The Eagles Offseason Thread(all aboard the Brian Finneran bandwagon)

[Diomedes]

holy farg

[MadMarchHare]

Who's ass is he pinching?

[phattymatty]

Eagles @ Skins is part of the NFL replay today on NFL network.

[SunMo]

yeah, i saw that, i set to record it on my dvr

[Sgt PSN]

Eagles @ Skins is part of the NFL replay today on NFL network.

Figures.  I was on duty back in Nov when the game was actually played so I had to listen to it on WIP.  Now it's being replayed on tv and where am I?  On duty. 

Yay me!

[Tomahawk]

Eagles @ Skins is part of the NFL replay today on NFL network.

Figures.  I was on duty back in Nov when the game was actually played so I had to listen to it on WIP.  Now it's being replayed on tv and where am I?  On duty. 

Yay me!

Everybody has a sob story, Sarge. Nobody wants to hear yours.

[Father Demon]

Umm, This goes here, I guess?

Eagles fans, we can't guarantee you'll return to the top of the NFC East this season, but we can say you'll enjoy an Eagles Television Network lineup produced entirely in HD. Owner Jeffrey Lurie's film production experience (and we're sure an overpriced stadium beer or two) is apparently to thank for the transition, facilitated by some forward thinking during a recent master control upgrade, and new cameras from Panasonic. Unfortunately, the monitors in the stadium will still be standard def only, with no chance of an upgrade before 2009 at the earliest, but with Philly's history, odds are we can expect them before another sports championship in the city (though the Flyers may have something to say about that).

[phattymatty]

Spadaro gets murdered in this article...

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/243-05162008-1534954.html

[Sgt PSN]

Umm, This goes here, I guess?

Eagles fans, we can't guarantee you'll return to the top of the NFC East this season, but we can say you'll enjoy an Eagles Television Network lineup produced entirely in HD. Owner Jeffrey Lurie's film production experience (and we're sure an overpriced stadium beer or two) is apparently to thank for the transition, facilitated by some forward thinking during a recent master control upgrade, and new cameras from Panasonic. Unfortunately, the monitors in the stadium will still be standard def only, with no chance of an upgrade before 2009 at the earliest, but with Philly's history, odds are we can expect them before another sports championship in the city (though the Flyers may have something to say about that).

Guessing that was either published earlier this morning or sometime yesterday. 

[AP]

Spadaro gets murdered in this article...

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/243-05162008-1534954.html

Hard to argue with that article. Seems to be right on. I like this part the best out of it.

What Spadaro, Reid and the Eagles hierarchy don't seem to understand is that the media is not supposed to be cheerleaders for the team. Our job is to ask questions of the franchise that the fans want answered. Those fans have made this franchise very profitable. They have been rewarded with disappointment and failure on a yearly basis for most of their lifetimes.

[QB Eagles]

Spadaro gets murdered in this article...

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/243-05162008-1534954.html

Brutal and hilarious.

[PhillyPhreak54]

When beat writers and radio people rip on Spads it reeks of jealousy and spite.

The sooner they (and some fans) accept that he does what he is paid to do, the sooner they will realize that its not worth getting all bent outta shape over.

[QB Eagles]

The sooner they (and some fans) accept that he does what he is paid to do, the sooner they will realize that its not worth getting all bent outta shape over.

The article does accept what Spadaro is paid to do. It's a response to Spadaro ripping on the media for doing what they get paid to do.

For the most part, the rest of the Philadelphia media accepted this as a guy just trying to collect a paycheck and doing his job. Sure, there were some giggles, but Spadaro seemed like a nice guy to those who met him and everybody went along their merry way.

That was until "Spuds" decided to become the lecturer on all things journalism on the first day of minicamp.

[Rome]

Kevin Cooney is really farging fat.

[Sgt PSN]

Spadaro gets murdered in this article...

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/243-05162008-1534954.html

For the most part, the rest of the Philadelphia media accepted this as a guy just trying to collect a paycheck and doing his job. Sure, there were some giggles, but Spadaro seemed like a nice guy to those who met him and everybody went along their merry way.

That was until "Spuds" decided to become the lecturer on all things journalism on the first day of minicamp.

He wondered why there were not more positive questions asked of Donovan McNabb, Andy Reid or Brian Dawkins during their press conferences. (Apparently, we are all supposed to be positive about an 8-8, last-place team.) He thought the media was just trying to dig up dirt when questions were asked about McNabb's desire for more "weapons" on offense. (In a later column, he blasted Comcast SportsNet Chicago's Pat Boyle for asking the "same boring questions" of McNabb. Please.)

I don't know what's funnier/worst.  Spadaro giving journalism advice to journalists or this Kevin Cooney guy writing an article about how it hurt his feelings. 

Spuds is a PR guy, plain and simple.  And in that regard, he does a pretty damn good job.  He works on the website, Eagles digest, ETN and probably does a bunch of crap we don't even see.  Is he a douchebag?  Of course he is.  He's a professional yes man.  Anyone who looks to any Eagles publication for actual "inside" information is wasting their time. 

I don't know who this Kevin Cooney guy is but I think his article strongly resembles something that a 15 year old girl would blog about on her myspace page.