The 2010 Point and Laugh at the Eagles thread

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http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20100824_McNabb_airs_his_take_on_long_Eagles_run.html

Donovan McNabb complained to Eagles head coach Andy Reid and owner Jeffrey Lurie that "no one in the organization ever stepped up and said anything" about the criticism the quarterback endured since his first season in the NFL, according to an interview that appears in the current issue of GQ magazine.

"We sat down and talked, and I got everything off my chest from [1999] on," McNabb said. "It went all the way back to the [Terrell Owens] situation, it went back to us not winning big games, me being criticized for whatever, leadership. . . .

"They'll say something to you in the building, but not publicly. My feeling was, 'I'm out here getting cut up, where are you? I'm always defending and helping you guys, but where's that support?' "

The meeting itself isn't news. It was held in February 2009, but Lurie wasn't present. McNabb and his agent, Fletcher Smith, sat down with Reid and team president Joe Banner, according to an Eagles official. Reid, through a team spokesman, said that he wouldn't "comment about what was said."

An Eagles official confirmed that McNabb was critical of the organization in that meeting, and that the team didn't agree with his characterization.

what a giant Hoyda

[ice grillin you]

always blaming everyone and everything else but himself...complete bitchmade bedwetter

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The worst part is he's not even crying to them about the team getting better, he's crying for them to support his fragile psyche. It's bad enough Reid and Banner pampered him for 11 years, but now he has the balls to cry about the lack of support after the fact? Successful leaders don't cry and make excuses, they suck it up and lead.

[ice grillin you]

thats cause he cares waaaaaay more about how people look at him than he does winning games

and yeah say what you want about reid but the guy protected mcnabb and was his biggest supporter for a decade...its despicable that he would say anything negative about andy....it just goes to show how weak and self concious he really is

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

He's almost as big a bitch as JelloHead Lindros.

[smeags]

much bigger IMO.

[ice grillin you]

and yeah say what you want about reid but the guy protected mcnabb and was his biggest supporter for a decade...its despicable that he would say anything negative about andy....it just goes to show how weak and self concious he really is

it should also be noted that andy traded him in the division to accomodate donovan rather than exile him to buffalo and hes gonna talk shtein three months after?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Andy Reid treated the guy better than his own kids.

[phattymatty]

best part is this...

"I'm like, 'Hey, we need to get this thing going, how much time is left?' " McNabb said. "I'm looking at the clock and the ref is like, 'We've got another five minutes after this quarter if no one scores.' I didn't think nothing of it, but I did hear it. It was a mistake on my part. I've got to know the rules."

so he knows the OT rules but just forgot for a minute.

[ice grillin you]

yeah they were talking about that yesterday on wip

hugh douglas made a good point and said if that had really happened mcnabb would have easily dimed out the ref for saying that....probably right after the game but def in the days following when he was getting straight killed for it...he def wouldnt have waited two years and then dropped it in a magazine interview

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i think we have a jersey to burn again at the tailgate.

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"The most important thing you have to do is handle it well," because Kevin can get fiery, and I said, "Don't do it, because once you get fiery, then all of the sudden you look like you're on the defense, and now they'll really start coming at you."

- Donovan Mcnabb

[Tomahawk]

He's got a career after football...Donovan McNabb, Media Relations Consultant

[Rome]

where is jay to support that assclown?

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Entire McNabb GQ article