Comments on: Source: Reid has his sights set on San Diego

By: dexter191

dexter191 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:48:39 +0000

A change for Reid like the change for Dick Vermile could only serve to be good for all parties involved.

I like Andy to end where he desires. I’m leaning towards San Diego, everybody should be able to return home.

A trip to San Diego to a Chargers Game once a year would be a delight for an Easterner like myself. But, I’m not sold on this being Andy’s last hurrah in Philly. Lurie said 8-8 wouldn’t be good enough, he never committed to firing Andy Reid. A lot of this is purely speculation drummed up by the Philly writers. Those are the same writers that sold Phila on Kevin Kolb.

By: phillyphannn83

phillyphannn83 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:03:52 +0000

Reid needs to move to the front office. Your line about the dream team proves it Florio. He can put together a great team on paper but he is absolutely horrendous on Sundays. That’s the truth about big red.

By: boltfaninfalconcountry

boltfaninfalconcountry — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:23:45 +0000

I trust Dean Spanos to make a bad hire.

By: westernpaisdirty

westernpaisdirty — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:55:49 +0000

Let Reid coach, not make decisions on personnel and coaches and he will win a Super Bowl with the Chargers. He is a great coach. His issue was he is a horrible judge of talent, and that is what we as Eagle fans are suffering through. He’s the greatest coach in Philadelphia football history. In the history of the franchise before Reid the team made the playoffs only 14 times. That’s in almost 70 years!! In the fifteen years Reid has been here the Birds made the playoffs 11 times. To the idiots on here saying he’s a horrible coach explain that to me?? Good luck Coach, you’re a good man and an even better football coach.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:36:22 +0000

Perfect, a no rings HC and a no rings team.

No rings for you.

By: cmdrsmooth

cmdrsmooth — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:01:37 +0000

Take a break dude. Give your family a true moment. Just saying.

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:36:30 +0000

“the chargers are really commited to mediocrecy excellence”
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That’s quite the interesting word usement…

I know…. I made up a word as well…

By: tformation

tformation — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:14:09 +0000

Wasn’t the knock on Norv his inability to win playoff games? Isn’t that Reid’s problem too?

Not a Charger fan, but if I was I’d be pulling for someone like Cowher or Griden who have won super bowls before… Just sayin’

By: dolphins4

dolphins4 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:43:33 +0000

There is a Reason Philadelphia teams have never won a Super Bowl it’s because their negative media and fans run great coaches out of town and scare other great coaches from coming there in the first place.

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:30:42 +0000

the chargers are really commited to mediocrecy excellence

By: ambitoos

ambitoos — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:18:48 +0000

It’s pretty obvious that AJ Smith has done a bad job and Spanos has as much said so through Acee. But at no time has he said he was getting rid of Turner. He likes and respects Turner and I wouldn’t put it past him to demote AJ back to scouting and let the new GM make the decision on Turner. In my opinion, we need a new O line more than we need a new coach. AJ has destroyed all the good things that Butler did before he died.

By: mydroopysack

mydroopysack — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:17:12 +0000

That’s messed up for Andy Reid to openly pine for a position that’s still currently filled. Norv Turner hasn’t even been fired yet. Being a veteran of the league, Reid should know better than to let this get out.

By: polapea

polapea — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:05:42 +0000

I’d think taking a year off would be good for him.

And for those bashing Eagles fans for wanting Reid gone have fun dealing with the following:
-Poor clock management. Watching a guy burn a timeout AFTER losing a challenge is one of the best things ever.
-In game adjustments- don’t worry there are none.
-Never beating quality opponents. As Hank10 pointed out: From 1999-2011, King Andy’s regular season record against playoff teams: 24-42.
He beats teams they should and lose to teams as good or better. 0-3 in NFC Championships as a favorite.
-Position valuation- he doesn’t think WR & LB are important positions and drafts like it.

By: kenorv

kenorv — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:53:44 +0000

I’m sure that Rivers has a lot to do with why Andy wants to go to San Diego. Out of all of the possible openings, San Diego is the one with the best QB. It would make sense for Andy to want to go to the team with the best QB situation.

But that said, Rivers is on the decline. I know people probably think that’s Norv’s fault but I don’t. I think that Rivers just isn’t as fundamentally sound as a QB needs to be and it’s finally caught up to him. Can Andy fix that? I don’t think so.

Ideally, I would say that they should trade Rivers and let Andy draft his own QB this year but the problem is that I don’t think that any of the QB’s in this class are any better than Rivers.

So what I’m saying is that I don’t think this is as good of a situation as Andy thinks it is. A QB on the decline. A bust of a RB in Matthews. Gates is getting old. Vincent Jackson is gone and Meachem didn’t come close to replacing him. Oh and the offensive line is a mess. And that’s just the offense. Good luck Andy. You’ll need it.

By: konichiwabtches

konichiwabtches — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:44:45 +0000

Please God no !!
He will get Rivers killed. His O lines suck. He had McNabb running for his life and did the same thing to Vick.

By: grandpoopah

grandpoopah — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:25:12 +0000

Hopefully Philip Rivers has a good handle on clock management, because his possible new coach sure doesn’t.

By: jimmysee

jimmysee — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:49:08 +0000

Andy Reid belongs in Chicago.

By: flavordave

flavordave — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:42:37 +0000

Eagles fans will not miss .500 football since 2004. Andys a great guy and a good coach, but its beyond time.

By: brassknuckles47

brassknuckles47 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:15:05 +0000

Yah…….and Knute Rockne is available, too.

Realistic considerations should be=Bruce Arians/Colts, Greg Roman/49′ers, Chip Kelly/Oregon, John Pagano/Chargers.

By: calibear831

calibear831 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:12:38 +0000

My raiders better step it up, we’re going to get out coached in this division. Raiders better get Norv turner as OC and rex ryan (if released) as DC!

By: jp4120

jp4120 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:05:37 +0000

attention earth!!!!
Andy Reid is not a good coach, he has lost his mojo, cannot manage timeouts, cannot call plays that work, cannot stop repeating the same losing strategy.

do not pay attention to dopey chris berman and dopey brian billick when they say how great he is.

having said that, as an Eagles fan, I would love him to get out of town and go to San Diego asap.

By: scrapcat17

scrapcat17 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:00:50 +0000

Wonderlic Wonder Vince Young tagged the Eagles with Dream Team and still the media blames Andy. Unreal.

By: jjbadd385

jjbadd385 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:57:21 +0000

I think they have to pretend to give a black guy or a hispanic an interview to make it legit don’t they?

By: 23chameleons

23chameleons — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:41:33 +0000

A newbie GM with some NFL experience would be a good fit for Chip Kelly who wants a lot of say in personnel decisions.

By: phillyreese215

phillyreese215 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:38:17 +0000

@dolphins4 says: Dec 29, 2012 3:52 PM

Andy Reid is a great coach who rebuilt the Eagles into a great team after the train wreck Ray down the losing Rhoads left them in.If I was an owner of an NFL team I’d hire him to be my teams head coach today.

says a DOLPHIN fan….. lmao!

im sorry, here in Philly we aren’t satisfied with winning seasons, we want superbowl rings. something we have never had before. Reid was never going to get us that. us eagles fans would take a couple losing season to get the right coach in here that’s gonna actually win us a championship.

By: vtopa

vtopa — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:34:48 +0000

Dear ANDY: For the love of GOD, please just take some time off and attend to your family.

By: ontboltfan

ontboltfan — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:06:54 +0000

Andy Reid publicly wishing to be in SD doesn;t mean the feeling in any way is mutual. His last 2 years in PHI were a train wreck w some awful coaching decisions.

They were good when they had Jim Bates as DC & seem to have really regressed since his time. Juan Castillo was a disaster.

We also don’t need another pass happy idi*t here to lose us most of our road games so no thank you.

After Norv, some good old fashioned smash mouth Marty ball is the remedy.

By: themagicfanguy

themagicfanguy — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:01:40 +0000

Reid to SD, with Rex Ryan as DC. That’s a recipe for success, I think. Of course Rex will probably want to try his hand at HC somewhere else…

By: bolts0621

bolts0621 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:56:24 +0000

Lets hope he has the courage to draft a QB do we can get on track to replacing Rivers….50+ turnovers in 2 years (higher than Sanchez) is ridiculous…enough is enough

By: dolphins4

dolphins4 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:55:30 +0000

The Philadelphia fans are going to miss him when he is gone and they go year after year with no hope of making the playoffs.There is a reason this team has never won a Super Bowl it’s because of the nit picking negative media and fans.