Roseman officially named GM
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Roseman officially named GM
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Eagles made it official today: Howie Roseman is the team's next general manager.
The 34-year-old Roseman, who has acted as the team's vice president of player personnel for the last two years, replaces Tom Heckert. Heckert took the GM job at Cleveland two weeks ago. Although his title suggests it, Roseman will not have the final say on personnel matters. Head coach Andy Reid is the de facto GM.
Roseman doesn't have a formal background in football, but he has been with the organization for 11 years, moving over from the business side several years ago. He has been credited with spotting several players that are now on the team, including defensive end Juqua Parker. He has already developed a reputation around the league for doing his homework. According to some within the organization, he watches as much film as anyone.
“He knows his stuff," an NFL GM said earlier this week. "It’s not like the Eagles are promoting some guy off the street. He’s become more involved in personnel matters and looks to have a keen eye for talent.”
Roseman was at the Senior Bowl earlier this week scouting players, along with his staff and most of Reid's coaching staff. He declined to address the reports about his upcoming promotion. Roseman, a lawyer by trade, will meet with the media today at 1:30 pm at the NovaCare Complex. It will essentially be his introduction to the Eagles' fan base.
Here's the release from the team:
Now in his 11th year in Philadelphia, Roseman spent the last two seasons as the team’s vice president of player personnel. As the team’s general manager, he will maintain a very similar role, working closely with head coach Andy Reid in all aspects of the player personnel department. He will manage the college and pro scouting staffs, organize draft meetings and the draft board, scout the top collegiate players around the country and assist in formulating the team’s roster throughout the year.
The 34-year-old Roseman originally joined the Eagles in 2000 as salary cap/staff counsel. He was elevated to director of football administration in 2003 and to vice president of football administration in 2006. In this role, Roseman worked in the personnel department evaluating players around the NFL and for the draft. He also represented the team to the NFL on contract, salary cap, and player personnel matters.
Roseman earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida before earning a JD degree from Fordham Law School. Howie and his wife, Mindy, reside in Philadelphia with their son, Jake, and their daughter, Emma.
I wonder is for one minute they considered a football guy instead of a cap specialist..oh yeah he spotted Juqua Parker never mind— crseloc- Now for a positive note. Go Eagles!!!!!!!!!!!! When the Eagles win a SB in the next few years, you can then say how they won it despite Any Reid. Last 10 years have been a lot of fun. I certainly hated being on the short end of the TB and Carolina scores(was at both championship games), but I'm hopeful we're gonna get there soon. At least Dallas got skunked by Minnesota.— tommy_the_k
- I remember Jevon Kearse pushed for Juqua Parker to be signed by the Eagles. Jevon played with him in Tennessee. How does Howie get that credit? I love the Eagles, but too many problems keep coming up that prevent this team from winning. I think this is another problem. Andy can't do it all.— TheMan
- Js helping Js whats a suprise— FlyersFan561
- Just what we need. More business savy people making football decisions on player personnel. I wonder what his goal is.... to make money, or bring a championship. My guess.... Keep it profitable at all costs.— SlinkTMP
Comment removed.- awesome, we're now a lock to repeat as salary cap bowl champs in '10. howie stinkin' roseman.— snakeplissken
- scratch this deep enough and you'll find a link to Banner. This is somebody's nephew who needs a decent job. I only wonder whether Jeff and Joe can get the $5,000 incentive from Obama for creating a job in these difficult times. Enquiring minds want to know????— surfbear
- wow FlyersFan561 you are an idiot. what does religion have to do with football? and how many times do christians hire christians?!?!?
- "What minority candidate(s) did the team interview to comply with the NFL's Rooney Rule? Could we get some reporting on that? Isn't that exactly the type of hiring for which that rule was put in place?" Sad to say but the Rooney Rule has become a sham. The intent was always good but, in practice, if teams have someone in mind that they want to higher than they bring in a minority candidate for a token interview just to comply with the rule and that really isn't the spirit of the rule. It happened with Pete Carroll getting hired and they rushed in a minority candidate for a bogus job interview so they could quickly hire Carroll. Something needs to be done to re-vamp the rule because it's circumvented too easily anyway. "Howie Roseman a Lawyer is running the show.....this organization is a JOKE." Where have you been for the last 10 years? Reid runs the show, not the GM. That's why Heckert left. He wanted a GM position where he'd have more control. After Reid, Banner runs things when it comes to contracts. Roseman does the grunt work on contracts but he's not going to be "running the show". That's ridiculous to even suggest.— JimG
