Video: Bob Ford on Howie Roseman's role in the Eagles' struggles
The Eagles continue to disappoint, but general manager Howie Roseman got a contract extension earlier this year.
Video: Bob Ford on Howie Roseman's role in the Eagles' struggles
The Eagles continue to disappoint, but general manager Howie Roseman got a contract extension earlier this year. The Inquirer's Bob Ford talks about whether Roseman should be blamed for the Eagles' struggles in a chat with Cinesport's Noah Coslov.
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the eagles have good players, who howie brought in. its just their scheme is awful every game stupid play calls kill them game after game, howie doesnt need to go— HDemetriou- Before the season began, both the pundits and football evaluators across the country where saying the Eagles would be contending for the Super Bowl. The Eagles had a very good mix of experienced talent and good draft picks. Even without their all-pro left tackle, they seemed strong enough to win their division. What happened? The talent is still there. The problem is obvious......the players haven't been adequately coached and motivated. This isn't Howie Roseman's fault, but as the GM, it's his problem to fix.— TRCrow
- gee i want more of this > dont fire andy— daveH
- @TexColorado - Howie Long is coming by your place tonight with a message. ;)— nws
- As Reid has said many times...he makes the drafting and signing decisions. He has final say. Howie's role was just to gather the information on players and turn it over to Reid.— Kioto
- Hey Roseman,no more harping on Reid from me. You're the one behind this gawd awful team. To quote Gomer Pyle---"For shame,for shame,for shame".— TEDcGEGI
- The 2010 and 2011 drafts were a disaster but the 2012 is paying off. Cox, Kendricks, Brown, Boykin all look like major contributors if not playing at All-Pro! HOWEver, people are right, no real coach will come in here if they have to take orders from Roseman. Eagles need a real football guy. Hire Bill Polian, he will be the equivalent of the Phillies hiring Pat Gillick. I do support Lurie after the tenures of Tose (who I remember tried to move the Eagles to AZ) and Braman (that guy in France...) Outside of Lurie's gold standard comments, he has spent money on FAs who his chosen football men asked him to sign (Banner, Reid); has gotten out of the way and let his men run the show because he trusts them (what you ideally want your boss to do); Built a state of the art stadium that allowed the Eagles to become competitive. I don't know what else you want out of an owner...— kwasi2323
- What Lurie ACTUALLY does will be less indicative of his incompetence than the fact that he hasn't done anything to date. It's one thing to stay out of the way during the season, but when things are this awful I take it as a slap in the face that he sits idly by and cashes in on the hopes of those customers of his who care more for what happens on the field than the entertainment experience.— Atomic Fury
- If Lurie keeps Roseman as the GM of real football decisions, we can will be in trouble.— Pete60
- If Lurie keeps Roseman as the GM of real football decisions, we can will be in trouble.— Pete60
- well things seemed to have gone down hill since he arrived....— pr0f3ss0r
- Lurie won't fire Roseman, after all they're lodge brothers. Lurie is too cheap to hire a real football GM or a better coach. Maybe Rich Kotite is still available and "The Price Is Right ."— phineas
- An enterprising sportswriter could really dissect the number and variety of unproductive, illogical moves that Howie Roseman, and his mentor before him Joe Banner, have initiated. We tend to remember the draft busts and the draft misses but some of the worst actions were the ridiculous moving up & down trades during draft day, usually to stockpile low round picks as if quantity of players drafted was what really mattered. When you mix in the "we're smarter than everybody else" mentality, you end up drafting guys in early rounds (or thinking you have a bounty in later rounds because of your stupid stockpile) that were question marks to begin with. If you just google the 2010 and 2011 drafts, it will almost bring tears to your eyes to see how many picks were totally wasted, most importantly in the first three rounds. People can blame Reid all they want, but Roseman was the guy who was in charge of the scouting, the boards, the recommendations and evaluations...after those drafts, he said as much. Mr. Lurie has to see that we need a true NFL professional talent judge to work hand in hand with an innovative, smart head coach who is a leader of men...and can re-inspire a fan base through his actions and words.— chesapeake
- Ray Rhodes Impact Picks in 4 years, blew 2 #1 picks with Mamula and Jon Harris
1995- Bobby Taylor
1996-Brian Dawkins, Jermane Mayberry
1997-Duce Staley
1998- Tra Thomas, Jeremiah Trotter, Ike Reese
Brought in Hugh Douglas, Troy Vincent, Al Harris off waivers, Chad Lewis
9-11 truly impact players in 4 years, 1997, 1998 hit on 1 and 2, or 1 and 3
Reid's impact players in 13 years
1999-Donovan McNabb
2000- Cory Simon
2001-None (Freddie Mitchell year)
2002- One very good draft- Shepard, Lewis, Brown, Westbrook
2003-None
2004- Shawn Andrews
2005- Mike Patterson, Trent Cole (Patterson doesn't count)
2006- NO ONE (Avant doesn't count)
2007- Brent Celek
2008- Desean Jackson
2009-Maclin (maybe), McCoy
2010-No One
2011-Alex Henry
Free Agents -Runyan, Akers, Owens (one year)I'll give you Jamaal Jackson
Thirteen (including Andrews and Owens) truly impact players in 13 years (2012 is incomplete).
So Rhodes got 10-11 in 1/3 of the time. If we leave off Owens and Andrews who blew up, we get 11
Quite a difference. Rhodes left Reid with an EXTREMELY strong defensive core and very decent offensive line core which Reid screwed up by fighting with Trotter. Give Reid credit for 2002. From 2000-2004 the defense yielded an average of 15.5 PPG.
Thomas, Mayberry, Lewis, Staley and Steve Everette inherited from Rhodes on offense. Reid added Runyan, McNabb and NO RECEIVERS until 2004. (One year). NO decent linebackers.
Now tell me how Reid is like everyone else.
Don't give me the Giants. Please.
— kenkap - Sorry, 1996, 1998 hit on 1-2, 1-3— kenkap
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