that’s what it sounds like to me. Usually as a sports fan the longer you stick it out with the pain aspect of it makes when they win that much sweeter and that much greater appreciation for when they do achieve their goal. The reason why that Super Bowl was absolutely amazing for all of us is because we were on the boards and we were watching the games even when they were bad with Chip Kelley at the end. When they were awful with Andy Reid at the end. When they were bad at the end with Ray Rhodes. and when Richie Kotite couldn’t coaches way of wet paper bag. And so on and so forth. That’s why grown men cried is cause of all the pain we went through and years of investing paid off 

I am definitely not saying you have to watch every single game. I can’t even do that although I would love to watch more flyers and Sixers game but living out on the West Coast I can’t do it. But you just completely abandon them and leave them for dead because they’re not playing well or they’re not good.  To me I care if they suck or they’re good but I’m still going to invest watching in them because it’s something that’s dear to my heart and that I grew up watching with my family and my grandparents so it means more to me when I’m watching it  

7 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I’m going off Bo Wulf and Caplan/Mosher saying he was high on their list all along and Lurie has always liked Josh.

 

This isn’t completely accurate. Is there an aspect of me being bitter for not getting my way? Of course. That’s a part of being a fan. I’m an absolute C when I don’t get my way. But there’s more to it besides that. For one, I want Joe Brady more than I want McDaniels. I just think it’s obvious he isn’t in the mix anymore, so I don’t bring him up as much. McDaniels was 4th on my list behind Riley, Brady, Daboll a week ago. I’d be fine with McDaniels but I’m not gushing over the guy.

The interview process is only part of it. I don’t think you can hire someone solely based off an interview. Body of work has to factor in too. Say what you want about McDaniels, but it’s undeniable his resume is superior to Sirianni’s.

No offense Adam caplan loves to say things after the fact like he knew. If you ever listen to the podcast hes always saying after the fact oh yeah I always knew that this was a thing. So why didn’t you say that prior to all this starting? Not once did he ever mentioned mcdaniels nor the eagles interest in mcdaniels til he interviewed. He doesn’t. He loves to be the guy that says I knew all a long after the fact. Meanwhile never mentioned him prior. 

additionally i don’t think mosher ever said that. I listen to him on 973 say he didn’t even know he was on the list originally

as for bo I’m pretty sure he joked about it cause they name dropped Josh in the presser. He said he was told the news about his interview days after the first couple of interviews. He didn’t know when their starter nor did he say he was a top candidate all along. 

 

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I hate this guy already 

That reeks of more show & style than substance. 
 

Belichick and AR invest 0 energy into putting up a front.

4 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I’m going off Bo Wulf and Caplan/Mosher saying he was high on their list all along and Lurie has always liked Josh.

 

This isn’t completely accurate. Is there an aspect of me being bitter for not getting my way? Of course. That’s a part of being a fan. I’m an absolute C when I don’t get my way. But there’s more to it besides that. For one, I want Joe Brady more than I want McDaniels. I just think it’s obvious he isn’t in the mix anymore, so I don’t bring him up as much. McDaniels was 4th on my list behind Riley, Brady, Daboll a week ago. I’d be fine with McDaniels but I’m not gushing over the guy.

The interview process is only part of it. I don’t think you can hire someone solely based off an interview. Body of work has to factor in too. Say what you want about McDaniels, but it’s undeniable his resume is superior to Sirianni’s.

And yet it has nothing to do with their "plan" or lack thereof. If they like Sirianni better then they do. As impatient as I've been I think the Eagles went about this the right way. Interview everyone and see who's a fit and/or who they like better.