While it's a shame he did not break the record, he still had one of the all time great years. Coming back from a horrific knee injury, leading the Vikings back to the playoffs for the first time since 2009, after going 3-13 in 2011, with no passing game to take pressure of him almost all season. He's a legitimate MVP candidate now that the Vikings have clinched the wild card. People will be talking about this season for a very long time.
A 130 - 92 lifetime record and 7 time NFC East champion are borderline hall of fame numbers. He stinks at clock management, and sometimes makes questionable play calls late in games. He is a good coach, though certainly flawed. He's been with the same team for 14 seasons now, it's time to move on, both for him and the organization.
Don't forget about the Pats shutting out the Dolphins in a rather boring game in the 4 pm timeslot. In the 1 pm timeslot, we had Eagles/Giants and Jets/Bills. I couldn't stand to watch either game. I didn't even watch the Pats game.
For me, he was an above average coach for a while, but then he turned into a mediocre coach who rode on his laurels. The Michael Vick debacle was a sign of a lot of what he's done wrong. The seven NFC East titles don't rank very highly in my opinion, especially as his teams were never SB contenders.
Yeah, and that's all on Andy Reid.
You can't call him an "above average coach" and then say that statement. If a team was never a SuperBowl contender but still wins that many divisional titles then he's not just "an above average coach". It makes no sense to me. The mark of a good coach is coaching a team to success when it isn't expected of them.
Well, I changed it to above average coach. Originally I had it as average, but I changed it to above average because he was good at first.
It's because the barometer is Super Bowl rings. But to say Andy Reid was a fairly poor coach is nonsense, sorry. If he wants to work next season, he'll be the most sought after coach and for good reason.
It's true, as a Pats fan in this generation, I was gifted with being able to watch a top five QB and a top five coach of all time in action week in and week out.
Not every coach even gets to the Conference Championship, much less a single Super Bowl.
Again, you're just wrong. The last two years have been disasters. I would chalk that up to personnel mistakes more than anything else. Andy Reid's style of offense was ahead of it's time. We all used to harp and go on and on about how he never ran the ball and that he liked the pass too much. What exactly has the league become since then? Pass-happy. The guy has been the example of consistency over the last 14 years. To label him as fairly poor or even only above average is absolutely ridiculous Frosty. Just look at all these retreads the basement teams march out every 2-3 years that accomplish nothing. Reid benefited from loyalty from Lurie most likely, but his list of accomplishments speak for themselves. The guy never benefited from having an all-time elite QB, so you can't use that an excuse either. The guy was and is a great head coach.
In Andy Reid's time with the Eagles they've won their division 6 times and made the Postseason 9 times, made it to the NFC Championship 4 times, and to the Super Bowl once. In the same time-span, the Cowboys won the division TWICE and won a SINGLE playoff game. You can't possibly be comparing their underachieving as a franchise to the Eagles can you?
Out of everything I posted, that's what you choose to quote?
I quoted it because it was sandwiched in between the Andy Reid criticism. Sorry for assuming they were related
I don't care if my head coach gets up there and talks about his feet every Monday, as long as he's successful.
Well, I was watching tv at the time and went back and edited that part in about how much the Cowboys suck, so... :PI quoted it because it was sandwiched in between the Andy Reid criticism. Sorry for assuming they were related
The Pats have been up and down the last few years. We went 18-0 and then failed in the SB and then were the better team the whole season last season, but a few mistakes here or there cost us. If Welker catches that ball, we would've won the SB and we'd be sitting here talking about how the Pats finally got back to winning ways.How have the Patriots been in the last 5 seasons? They're the Eagles of this decade thus far, and they're halfway there to the Buffalo Bills of this century. Would you say they're successful or not? Is Bill Belichick riding the wave of success from his Super Bowl wins ten years ago? Is he wasting draft picks and making odd personnel decisions?
Have you watched any of Bill Belichick's press conferences?...are you really serious with that dude?
I just can't stand him. I don't know what it is, precisely, but I just do not like Andy Reid at all. The Eagles have been poor enough that they haven't even gotten to the NFC Championship game for a while, so Andy Reid can't hand us another SB. If the stars aligned properly, Cam Newton could get to the SB, but realistically, Cam's Panthers are never going anywhere. Hey, unlike Colin Kaepernick, we actually beat the Rams this season.I really don't get the vitriol you have for the guy. Yeah he's pretty boring and makes questionable decisions. I would think you'd hope he'd stay on and make it to the Super Bowl again since your Patriots would have a shot at winning a title again...not like the Rams or Panthers have the talent to get there
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It was around last week. But I guess you could say the Giants blew their wad earlier in the season. They still had something to play for, but they got smashed anyway.