Doug Pederson, Philadelphia Eagles Legend

[smeags]

McNabb trashed the hire. That should have tipped us off.

speaking of 5, I heard on the radio that he was at the game ? and didn't seem to be displaying the same joy as the rest of the stadium.

bitter sweet for him again, I guess.

[MDS]

when they win the odds that he drinks himself to death will drop to +150

[ice grillin you]

when they win the odds that he drinks himself to death will drop to +150

me and him both

[hunt]

win/win/win?

[hbionic]

in 9days doug will hopefully be serving the biggest bowl of crow ever, and nobody will complain about eating it.

at least not until the eagles start off 3-5 next season.

Personally, if they win it this year, they would be fine never winning it again ever, and it would have been the best thing to ever happen. Ever!

[QB Eagles]

when they win the odds that he drinks himself to death will drop to +150

Maybe not to death but there has to be a prop bet on a #5 postgame DUI.

[phattymatty]

happy 50th to dougie fresh.

[MDS]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

amazing job by Jeffrey and Howie

And by amazing I mean farged up

delete

[Sgt PSN]

I hope that years from now someone will mine this quote and make fun of me because of how successful the hire was, but right now I'm not sure I've ever been more embarrassed as an Eagles fan. They hired a guy with no experience who doesn't even call the plays, on a team with an offense that isn't even good.

This hire is some amateur hour shtein. Was he even a good high school coach? At least he seems like a nice guy.

I'm friends with some Chiefs fans and they aren't concerned in the slightest about him leaving.

Wish granted. :-)

[MDS]

how bad is the staff going to be under this cat...he has no experience and thus no ties to anyone or cache with anyone...so who fills out the all important coordinator positions and on down

L

[MDS]

F. U.  Jeff.

[MDS]

Personality wise Pederson just doesn't come off like a leader of men. Honestly I would have preferred Shurmer. They're both awful hires either way.

incorrect take

[MDS]

trainwreck

oven

[Sgt PSN]

Totally bland hire. He's not even intriguing because he's such an unknown. But he's not Chip Kelly, so I'm not going to hate on him until he actually gives me reason to.

Go Doug!!

I might be the winner here.

[Diomedes]

from a PFT blurb

"You learn if you play passive, if you play conservative, if you call plays conservatively, you are going to be 8-8, 9-7 every year," Pederson said. "Every year. Frank and I just having that collaborative spirit to talk about things and talk with our quarterbacks and just come up with ways of keeping this game fresh and fun and exciting for our players. And that's really where it all stems from."

I find this quote revealing.  What I hear Doug saying here is that being aggressive is not just a style of play that is unusual in a field of risk-averse teams at play during a pretty buttoned-up era of the game, but that it's essentially a personnel management strategy.  He's saying, when we go for the throat, the play call is a message to the players that the coaches believe in them, it's a psychological call as much as a football one.  Doug wins the team by giving them what they want on the field.  They want to beat the other team, not just win.  They want to answer a failed pass to the QB with a successful one.  They want to score touchdowns on 3rd and 8 from 40 yards out.  Pederson routinely gives them the chance to do that, which is a signal to them that he's their guy.