Lurie Article from the Boston Globe

[PhillyPhreak54]

Q: Vikings coach Brad Childress addressed his concern about Reid's weight and health. Is it something that concerns you and do you ever mention it to him?

LURIE: I don't. It's not my role to do that. Anybody who cares for him, it's always a concern, but he's such a man in charge of his own being that he never complains about anything. He just moves forward. He never moves back. But as a friend, yes [there's concern].

Q: But you don't say anything to him even though you're concerned?

LURIE: I don't go there. It's something personal to him. You don't need to. He knows I care deeply about him as a person and I always want the best for him no matter what that is.

Q: Where would you rank the job Reid did this year?

LURIE: It was very impressive. When we were 5-5-1 . . . and then to be on the cusp of the Super Bowl and probably should have got in, that's very, very impressive. The thing that is remarkable about him is that no matter what's happening, he goes back, strategizes, leads and moves forward. . . . When you're 5-5-1, I'm sure he was worried and I was extremely worried that we were just going to play it out.

It was a very impressive leadership job. He never blamed any part of the roster. He never blames the players. He has a flat, boring approach with the media - totally non-controversial and he doesn't raise subjects - and it's not satisfying to a competitive media . . . but it plays so well in the locker room.

When you have the games like we were having and he gets up there and takes the brunt of the criticism - people are writing he needs to be fired or can't make decisions on the field about time-outs - he doesn't even defend himself. He doesn't even say, 'I would have done that, but the player couldn't do that.' It's very impressive.

Q: Have you ever seen another coach or manager who doesn't at least occasionally throw a player under the bus?

LURIE: Never. He never even does it with his own coaches in this building. He takes things on internally here. If I say, 'Maybe we should do this or this or this?' He won't say, 'Yeah, that coach should be doing this or that.' And he suffers in popularity because of it, but he recognizes that this is the way to win. It's that kind of leadership that got us from 5-5-1 to you know what happened. I'm very impressed.

Q: There are some veteran guys here who can become free agents. How difficult will those decisions be?

LURIE: You do get attached to players, especially players who have started and played here for 10-plus years. This is a hard part of the whole thing. You want to play it out as long as you possibly can. Your inclination is definitely to keep things with those players, but at some point you have to get better as well. I'll do what I always do. I rely on the football guys. I'll have my own thoughts, but Andy, Tom [Heckert] and Howie [Roseman] and the coordinators will all be part of that decision making.

Q: At last year's owners meetings, there were discussions about seeding playoff teams based on their records. If that measure had passed, you would have been home for the NFC championship game. What was your feeling about it at the time and now?

LURIE: My thought then was that if we would have changed to that system, it would have penalized teams in a really good division. That's why I didn't want to do it.

Q: But in this case it rewarded a team in an awful division.

LURIE: It did.

Q: Should the league take control of whether a team can close the roof in the postseason?

LURIE: Yes.

Q: Will you bring up that issue at this year's owners meetings?

LURIE: Yes. I tried to bring it up before the game and I was told when we approved these stadiums . . . that the league does not take control of the dome opened-and-closed issue. My memory was wrong. I thought when we approved [Houston and Arizona] that the league takes over a playoff situation. I think it will come up and not just by me. The league should control this.

Q: People have been talking about the window closing on the Eagles' chances to win a Super Bowl for some time now. Do you think it's still wide open for you guys?

LURIE: Wide open. Yes.

Q: Are you already thinking about next year?

LURIE: I'm thinking about every single way of how we can be better. I don't really ever feel satisfied and I don't know if I would if we won. It would be like, 'Yes, we won and let's have the parade and celebrate,' but we could be better there, there and there. That's why I have gray hair. I wouldn't even know what it's like not to think that we can be better.

[Butchers Bill]

Lurie takes a lot of crap from people in Philly (and this board) but he is easily one of the best owners in the NFL.

[ice grillin you]

lurie takes very little crap....reid especially and banner take way more

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The buck stops there, though.  If you don't like Reid and Banner, Lurie's the guy that could adios both of them.

[MDS]

lurie deserves credit for more or less paying the bills and staying out of the way

but his inner circle of penny pinching jews and his love of fat mormons = teh fail

[stalker]

lurie deserves credit for more or less paying the bills and staying out of the way

but his inner circle of penny pinching jews and his love of fat mormons = teh fail

If you replaced that with DUMB NYGHER QB he would be banned!

How about an even playing field?

[General_Failure]

You want us to ban you?

[stalker]

No, just eliminate the double standard. Either don't ban anyone or ban everyone.

[ice grillin you]

The buck stops there, though.  If you don't like Reid and Banner, Lurie's the guy that could adios both of them.

i mean i know what youre saying and in 95% of situations its true...but the eagles situation is different...its not like lurie is hiring total morons...banner is competant and knows what hes doing but hes one of the worst humans on the planet hence the hate towards just him...and as bad as a game day coach as i think he is reids record speaks for itself nd shelters lurie from any direct hate in not firing him

No, just eliminate the double standard. Either don't ban anyone or ban everyone.

you say your shtein with malice are not the least bit funny about it and clearly represent what you say...mds is a half retarded jew who is just making fun of his own people in a cute and cuddly way that only a mentally deficient person could

[stalker]

The buck stops there, though.  If you don't like Reid and Banner, Lurie's the guy that could adios both of them.

i mean i know what youre saying and in 95% of situations its true...but the eagles situation is different...its not like lurie is hiring total morons...banner is competant and knows what hes doing but hes one of the worst humans on the planet hence the hate towards just him...and as bad as a game day coach as i think he is reids record speaks for itself nd shelters lurie from any direct hate in not firing him

No, just eliminate the double standard. Either don't ban anyone or ban everyone.

you say your shtein with malice are not the least bit funny about it and clearly represent what you say...mds is a half retarded jew who is just making fun of his own people in a cute and cuddly way that only a mentally deficient person could

Never with malice. I love everyone. I also love poking fun at everyone. I defy you to find a post where I was maliciously racist.

[Diomedes]

lurie deserves credit for more or less paying the bills and staying out of the way

but his inner circle of penny pinching jews and his love of fat mormons = teh fail

If you replaced that with DUMB NYGHER QB he would be banned!

How about an even playing field?

Your capacity for context is missing.

[Rome]

lurie deserves credit for more or less paying the bills and staying out of the way

but his inner circle of penny pinching jews and his love of fat mormons = teh fail

If you replaced that with DUMB NYGHER QB he would be banned!

How about an even playing field?

MDS is a Jew you ignorant farghead.

Jesus Christ just go away.

[stalker]

lurie deserves credit for more or less paying the bills and staying out of the way

but his inner circle of penny pinching jews and his love of fat mormons = teh fail

If you replaced that with DUMB NYGHER QB he would be banned!

How about an even playing field?

MDS is a Jew you ignorant farghead.

Jesus Christ just go away.

So that makes it okay?

[Cerevant]

Q: Some people will wonder if Jon Gruden is the guy to get the Eagles over the top the way he did with Tony Dungy's team in Tampa Bay. What would you tell those people?

LURIE: I think in the NFL, whether it's an Andy Reid or a Bill Cowher, if you have a coach who is good enough to go to NFC championship games and a Super Bowl, that's what you need to win a Super Bowl. What you don't want is a coach who rarely gets to an NFC championship game and you assume that he can win a Super Bowl.

Just a shout out to all those who doubted whether or not Lurie thought Andy Reid was the next Bill Cowher.

[General_Failure]

Fact: Cowher has never led a team to an NFCCG.