Will Nick Foles be a different QB under new head coach Chip Kelly? Why did the Phillies sign Delmon Young? CineSport's Noah Coslov and the Daily News' Rich Hofmann discuss this & the Sixers.
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
Steve Flacco, Joe’s father, is in the news today, quoted in the New York Times as saying his son is dull. The full quote, in the lead up to the Super Bowl, where Joe’s Baltimore Ravens will play the San Francisco 49ers, went like this:
“Joe is dull. As dull as he is portrayed in the media, he’s that dull. He is dull.”
All of which is fine. And if that’s what people will think about when they think of Steve Flacco and football, that’s OK. But I’ll always think of the day in 1982 when Penn won the Ivy League football title for the first time in 23 years.
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
We still are in the guessing stage, about pretty much everything when it comes to the Eagles and new coach Chip Kelly. Tops on the list of questions might be the quarterback. We all know that Michael Vick and Nick Foles are under contract, but that Vick can be released without any financial obligations to the Eagles if it is done in the first three days after the Super Bowl.
Who will it be?
Maybe Foles.
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
What follows is likely the laziest blog post of all time. It is a reprint of the Flyers' game story from their third game in the lockout-shortened 1995 NHL season. Then, as now, it was their third consecutive loss out of the gate. Then, as now, there was concern because of how a slow start would cripple the team in a season made up of only 48 games.
The point is not to draw any lessons from history. It is merely to remember that, when you think you've never seen something before, you usually have.
Your eyes and ears on that night in 1995 belonged to Les Bowen. (Note: he had never heard of Chip Kelly at this point in his life.)
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
New Eagles coach Chip Kelly needs to hire a defensive coordinator with NFL experience. CineSport's Noah Coslov and the Daily News' Rich Hofmann discuss the Eagles' search, the Sixers' dire straits and Flyers fans' zeal for the NHL's return.
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
Up off of the floor, then. A splash of cold water on the face and away we go. Chip Kelly is the new coach of the Eagles. The Gus Bus has left town, replaced by what Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie believes will be the laser-quick offense of the future.
You know it took a big bag of money to pry Kelly away from the clutches of the University of Phil Knight. So this is where the Eagles-are-cheap narrative goes to die an overdue, deserved death.
You know, too, that the Eagles are not settling here, and that they did not bungle their search, and that pretty much everything said and written in the last week about this process has been conversation in search of reality. Well, this is the reality: the guy they wanted all along -- or at least one of the guys, along with Penn State coach Bill O’Brien -- is now theirs.
How will Eagles fans react to the next head coach? Is Nick Foles the QB of the future? CineSport's Noah Coslov & the Daily News' Rich Hofmann discuss the Eagles head coaching plans.
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
Are the Eagles worried they haven't found a new head coach yet? Is the Eagles' head coaching job attractive? Daily News columnist Rich Hofmann weighs in on these questions and discusses how the Flyers will fare in the NHL's shortened season in a video chat with Cinesport's Brian Clark.
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
His office? Your office?
“His office,” Jeffrey Lurie said. “When Andy and I talked, especially about these kinds of things, it was usually in his office. I just thought you showed respect by doing it that way.”
It was coming up on 9 o’clock on Monday morning. That is when the Eagles’ owner took the walk down the hall, the walk that he had been dreading. Out the door, down the hall, into a common area and then over to the football side of the NovaCare Complex. Maybe the walk took 15 seconds. Maybe a little bit more.
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Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
Cullen Jenkins could just shake his head and say, "He took all of the heat for all of our failures on the field."
And so it went, on the day Eagles fired coach Andy Reid.
The press was allowed into the NovaCare Complex at 11 am, an hour after Reid addressed the team following his firing. Several players said the team gave Reid a standing ovation when he was finished talking. Then, the ritual collection of belongings in trash bags began. Most of the players were gone by the time reporters entered the locker room.
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