Childress to interview with Green Bay- signs with Vikings

[PhillyPhreak54]

Reportedly Reid will not let Shurmur go.

But Childress is going to take Spagnuolo as his DC (or McDermott).

[rjs246]

Good for Childress. He just went from the easiest job on Earth to the most difficult. Hope he's being well paid.

[MURP]

I will be very interested to see how Childress runs the Vikings offense.  Should tell us a lot about what kind of input he really had here.

[Mad-Lad]

I will be very interested to see how Childress runs the Vikings offense.  Should tell us a lot about what kind of input he really had here.

I hope he doesn't make Onterrio "the Whizzinator" Smith or any of the other knuckleheads in the locker room as angry as TO got by saying "Hey Onterrio".

I'm glad Brad's getting a chance to show he has some coaching ability.  I'm sure he got sick of hearing about how he's nothing but Reid's glorified errand boy with the OC title.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I wish the dude well. Minny does have alot of pieces to be a serious player (especially in that division). There are rumors of Culpepper possibly being delt, and that could bring in shtein load of picks and or trade talent. The biggest thing I think Minny needs is discipline and commitment to a system. Never really would have thought Childress would have been their man. Actually, he was their fallback plan anyway, they wanted Williams out of D.C. Meh, hope he does well, but the Iggs crush him.

[PhillyGirl]

Additionally, Childress might poach some coaches from the Eagles. I know there was a hot rumor on the EMB that Castillo and Harbaugh were going with him, possibly Pat Shurmur as well. If that's the case, they may move Marty to QBs coach and bring in Saunders as OC. Plus, they'd then have to find a new line coach and STs coach.

Wow, now there's a reliable source. 

[rjs246]

Stop loving the EMB so much. It's embarrassing.

[Tomahawk]

Additionally, Childress might poach some coaches from the Eagles. I know there was a hot rumor on the EMB that Castillo and Harbaugh were going with him, possibly Pat Shurmur as well. If that's the case, they may move Marty to QBs coach and bring in Saunders as OC. Plus, they'd then have to find a new line coach and STs coach.

Hopefully he takes the WR coach.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

From the MinnnesotaVikings.com:

The Minnesota Vikings will hold an 11:00 a.m. press conference today at Winter Park in the indoor practice facility.

[MURP]

dont forget the title said "major" press conference.  This is Brad Childress we are talking about. 

[rjs246]

So wait, do you know what they're anouncing? I havne't heard anything about this.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

From Spads:

Forward-Thinking Reid Has A Staff To Address
January 6, 2006


Andy Reid saw this coming three years ago, maybe longer. He knew that Brad Childress was an up-and-coming young coach, destined to be a head coach, and that some day he would leave the Eagles' staff.
That day has come. Childress is the new head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Great for him. He deserves the opportunity, and here is wishing him the best of luck.

The challenge for Reid is to make sure Childress' departure -- and a potential domino effect on this Philadelphia coaching staff -- doesn't set the Eagles back a hair in 2006.

As I write this, the Eagles haven't set a word officially about the next step here. But we're not foolish. We all know that Marty Mornhinweg is next in line for the job. He's had the title of Assistant Head Coach for three seasons and he's got an innovative, experienced offensive mind. Mornhinweg had input into the offensive script and success the last few seasons, so if he becomes the new offensive coordinator, nobody would be surprised and nobody would expect much of a difficulty in transition.

That's the good news. That's the encouraging news. Reid probably knew -- understanding how he thinks -- from the day he hired Mornhinweg that Marty M. would be the next step in the offensive coordinator progression. See, Reid understands the big picture, and he knew when he hired Rod Dowhower back in 1999 that Dowhower would be here for a couple of seasons before turning over the reins to Childress. And then when it became apparent that Childress was destined for a head coaching job, well, it just so happened that Mornhinweg was done in Detroit after a two-year stint as the head coach and that he would fit in very nicely here.

And so he has.

That's that. But here is where the domino effect factors in, and we won't likely know just how significant that will be until Childress gets around to naming his staff: How many current Eagles coaches will become part of the Minnesota coaching picture?

This is where Reid's understanding of the scope of the coaching move is going to pay off. Certainly, you'd figure, Childress will dip into the Eagles' coaching staff to take to Minnesota. He's worked side-by-side with the men here for years, through good times and through tough times. He knows them and trusts them and will probably want to go to battle with them in another city.

So if that is the case, Reid is going to have to fill another hole or two or three within his staff. It is the price of success, and the Eagles have had plenty of that in the last six years to the point now where some coaches who have been here during that time -- Childress, possibly Ron Rivera, now in Chicago -- are moving up the food chain to become head coaches.

So we'll see as the day progresses. The Eagles are quiet now, but that could change as the day moves along. There is food for thought to consider, internal changes that are significant.

Morningwood is gonna be the guy for sure 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Frikkin' A.

Hope for 8-8 next year if Mohrninweg is the OC.  He makes Reid look like a "clutch" head coach.

[PhillyGirl]

Frikkin' A.

Hope for 8-8 next year if Mohrninweg is the OC.  He makes Reid look like a "clutch" head coach.

Dude, wtf?

REID MAKES THE PLAYCALLS! The OC is a title that barely means shtein. We knew that with Childress for how many years? We know that now.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yeah, Childress does nothing.  That's why he's now getting a head coaching gig.  He's useless.  Yay Marty.


I'm just trying to keep it real.  This team needs a fresh perspective, not a re-tread who has thus far only contributed bad ideas to the team as follows:

1.  "T.O. is a good guy deep down.  Get him here, and the positive team environment will keep him under control."
2.  "Mike McMahon is a good QB who was in a bad situation in Detroit.  Let's bring him here to back up Donovan."