Chip Trotsky

[Eagle Road]

this purge makes Howie look less to me like a Stalinesque strongman and more like a vindictive pencil-necked geek.

He has now set himself up for a scenario where he better become the Hero of the Beach on draft day:

That's why you never heard a peep outta him all last year, he was in the basement closet, running every imaginable scenario through Madden.


Nobody is going to kick sand in his face any more!

[RSE]

I called it nerd on nerd violence.

[Maniac]

this purge makes Howie look less to me like a Stalinesque strongman and more like a vindictive pencil-necked geek

You think the Birds should have kept those guys? I don't see vindictiveness at all, just some slick GM-ing. He didn't send Bradford out in the fishing boat.

[McCarthy12]

I was thinking about this this morning. We're all happy because these guys were bums but how much of this is just Howie being vindictive? He doesn't have Tom Gamble to fire so he's firing all of Chip's players. I'm glad to have the Chip stench gone either way.

[slag]

A) Murray is a fucking roach, but he was not given maximum scurrying opportunity in Kelly's offense and I'd actually like to see Maxwell play in Schwartz's defense (shit, any defense sans Billy Davis, for that matter).

B) Your statement that he doesn't have Gamble to dump so he's dumping Chips players seems to support my idea that he's doing it, to an appreciable degree, to piss on Chip (ie. vindictiveness).

[slag]

Hmmm ... appears in your relentless defense of all things Howie you have endorsed Kelly's pick up of Bradford.

[BigSlizz]

I see a bunch of guys with bad contracts being given the ol' heave ho. That's fine by me.

[McCarthy12]

I was agreeing with you. I've said elsewhere that I was willing to give any defensive player a second chance. Davis may be one of the worst d coordinators in NFL history.

[3rd & Inches]

He does love him some Howie.

[Eagle Road]

That would be
"Mr. Howard Roseman" to you guys!

[Eagle Road]

I was thinking about this this morning. We're all happy because these guys were bums but how much of this is just Howie being vindictive? He doesn't have Tom Gamble to fire so he's firing all of Chip's players. I'm glad to have the Chip stench gone either way.

Let's see if he dumps Mathews? I like the guy and think he could do well with a better line, he busted his ass last year for every yard he got, if Howie dumps him, then I think it's personal, if he doesn't, I think it's been good management so far.

[Maniac]

Hmmm ... appears in your relentless defense of all things Howie you have endorsed Kelly's pick up of Bradford.

Haven't seen a mistake yet. I'm lukewarm on Bradford but they didn't give him the ranch and a competent QB makes sense to help Pedey get established. Murray didn't want to be here, had an awful contract and it made sense to dump a running back. I thought it would be Matthews because of the contract. Maxwell was another overpaid underperformer.

Not only that but Eagles get some picks and the Roach doesn't go back to Dallas. Advantage Howie.

[slag]

My bad ... misread your second sentence.

[Eagle Road]

Haven't seen a mistake yet. I'm lukewarm on Bradford but they didn't give him the ranch and a competent QB makes sense to help Pedey get established. Murray didn't want to be here, had an awful contract and it made sense to dump a running back. I thought it would be Matthews because of the contract. Maxwell was another overpaid underperformer.

Not only that but Eagles get some picks and the Roach doesn't go back to Dallas. Advantage Howie.

Roach doesn't even play in the division, Advantage Howie, not many revenge game chances.