Mr. Scot

Meanwhile the Eagles, who just a few years ago fired the first coach ever to win a Super Bowl for them, are now potentially set to fire the one who coached them to a Super Bowl appearance just last season. Halaby played a role in the prior dysfunction. Is he also part of the current issues?

Kinda what I'm afraid of... Lurie is all the worst parts of Tepper and more.

As the saying goes, "You don't wanna follow the legend. You wanna follow the guy who followed the legend."

To you or anyone interested in Halaby, I'd suggest reading this article from The Athletic: Paranoia, mismanagement and office politics inside the Eagles Pertinent excerpts... ______ Four weeks into the 2019 season, Doug Pederson sat down for his scheduled inquisition. The Tuesday tribunals with team owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman were a weekly occurrence during Pederson’s five-year tenure as Eagles head coach. In the meetings, Lurie and Roseman questioned Pederson about all aspects of his game management the week prior. Fourth-down decision-making, play calling, personnel choices — everything was on the table. ... Days earlier, the team overcame a 10-0 second-quarter deficit to beat Aaron Rodgers and the Packers 34-27 and even its record at 2-2. The offensive key to the win was a steady dose of the running game that took advantage of Green Bay’s defensive game plan. Apparently, that wasn’t good enough. Lurie, who has long advocated the use of analytics, wanted to know why Pederson hadn’t called more passing plays. The interrogation was the same after another win that season — this time in Buffalo on a day with 23 mph winds. “(Pederson) was ridiculed and criticized for every decision,” one source told The Athletic. “If you won by three, it wasn’t enough. If you lost on a last-second field goal, you’re the worst coach in history.” ... Sources say Pederson was beaten down by the constant second-guessing. “They treated him like a baby,” one said. ... Alec Halaby, the Eagles’ vice president of football operations and strategy, has worked under Roseman since joining the team full time in 2010 and now runs the team’s four-person analytics department. The young executive with an Ivy League pedigree carries with him the kind of reputation that causes football lifers to scoff. And according to multiple sources, a rift grew between Halaby and some members of the coaching staff and scouting department. “Within the building, he’s perceived as Howie’s guy,” said one source. “That’s a problem. … No coach wants somebody around who they think is undermining the perception of how well they’re doing.” ... To some, Halaby is something of an interloper. They say he carries influence with Lurie in part because of a close relationship with fellow Harvard grad Julian Lurie, Jeffrey’s son, who stands to one day take over the family business. To others, Halaby is “brilliant” and simply willing to fight for what he believes is right. The more nuanced opinion is that Halaby is in a “no-win situation,” boxed into a specific characterization by the non-traditional football background he shares with Roseman and a personality that makes him a “square peg in a round hole.” The blurriness of Halaby’s influence on the final decision-makers created rifts throughout the organization and contributed to the iciness between departments. One source described the analytics team as a “clandestine, Black Ops department that doesn’t answer to anybody except the owner,” even though Halaby officially reports to Roseman. ... During the 2017 season, Halaby’s and Pederson’s relationship soured to the point where Pederson berated Halaby within earshot of the rest of the office, according to sources. In the opinion of some members of the coaching staff, Halaby was not to be trusted. Frustration mounted on the scouting side as well. Rather than being presented with reasons for where certain draft-eligible players were rated by Halaby’s department, the scouting staff would simply be given a list of players the analytics department liked. According to one source, a top personnel official was upset to find out Halaby was grading players on his own despite never having been trained in the scouting department’s methodology. ______ FYI: The author, Sheila Kapadia, was a longtime Eagles beat rider before joining The Athletic

Not me, specifically because I know he'd wanna build the same thing here.

Let's just say watching the game isn't exactly dimming my enthusiasm for having him coach the Panthers

Time to check out Ben Johnson

Harbaugh? Maybe, but I still see him as a short term solution. I think Belichick is done.

His dad has rings with more than one team.

I could live with Quinn, probably Vrabel too. The rest? Nope.

Based on what I read at the time, Rhule brought a list of his candidates (personnel guys with prior connections to him like Jeff Ireland and Adam Peters). Likewise, Tepper brought his (pretty much all analytics guys). As it went on, neither of them could convince the other to get fully on board with any of their guys. That led to some extra invites, one of which went to Fitterer. In the end, Rhule won enough debates that all the second interviews went to guys on his list. Can't help thinking Tepper's determined we're gonna do things his way this time. Hence the majority of analytics guys over men with a scouting background.

It just got worse

Happy wife, happy life... My life isn't too happy right now

Somewhere, Bud Grant is swearing

Not sure how many others have ever played football in really severe winter conditions, but lemme tell ya...

And speaking of Dodds...

Does this thread qualify as a TPS report? (I don't see the new cover sheet)

Saw this elsewhere...

I remember some of my research regarding Dodds during the last cycle. The thing that stuck out the most was that he insisted on absolute control, no interference from anybody. Wasn't hard to figure out why he declined the chance to work with Matt Rhule.

That list right now pretty much only consists of Kelly and Ed Dodds

Pretty much. I've said before the least effective way to convince me you're smart is to tell me you are.

Okay, sure

Newton taking a shot at Tepper?