The best Andy Reid analysis we've read so far
Sometimes, when people comment on our stories, they leave terrible, awful comments that we need to remove from the site because they're racist, profane, or just plain offensive. Sometimes, however, they leave gems like this.
The best Andy Reid analysis we've read so far
Matt Mullin, Sports Editor
Sometimes, when people comment on our stories, they leave terrible, awful comments that we need to remove from the site because they're racist, profane, or just plain offensive.
Sometimes, however, they leave gems like this comment from Joe Checkler - a.k.a "JoeyScoops" - that we found on a Marcus Hayes column published on Wednesday.
Checkler, a Giants fan, wrote a poem to poke fun at his many green-blooded friends, most notably his brother-in-law.
Here is the comment as it appeared on our site:
Twas the night they fired Andy, and all throughout Philly
The mood was all different, euphoric and silly
They’d finally done it, they killed off old Reid
What a gift for the city, the best gift indeed
No more bad challenges or wasted timeouts
No more embarrassing home playoff routs
No more sad nights that spoiled the fun
No more long passes on third down and one
From Center City to Jersey and all through Bucks County
Miles of relief for the fat man’s bounty
But what now that the big guy is out of the mix
Have they forgotten Johnson’s defense or 4th-and 26?
The 5 title games and 6 division crowns
Andy’s Eagles weren’t exactly the Cleveland Browns
He drafted McNabb, oh wait, they hated him too
In the town that serenades heroes with choruses of boos
Oh Schmidty and Moses, McNabb and now Andy
As popular around here as Hurricane Sandy
Be careful what you wish for now that it’s not his job
This is the man who got value for Kevin Kolb
He was chubby and mustachioed, a great football mind
But they laughed when they saw him, he wasn’t their kind
He never panicked, despite the commotion
Even when Vick couldn’t throw a ball in the ocean
He believed in his ways, and the league came around
He jumpstarted the trend that killed ground n’ pound
But he wasn’t Vermeil, he didn’t seem regal
Despite that he completely turned around the Eagles
But now he’s left his office for one last time
His demise isn’t a victimless crime
Be careful what you wish for you silly Philly fans
Without big ol’ Andy, you may be also rans
Thanks, Joe, and keep 'em coming.
Let's hope Andy takes the Kansas City job. If he coaches the Cardinals, you just KNOW he's going to come into the Linc next season and embarrass the Eagles, same as Kevin Kolb did this year. So, Andy....save us the humiliation and take the safe job in the midwest where we won't have to see you again anytime soon.— SteveS11- When Kolbab "embarrassed" us, it was Reid who was in charge. If Reid is hired by the Cardinals, who do you think will be embarrassed this time? — essell
- Dumb on so many levels. That this paper thinks there is something great here or that anyone else can't figure out that Andy was great in the beginning and tailed off at the end. No wonder this paper can't make any money. Would we be worse off if it finally went chapter 13 instead of chapter 11?— Fritz and Alice
- Weak stuff.— RichB
- 'Twas the night at the computer, I went to philly.com
What I saw on the screen hit just like a bomb
Looking for content so noble and true
The two Philly papers stopped reporting the news
Pictures of hipsters wrapped in overpriced scarves
Sweet Lindsey Lohan just crashed her new car!
Should Charlie be fired? There's no better reason
The writers are bored in a quiet offseason
Short empty articles with broken-up grammer
Bearded young "columnists" who sputter and stammer
Reading this slop I was boiling with rage
Bolaris' girlfriend was headlining the page
Once we were kings, covering heaven and hell
Swimming in Pulitizers, circulation was swell
Though the content is written for the dumb ones, you see
I keep coming back 'cause they give it for free— everydayguy - I like when the guy posting insults misspells "grammar." Good stuff. — rmd747
- Note 2013 sked has both ARIZONA and KC visiting Linc....SD and CHICAGO too.— JCinDC
- He hired a psychopath and expected us to root for him, rendering everything else he did moot.— COskier
- If that's the best Reid analysis so far, what does that say about philly.com?— eaglescali
- Wow, how hypocritical. Didn't the local writers jump on the national guys for making these exact statements? "You'll miss him when he's gone" " you booed the best Quarterback in franchise history out of town" " blah, blah , blah. Then you post a poem from a Giants fan? I liked it better when you stole stories from New York writers. New low. WE WILL NOT MISS ANDY WHEN HE IS GONE ONLY THE OTHER NFC EAST FANS WILL!
- @steveS11: The Chiefs will also be visiting the Linc next season.— drbob1
- The best Andy Reid analysis we've read so far. huh— cementhead
- It's ashame he never entered the Wing Bowl: at least he would have had ONE ring!— STEPHEN1988
- When the Eagles go back to being the 1963-1975 Eagles, fans will finally realize that Andy was good for the franchise. Was it time to move in a new directions? Yes. Sometime be careful what you wish for.— alihajishank
- Excellent Poem.— Cant Climb
