Juan Castillo, new DC of your Philadelphia Eagles

[MDS]

on top of that they both said the scheme will not change

so the same scheme that failed them since the heyday of trotter will all of a sudden work with an old mexican line coach at the helm?

AWFUL

[Sgt PSN]

I'm looking forward to reading 64's blog on this decision 20 years from now. Seriously....I'd like to skip this whole debacle and get to a point where it's a distant memory.

The only reason I can think of as to why they made this move is that they didnt want to hire someone more experienced/expensive with the 2011 season still in doubt.  I'm hoping that's the case and that Castillo is just a plug in until everything gets sorted out. Maybe he's the DC if there's a season this year but unless he does something spectacular, is just a 1 year plan.

[SD]

I like the hiring of Mudd, and there are some that will say he wouldn't be here if they didn't make Castillo the DC, but they're wrong. Andy could have sold Castillo the idea of being the LBs coach so that he could reacclimate himself with the defensive side of things, then sell him on possibly becoming the DC in the future.

[TexasEagle]

A nice summation...

But putting this kind of pressure on anyone is just not a rational thing to do. Castillo has never put together a game plan, has never called a play in live action, has never managed the personnel shuffling that goes on during a game. He will work at mastering those things, and maybe he will, but the Eagles can't afford that kind of learning curve. They already wasted a season on an in-house, hard-working, good guy.

But really, the pressure isn't on Castillo. It is on the man who made this move.

One way or the other, Andy Reid just made his last major hire.

[ice grillin you]

I like the hiring of Mudd, and there are some that will say he wouldn't be here if they didn't make Castillo the DC, but they're wrong. Andy could have sold Castillo the idea of being the LBs coach so that he could reacclimate himself with the defensive side of things, then sell him on possibly becoming the DC in the future.

of course they could have...or they could have fired castillo...or they could have NOT hired mudd and hired a real DC...mudd isnt any better a OL coach than castillo...and really who the farg cares who the OL coach is...the idea that castillo is the DC cause mudd is the OL coach is just ludicrous

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

This move is a failure unless the Eagles have a top 10 D and/or win the Super Bowl next year.

[QB Eagles]

Have you guys heard those stories about how Castillo basically nagged his way into his job by constantly pestering Gruden at the combine, and then kept his job by driving up to Green Bay and bothering Reid before Reid was even given the Philly job? Maybe Reid finally got sick of a decade of this:



"Put me in, coach! Sure I've been an offensive position coach for over 20 years, but I'm really a defensive guy!"

Also, I like Mosely's take. Italics not mine.

He was once a linebackers coach in the USFL and I loved his work at Texas A&M-Kingsville.

[Mad-Lad]

Hilarious. They had to wait a few weeks after firing McDermott for this move? Maybe Washburn will be the real DC but has no interest in dealing with press conferences.

[MDS]

i might just convince myself of that to make this go down better

oh wait, washburn is some random old dl coach who no one knew until 10 seconds ago

[QB Eagles]

At what point does Samuel announce that he's not going to be told what to do by a Mexican offensive line coach?

[PhillyGirl]

farg.

This really did happen.

It really wasn't a whacked out dream.

farg.

[ice grillin you]

ahhhh the morning show...my peoples....talk about cathartic

donellon believes this is nothing more than a banner inc. saying we are smarter than you move

[Rome]

Of course it is.   Juan went in there with a three ring binder and knocked Andy's socks off.   Nevermind the fact that he has no experience running a defense.  That's secondary to preparation and mad interviewing skillz!

farg this team.  Pitchers & catchers can't report soon enough.

[charlie]

So they bring in two guys that actually have solid resumes as position coaches to coach what they coach best.....then you have a guy completely change the side of the ball he is on and become a coordinator. 

I don't doubt Castillo's knowledge, but it is another thing to call plays as a coordinator.  Can anyone ever remember anything like this ever happening before?

When Reid was hired with no coordinator experience.

[ice grillin you]

So they bring in two guys that actually have solid resumes as position coaches to coach what they coach best.....then you have a guy completely change the side of the ball he is on and become a coordinator. 

I don't doubt Castillo's knowledge, but it is another thing to call plays as a coordinator.  Can anyone ever remember anything like this ever happening before?

When Reid was hired with no coordinator experience.

unsual but certainly not unprecedented

"All my life has been a risk," Castillo said. "From the time that I came out of high school, from the time I coached at Texas A & I, from the time they moved me to offense when people said, 'What are you doing? He's never even messed around with offensive line.' From the time I started doing internships and then I said, 'You know what? I'm going to put offensive linemen from Texas A & I, a Division II school, into the NFL. I'm going to coach in the NFL.'

"So really, my life has always been about proving people wrong. I think that's what Philadelphia is. Philadelphia is a bunch of people who work hard who are always put down or always want to be the best when people think they can't."

jesus christ no one farging wants to play russian roulette with the eagles defense or try and prove a point...im glad dooks life has been a martin luther king speech but this is the farging nfl for god sakes...hiring an OL coach to run a defense is not groundbreaking ahead of its time or next level...its farging ignorant