Juan Castillo, new DC of your Philadelphia Eagles

[Sgt PSN]

hiring a 3-4 coach doesnt mean implementing a 3-4 defense....but really i was trying to be ironic/sarcastic there and wasnt looking for serious replies

How many times we gotta tell you to not to do sarcasm because you suck at it? 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Others have said this, but I can't stop thinking... Why wouldn't they bring in Mudd, move Castillo to LB coach, and hire someone who is more game-ready to call plays et al? It is just too much to expect of Castillo that he will be able to pull it all together. By all accounts, McDermott was as tireless a worker as there is and he worked directly under Johnson before taking over. Castillo's learning curve will only be bigger.

I can only believe that they are doing this because of the CBA uncertainty and wanting to keep continuity in terminology and stuff. If 2011 is a wash one way or another, Castillo at a minimum is gone and maybe Reid also.

[Sgt PSN]

I can only believe that they are doing this because of the CBA uncertainty and wanting to keep continuity in terminology and stuff. If 2011 is a wash one way or another, Castillo at a minimum is gone and maybe Reid also.

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.

[ice grillin you]

Others have said this, but I can't stop thinking... Why wouldn't they bring in Mudd, move Castillo to LB coach, and hire someone who is more game-ready to call plays et al? It is just too much to expect of Castillo that he will be able to pull it all together. By all accounts, McDermott was as tireless a worker as there is and he worked directly under Johnson before taking over. Castillo's learning curve will only be bigger.

I can only believe that they are doing this because of the CBA uncertainty and wanting to keep continuity in terminology and stuff. If 2011 is a wash one way or another, Castillo at a minimum is gone and maybe Reid also.

i told you why they did it...as a big farg you to everyone who rips them and to say they are smarter than all those people...the labor situation was well kown when they fired mcdermott so if that was an issue to them at all the easiest thing to do would have been to keep sean on one more year since he was super familiar with the defense and you know is also a guy who is an actual defensive coach


as for the "why didnt they" part...why didnt they just not hire mudd leave castillo as is (andy said at the presser that he was the best OL coach in the nfl wonder how mudd feels about that?) and hire HOF DL coach washburn as DC

[Tomahawk]

so is everyone relieved that at least they didnt hire a 3-4 DC....i know a lot of people were saying that would have been a mistake

I am.  I like the 3-4 defense but let's be serious here.....the Eagles have a hard time putting 3 competent linebackers on the field.  So switching to a defense that requires 4 quality LB's makes absolutely no sense.  That's like white people saying a 10 foot rim isn't high enough. 

I'd rather have a 3-4 coach be DC for a 4-3 defense than an OL coach trying to do it

[Tomahawk]

The shame of it is, there is so much friggin talent on this team...and Reid's bringing them all down.

He has for years.

You are exactly 100% wrong with this statement.

erage
If you could remove your lips from Reid's cheerio for 5 seconds, could you please explain why you believe that?

Reid's teams have consistently out performed their level of talent. If you can take a non-biased look at the talent and results over the last 12 years, it becomes plain.With the exception of Owens, any "superstars" who left here, never flourished anywhere else. Trotter, McNabb, Staley, heck, you could even say James Thrash and (JC I am blanking but I can't remember the TE from Rutgers who was with the Ravens). Also. look at the fill ins who have thrived here: Feeley, Garcia, Chad Lewis.

I would hate to tell you this but, Macklin UNDER ANY OTHER COACH is average at best. Need anyone remind you that the Eagles won their division with an o-line decimated by injuries? In fact the o-line is usually built over time. The plan from 2009 fell apart and had to be totally retooled in a year, and it was, and though decimated by injury still had a 1000 yard rusher and one of the top passing games in the league. Oh, and that passing game included 2 QB's. No excuses for games off due to injury. In fact the backup QB torched one of the top D's in the league (Atlanta).

I doubt that Maclin is average at best under any other coach than Reid.

[ice grillin you]

hed be the same under any other coach...macklin is a nice player but nothing special

[Munson]

I'd put him somewhere between "nice player, nothing special" and "great". He's fast as hell, we just don't notice it because who he's playing opposite of. He's definitely more consistent than DJack. Good hands, good routes.....I'd say he's better than "nice".

[Eagles_Legendz]

Maclin is a great #2 and a below average #1.  So file that into whatever category fits.

[mussa]

I really can't bash the defense. Yes, they had horrible games this year, they had back running all over them early in the year. They had missed tackle after missed tackle. The young secondary got beat often. Its mostly a lack of talent, I understand that. I think McDermont was a joke and this is even more unbelievable. I think the team's focus is always going to be on the offense when Reid is running the ship. He has no concept of the fundamentals of football. The offense isn't an offense that runs the clock, its doesn't sustain long drives. So your defense is going to be on the field more than your offense most of the time. Once again, there is no balance on the offense or even as a team overall. I just want next season to be over and Reid gone.

[charlie]

I really can't bash the defense. Yes, they had horrible games this year, they had backs running all over them early in the year. They had missed tackle after missed tackle. The young secondary got beat often. Its mostly a lack of talent, I understand that. I think McDermont was a joke and this is even more unbelievable. I think the team's focus is always going to be on the offense when Reid is running the ship. He has no concept of the fundamentals of football. The offense isn't an offense that runs the clock, its doesn't sustain long drives. So your defense is going to be on the field more than your offense most of the time. Once again, there is no balance on the offense or even as a team overall. I just want next season to be over and Reid gone.

[ice grillin you]

Yes, they had horrible games this year, they had back running all over them early in the year. They had missed tackle after missed tackle. The young secondary got beat often. Its mostly a lack of talent, I understand that. I think McDermont was a joke

I really can't bash the defense.

[mussa]

My point is the offense can't sustain a drive to save their lives. Reid doesn't care about clock management. Hello! The defense was ranked what 12 overall? I don't understand how you can bash the D when it's constantly on the field and isn't ranked that bad overall. Look I wish the defense was much better, but you gotta look at the big picture here. The offense is the focus on this team and this hire just made it obvious to the masses.

[rjs246]

The big picture is that they gave up points left and right and now an offensive line coach is leading the charge for a unit that is severely lacking in top end talent.

Go defense.

[ice grillin you]

My point is the offense can't sustain a drive to save their lives. Reid doesn't care about clock management. Hello! The defense was ranked what 12 overall?

so you defend the defense for being ranked 12th and kill the offense for being ranked 2nd?

btw the d was i think 20th in pts allowed and we know the red zone issues

also the eagles offense ran more plays and had more first downs than either pittsburgh or green bay