I really like what I read about about Leonhard, but seems he chose surgery over a lifetime opportunity to coach in the NFL especially a D like the Eagles. 

6 hours ago, time2rock said:

I don't disagree (and made sure to include the positions they held when they first jumped to the NFL).  

Minter would fit the bill of a guy who coached in nfl before. Makes him a more realistic target to me

2 hours ago, Portyansky said:

I really like what I read about about Leonhard, but seems he chose surgery over a lifetime opportunity to coach in the NFL especially a D like the Eagles. 

Yeah I don’t think he did. If he did he’s fuxking stupid 

Going to be funny after they spent all of this time interviewing multiple candidates only to hire Wilson. Maybe someone out there ends up being a diamond in the rough, but there just aren't any can't miss DC's sitting around out there right now.

11 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

Going to be funny after they spent all of this time interviewing multiple candidates only to hire Wilson. Maybe someone out there ends up being a diamond in the rough, but there just aren't any can't miss DC's sitting around out there right now.

One of the college guys they interviewed could end up being LB coach

2 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

One of the college guys they interviewed could end up being LB coach

That would seem much more likely.  

How I know the Eagles will have a subpar year in 2023 - It's Feb 24th and they have no OC or DC.  

Not a good sign most of the good ones already have new jobs. 

5 hours ago, Ipiggles said:

How I know the Eagles will have a subpar year in 2023 - It's Feb 24th and they have no OC or DC.  

Not a good sign most of the good ones already have new jobs. 

Well, for sure they won’t be 14 - 3 and the #1 seed next year. I see more of a 10 win team, especially with all of the player losses on the Defense.

So, what is "subpar” to you? Just curious.

5 hours ago, Ipiggles said:

How I know the Eagles will have a subpar year in 2023 - It's Feb 24th and they have no OC or DC.  

Not a good sign most of the good ones already have new jobs. 

Brian Johnson is the OC. Quite frankly all of their coaching searches have taken a long time and looked lost but they often work out anyway

5 hours ago, Ipiggles said:

How I know the Eagles will have a subpar year in 2023 - It's Feb 24th and they have no OC or DC.  

Not a good sign most of the good ones already have new jobs. 

Are you one of those people that said hurts was no good ? 

6 hours ago, Ipiggles said:

How I know the Eagles will have a subpar year in 2023 - It's Feb 24th and they have no OC or DC.  

What an incredibly stupid and premature hill to make a final stand upon.

 

but oh well… it’s your hill I guess. 

8 hours ago, Ipiggles said:

How I know the Eagles will have a subpar year in 2023 - It's Feb 24th and they have no OC or DC.  

Not a good sign most of the good ones already have new jobs. 

Every time there is a coaching vacancy, some fans whine that they haven't hired someone yet and they're losing out on all the good candidates and will be screwed.  People said that with Doug and Siri, both of them took their teams to the Super Bowl in their 2nd seasons.

 

 

On 2/23/2023 at 2:41 PM, Portyansky said:

I really like what I read about about Leonhard, but seems he chose surgery over a lifetime opportunity to coach in the NFL especially a D like the Eagles. 

Please, no one knows what the D is going to look like with so many FA's, I say good decision to pass on the Eagles job.

On 2/22/2023 at 3:08 PM, pgcd3 said:

Serious question when is the last time a college DC got a pro job and did well?

I'm not sure that's a bad way to go.  Personally, I don't care where he comes from, just be a guy with fresh ideas, you get this guy is a disciple of so and so and he's runs the exact same defense that's been seen before.

Give me someone that game plans for each individual team, no cookie cutter defense for the entire league.  Bill Belichick does this well, in Brady's first SB win over "The Greatest Show on Turf", he played a 4/7 defense with all 7 being DBs, exactly what the Eagles should have done against the Chiefs.

I just wish they’d name the DC so they can start moving foreword and charting out the defense accordingly.  They should be involved in draft boards for fit and scheme.  The longer it drags out, the more likely we see square pegs drafted for round holes and draft picks that don’t settle into roles for the defense until year 4.

I trust their judgement in who to hire, but let’s not screw up the time line.

4 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I just wish they’d name the DC so they can start moving foreword and charting out the defense accordingly.  They should be involved in draft boards for fit and scheme.  The longer it drags out, the more likely we see square pegs drafted for round holes and draft picks that don’t settle into roles for the defense until year 4.

I trust their judgement in who to hire, but let’s not screw up the time line.

If it's Wilson then they already know even if it's not announced so not as big an issue except to us

9 hours ago, eagle45 said:

I just wish they’d name the DC so they can start moving foreword and charting out the defense accordingly.  They should be involved in draft boards for fit and scheme.  The longer it drags out, the more likely we see square pegs drafted for round holes and draft picks that don’t settle into roles for the defense until year 4.

I trust their judgement in who to hire, but let’s not screw up the time line.

I have a gut feeling we're promoting Dennard Wilson and therefore shouldn't expect any change in defensive philosophy.  Further guessing that we are working to hire a new QB coach (likely a safe assumption that Brian Johnson is being promoted from QB coach to OC) and a new LB coach so the announcement regarding the coordinators is on hold until those hires are made - they typically release a single statement announcing all new hires.

10 hours ago, eagle45 said:

I just wish they’d name the DC so they can start moving foreword and charting out the defense accordingly.  They should be involved in draft boards for fit and scheme.  The longer it drags out, the more likely we see square pegs drafted for round holes and draft picks that don’t settle into roles for the defense until year 4.

I trust their judgement in who to hire, but let’s not screw up the time line.

A lot of that stuff is already done. In this day and age, they have so many scouts and technology that these players are weighed and categorized already. Want to run a certain scheme? Here are the top 10 players for that position and what potential round you can get them in.

At the end of the day, Wilson will be the DC anyway. 

11 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

If it's Wilson then they already know even if it's not announced so not as big an issue except to us

 

2 hours ago, time2rock said:

I have a gut feeling we're promoting Dennard Wilson and therefore shouldn't expect any change in defensive philosophy.  Further guessing that we are working to hire a new QB coach (likely a safe assumption that Brian Johnson is being promoted from QB coach to OC) and a new LB coach so the announcement regarding the coordinators is on hold until those hires are made - they typically release a single statement announcing all new hires.

 

1 hour ago, pallidrone said:

A lot of that stuff is already done. In this day and age, they have so many scouts and technology that these players are weighed and categorized already. Want to run a certain scheme? Here are the top 10 players for that position and what potential round you can get them in.

At the end of the day, Wilson will be the DC anyway. 

Works for me.  Hopefully they find good people to replace Johnson and Wilson for their old responsibilities.

18 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Well, for sure they won’t be 14 - 3 and the #1 seed next year. I see more of a 10 win team, especially with all of the player losses on the Defense.

So, what is "subpar” to you? Just curious.

I think we might be a bit less successful if Roseman slips a bit but ‘for sure’?

Would never count us out. Other teams have things to sort out too.

12 hours ago, EagleVA said:

Please, no one knows what the D is going to look like with so many FA's, I say good decision to pass on the Eagles job.

If you are a big name- maybe. 

But for him, first time shot at dc? He’d be very stupid.

12 hours ago, eagle45 said:

I just wish they’d name the DC so they can start moving foreword and charting out the defense accordingly.  They should be involved in draft boards for fit and scheme.  The longer it drags out, the more likely we see square pegs drafted for round holes and draft picks that don’t settle into roles for the defense until year 4.

I trust their judgement in who to hire, but let’s not screw up the time line.

If you think Howie and his team haven't put a plan together on our free agents, outside free agents and the draft board already your mistaken. I'm sure the coaching staff has some input but Howie and Jeffrey pull the triggers.

35 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

 

 

Works for me.  Hopefully they find good people to replace Johnson and Wilson for their old responsibilities.

Yep.  And LB coach since Rallis went to to AZ.  I should have included DB coach in previous post.  

15 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Yep.  And LB coach since Rallis went to to AZ.  I should have included DB coach in previous post.  

DK McDonald is apparently next in line at DB,  Alex Tanney at QB tho they did bring in Marcus Brady who was QB coach & then OC in Indy after Sirriani so it could be him instead.  LB could be an outside guy.  All this depends on finally getting a DC