Eagles Burn Through Another PR Person
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Eagles Burn Through Another PR Person
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
The Eagles have dismissed their corporate public relations spokesman, Rob Zeiger, less than two years into his tenure.
I'm told the departure has nothing to do with any public issue surrounding the team. The corporate PR post with the Eagles has a troubled history, with several people coming and going over the last half-decade. The team has an entire department devoted to football media services, separate from the corporate spokesman. Traditionally, the corporate spokesman was a media liasion for former team president Joe Banner, who hired Zeiger away from the Amway Corporation in 2011.
With Banner gone, it isn't clear the Eagles need a corporate spokesman. New team president Don Smolenski is less involved in football personnel matters than Banner was, and has a lower profile. Team chairman Jeffrey Lurie rarely speaks with reporters.
Clearly, he was responsible for the poor play this year. Had he issued press releases that referred to the Gold Standard, Howie Roseman's great draft record and Andy reid's genius on game day, he would still be employed. No more "fire Rob" chants and signs at the games.— jimmymack- Again they fired the wrong person! Anyone remember Castillo? Should have fired Roseman and the FAT MAN!— oneway
- Eagles are probably full of BS when they say it has nothing to do with an issue surrounding the team. The guy probably became the umpteenth PR guy that told Silver Spoon Pansy something other than what he wanted to hear, and it was adios.— drbob1
- Man I hated this guy, so glad he's gone.
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-not bob levy— remyy - Uh-oh, the team diaper-changer might be next.— Atomic Fury
- An unimportant position....Come on Jeffery fire the man responsible for this debacle...Andy Reid....and then fire the mailboy, valet and accountant Howie Roseman....He is not a football guy and his background is such that he has no true ties to football people....— nuggett
- Is he the guy piping in applause over the PA to cover up the booing and 'fire Andy' chants? If so, good riddance. This team from top to bottom has become yet another embarassment to the city.— JohnnyL
- Man, that Lurie is one tough S.O.B. I wouldn't want to do anything wrong working for him. He's got big ones, doesn't he?— Ballgame
- Why would the all-hype, all-talk Eagles need a PR person? The team's players, coaches and front office people do a fine job of conveying the delusion that runs rampant at Novacare to the public. Jeffy was flushing money down the toilet.— hunglikeaton
- Gotta do a better job!— mrrockafeller
- Zeiger came up with the "8 and 8 isn't good enough" line for Jeffrey. Now he's paying the price!— wmichael
- Johnny L....this is the guy that probably objected to piping in the applause to drown out the boos and chants from the paying customers. This current regime in the long history of our beloved team is just downright despicable. Lying and secretive beyond belief, they'll go to no ends to cover their tracks and evade the truth when it comes to us, the customers. What is to like about this entire bunch? It's sad that they'll really stink again for the next 5-8 years. At least tickets will be cheap again.— FishtownFitz
- Loony Lurie strikes again! Next week he is going to fire the head of the cheerleaders.— Larry Byrd
- Way to step up, Jeffrey. Fire the PR guy when your GM and head coach are the joke of the NFL.
It's been nearly a decade since this team was worth watching. It's been roughly a decade and a half since you bought this thing.
Your pal Joe Banner left you. Your wife left you. You've got a dog killer as the face of the franchise and dead bodies, syringes and needles in your dorms.
Isn't the whole point of being rich so that if you're too dense to figure something out yourself, you hire somebody who can?— dasher
