Juan Castillo, new DC of your Philadelphia Eagles

[Rome]

Smart boy.

[ice grillin you]

no chance he comes back....andy is his only defender in the organization and his power has drastically been cut since heckert (huge andy guy) as replaced by howie (huge banner guy)

[Rome]

If Reid is back so is Juan especially if they beat Washington and the defense plays well.

It's a perfect storm of awfulness for us but there it is.

[ice grillin you]

i think you underesitmate how much reids power has dwindled in the last couple years and one of the only power moves hes made has been the disasterous juany hiring...i guarntee banner and howie think they put together a great team if it just wasnt for the awful DC they would have gone far....they are not happy with that move...for this reason id be floored if juany was back

ideally old ass mudd retires...juany goes back to the OL and they hire a real DC...spags would be a dream

however i cant see juany on the sidelines next year bac at OL coach...that would be a huge ego shot that i dont think anyone could take...in fact if he accepted that id lose a shteinload of respect for him

[SunMo]

if mudd retires and juan goes back to OL then that makes this past year even more of a waste than it already is.

they totally changed the way the line blocks and tailored their running plays to that.  they even drafted because of it.  so they are going to ditch that after one year and go back to something they used to do?

[ice grillin you]

its an offensive line...an ape could coach one...i highly doubt losing mudd would mean they couldnt run the same "system"

im not even promoting the idea that mudd leaves i just think he is....seems like he came out of retirement for one more big run at a ring and joined a dream team to do it....it didnt work out he gave it a shot and now him and his cane will limp back off into the sunset...granted this is all me and i have heard nothing to support this idea but at the same time it seems so obvious

[Rome]

Reid had enough power to hire Castillo as a DC.

If he had gone 4-12 that might have ended but they won't so expecting any drastic changes especially with him still having two years left is wishful thinking.

I hope I'm wrong, but...

[Sgt PSN]

Agree with Rome.  I think Reid still has nearly full control over the coaching staff. Banner and Roseman don't care about coaches because they don't impact the cap.

[Eagles_Legendz]

I'd like Mudd to stay.  I think he did a good job this year all things considered.

[ice grillin you]

Reid had enough power to hire Castillo as a DC.

he stuck his neck out for a loyal friend who begged for a job....its failed miserably and more importantly made banner and howie look like dopes....im certainly not saying it isnt possible but id personally be stunned if juany was back as DC

[MDS]

He will be gone and will wind up as the secondary coach or something in Carolina

[Diomedes]

I'm with Rome on this one.  The D has played well enough on the back end here to look like they are coming together, like this so-called plan is starting to take work.  The media is singing the same song.

I don't see them re-setting the D all over again after a 7-9 or 8-8 first year.

[Eagaholic]

The problem with Juan is even if he has the potential to become a very good DC he's still probably 2-3 years out in terms of things like Xs and Os and getting the D to the point where they can do things, like, tackle (at least left to his own devices - maybe they'll bring in some 'consultant,' even if the guy works behind the scenes).

[Don Ho]

If they win Sunday and the D has a respectable game I also can't see dumping him.  We'll get the "We finished strong, things were starting to come together, people knew their roles" lines of crap.  What will be really tough is seeing Steve Spagnuolo out there as all signs point to the Rams moving on without him. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The problem with Juan is even if he has the potential to become a very good DC he's still probably 2-3 years out in terms of things like Xs and Os and getting the D to the point where they can do things, like, tackle (at least left to his own devices - maybe they'll bring in some 'consultant,' even if the guy works behind the scenes).

Not sure what you used to get that "2-3 years out" piece, but this really doesn't make any damn sense.

If they give him another year, and the defense underperforms, either he is no good or the players aren't. His biggest mistake this year was continually misusing the cornerbacks. DRC is best on the outside but played the nickel. Nnamdi is best one-on-one, but he played a lot of zone and sucked pretty hard at it. This stuff got figured out as the season went on, but it was too late. With one entire off-season to prepare and with the talent on the team (hopefully one legitimate LB will be added?), pretty sure Juan doesn't get another year or two to figure out X's and O's.