Roob on the Eagles' coach search

[slag]

It’s easy for me to sit here and say my top three candidates for the Eagles’ head coaching vacancy are Hue Jackson, Adam Gase and Sean McDermott, but I am deeply concerned with the Eagles’ ability to land a top candidate, one who has several offers, considering the current hazy state of the front office.

Maybe one of the top guys will be so confident in himself and his ability to navigate the politics of the Eagles’ front office that he’ll just shrug off the whole Howie thing and take the job. But the NFL is a close-knit fraternity. Everybody talks to everybody else. And the reality is that whoever accepts the head coaching job is going to have to find a way to make it work with Howie. Something Louis Riddick, Tom Gamble, Jason Licht, Andy Reid, Joe Banner, Chip Kelly and Ed Marynowitz couldn’t do.

The proven model is a strong general manager who can identify and acquire talent and a coach who believes in that general manager’s vision and is able to share his personnel needs with him to the point where both are generally in agreement on what direction to go. I don’t feel like the Eagles are close to that model right now. In fact, I don’t even understand what their model is.

[IronEagle]

Chump was a problem, but..

HowLo is THE problem.

[BigSlizz]

I think Jeffy pines for FF2.0. I think it'll be Duce, Doug or Pat.

[Ellsworth]

That's reassuring.

[slag]

Roob seems to be saying those are the only guys who will take the fucking job.

[Maniac]

McDermott is a hot NFL candidate? Wow.

[slag]

That's what you're taking away from that?

[Maniac]

That's what you're taking away from that?

Sure. Rube said he was one of his top three candidates and he was concerned about the top candidates having other offers. That's easy to follow.

[slag]

Yeah ... that's the key point.

[udontknowme]

McDermott is a hot NFL candidate? Wow.

Ginger got a bad hand here, and has since flourished in CAR, at times with holes in the defensive roster especially at corner. Managed to hide the holes nicely. Still a young guy, and with many years as a DC under his belt. Easy to see why he'd be a top pick.

[Maniac]

Roob seems to be saying those are the only guys who will take the fucking job.

I see. You're reading "top candidates" as "likely hires". Maybe but that's not what he wrote.

Any first time HC will be a crap shoot. And I'd like to see a fresh name unless they can get Payton or a Harbaugh.

[Maniac]

Yeah ... that's the key point.

Because all the other jobs have such functional front offices?

[slag]

No, you don't see a fucking thing.

[Maniac]

No, you don't see a fucking thing.

So enlighten me with something more interesting than Howie is Darth Vader.

[slag]

I only care about one team being fucked in their front office.