Reid: Childress a great fit in Cleveland
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Reid: Childress a great fit in Cleveland
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
When Marty Mornhinweg's name surfaced as a potential head-coaching candidate in Oakland and Indianapolis, many wondered whether Brad Childress would return to Philadelphia to replace him.
While Mornhinweg got an interview with the Raiders, he was not offered the job and remains with the Eagles.
Childress, meanwhile, was hired last week as the Browns' new offensive coordinator. And while Andy Reid has yet to update us with what he has in store for his own staff, he spoke to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer about how Childress will fit with head coach Pat Shurmur.
"Pat's a heck of a play-caller, and Brad's a heck of a play-caller, and I think that's a heck of a combination," Reid said. "Both of them can bounce things off of each other. That's what Brad did here with me, and that's what Pat did here with me. So, whether I was calling the plays or they were calling the plays, we had an open communication where we could talk and make the best of whatever situation there was."
The three "heck of a" references in one sentence may be a record - even for Reid.
"You hire guys that are driven and smart, and both of them fall under that category," Reid said. "Both of them have a great work ethic, and they understand the game, and they have a whole lot of football smarts. They're smart guys away from the football field, too, but they really know the game."
As for Reid's silence in Philadelphia, I don't have a big problem with it. If he doesn't have his staff in place yet and is still trying to get things figured out, why call a press conference and say nothing? That would only draw more criticism. I'm not saying he's going to unveil some master plan in the end, but it's never been Reid's M.O. to update the media and the public with what he's doing behind the scenes. Not sure why anyone's expecting him to start now.
REID ON FOURTH DOWN
Jim Armstrong recently wrote a piece for Football Outsiders, which measured how aggressive coaches were on fourth down last season.
He uses a metric called Aggressiveness Index. Here's the definition:
To compute AI, we analyzed fourth-down decisions when the offense was in the opponent’s territory, where a coach’s tendencies were most distinguished from his peers. We also excluded obvious catch-up situations: Third quarter, trailing by 15 or more points; Fourth quarter, trailing by 9 or more points; Last five minutes of the game, trailing by any amount. AI measures how often a coach attempted a fourth-down conversion compared to the league averages in similar situations, based on the field position and the distance needed for a first down.
In 2011, Reid was the 12th-most aggressive coach in the league, going for it on nine of the 46 situations described above. Among the most aggressive coaches were Steve Spagnuolo, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Smith and Sean Payton. Ron Rivera, John Fox, Leslie Frazier and Rex Ryan were among the least aggressive.
The Aggressiveness Index dates back to 1992. In that time, Reid has been the least aggressive coach in the NFL. Mike Holmgren, Mike Tomlin and Rex Ryan are also near the bottom.
Guess who's the most aggressive? Rich Kotite.
Bill Belichick, Smith and George Seifert are also near the top.
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I don't have a problem with Andy not talking to Philly media, they got what they deserve. As a Eagle fan I have nothing but respect for the man. Why don't you try doing the same!!!!!— Blessed8251- All this movement by coaches and assistant coaches around the league. Haven't seen any offers or request for interviews for Juan Castillo, our beleagured DC, last seen lining the fields in Mobile for the Senior Bowl. I mean he's been here since 1995, worked under Andy Reid since Reid got here. Shouldn't he be of value to someone else by now that needs help. Maybe in reality, he's not that good of a coach, and all the good things you here about him is just the coaches fraternity talking.— watsonmr
- What Blessed8251 said....— eaglesfan
- Reid's way of football is over... Shurmur, Childress, Holmgren etc. are done in this league. There is a reason why Reid's top assistant (Marty) did not get the Oakland job or even get interviewed by the new Colts GM and ex Eagles guy. As one pundit said "Reid is the modern day Chuck Knox".— Carlos2
- Yeah,,,,,,,,, ah, you know, patience is really really starting to wear thin. I'm just sayin'.— Go Buddy
- Reid's way of football is over-that's why Grigson gets hired to be the GM of one of the most respected organizations in the league. Don't you just love fractured logic. Keep up the good work Andy and let's get that championship this year. Go Eagles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— tommy_the_k
- Good article, Sheil, but if I was Reid, when I was ready to talk to the media, I would call in people from another city and not even tell the Philly writers about it. Just let them read it the paper themselves.— croozn
- So good that his offensive cordinator does not get hired by Grigson who knows Marty. Perhaps Grigson does not believe in Andy's philosophy. It's not sound on defensive side of the ball, nor is the type of players he prefers at linebacker. Truthfully speaking, really. Who cares!!!— Eaglehaslanded
- lol, uhh not a single one of Andys "assistants" has ever gone on to win a Superbowl...real strong "coaching tree" right from the top there. John Harbuagh, Castilo, Jon Gruden were all assistants UNDER RAY RHODES. So Ray Rhodes has a asistant OC who won a SB. And thats with 4 years of coaching he drafted better defensive talent then Reid has in 13 years combined, and Reid has not one assitant that has ever won a SB after 13 freaking years BECAUSE HE HIRES MORONS. Besides Jim Johnson, his offensive assistants have included the Great Brad Childress, failed Vikings coach, Morhinweg, failed Lions coach, JJ picked his own D assitants like Rivera and Spags....Andys offensive assistants that he surrounds himself with have accomplished ALMOST NOTHING has head coaches, Childress and MArty have cmobined for like 2 playoff appearances in 7 years. Rhodes was in the playoff 2 out of 4 years 50%...that is decent. 2 out of 7 is garbage, Chilly maybe won on playoff game in 5 years. Reid has now won 2 playoff games in the last 5 years. that is BELOW AVERAGE TO WEAK. TERRIBLY OVER-RATED MEDIOCRE GARBAGE. REID AND ANY ASSISTANT HE PICKED IS GARBAGE. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER— CharlieGarner25
- Oh Charlie, how you've hit the nail on the head this time. I wanted to be the one to raise this issue first but, you beat me to it. Therin, lay the nexus of Reid's egomaniacal quest to establish his own coaching tree and ensure himself his place in football history along with likes of the Lombardi's, Parcells, Bill Walsh, Marty Schottenheimer and others. Please. His ego is only surpassed by his girth. This is why he adamantly appointed Castillo as DC against all logic.
Harbaugh is one of the few exceptions to his failed attempts at establishing a coaching tree under his "mentorship." But Harbaugh served under Ray Rhodes BEFORE Reid was named Head Coach. I'm sure he was desperately hoping Mornhinweg would advance so that he could claim him as a success under his "leadership." Unabashed fat egos know no bounds.— essell - It looks like the Aggressiveness Index is connected to the coach's confidence in his offense or his defense. The more confidence in offense/less in the defense, the higher the AI. Proof? Reid being least aggressive while Johnson ran the defense, more aggressive with this year's defense.— calm weather
- but the aggressiveness index only counts situations where the coach's team is BEHIND.
did Andy figure the defense had a better chance of scoring than the offense?— ekw555 - This franchise is clearly regressing anyone who can't see that doesn't have his or her eyes open. Nothing will change until Lurie starts to feel it in his pocketbook. Whether you like it or whether you don't like it, learn to love it because it's the truth according to the Tonner and it's the best thing going today.
- Hindsight, you're reasoning is more ridiculous by the hour...Rhodes assistant won but Rhodes never did which means...NOTHING to anyone with a mind but to an OCD obcessed hater it must mean something. Please enlighten those of us who haven't visted Mars lately. Trying to think how Belichick's assistants have done... And while you're at it...57.4%...man up youngster. (HTML deleted)— tpizza
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