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Lovie Smith interview Thursday, reports say. Interesting.
Please lock this one up mods
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I think Lovie would be a good fit for you guys
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I'm down with that!
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would love him as the DC.. not sure i want him as the head coach
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Wondered what took Philly so long to give Andy the axe. Son wasn't taking that team anywhere...neither is the backfield. Shady is the lil homie and all but the Eagles backfield sucks and has sucked for a while now
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some info on mccoy:
Jake Delhommes stats with McCoy as QB Coach/passing game co-ordinator.
64 games. 93 TD's, 45 INT's.
The following season when McCoy went to Broncos - 8 TD's, 18 INT's
Kyle Orton's stats in McCoys 2 years with him at QB in 09-10
28 Games. 41 TD's. 21 INT's.
Then with Tim Tebow at QB
14 Games. 17 TD's 9 INT's.
The Broncos also had the number 1 rushing offense under Tebow.
Jake Delhommes stats with McCoy as QB Coach/passing game co-ordinator.
64 games. 93 TD's, 45 INT's.
The following season when McCoy went to Broncos - 8 TD's, 18 INT's
Kyle Orton's stats in McCoys 2 years with him at QB in 09-10
28 Games. 41 TD's. 21 INT's.
Then with Tim Tebow at QB
14 Games. 17 TD's 9 INT's.
The Broncos also had the number 1 rushing offense under Tebow.
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brian kelly? 
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brian kelly?
yeahhhhhh I'm not sure I like that one
They must've interviewed dude as soon as he left the locker room post game or something. I still would prefer Gus Bradley, Mike McCoy or Lovie (if he can get a very good OC to run the offense) in no particular order...I'm just curious who we end up with tho gonna be weird not having Andy there
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Wait what?? Shady is a top 5 back in the league when healthy
And if Bryce fixes the fumbling issue then he'll be a good compliment. The team has a lot of issues but RB DEFINITELY is not one of them.
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I really have no clue what the hell the Eagles are doing
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I don't think this has gone as planned. Not necessarily a bad thing though.
I favor Gus or Lovie.
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I like Gus myself
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gus seems to be the fan favorite.. especially after some of the videos have come out with him firing up his players..
i dunnio.. i think that kind of stuff is great for a DC or particular position coaches.. but i'm not a huge fan of that from my head coach
i want my coach that can remain calm.. be the steady force when crap is hitting the fan.. i think that's the biggest difference between belichick and say mcdaniels
i dunnio.. i think that kind of stuff is great for a DC or particular position coaches.. but i'm not a huge fan of that from my head coach
i want my coach that can remain calm.. be the steady force when crap is hitting the fan.. i think that's the biggest difference between belichick and say mcdaniels
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This great piece on Brian Kelly makes me like him as a candidate much more than I did initially: http://igglesblitz.com/philadelphia-eagles-2/meet-brian-kelly/#disqus_thread
I just worry that his "motivating" tactics would work on millionaire pros instead of college kids, but the guy has built winners anywhere he's gone and his collegiate record is very strong
I just worry that his "motivating" tactics would work on millionaire pros instead of college kids, but the guy has built winners anywhere he's gone and his collegiate record is very strong
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Welp Kelly is staying at Notre Dame, he had to make his mind up quickly since school for them starts back up this week.....I'm assuming Gus Bradley is their #1 guy though....just a matter of when Seattle is done
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The eagles released a statement, this team is pathetic to the point their the only team in town I start to strongly dislike at times
The Eagles have released the following statement updating the status of the team's search for a head coach.
"There is no question we spent a considerable amount of time and effort looking at who we thought were the best collegiate candidates for our head coaching job. We did so knowing that there was a remote chance that these coaches would leave their current posts.
"We understood that going into the process, but we wanted to leave no stone unturned while trying to find the best head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. We have no regrets about the effort we made in that direction and we will continue to proceed as planned in our search."
Make sure to follow us on Twitter @EaglesInsider
The Eagles have released the following statement updating the status of the team's search for a head coach.
"There is no question we spent a considerable amount of time and effort looking at who we thought were the best collegiate candidates for our head coaching job. We did so knowing that there was a remote chance that these coaches would leave their current posts.
"We understood that going into the process, but we wanted to leave no stone unturned while trying to find the best head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. We have no regrets about the effort we made in that direction and we will continue to proceed as planned in our search."
Make sure to follow us on Twitter @EaglesInsider
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[h1]In case anyone cares, my personal choice for Eagles' next HC is Gus Bradley...[/h1]
Written by Thomas Jackson on
Sunday, 13 January 2013 08:21.
He's relatively young (46)... and he's a guy who will get in your face to challenge you to do better... and he's got proven NFL experience, so he knows today's players and how to relate to them.
It all adds up for me with Gus Bradley.
Jeff Lurie, Howie Roseman and **** Smolenski interviewed Bradley on Saturday down in Atlanta.
As Nick Fierro of the Allentown Morning Call summed up:
"Bradley, who has lifted and then fine-tuned the Seattle Seahawks' defense to a championship-caliber level, will be doing the same for some other franchise next season. Might as well be the Eagles, who could use a defensive overhaul conducted by a coach with proven methods and results in this league. In case you hadn't noticed, Seattle's defense has been killing it. It has allowed fewer points than any other in the NFL this season. That's been good enough to land the Hawks in the divisional round of the playoffs against the Atlanta Falcons this weekend."
Better yet, he has earned the respect of players and coaches alike.
If you check out the You-Tube audio clips on Bradley, you will be somewhat amazed by his fire-and-brimstone approaches to team meetings... Maybe that's exactly what the Eagles need, a little "Traveling Medicine Show" enthusiasm as a contrast to the Reid era of "putting people in a better position"...
Keep the Cup. Don't allow big plays. Keep everything bottled up. Don't let it spill. If it doesn't spill, it gives you a chance to drink it.
That's Gus Bradley's defensive philosophy. It's similar to that of his mentor, Monte Kiffin. Don't make big mistakes. Do everything in unison. Keep the water in the cup. Give yourself a chance to defend it again. And again and again and again.
It's worked for Bradley in Seattle. He brings the NFL's No. 1 scoring defense into Sunday's divisional playoff game in Atlanta. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll recently called him "a brilliant football mind."
Two of Bradley's biggest supporters are Kiffin and future Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Brooks, whom he coached in Tampa Bay.
Kiffin helped Bradley get hired in Seattle. He told Jim Mora, the head coach at the time, "J.L., listen to me. I have got a guy here in Tampa that is one of the finest football coaches I have ever worked with. He's an A-plus. He's a once-in-a-lifetime coach. You need to talk to him," Mora recalled.
Derrick Brooks speaks similarly of his former linebackers coach. The two still talk often. He uses words like humble, hard-working and loyal to describe his former coach and friend.
"I would definitely endorse him if someone asked me to do that," said Brooks, now team president of the Arena Football League's Tampa Bay Storm. "I just knew as my position coach that in this league, he was going to move up. Whether that means coordinator, head coach, I just knew him staying in this position as a linebackers coach, he's going to outgrow it. That's the same way I felt about Coach Lovie Smith."
Lovie Smith, who interviewed with the Eagles on Thursday, also came up through the Tampa system as a linebackers coach. The biggest difference is that Smith, 54, has had his chance to lead a team. He was the head coach of the Chicago Bears for the past nine seasons. Bradley, 46, is looking for his first head coaching job.
Much like Smith--- and unlike Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, who interviewed for the Eagles position earlier this week as well, and in late-breaking news has blown us off to go back to Notre Dame--- Bradley isn't a get-in-your-face disciplinarian. Sure he'll yell, scream and curse plenty, but usually when he's at his most vocal, it's for encouragement, not disparagement.
Bradley came to the NFL in 2006 as a defensive quality control coach from North Dakota State. It didn't take long for him to earn the respect of the Bucs players. Brooks remembers going to Bradley regularly on the upcoming opponent whom he had scouted. Bradley wouldn't just provide the information. He taught it as well.
When Bradley was promoted to linebackers coach the following year, he constantly peppered Brooks with questions. What made him great? How did he prepare? What was he thinking? It proved Bradley wasn't a know-it-all coach, and earned the players' respect rather quickly as a result.
"One thing I appreciated is that he listened," Brooks said. "And by 'listened' I don't mean he did everything I said. But the fact that we had open lines of communication, that he sought my opinion in determining the decision, was critical. I appreciated his personality that he would listen."
That's not to be taken lightly. At the time, Bradley was a young coach from a small school, only seven years older than his star pupil. He needed to be impressive to command the attention of a group filled with strong and already successful veterans.
Maybe most impressive with Bradley has been his ability to adjust. This should help in his meeting with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman, who are looking for a flexible and innovative coach. Bradley's current defense in Seattle may resemble the Cover-2 or Tampa-2 system he learned in Tampa, but it has its own look and feel. Now, it's Gus Bradley's defense.
"They play a lot more mixed fronts than we did in Tampa," Brooks said. "We were pretty much over-under four-man fronts. With Gus they jump into a lot of different fronts. A lot of five-man fronts, 4-5-man, so you see his fingerprints on that. We ran a lot of basic coverages, they run a lot of mixed coverages."
The results have been similar. Just like the 2000-2007 Bucs, the Seahawks have a dominant defense. With Bradley as their coach, they've been able to "keep the cup".
And, now, according to Brooks, it's apparent that Gus Bradley is ready to not just lead the linebackers or the entire defense. It's his time to lead a team.
"Since his time in Seattle, you can see it," Brooks said. "Just the conversations, they're more of leadership conversations. … I think he's definitely ready to lead a football team."
I want Gus Bradley. And I want Lovie Smith as his defensive coordinator. This combo would be a great outcome for the Eagles in my opinion.
There. I said it. Okay, I'm done.
Written by Thomas Jackson on
Sunday, 13 January 2013 08:21.
He's relatively young (46)... and he's a guy who will get in your face to challenge you to do better... and he's got proven NFL experience, so he knows today's players and how to relate to them.
It all adds up for me with Gus Bradley.
Jeff Lurie, Howie Roseman and **** Smolenski interviewed Bradley on Saturday down in Atlanta.
As Nick Fierro of the Allentown Morning Call summed up:
"Bradley, who has lifted and then fine-tuned the Seattle Seahawks' defense to a championship-caliber level, will be doing the same for some other franchise next season. Might as well be the Eagles, who could use a defensive overhaul conducted by a coach with proven methods and results in this league. In case you hadn't noticed, Seattle's defense has been killing it. It has allowed fewer points than any other in the NFL this season. That's been good enough to land the Hawks in the divisional round of the playoffs against the Atlanta Falcons this weekend."
Better yet, he has earned the respect of players and coaches alike.
If you check out the You-Tube audio clips on Bradley, you will be somewhat amazed by his fire-and-brimstone approaches to team meetings... Maybe that's exactly what the Eagles need, a little "Traveling Medicine Show" enthusiasm as a contrast to the Reid era of "putting people in a better position"...
Keep the Cup. Don't allow big plays. Keep everything bottled up. Don't let it spill. If it doesn't spill, it gives you a chance to drink it.
That's Gus Bradley's defensive philosophy. It's similar to that of his mentor, Monte Kiffin. Don't make big mistakes. Do everything in unison. Keep the water in the cup. Give yourself a chance to defend it again. And again and again and again.
It's worked for Bradley in Seattle. He brings the NFL's No. 1 scoring defense into Sunday's divisional playoff game in Atlanta. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll recently called him "a brilliant football mind."
Two of Bradley's biggest supporters are Kiffin and future Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Brooks, whom he coached in Tampa Bay.
Kiffin helped Bradley get hired in Seattle. He told Jim Mora, the head coach at the time, "J.L., listen to me. I have got a guy here in Tampa that is one of the finest football coaches I have ever worked with. He's an A-plus. He's a once-in-a-lifetime coach. You need to talk to him," Mora recalled.
Derrick Brooks speaks similarly of his former linebackers coach. The two still talk often. He uses words like humble, hard-working and loyal to describe his former coach and friend.
"I would definitely endorse him if someone asked me to do that," said Brooks, now team president of the Arena Football League's Tampa Bay Storm. "I just knew as my position coach that in this league, he was going to move up. Whether that means coordinator, head coach, I just knew him staying in this position as a linebackers coach, he's going to outgrow it. That's the same way I felt about Coach Lovie Smith."
Lovie Smith, who interviewed with the Eagles on Thursday, also came up through the Tampa system as a linebackers coach. The biggest difference is that Smith, 54, has had his chance to lead a team. He was the head coach of the Chicago Bears for the past nine seasons. Bradley, 46, is looking for his first head coaching job.
Much like Smith--- and unlike Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, who interviewed for the Eagles position earlier this week as well, and in late-breaking news has blown us off to go back to Notre Dame--- Bradley isn't a get-in-your-face disciplinarian. Sure he'll yell, scream and curse plenty, but usually when he's at his most vocal, it's for encouragement, not disparagement.
Bradley came to the NFL in 2006 as a defensive quality control coach from North Dakota State. It didn't take long for him to earn the respect of the Bucs players. Brooks remembers going to Bradley regularly on the upcoming opponent whom he had scouted. Bradley wouldn't just provide the information. He taught it as well.
When Bradley was promoted to linebackers coach the following year, he constantly peppered Brooks with questions. What made him great? How did he prepare? What was he thinking? It proved Bradley wasn't a know-it-all coach, and earned the players' respect rather quickly as a result.
"One thing I appreciated is that he listened," Brooks said. "And by 'listened' I don't mean he did everything I said. But the fact that we had open lines of communication, that he sought my opinion in determining the decision, was critical. I appreciated his personality that he would listen."
That's not to be taken lightly. At the time, Bradley was a young coach from a small school, only seven years older than his star pupil. He needed to be impressive to command the attention of a group filled with strong and already successful veterans.
Maybe most impressive with Bradley has been his ability to adjust. This should help in his meeting with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman, who are looking for a flexible and innovative coach. Bradley's current defense in Seattle may resemble the Cover-2 or Tampa-2 system he learned in Tampa, but it has its own look and feel. Now, it's Gus Bradley's defense.
"They play a lot more mixed fronts than we did in Tampa," Brooks said. "We were pretty much over-under four-man fronts. With Gus they jump into a lot of different fronts. A lot of five-man fronts, 4-5-man, so you see his fingerprints on that. We ran a lot of basic coverages, they run a lot of mixed coverages."
The results have been similar. Just like the 2000-2007 Bucs, the Seahawks have a dominant defense. With Bradley as their coach, they've been able to "keep the cup".
And, now, according to Brooks, it's apparent that Gus Bradley is ready to not just lead the linebackers or the entire defense. It's his time to lead a team.
"Since his time in Seattle, you can see it," Brooks said. "Just the conversations, they're more of leadership conversations. … I think he's definitely ready to lead a football team."
I want Gus Bradley. And I want Lovie Smith as his defensive coordinator. This combo would be a great outcome for the Eagles in my opinion.
There. I said it. Okay, I'm done.
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news on gus bradley:
http://msn.foxsports.com/lacesout/glazers-edge-coaching-spots-still-open/
and i have no clue what the hell is up with this brian billick foolishness
http://msn.foxsports.com/lacesout/glazers-edge-coaching-spots-still-open/
and i have no clue what the hell is up with this brian billick foolishness
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Eagles officially announce second interview with Seahawks Gus Bradley coming tomorrow (Tuesday).
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Pretty sure he's our next coach
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I'll take him.
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Yeah I mean what do you have to lose
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Yep, Howard Eskin is reporting on twitter that Gus Bradley may be named head coach within next 24 hours. From a "reliable source", he says.
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Eskin has connections in the Eagles organization, so it's probably true.
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with all the other viable options gone.. i really hope this is true..
and IF it is, i wonder who will be added to the staff.. and mainly who will be added as the OC
