Ok, but I wasn't the one coming on here two hours after the game bringing it up.GreenieBacker wrote:and TUPF 's point was that Reid may be a very good coach but his teams plateau and he has yet to prove he can win the big one. Seems like his point remains as well.
NFL Playoffs 2018
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
- GreenieBacker
- Emerald Circle
- Posts: 20886
- Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:53 am
- Location: New Orleans
- PeteRasche
- Cornerstone
- Posts: 30925
- Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:52 am
- Location: Cincinnati, OH
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
All of them?GreenieBacker wrote:How many times have you seen the underdog play it safe and sure and get beat?
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
Sure, he can take a victory lap here if he wants...gotta be better than eating horse doody. Doesn't really have anything to do with the original conversation though.GreenieBacker wrote:To the Victor Belong the Spoils
- TUPF
- Emerald Circle
- Posts: 21455
- Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:36 am
- Location: Maryland Eastern Shore & sometimes Philly
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
ESPN2 is live broadcasting the parade.
Fan since 1974 living in Phelps seeing the upper bowl of Tulane Stadium
- TUPF
- Emerald Circle
- Posts: 21455
- Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:36 am
- Location: Maryland Eastern Shore & sometimes Philly
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
Bigly crowd.
Fan since 1974 living in Phelps seeing the upper bowl of Tulane Stadium
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
You were saying?TUPF wrote:Thanks.gerryb323 wrote:Well they are the 1 seed in the NFC currentlyml wave wrote:He's obviously got his faults, but he's a really good coach. Remind me how much success the Eagles have had since letting him go?TUPF wrote:Philly fans have a tough reputation, yes, but people should understand this is exactly why he was let go despite a winning record. He’s an NFL football coach you want in September, not January. He charts everything and I mean everything. But once he’s off script or an opposing coach throws wrinkles at him, he freezes. By the time playoffs roll around, other teams are playing chess and the Big Cheeseburger is playing checkers.doncecco wrote:Andy Reid seems to become a mannequin in these games - I don't know how he keeps a job.
It’s all about what an ownership and a fan base wants. Andy Reid is Mr. October for the wrong sport.
If an ownership wants 10 wins a season after starting 6-0 or 6-1, the Big Cheeseburger is your man. Nobody works harder. He’s the student who spends every weekend in Tilton Library and earns every B he gets but no matter what, he’ll never be Phi Beta Kappa.
- TUPF
- Emerald Circle
- Posts: 21455
- Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:36 am
- Location: Maryland Eastern Shore & sometimes Philly
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
I knew you’d be back. I was the first to congratulate him on the KC thread.ml wave wrote:You were saying?TUPF wrote:Thanks.gerryb323 wrote:Well they are the 1 seed in the NFC currentlyml wave wrote:He's obviously got his faults, but he's a really good coach. Remind me how much success the Eagles have had since letting him go?TUPF wrote:Philly fans have a tough reputation, yes, but people should understand this is exactly why he was let go despite a winning record. He’s an NFL football coach you want in September, not January. He charts everything and I mean everything. But once he’s off script or an opposing coach throws wrinkles at him, he freezes. By the time playoffs roll around, other teams are playing chess and the Big Cheeseburger is playing checkers.doncecco wrote:Andy Reid seems to become a mannequin in these games - I don't know how he keeps a job.
It’s all about what an ownership and a fan base wants. Andy Reid is Mr. October for the wrong sport.
If an ownership wants 10 wins a season after starting 6-0 or 6-1, the Big Cheeseburger is your man. Nobody works harder. He’s the student who spends every weekend in Tilton Library and earns every B he gets but no matter what, he’ll never be Phi Beta Kappa.
Fan since 1974 living in Phelps seeing the upper bowl of Tulane Stadium
- PeteRasche
- Cornerstone
- Posts: 30925
- Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:52 am
- Location: Cincinnati, OH
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
Pulling a quote from a year ago to call someone on something. In your own words, "on brand".ml wave wrote:You were saying?TUPF wrote:Thanks.gerryb323 wrote:Well they are the 1 seed in the NFC currentlyml wave wrote:He's obviously got his faults, but he's a really good coach. Remind me how much success the Eagles have had since letting him go?TUPF wrote:Philly fans have a tough reputation, yes, but people should understand this is exactly why he was let go despite a winning record. He’s an NFL football coach you want in September, not January. He charts everything and I mean everything. But once he’s off script or an opposing coach throws wrinkles at him, he freezes. By the time playoffs roll around, other teams are playing chess and the Big Cheeseburger is playing checkers.doncecco wrote:Andy Reid seems to become a mannequin in these games - I don't know how he keeps a job.
It’s all about what an ownership and a fan base wants. Andy Reid is Mr. October for the wrong sport.
If an ownership wants 10 wins a season after starting 6-0 or 6-1, the Big Cheeseburger is your man. Nobody works harder. He’s the student who spends every weekend in Tilton Library and earns every B he gets but no matter what, he’ll never be Phi Beta Kappa.
Re: NFL Playoffs 2018
Hey, I'm nothing if not consistent. Sorry about the time elapsed there, if Dee Ford wouldn't have been offsides it would have been a year earlier.PeteRasche wrote:Pulling a quote from a year ago to call someone on something. In your own words, "on brand".ml wave wrote:You were saying?TUPF wrote:Thanks.gerryb323 wrote:Well they are the 1 seed in the NFC currentlyml wave wrote:He's obviously got his faults, but he's a really good coach. Remind me how much success the Eagles have had since letting him go?TUPF wrote:Philly fans have a tough reputation, yes, but people should understand this is exactly why he was let go despite a winning record. He’s an NFL football coach you want in September, not January. He charts everything and I mean everything. But once he’s off script or an opposing coach throws wrinkles at him, he freezes. By the time playoffs roll around, other teams are playing chess and the Big Cheeseburger is playing checkers.doncecco wrote:Andy Reid seems to become a mannequin in these games - I don't know how he keeps a job.
It’s all about what an ownership and a fan base wants. Andy Reid is Mr. October for the wrong sport.
If an ownership wants 10 wins a season after starting 6-0 or 6-1, the Big Cheeseburger is your man. Nobody works harder. He’s the student who spends every weekend in Tilton Library and earns every B he gets but no matter what, he’ll never be Phi Beta Kappa.