Eagles make moves in personnel, scouting
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Eagles make moves in personnel, scouting
The Eagles announced they have named Anthony Patch as Director of College Scouting and Rick Mueller as Pro Personnel Executive.
“We are very pleased to promote Anthony and add Rick to our scouting staff,” GM Howie Roseman said in a statement. “Anthony has been one of our top talent evaluators during his tenure as a college scout, has great relationships throughout football and is an extremely hard worker. Rick brings a wealth of NFL experience while giving us a new and fresh set of eyes to evaluate incoming talent. They will both play a role in helping us prepare for this offseason of free agency and the draft.”
Patch, 33, spent the last 10 seasons on the Eagles scouting staff. He first joined the team in 2002 as a college scouting coordinator, was quickly promoted to college scout before being named assistant director of college scouting in 2010.
Mueller is a veteran of 15 NFL seasons with New Orleans (2000-08) and Jacksonville (1994-2000). With the Saints, he was vice president of player personnel from 2006-08 and director of player personnel from 2000-2006. He worked as the Jaguars director of college scouting (1998-2000) after 5 years as a college scout (1994-98).
Mueller, 44, most recently spent two seasons as an executive in the UFL, serving as general manager of Omaha in 2010 and as vice president and general manager for all four teams in their inaugural season of 2009.
The most significant move in the personnel department will involve finding a replacement for Ryan Grigson, who left to become the general manager of the Colts. Roseman suggested this week at the Senior Bowl that the move might not come until after the draft. The contracts of most personnel people run through the draft.
Nice. Another "hire-from-within". Based on the results of the past few drafts, the Tonner can see how "Mailroom" Howie felt the director of college scouting was in line for a promotion. Well done sir. Keep digging that grave.- You are a Ton of dead weight. Can you read? Mueller came from outside the organization. Go take your hate and irrationality and root for the Jets or someone. You are not a fan. You are making those of us who are fans look bad.— Section 730
- The Tonner wasn't talking about Mueller, you did read that a guy named Patch was promoted from within, didn't you? The Tonner has copy and pasted the excerpt from the article since you are either too obtuse or too lazy to read the whole thing. The quotes mean the Tonner didn't write this but the Tonner is "quoting" from the article. Something tells the Tonner that Section 730 got his brains bashed in too many times in the Vet.
"Patch, 33, spent the last 10 seasons on the Eagles scouting staff. He first joined the team in 2002 as a college scouting coordinator, was quickly promoted to college scout before being named assistant director of college scouting in 2010." - You realize that speaking about yourself in the 3rd person with a nickname you gave yourself makes you sound like the ultimate tool, yes?
— verve - So Mueller was in the UFL for 2 years and not in football in 2011? Maybe he knows of some hidden gems from the UFL that the birds can bring in.— Luriesucks
- Your college scouting has been pathetic at best. Nothing about this off season right now leads a fan to believe that next season will be any different then the usual mediocrity...— cheesefry
- LIKE THIS WILL REALLY HELP FAT ANDREW AND HOWIE PARCHESI KING ROSEBUSH WIN A SB.— Pete60
- As per usual from the Eagles FO...........nothing new!— Panthro2011
- ".......and is an extremely hard worker." These guys don't let up with the hard worker routine, no? I want to cry and laugh at the same time. The gold standard of a joke football organization.
The gold standard award has it's veneer flaking off in the trophy case......it was only a thin brass coating after all!— DelawareRiverRat - they work hard all right. just not on football. — coloradoeagle
- Tonner - I was thinking the same thing. If this guy spent 10 seasons on the Eagles scouting staff then he is partially responsible for the flotsam and jetsam on the roster. Perhaps he, too, skipped all the NFL talent evaluation courses offered at whatever law school or accounting school he came from.— coloradoeagle
- what the heck is wrong with new blood every so often???????— DONDEN31
- saints won the SB in 09/10, with lots of players on this dude's watch... can't be too bad.— sore richard
- Apparently my point was too subtle for someone who talks about himself in the third person. The point was this: At every opportunity, you and your ilk will find the negative side to a story. If there is no negative side, you will make it up. Or you will revert to personal attacks on the coaches, front office and ownership. This act is getting really threadbare. Why don't you find something else upon which to spew your vile nonsense.
I identify myself by our section at the Vet only because I was too young to remember the number of our section at Franklin Field. As a fan, I remember a lot of lean years, and appreciate the success of recent times. I know that no amount of whining and name-calling and hatred is going to bring a Super Bowl victory.
Here is the truth that a fan knows, and you haters won't admit: The current coaching staff, front office and owner are pretty good. They're much better than most of the groups that ran the Eagles before them. They are worlds better than some of them.
Every team in the NFL misses on some draft picks, has injury problems, gets bad breaks, and occasionally loses when they should win. A fan can be disappointed when these things happen, but won't descend into hatred the way you have.
So, given that you hate the coach, the front office, the owner, and have nothing good to say about a fair number of the players, what are you doing following this team? Go root for someone else.— Section 730 - Keep drinking the Kool Aid 730. Do you enjoy it when someone pees on your head and tells you it's just the rain?
