I would hire Chip in a second as head coach bit no way would I let him have control over personnel. He can have a say bit as soon as "let's trade for Sam Bradford and sign a oft injured RB who ran behind the best OLINE a lot of money" he needs to be stopped. Titans would be ideal scenario imo. Eagles I think was too much of a win now situation with an unsettled QB situation. Go to the Titans and build up for 3-4 years into the kind of team he can win with.
The Eagles offseason was truly a headscratcher. Given his contract I couldn't imagine anyone trading for Bradford. Much less trading an arguably better QB (arguably mind you, I don't think Foles is really better than Bradford and think they're actually pretty similar as far as NFL production goes) and picks. I mean a straight up swap would have been one thing. but giving up a 2 with him as well? And Bradford is an impending Free Agent as well. So it' s not like you had him for 2 years. That trade made no sense.
ALonso for McCoy trade on the surface makes sense. Sure it's a gamble trade but once upon a time Alonso was a heck of an RB, McCoy is a 27 year old running backs. Unless your name is Adrian Peterson, usually running backs don't age well. Where it doesn't make sense is to go out and spend money on a 27 year old running back. Would have made more sense to keep McCoy and sign Curtis Lofton or someone like that and used the money elsewhere. I get the idea of turning a RB to value, but to then waste cap on an old RB?
For the Eagles, I think the issue was that he blew the team up, and the experiment failed miserably. ANd I think he lost the lockerroom. It was the opposite issue seemingly than the Harbaugh/SF think where the coach had the lockerroom but the FO wanted a different thing.
Also his strategy is ****ing terrible. His clock management spiel is way too serious. When you have the lead in the 4th quarter you shouldn't be rushing to get to the line. I know it throws the defense off, but it's hardly the right strategic play. IN the first half it doesn't matter, but come the second half you have to be thinking about the game ending.
Also to addI think there's be a leak soon basically saying that the Eagles asked for him to step down from personnel decisions and that's what lead to the firing. Could be wrong, but it's a strong hunch I have.
