Nice guy but this felt like me was mailing it in. Collect a pay check.

Hoping for the best but with Lurie/Howie expecting the worst.

No Fing way should anyone but the coaches have say on the 53

😧

Just now, Mike030270 said:

Well at least we got that one question answered clearly

I think it's been like 22 years.  

Holy moly Nick rambles on as much as Lurie.

Was that still about football? I may have fainted.

1 minute ago, phil77 said:

 

It is clear that he will have to pick a QB and go forward.  He mentioned multiple times that he designs the offense around his QB.   Wentz and Hurts need to run two different offenses and he will not be able to implement both offenses so by his own answers I think they have to pick one or the other and move forward. 

Unless he's forced to keep both by Howie

Had to turn it off. 
Had to turn it off 

First feel from this guy isn't good if I'm being honest. But we'll see

I’m pretty sure the howie and lurie are irritated that Jimmy kempski got to have his last question asked. Feels like they were probably pulling for that not to be ask so they could skip over it. 

3 minutes ago, metal said:

So Howie has control over the 53 man roster but Sirianni calls the shots on the game day roster.

 

3 minutes ago, WentzFan11 said:

Howie having say of the 53 is the sound bite they needed to run with a few stories. 

I am pretty sure most GM's have final say on the 53 man roster, with input from the coaching staff.

2 minutes ago, WentzFan11 said:

Howie having say of the 53 is the sound bite they needed to run with a few stories. 

Yup. Lol wonder if he's going to get a stern talking to for revealing that tidbit 

Just now, Mike030270 said:

Yup. Lol wonder if he's going to get a stern talking to for revealing that tidbit 

Power move by sirianni to claim gameday roster. And so it begins lol 

Just now, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Nothing is going to change.  Lurie has ruined this team.  

I think Lurie will listen to people.  It's not like he thinks he knows best but if listening to Howie doesn't change, the team isn't going to win.  

1 minute ago, uncphillyfan said:

Had to turn it off. 
Had to turn it off 

It lasted about 45 seconds for me before I turned it off.

 

On a side note, there's some cranky people in IWTETG this morning lol.  IDK why I even venture outside this thread sometimes.

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

I am pretty sure most GM's have final say on the 53 man roster, with input from the coaching staff.

Maybe. Is that something they normally disclose though? I don't think it's that big of a deal,  I was just kind of surprised it was said publicly.

Just now, 4for4EaglesNest said:

GM's are normally not in control of who the HC hires as assistants and rarely do they make the call on who sits or dresses on Sundays.  BS

Yeah - I'm not buying that Howie making the call on who sits or dresses on Sundays - AND if its true then shame on Doug. If I was Doug the first time Howie showed me his "list" I would have asked him when the press conference was? What press conference? Oh the one where you tell the fans and media that you're deciding the actives for Sunday. There is no way I would let the GM dictate that to me and keep quiet. He would have to fire me. 

I don't agree with Howie interfering with Doug's coaching staff - HC needs to sink or swim with his own guys - but I do agree that sometimes the GM needs to tell the coach "No". When Doug wanted to roll with Mike Groh for a 3rd year Howie told him no and you crucify him for it - but when Doug wants a QB in round 2 and Howie says OK you crucify him for that too ... make up your mind. 

3 minutes ago, greend said:

First feel from this guy isn't good if I'm being honest. But we'll see

Doug lucked into a SB and he was a bumbling buffoon in all his PC's.  So maybe we can milk another accident out of this guy.

33 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

He loves talking with his hands and banging the podium. A real Italian

Strong side will always be.......right?

1 minute ago, Wentz_Era said:

It lasted about 45 seconds for me before I turned it off.

 

On a side note, there's some cranky people in IWTETG this morning lol.  IDK why I even venture outside this thread sometimes.

I go out to fight with Wentz haters w/o clogging up the blog.

11 minutes ago, Nivraga said:

I don't know why you would be surprised that the GM is in charge? Give me an example where the GM is not in charge. The GM should try to facilitate the wishes of the head coach but that doesn't change the fact that they are in charge. This is not meant has an endorsement of Howie - just refuting your insinuation that Sirianni HC as subordinate to Roseman GM in some way makes him a puppet.

The only coaching candidates who'd be in charge would be McDaniels (why he wasn't hired by anyone) and Meyers (which will probably be a complete disaster).

The only question is whether the GM actually listens to his HC or just does what he wants to do and figures he can hire a new HC if he can't make it work with the GM's players.

My head hurts. 
My head hurts.

Just now, greend said:

I go out to fight with Wentz haters w/o clogging up the blog.

You should go read the response(s) I got in the Surtain thread for asking a simple question of what he's watching that I'm not seeing.

Why does old man Lurie want to be called "Mr. Lurie"? I hate when people act like just because they have money somehow they are special.

Just now, Wentz_Era said:

You should go read the response(s) I got in the Surtain thread for asking a simple question of what he's watching that I'm not seeing.

I'll have to check it out

2 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Doug lucked into a SB and he was a bumbling buffoon in all his PC's.  So maybe we can milk another accident out of this guy.

Doug didn't luck into it.  He was a solid coach who kept the locker room together.  He was an aggressive playcaller.  He hardly ever played it safe.  I think he also was a creature of habit.  When players and plays stopped helping the team, he still stuck with them because they helped the team in the past.  

3 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

You should go read the response(s) I got in the Surtain thread for asking a simple question of what he's watching that I'm not seeing.

That guy is a tool.  Was just reading that.