as cowboy fan , I wished Andy could've stayed for 14more years with the eAGLES !!!:)

Reid was fired Monday after 14 seasons at the helm of the Eagles. His dismissal comes one day after an embarrassing 42-7 loss at the New York Giants which put the finishing touches on a 4-12 season.

Romo sucks.In 7 elimination games he is 1-6. Romo will forever be remembered for his failures ...not his statistics . Why the sports media puts him on a pedestal I will never understand. I think its becuase he is the Dallas QB and Dallas to some is still Americas team.

Until we realize that as a society we are moving much to quickly as human beings and it has cost us the values that are our best, loving compassion and understanding for other humans as flawed creatures just as we are. Coach Reid should have been given a six month leave of absence to recover from the death of his son.through counseling, rest and rehab.

Too little, too late. Andy Reid stayed well past any reasonable time to succeed. Like another ensemble of folks who make us laugh, the Eagles should follow the example of Saturday Night Live and fire everyone and start from scratch. Considering moving the team to Boise and renaming it the Turkies would be a nice touch too.

I still am an andy reid believer, I think the man has got guts an is always being bashed by mindless people. I do believe its time for him to go tho. I just glad I don't have to listen to angelo on 94wip rant an rave about andy being fired anymore. That leaves angelo with nothing to talk about anymore. Thank the lord!

And are we supposed to "CARE" what happens to the Eagles, or any of the other teams? They are all a bunch of over-paid little boys who can't form a complete sentence when they speak. With the money they make, they should at least take a course in English grammar and conversation ! ! !

Andy Reid's record proves him to be a successful football coach whose successful run ended in two consecutive bad seasons. This season he had to live with the horror of his son's death. That had to weigh heavily on him. However he failed for other reasons. He made bad coaching and player personnel choices in some cases. He could not get the 2012 Eagles to play the way they should. He stuck with his West Coast Offense strategy even though that offense has been on its way out for years. He missed the point that the best teams are playing strategic football with a carefully orchestrated running-passing game. He let the defense deteriorate and then be molded into the 9 man front - a recipe for disaster against any team that had a half decent play action game. In the past 5 years the game has been changing, but Reid did not change with it. He is not the first nor the last coach that went or will go down for a failure to adapt. All that said, he did give Eagles fans a lot to enjoy over most of his tenure.

If you heard the Michael Vick interview on Comcast after the game and the post game analysis comments from Ike Reese and Ray Didinger, you know the Eagles problems go way beyond the coach. I wanted Andy Reid to go as he had been here too long but the complacency of some of the young players getting more money than any of us here will ever see is a character issue for some of them.

They need to take the dog murdering michael vick and have him terminated along with reid, They both have something in common and that is both over paid oafs who shouldnt be paid the amount of money to do nothingt. That is not work and they dont deserve it. All the people who do real work get nothing for all the hours they put in but these people are worshiped. I can careless about them and Im glad they finally fired the walrus. Hopefully vicks next hes a worthless scumbag animal abuser.

LIKE

he needed to go!

Andy Reid flat out stunk. He was a defensive coach, and defensive coaches rarely win as head coaches. His drafting, play calling and his use of the clock and time outs were terrible. The fact that he is the winningest coach in Philadelphia history highlights the problem - the Eagles have been so bad over their 70+ year history that he's the best they've had. They have never won the big games and underperformed most of the time. No team has been better at grasping defeat from the jaws of victory. Two Super Bowl appearances? Most teams that old and some younger, particularly in large markets, have won the Super Bowl twice, some more that that. Donovan McSlab as the savior? No one else wanted him as a starter. He never had the drive to win or the skills to carry it off. Andy's not the only problem. The entire management stinks. As long as the fans keep buying tickets to watch losers, the trend will continue. The fans have always been happy with second best in every respect. The team is making money. Its value has quadrupled since Jeff Lurie bought the team. They have no incentive to pay for a winner. The Phillies finally got that message about 10 years ago when the fans actually did stop buying tickets. The Eagles are a bad joke on the entire Philadelphia area.

Too bad for Andy Reid. He did a lot of good here in Philly. If he were President of the United States, he'd be re-elected for four more years. In football failure is not an option like it is in politics.

Eve, wow just wow. No I was talking about firefighters, police, nurses, doctors, soldiers, you know those who put themselves on the line to protect us or heal us Or maybe those who find a cure for a disease. Take a personal shot at me if you must; you're right I just work my 8 hour 40 hour a week job, pay my taxes, do nothing out of the ordinary but maintain a house and raise a family. You're right, nothing like broken bones concussions but then I wouldn't watch gladiators fight at the coliseum either Seems like an awful waste of life and limb.

Edward: I agree that it was time for him to go, but your opening premise is totally off base. Reid was never a defensive coach. Jim Johnson was the brains behind the D.

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Oh, and Eve, where did I say they were "worthless". No where, what I said was we deserve what we get as long as we pay for inferior value. Don't tell me if you paid $5000 for a chair, you wouldn't expect good quality something that wouldn't fall apart in a month. Same with services; for someone who doesn't particulary care about football, you seem awfully defensive. Quality is also as "American as apple pie". Hey but if you want to spend your money on a more wins than losses seasons year after year, have at it.

dajoepa75...100% agree with you!!!! I think IF or when when they stop this outrageous salaries to these 'men'...... it may make them work harder. It won't happen of course lol but it's insane..it goes to their heads and many play crappy b/c of money coming easy in my opinion ..easy is subjective but I think it's easy with those salaries! they can TRY at least!! geesh!

dajoepa75 - sorry, my reply was to Concerned Citizen. You and I responded close to the same time. CC had a very different comment than your response.

Eve, it's ok. Just a hot button for me especially after hearing what was going on in the locker room with some of the young players complaining about salaries. I wasn't an Andy fan but for all those players who "loved" him and hoped he would stay, they sent him out with a humiliating loss and not much effort.

Eve and dajoepa75. I really agree with you guys and will end it with that.
I am not a football fan myself (enjoy baseball) have a good one!

While I did not always agree with everything Reid did, and believe he was much better with a better group of players behind him, I don't think it was fair to let him go after only two disappointing seasons, even though he did not win a Super Bowl, he brought the Eagles organization back to respect after a long time of suffering and had many playoff showings. He should have been allowed more than 2 years to slide backward before ditching him and trotting off in a new direction, one that may well be not as good, as he was in many respects, a very good coach.

Hi John,
Thank you for the warm wishes. I'm sorry for your loss, John. I hope the sadness lessens and the New Year brings you new friends and new companions and that the memories you shared with your wife bring you comfort and smiles when you think of them. Have a healthy and peaceful New Year.

You realize that the Coach is not always to blame, But this time yes.
Vick was a Bad thing that happened to this team. Let him go back to the Dog Kennel

I am sorry to see Andy Reid go after the two years he had of personal family problems the team did not s t do up for h I m know I Nguyen his personal life was is shambles. In the long run his needed family life will be better off.

Andy has been in that position to long and falling if he was a Afican American coach who have received those opportunities have not had much time to enjoy them. In a pattern that has gone largely unnoticed, except among black coaches themselves, white coaches have been holding on to their jobs for significantly longer than black coaches. At a time when the National Football League can count only 10 black head coaches in its history, the National Basketball Association has reached a position rare for any business: when a black coach or executive is hired or fired, almost nobody mentions race. Opportunity in the N.B.A. appears to have become color blind.Over the last decade, black N.B.A. coaches have lasted an average of just 1.6 seasons, compared with 2.4 seasons for white coaches, "Our white counterparts are given more the benefit of the doubt," So Andy thanks take care of your family but time for a change we waited too long.

Vick did us dirty. Get him out of Philly! he's making us look bad! And trade DJack for some one else to, he was such a one year player. For all of you saying "we'll play better without Reid", come back to me next season and see how well their doing.