Video: Bob Ford on Howie Roseman's role in the Eagles' struggles
The Eagles continue to disappoint, but general manager Howie Roseman got a contract extension earlier this year.
Video: Bob Ford on Howie Roseman's role in the Eagles' struggles
The Eagles continue to disappoint, but general manager Howie Roseman got a contract extension earlier this year. The Inquirer's Bob Ford talks about whether Roseman should be blamed for the Eagles' struggles in a chat with Cinesport's Noah Coslov.
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If Lurie does not get rid of Howie during the process of retooling this team, then it is indicative of Lurie's own incompetence or a lack of real sincerity to provide the Philly fans with a winning— section117- It's ridiculous that everyone is up in arms as to why this team is in the toilet when the organization has been making one blatantly horrible decision after another for years and years, while acting as if they know better the entire time. Now the entire house of cards is crashing to the ground, everyone is like OMG! What went wrong?! Unless Lurie gets a genuine football GM in place and qualified coaches from outside the organization they are never going to climb out of this mess and the net wroth of the organization will take a nose dive just like their play on the field.— JohnnyH
- Yes.— AreaMan
- Meant to type "winning team" on previous post.
PS - anyone want to buy five seats for monday nights game
in section 117 ? I thought not.— section117 
Getting rid of the coaching staff, the quarterback and a couple defensive players will mean nothing if they don't get rid of Roseman too. This dude's last 2 drafts have set the franchise back 4 years.— gilligan- I can't take anybody seriously who goes by the name of Howie. Why not use a professional name like Howard? Notice how Bobby Clarke became Bob Clarke when he hung up the skates and became an executive?
— TexColorado - Why don't you tell that to Howie Long? This post of yours is tiring, if you have the need to continue typing it, please take it elsewhere. — phillyborn4
- There are 20 million reasons why Roseman is to blame.— Mike Boryla
- It's not the government...stop with the persistent BLAME game. It's sports. It's the draft. It's hit and miss. There's good cycles and bad cycles. Get a darn sense of humor if you want to cover sports. The Jersey shore was historically devastated, and Ford and Company keep litering our senses with their holier than thou incriminations about athletes and coaches who participate in a game. Happy Thanksgiving.— retzlaff
- Yawn, worthless post. Its a story about football and who is at fault for the failures. Nothing to do with anything else. So the Jersey shore was hammered....what does that have to do with this? A 3 year old died of cancer today...sadder than the shore people having to rebuild....so does that make the shore less important? How about a family where 2 kids die? Worse than 1 kid? Your post makes zero sense. No one said the Eagles problems were on the scale of bigger issues. — JonKap
- ABSOLUTELY! He knows nothing about talent evaluation. Probably never played tackle football since grade school, IF THEN! Great choices on the OL and at safety. Great trades for corners who can neither cover nor tackle.— BLUEBELLION
- Mr Lurie has to blow it all up! Mr Lurie has to hire a "REAL FOOTBALL" GM to replace the ACCOUNTANT, who has systematically reduced this roster to bargain basement 7th round Special Teamers from the last 3 drafts! After a "Real" GM is hired, that person selects the Head Coach. The Head Coach then assembles a "competent" Coaching Staff (Remember; Offensive Guys coach the Offense and Defensive Guys coach the Defense). If Roseman remains as "Accountant" GM, then good luck getting a respectable HC. What experienced NFL Head Coach or aspiring NFL Coordinator would want to take orders and or have talent selected by a Salary Cap Nerd? Answer; NOBODY. What you will get is a College Coach who wants so bad to get in the NFL, that he'll swallow his pride and take orders from a Fantasy League Accountant. Winning the Salary Cap Bowl (The Lurie Cup) each year is not what the Fans are interested in. Get it right Jeffrey, fire Roseman or Philly will be set back at least 5 years!!!
— cooperhawk - Funny isn't it? Just last Summer (2011) the Inq and DN had an article about how Philadelphia was becoming the City of Champions with the Iggles, Phils, Sixers, and Flyers all on the upswing. Now look - all on the verge of failure again. What is it? The water? Overconfidence? What? What?— nws
- Merry Christmas and Happy New Year....Your Fired thanks for coming— d1955h
- Yes, Roseman has the title of GM, and yes, Roseman seems eminently unqualified to get involved in anything other than the stuff accountants and lawyers get involved in, but Reid has the final say on all football matters, and Reid clearly no longer has what it takes to coach this team or select its personnel, let alone do both. When Reid goes, Reid will leave two jobs that will need to be filled from outside the organization. I hope that Lurie somehow realizes that, but I'm not holding my breath.— dasher
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Bob Ford has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 1981, and is still trying to figure it all out. A former beat writer covering the Phillies and the 76ers, Ford became a general sports columnist for the Inquirer in 2003, following in and occasionally falling in the deep footsteps of Bill Lyon, Frank Dolson and many distinguished others. He comes to the Philly.com blogosphere after award-winning success as designer/editor of the fabulous Pen & Pencil Club softball blog. Likes: Palestra, inside-the-park home runs, sunny days. Dislikes: phony people, cloudy days, rewrites.
Reach Bob at bford@phillynews.com.
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