This Team Will NOT Win Anything... Ever.

[Rome]

first time i've ever agreed with that nimrod.  he nailed it to the cross, though.

[PhillyPhreak54]

That shows how the Eagles FO really is; pretend that they are so caring and sympathetic and interested in winning but in reality they are cold bastiches. Thanks for the phone call, Jeff and Joe. I guess their hands were too full of money to pick up the horn and make a call.

[ice grillin you]

the no phone call is pretty bad because of how great an eagle westbrook was...but if they hadnt called him and kept their mouths shut if would be nothing more than banner inc SOP...and mostly a non issue

what puts them over the top as the iceholes they are is how they came out in the media and waxed poetic about westbrook...clearly doing this not because they really care about 36 but because they are trying to make themselves look good...which is both pathetic and laughable...pathetic in how self absorbed they are telling us how much they care about a guy AFTER said player found out via a phone call from a friend that he was released and laughable that anyone would really buy their bullshtein

[reese125]

damn thats a sad read. no excuse for not saying thank you....none. parents obviously missed the boat on the whole manners thing

[Sgt PSN]

How many doubt whether the Birds are committed to winning it all instead of winning just enough to make obscene money?

this has been my anthem for about 4 or 5 years now. 

[Rome]

The funny thing is they're going to make obscene amounts of money no matter what.  Hell, they signed a convicted felon who tortured animals for fun last year, and they still managed to make dump trucks full of cabbage.

I know players whine about money, which is absurd in itself, but when a guy like Westbrook comes out and trashes the way you do business with your employees, you have to adjust your thinking a bit, right?

LOL - what am I saying...??   

[Sgt PSN]

lurie wants to make money.  i don't fault him for that at all.  but what i don't get is why he doesn't seem to understand that eagles fan are so hard up for a super bowl trophy that if he actually assembled a legit contender and they actually win it all, his investment would get returned 10x over.

but i can only imagine that lurie's logic is that spending money on talent doesn't guarantee a championship and that if he does spend the money and the eagles still fall short, then he's the one who winds up on the losing end (because he only made $xmillion instead of $ymillion).  because as we've already seen on 4 different occasions, the eagles can get to the nfccg for minimal cost and make him a boat load of cash in the process.  basically, as far as lurie is concerned, the possibility of playing in one more game isn't worth the money it would cost to give the eagles a shot at winning it. 

[MDS]

the only way things change is if you hit him there where it hurts. and last time i checked, we were still willing to spend 200 on a sunday afternoon so jeff still wins.

[Rome]

It certainly appears that way, Sarge.  That makes Lurie/Banner/Reid's condescending speeches about 'gold standards',  'going for it all',  and 'most talented roster' all the more infuriating.

[General_Failure]

I hope they at least put his number in unofficial retirement. I don't want to see some camp body wearing 36 in a preseason game.

[Sgt PSN]

in an effort to prevent my hatred of ownership and the front office from carrying over to the team itself, i banned myself from even looking at pe.com about 6 or 7 years ago because the only useful, untainted info they have is the season schedule and i can get that anywhere.  now i'm taking my self imposed boycott a step further and i'm going to try and avoid anything that has to do with the executive levels of this team.  if banner, reid, lurie or howie make a statement, i'm not watching, listening or reading.  i simply don't care anymore.  it's not worth it to read their dribble and get excited or angry about what they say or do and how they say or do it. 

from now on, i'm only involving myself on the football side of things.  root for them on sunday, commend the players and coaches for the things they do well and rip them for the things they don't.  don't care about the draft.  don't care about free agency because both of them are going to go according to the "business model" rather than what actually might be best for the team.   

as a team, i love them.  as an organization, i farging hate everything about them and would honestly prefer 10 years of rich kotite, dana bible and bobby hoying over another year of reid, banner and lurie.  pretty much everyone invovled with that organization that doesn't suit up on sundays can kiss my scrote. 

[Rome]

the cheerleaders are nice.

[Rome]

I thank you all for your opinions. I have absolutely no problem defending the organization, because I believe in what the organization does and I believe in how it treats the players. Have they made mistakes? Of course. But by and large, the Eagles are fantastic to the players. As for the "business over winning" nonsense, we have talked about it many times. It is simply not true. You want to make all the money in the world? Go win the Super Bowl. The Eagles have proven time and time again that they are committed to winning and to putting themselves in position to compete for a title. If it were a "guarantee" that signing a certain player would win a Super Bowl, they would do it. There are no such guarantees in this great game and in this great league. Brian Westbrook was treated wonderfully in his time as an Eagle and he will be remembered as a great player here and a great person. I don't think I need to say any more.

He should have stopped after "opinions".

Nauseating.

[MDS]

all time classic response from spadaro? thats got to be up there.

[PhillyGirl]

wow, his response actually makes me want to punch something.