Comments on: After further review, a more reasonable (and oddly enthusiastic) take on the recent unpleasantness http://bountybowl.com/2009/01/24/after-further-review-a-more-reasonable-and-oddly-enthusiastic-take-on-the-recent-unpleasantness/ What Would Buddy Do? Tue, 22 May 2012 19:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: BrianS http://bountybowl.com/2009/01/24/after-further-review-a-more-reasonable-and-oddly-enthusiastic-take-on-the-recent-unpleasantness/#comment-61950 BrianS Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:52:59 +0000 http://bountybowl.com/2009/01/24/after-further-review-a-more-reasonable-and-oddly-enthusiastic-take-on-the-recent-unpleasantness/#comment-61950 I appreciate the optimism. Even though honestly probablyI really didn't expect this team to make to the NFC Championship before the season (it's hard for me to tell because I gladly buy into the hype each season that they can win the super bowl), I'm having trouble looking at this NFC Championship loss in isolation from the others. If this was the Eagles' first NFC Championship loss, I could kind of feel optimism....but when you have the background of never having won a championship and struggling in the past to get past the championship round, it makes the season a failure if they get to the championship and don't win it. I know...a little irrational. I'd also be a little more optimistic if I felt the Eagles as whole were "up-and-coming". After the loss to the Rams, I was really optimistic that even brighter days were ahead, and even though the losses to the Bucs and Panthers were devastating, I still was pretty sure that the Eagles would be in the mix the following season. I'm worried that this could have been the last chance for McNabb, Westbrook, Dawkins, and Runyan, 3 of my favorites. I kind of think that the defense might be up and coming overall, but that the 2 most important guys on offense might be slipping dangerously close to the end of their peaks. But, I'm looking forward to the draft, and training camp, and the continued adventures of DESEAN JACKSON (I insist on always calling him by his full name, and I prefer to type it in all caps). I guess the farther in the playoffs a team gets, the harder the exit for both the team and fans. And I'm still not going to watch the &^%ing superbowl. I appreciate the optimism.

Even though honestly probablyI really didn’t expect this team to make to the NFC Championship before the season (it’s hard for me to tell because I gladly buy into the hype each season that they can win the super bowl), I’m having trouble looking at this NFC Championship loss in isolation from the others.

If this was the Eagles’ first NFC Championship loss, I could kind of feel optimism….but when you have the background of never having won a championship and struggling in the past to get past the championship round, it makes the season a failure if they get to the championship and don’t win it. I know…a little irrational.

I’d also be a little more optimistic if I felt the Eagles as whole were “up-and-coming”. After the loss to the Rams, I was really optimistic that even brighter days were ahead, and even though the losses to the Bucs and Panthers were devastating, I still was pretty sure that the Eagles would be in the mix the following season.

I’m worried that this could have been the last chance for McNabb, Westbrook, Dawkins, and Runyan, 3 of my favorites. I kind of think that the defense might be up and coming overall, but that the 2 most important guys on offense might be slipping dangerously close to the end of their peaks.

But, I’m looking forward to the draft, and training camp, and the continued adventures of DESEAN JACKSON (I insist on always calling him by his full name, and I prefer to type it in all caps).

I guess the farther in the playoffs a team gets, the harder the exit for both the team and fans.

And I’m still not going to watch the &^%ing superbowl.

]]> By: bigmyc04 http://bountybowl.com/2009/01/24/after-further-review-a-more-reasonable-and-oddly-enthusiastic-take-on-the-recent-unpleasantness/#comment-61948 bigmyc04 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:00:58 +0000 http://bountybowl.com/2009/01/24/after-further-review-a-more-reasonable-and-oddly-enthusiastic-take-on-the-recent-unpleasantness/#comment-61948 I think the easiest and amicable solution to this "should he stay or should he go" routine would just be to hire a GM. A real GM. Let's cut into Andy's meglomania about the passing game and right the ship a little. This team, with it's talent level, is not too many moves from breaking the chain....let's get it right while the table is set shall we? I have little faith that Andy will make the moves that he needs to in order to push the Birds further...this, I believe, is out of basic stubborness, which appears to be pathological in Andy's case. Another guy to sync up with on personnel moves, let alone, offensive philosophy, would be wonderful. Cowher would be nice...but really, anyone with a fondness for the running game and defense in the EAST COAST style would do. ...at this point, anyone. Maybe this is what Banner hinted at? It seems to be logical, after all, it is a way to keep Big Red while doing their best to see that all the bases are covered. Oh, did I mention that Heckert was reported to not have gone with the coaches to the Senior Bowl?.... I think the easiest and amicable solution to this “should he stay or should he go” routine would just be to hire a GM. A real GM. Let’s cut into Andy’s meglomania about the passing game and right the ship a little. This team, with it’s talent level, is not too many moves from breaking the chain….let’s get it right while the table is set shall we?

I have little faith that Andy will make the moves that he needs to in order to push the Birds further…this, I believe, is out of basic stubborness, which appears to be pathological in Andy’s case. Another guy to sync up with on personnel moves, let alone, offensive philosophy, would be wonderful.
Cowher would be nice…but really, anyone with a fondness for the running game and defense in the EAST COAST style would do. …at this point, anyone.
Maybe this is what Banner hinted at? It seems to be logical, after all, it is a way to keep Big Red while doing their best to see that all the bases are covered.

Oh, did I mention that Heckert was reported to not have gone with the coaches to the Senior Bowl?….

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