Pederson Question

[KenfromCanada]

Does he get hired or even get consideration if he wasn't under Reid?

[Irish George]

No

No

[McCarthy12]

Learning from Reid might not be the worst thing in the world, as far as how you handle players and the fans here - things that Reid excelled at and Kelly failed at. Hopefully Reid's game day messes were not captured by osmosis.

I'm very skeptical about this hire, but he's the coach now. Players seem to really like him (I posted something Travis Kelce said and I saw something similar from Brandon Graham last night). We'll see how he is on Sundays. Either way, I'm more concerned about Howie than Pederson.

[Irish George]

good point

we wouldn't even be talking about Pederson if Howie hadn't re-ascended.

[McCarthy12]

I guess the way I'm trying to look at it is this: We saw last year the importance of having a team on the same page with their coach (ironic given all of Kelly's culture stuff). Everything I'm reading indicates that Pederson will be good there. In retrospect, how much of Reid's success was/is because his players love him? He's not a great coach on Sundays, but he wins. So that gives me hope.

The question is, can Pederson coach and/or can he surround himself with coordinators who can coach? I don't think this team is a total rebuild. There are holes (some large ones) to be filled - and, again, unfortunately that now falls to Howie.

[Mr. Triple Dip]

McNabb and Dawkins have come out with great things to say about Dougie from the 1 season they played together--mostly with regards to how smart he is and how he was a coach on the field type of guy. They have also laced some skepticism into those comments---want to say Dawkins questioned if he can "be a leader of men".

[Susquehanna Birder]

I think that's why I'm in the wait and see camp. There are too many questions yet to be answered, and I want to see how it develops before I...

[4dabirds75]

I guess the way I'm trying to look at it is this: We saw last year the importance of having a team on the same page with their coach (ironic given all of Kelly's culture stuff). Everything I'm reading indicates that Pederson will be good there. In retrospect, how much of Reid's success was/is because his players love him? He's not a great coach on Sundays, but he wins. So that gives me hope.

The question is, can Pederson coach and/or can he surround himself with coordinators who can coach? I don't think this team is a total rebuild. There are holes (some large ones) to be filled - and, again, unfortunately that now falls to Howie.

Culture is something you build together as a team, not a bunch of bullshit rules that 1 guy crams down everyone's throat. I think Pederson probably has better understanding of that than Chips "ego maniac" Kelly ever will.