A Decade of Andy Reid

[rjs246]

I just enjoy the fact that the dude outlines exactly why they are arrogant (barely over .500 but making no moves) and Spadaro snaps back asking why he thinks they're arrogant. Spads must die.

[DH]

I'm a bit surprised the national media hasnt taken this and run w it. It's abomanable the way this thing was handled, and its continuing to get worse.

Angelo made a great point this morning - Can any of you name the webmaster for the Phillies? Sixers? Flyers? Of course not. Why is Spadaro such a public face in Philly? He is essentially a PR guy interviewing his own employer - he'll never ask tough questions, the questions will always be looked over before they are asked and even after all that, Reid and the other dopes are able to then say "hey, we addressed the media".

I'm sick over this. It's bad enough that Dawk won't be here this year, but to handle it like this? I pay a lot of money for my tickets. I bleed Eagle green. We all do. We deserve better than this.

[BigEd76]

The NFL sites aren't run by one entity like the other three sports are.  That's why you never hear about their web admins...

[DH]

Nevertheless, you get the point. If the initial point wasn't strong enough, his next arguement was that Spuds is better known then Bob Ford, Frank or any other reporter out of Philly covering the Birds. The main point that he was getting across is that the Eagles have FAR too much power and control over everything.

[ice grillin you]

I'm a bit surprised the national media hasnt taken this and run w it. It's abomanable the way this thing was handled, and its continuing to get worse.

Angelo made a great point this morning - Can any of you name the webmaster for the Phillies? Sixers? Flyers? Of course not. Why is Spadaro such a public face in Philly? He is essentially a PR guy interviewing his own employer - he'll never ask tough questions, the questions will always be looked over before they are asked and even after all that, Reid and the other dopes are able to then say "hey, we addressed the media".

i was cracking up at angelo this morning when he said the interview looked like it was taped in a cave on the afghan pakistan border

The NFL sites aren't run by one entity like the other three sports are.  That's why you never hear about their web admins...

no one in dc knows the skins webmaster...hell bubba is ten times more popular than whoever he is...i hear spadaros name all the time on PFT and other websites when they report eagle news...hell spadaro is in the philly newspapers all the time...

i wont pretend to know how in your face every nfl teams webmaster is (for example do other teams have their version of spadaro asking questions at post game news conferences...maybe they do?) but ive never once seen the name of the skins or giants webmasters when reading the new york or dc papers

[BigEd76]

Spadaro's more well known than anyone on other sites because he's put a lot more effort into site content with the "Eagles Live" shows, the daily columns, SMS messages, answering forum questions (even if he isn't providing anything) and pretty much new content every day (and he's passed some of the crap onto McPherson or else he'd go completely insane), and he's more well known in Philly than the newspaper writers because he does the FOX29 pregame show, occasional CSN appearances and weekly calls into WIP every Monday during the season.  (The newspaper guys aren't exactly camera friendly either.)  You might have a different view of things from outside the area, but I don't recall Spadaro being a common name in Philly Inquirer or Daily News articles unless there's an editorial attacking him, and the only time he shows up on Rotoworld or KFFL or whatever is if something appears on PE.com before Philly.com has it (like the Sean Jones signing), so I wouldn't say that he's a national name or anything.  He's also never denied that he's an Eagles employee first and not a fan or an independent writer, so you're never going to see anti-Eagle rants or hard-hitting questions.  He is what he is, we read and listen, and we do what we want with it...

[rjs246]

I don't read his shtein or listen to his shtein unless one of you clowns post it here. So cut it out.

[ice grillin you]

definitely a ton of the blame goes to the philly media for giving him a platform...he should never ever be seen or heard outside of the website...i know its impossible not to but really that reid interview should have never been shown on tv or run in any newspapers other than to slam it

i hate them for it but i have to give the eagles all the credit in the world for getting spadaro to be taken seriously by so many people

[PhillyPhreak54]

Mickey Spagnola from the Cowboys website is all over the TV and radio in Dallas. That is the only one I know of.

The Giants PR guy, I forget his name...Pat Hanlon maybe? He's always all over their website and radio.

[ice grillin you]

hanlon and spadaros postions are totally different...hanlons equivalent with the eagles would be derek boyko

[SD_Eagle5]

Reid never gives a straight answer, and when he's given a tough question he gets pissy and walks off or does his little 'come on'. So him and Spadaro huddle together and put these supposed 'tough' questions together. Reid addresses the issues he thinks the fans wants to know, he knows Spadaro won't cross the line, plus he knows the questions so he can be careful with his wording. That being said I think aside from what Ed wrote that Spadaro gets so much press because Reid doesn't grant interviews or give information out. So Spadaro goes out there and and speaks for the organization so Reid/Banner/Heckert can be left alone.

[BigEd76]

Tra Thomas recently said that maybe you needed to have more of a personal relationship with players, or communicate better with players, that the approach was too business-like. What is your reaction to that?

"I am who I am. I do what I do. We've had a little bit of success here. Can I get better at what I do? I'm always going to strive to get better, just like I mention with the players. But I can't change personalities, because players read through that and they're going to think you are putting on a show. Am I up for suggestions? I'm always up for suggestions. To get better, I'm always up for suggestions. I really respect Tra, too. Tra has been with us here for a long time and helped us win a lot of football games, so I respect the things he says and look at them. But to change, it's hard to change as a person. That's a tough thing to do, and still have players respect you as a whole and the things we've done here."

[DH]

Tra Thomas recently said that maybe you needed to have more of a personal relationship with players, or communicate better with players, that the approach was too business-like. What is your reaction to that?

"I am who I am. I do what I do. We've had a little bit of success here. Can I get better at what I do? I'm always going to strive to get better, just like I mention with the players. But I can't change personalities, because players read through that and they're going to think you are putting on a show. Am I up for suggestions? I'm always up for suggestions. To get better, I'm always up for suggestions. I really respect Tra, too. Tra has been with us here for a long time and helped us win a lot of football games, so I respect the things he says and look at them. But to change, it's hard to change as a person. That's a tough thing to do, and still have players respect you as a whole and the things we've done here."

And obviously, that's good enough. Asshats.

[Rome]

Reid needs to go and so does Banner.

In other news, you all suck for discussing this again and again.  So please stop it.

[DH]

Or you can stop reading. I am teh smrt.