2012 Off-Season Thread

[Don Ho]

Thanks GF.  Tried for the past five minutes to post the link.  farging iPad.

[SD]

Lurie to meet reporters Tuesday

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie will meet with reporters at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and perhaps provide some answers to the questions lingering around his football team.

Don't count on answers that you really want to hear.

"I just want to be clear, Andy Reid is still going to be the head coach"

Any other question they throw at him is going to be answered like this:
"We're still evaluating the situation"

[PhillyGirl]

Quote from GCobb: "Normally, Lurie doesn't take center stage during the week after the season unless he's getting ready to make a major announcement. I'm also interested in why Reid didn't meet with the media yesterday. It's strange. Something must be up because Reid just doesn't like to get off schedule if he can help it."

[charlie]

Reid will be fired, Castillo will named head coach.

[rjs246]

Reid will be fired, Roseman will named head coach. Castillo will be named owner. Lurie will be named starting QB. They'll trade up for RG3 and convert him to DT. DeSean will be franchised, then released. Maclin will shoot Brandon Graham in the stomach and Joe Banner will be named Smartest Man in the Room.

[SD]

My guess is Lurie feels bad that Reid has taken so much heat this season and wants some of the blame put on him. It's admirable but at the same time it's ego driven. No way he's firing Reid and no way we're getting any answers regarding anything. He's going to give the "I just want to be clear in my support for Andy" response and the "If you ask other teams/owners/coaches what they think of Coach Reid you'll know that he's the very best candidate to coach the Philadelphia Eagles".

Reporter: Jeff, can you shed some light on the Juan Castillo situation?
Jeff: We're going to evaluate all phases of the organization. That evaluation is still in the process. The season just ended Sunday. We have a few months to go over all of that.

Reporter: Jeff, do you want Desean Jackson back?
Jeff: Like I said, we're evaluating all phases of the team. Do we want Desean back? Yes, every team would love to have one of the top playmakers in the league. We'll talk with his agent to see if we can get something done.

This is the type of shtein to expect. Any thing speculative about Reid leaving would have leaked by now.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Only advance rumor about the Lurie presser is that there will be no change in Reid's status, per McLane.

I expect this will be a whole lot of nothing.

[hbionic]

Same as it ever was.

[SD]

psyche

[Don Ho]

Why is he even doing this?

[Geowhizzer]

psyche

Ha.

Reid stays:  "The best coach to try to win a championship."

Coaching staff is "up to Andy."

[DH]

what a horrible presser - buildup for the obvious

[DH]

great question was just asked - paraphrasing - "jeff, how can you let your coach answer his post game questions with such arrogance when he isnt asnwering them for the media - he is speaking to fans who just left the game, fans who support your team, etc...?"

obviously, he defended fattie, but I like that he is even getting these questions. I really think his head has been in the sand long enough - time to start acting like an owner.

[charlie]

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm ok with Lurie's decision. Mostly, because I haven't a clue who they would get that would be a better all-around coach than Reid. Gruden's a guy I've always liked. Cowher. Who else is really an improvement?

And don't just say "ANYONE" because it's a fat load of shtein and you know it.