VaBeach_Eagle Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 It's about time! Quote Dick Vermeil, one of only six coaches to lead two different teams to the Super Bowl, was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Thursday. Dick Vermeil was this year’s former coach selected by the Senior Committee. To make the Hall of Fame, Vermeil needed at least 80 percent of the vote of the Hall of Fame’s 49-member selection committee. Sam Mills, a Central Jersey native who played for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL from 1983 through 1985 before a five-time Pro Bowl career with the Saints and Panthers, was also voted into the Hall. Vermeil took the Eagles to Super Bowl XV against the Raiders at the Superdome in 1980 and 19 years later won Super Bowl XXXIV with the Rams over the Titans at the Georgia Dome. "It's just tremendous that he was finally recognized for his achievements as a head coach in the NFL," said Ron Jaworski, who quarterbacked the Eagles for the last six of Vermeil’s seven seasons here. "It is certainly a well-deserved honor. No question he did so many wonderful things for so many players. "He was a compassionate, caring coach who, to this day, has a bond with his former players. He cared about people. A lot of coaches in today's NFL use players as disposable products. Coach cared. When players left the game, he reached out and showed that he cared about the players as people. https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/former-eagles-coach-dick-vermeil-voted-pro-football-hall-fame Rams-Eagles in the Hall of Fame Game? I hope not, but it wouldn't shock me. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Does he go in as an Eagle or a Ram? My guess is as an Eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, Procus said: Does he go in as an Eagle or a Ram? My guess is as an Eagle. He goes in as an Eagle, Ram and Chief. I think it's the MLB Hall of Fame that has them select a team. In the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they just go in as themselves and represent all of the teams that they played or coached for. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerolithe_Lion Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Made the super bowl with 2 different franchises, won conference’s number 1 seed with 3 different franchises. Has anyone else ever done that? Maybe Parcells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinFldEBUpper Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I wonder what the odds are that he's going to cry during his acceptance speech. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 17 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said: Made the super bowl with 2 different franchises, won conference’s number 1 seed with 3 different franchises. Has anyone else ever done that? Maybe Parcells I think Atl. was no. 1 seed in 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 12 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said: I wonder what the odds are that he's going to cry during his acceptance speech. I've calculated the probability. P=1 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameaglesfan Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Congratulations - well deserved! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Awesome. And thankfully we can actually type his name on this new board. Thanks @VaBeach_Eagle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinFldEBUpper Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 9 hours ago, Procus said: I think Atl. was no. 1 seed in 1980 They were. Which is why Eagles fans were actively rooting for the Cowboys against the Falcons in the playoffs that year. It seems hard to believe nowadays that we'd actually root for the Turds, but it's what happened. We wanted to play the NFC Championship game at home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyEaglez Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Deserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTANK Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 he pulled us out of the pits of NFL hell for a while. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinFldEBUpper Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 54 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said: Deserved. I have a feeling that a lot of younger fans will look at his W/L record with the Eagles, which is pretty good but not awesome either, and wonder what the big deal is. They just don't know what an uphill battle he faced and what he actually accomplished. He took over a terrible team, with a washed up Roman Gabriel and a young backup who sucked, that had basically had no picks in the first few rounds of the next several drafts (in one of those drafts the Eagles didn't even pick until the sixth round) -- in an era where the was no free agency and the only way to build a roster was through the draft -- and had that team in the playoffs by his third year and in the Super Bowl in his fifth. It may well be the greatest coaching achievement in the history of the NFL. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 22 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said: I have a feeling that a lot of younger fans will look at his W/L record with the Eagles, which is pretty good but not awesome either, and wonder what the big deal is. They just don't know what an uphill battle he faced and what he actually accomplished. He took over a terrible team, with a washed up Roman Gabriel and a young backup who sucked, that had basically had no picks in the first few rounds of the next several drafts (in one of those drafts the Eagles didn't even pick until the sixth round) -- in an era where the was no free agency and the only way to build a roster was through the draft -- and had that team in the playoffs by his third year and in the Super Bowl in his fifth. It may well be the greatest coaching achievement in the history of the NFL. I agree, just as with Harold. Younger fans look at his stats and think.. "he wasn't all that great, look how far down the list of all-time WR's he is!" Living through those times, having known the league in those times, you have a much clearer understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 51 minutes ago, NCTANK said: he pulled us out of the pits of NFL hell for a while. I'd say pretty much for good. The franchise had some down years with Marion Campbell, Ray Rhodes and other coaches, but after Vermeil, the Eagles were never again an "Also-ran" franchise in the NFL. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LacesOut Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Awesome! Bumped into him at a liquor store here in Delaware last summer and talked with him for about 10 minutes. It was a very cool moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talonblood Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 20 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said: I wonder what the odds are that he's going to cry during his acceptance speech. 100 % chance of precipitation... CONGRATS, DV! One of my all time Eagles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJWolverEagle11 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 8 hours ago, Talonblood said: 100 % chance of precipitation... CONGRATS, DV! One of my all time Eagles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh_Prince Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 11:46 PM, VaBeach_Eagle said: He goes in as an Eagle, Ram and Chief. I think it's the MLB Hall of Fame that has them select a team. In the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they just go in as themselves and represent all of the teams that they played or coached for. That is correct. The busts in the Baseball HOF are sculpted wearing team caps. The Pro Football HOF busts are just the head and neck, no helmet so there's no team represented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Fresh_Prince said: That is correct. The busts in the Baseball HOF are sculpted wearing team caps. The Pro Football HOF busts are just the head and neck, no helmet so there's no team represented. I recall a bit of controversy when Reggie White elected to get inducted as a Packer and not an Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh_Prince Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 46 minutes ago, Procus said: I recall a bit of controversy when Reggie White elected to get inducted as a Packer and not an Eagle I don't know what "as a Packer" meant in that sense then. This is what you see of Reggie's enshrinement in the Hall of Fame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 5 hours ago, Fresh_Prince said: I don't know what "as a Packer" meant in that sense then. This is what you see of Reggie's enshrinement in the Hall of Fame Probably when they do the whole sign a 1 day contract with a team so they can retire " from" a team of their choice not go in "as" for said team. I was just there last summer great experience and yes none of them are in for any particular team it's the bust and a list of teams for every one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 ***** Vermeil voted into Pro Football Hall of Fame There, changed that headline for you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 18 hours ago, Procus said: I recall a bit of controversy when Reggie White elected to get inducted as a Packer and not an Eagle No, what you're probably thinking of is back when he was elected, places like NFLN, NFL.COM or whoever, used a picture of him as a Packer when talking about him. But in terms of the Hall of Fame itself, he's just Reggie White. Player for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleVA Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 2/11/2022 at 3:13 PM, EazyEaglez said: Deserved. Yep, he's without a doubt the best Eagles coach I've seen, I love his story about going to the library to learn the game when asked to be the HS coach where he was teaching. I Lurie had two brain cells to rub together he would have pursued him to return to the Eagles, so it looks like he's operation on one brain cell or maybe a half of a brain cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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