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General_Failure · November 06, 2005, 05:21:41 PM

Quote from: Diomedes on November 06, 2005, 05:20:23 PM
Quote from: General_Failure on November 06, 2005, 05:18:15 PMI was ready to delete it.

What stopped you?

I'm waiting until page two, where history shows that it will get even more stupider.

Sgt PSN · November 06, 2005, 05:26:19 PM

Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 06, 2005, 05:19:44 PM
and he IS on the team, he is employed by the eagles.

Actually, he's not on the team. He was released. He's an Eagles employee but not an actual part of the team. Are the beer vendors on the team? What about the accountants? How about Spads? I don't know what his daily schedule is but I'm sure he's not at all the practices and I have no idea if he's in the locker room with them before the games or during halftime. I don't know if he sits on the sidelines with them or not. But even if he does, he's still not the same vocal leader he was before, even if he tries to be. Words coming out of his mouth aren't going to fire the team up quite as much when he doesn't have pads on.

PhillyGirl · November 06, 2005, 05:28:58 PM

Comparing hugh to beer vendors is ridiculous. He's on the team as much as the coaches are. He IS in the locker room before every game, on the sidelines during most games and in the locker room with them at halftime. He's part of the team like part of the coaching staff.

hunt · November 06, 2005, 05:37:18 PM

they miss ike a lot....he's the one who jacked up freddie last year when he was acting like a gayrayder during super bowl week.

LBIggle · November 06, 2005, 05:37:40 PM

Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 06, 2005, 05:16:35 PM
Quote from: L-ong-B-each-I-ggle on November 06, 2005, 05:15:23 PM
i would agree with you. anytime you lose veterans, there's obviously going to be a window where some of the younger guys are going to need to learn to step up. i think the eagles realized this and that's why they felt the need to hire douglas back on. there's also more to it obviously. TO's a retard. Mcnabb seems scared to put owens in his place. but anytime you lose veterans you lose more then just a player on the field.

They lost Ike and Chad. With Dawkins, Hugh, McNabb, Trotter, Tra and Runyan on this team....losing those 2 is HARDLY the problem

ahaha , i love this Tra and Runyan are on the team so losing key players that actually talk and voice opinions are no loss what so ever. umm mcnabb doesn't actually call anybody out if you didn't notice. he regurgitates the company line over and over until he finally gets ripped to shreds and comes out with " keep my name out of your mouth". like wow.. trotter yah, dawkins yah.. team leaders and locker room presences obviously. i didn't say it was the problem, but it is a problem no matter how much green tint you want to use.

PhillyGirl · November 06, 2005, 05:39:15 PM

One player (Chad was never a vocal guy on or off the field) being Ike, doesn't completely LOSE a whole locker room.

Please, enough of this shtein, really.

LBIggle · November 06, 2005, 05:49:04 PM

again didn't say it would completely lose the whole locker room. you seem to know everything, would've thought you would pick up on the fact that losing people does hurt in more ways then one. are we doomed into the dark ages of 3-13 seasons.. hardly but one person can make a difference in a locker room. since neither of us have the privilege of being in the locker room lets just agree to disagree.

PhillyGirl · November 06, 2005, 05:52:27 PM

This is the same horseshtein we all heard when Duce, Trotter, Hugh, etc...all left. That there were no leaders in the locker room. Well, they always seemed to do fine (no, they didn't win the SB, but that was hardly because of locker room leadership) after they all left. So I am going on the last 5 years of history with this team.

jeffreyjpa · November 06, 2005, 05:52:27 PM

Just to state the obvious, and not taking sides because I have no idea what the role of the "Badassador" is...but, Hugh does not travel with the team. I'm listening to him on the radio right now, and he's in a bar somewhere in the Delaware Valley doing a remote with Gargano on WIP.

He won't be giving any pre-game pep talks to the squad in DC tonight...

But, at least he was there to antagonize and throw down with Owens on Thursday.

PhillyPhreak54 · November 06, 2005, 05:52:53 PM

Losing Ike did hurt. Not only on STs but in the locker room. I think he was the one mistake the Birds have made personnelwise.

I've wanted Chad back for weeks now. Hopefully he'll get healthy soon.

Cut Parry
Move Spach to FB
Stop, Drop & Roll goes back to #2 TE.

jeffreyjpa · November 06, 2005, 05:54:42 PM

Me too, Phreak. Wonder if he's healthy enough to play yet?

PhillyPhreak54 · November 06, 2005, 05:56:58 PM

I don't know, bro... Vai was droppin hints a few weeks ago that Chad would be in town for a physical but nothing ever came of it.

Maybe he needs a week or two more. Either way...I want him back on the team. Especially since TO is gone and we're back to being D&D.

Eaglez · November 06, 2005, 06:00:45 PM

Chad would be a great red zone threat. I would love to have him back. Plus he's a class act who can have a calming effect on the rest of the locker room.

PhillyGirl · November 06, 2005, 06:02:30 PM

I'd love to have Chad back as well. I think he's always acted as Dmac's safety blanket on the field.

rjs246 · November 06, 2005, 07:11:50 PM

I'm not going to read everyone's responses. Though, no doubt, they are riveting. I would say that this team absolutely misses Chad, Ike and Hugh. Hugh is around, but its definitely not the same. Chad was one of the only non-mcnabb leaders on offense and missing Ike on STs speaks for itself.

This team misses its leaders.