Coaching Approval Ratings: Andy Reid
July 27, 2008 by Cherie Lampley
Filed under Sports Rumors
With Football season right around the corner, we here at Dejuiced! have decided to take a look at the coaches in the NFL and college football to see how well the fans approve of them. Today we look at Andy Reid.
Andy Reid is the head coach and general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles and has been since 1999. During his time there, he has been to 4 NFC championship games and the fourth time being the charm it lead them to the Super Bowl. Unfortunately they didn’t go home winners. They did end up with baggage though. Terrell Owens ring a bell?
During his time coaching, his family has made the news. In 2007 his sons, Britt and Garrett, were sentenced to 23 months in prison. Many questioned his coaching getting in the way of his father duties or his father duties getting in the way of his coaching. But Andy thinks otherwise.
We’ve dealt with Garrett’s situation for a long time, and we’ve done it through Super Bowls and championships. And it’s new to a lot of people, but it’s not new to us. As long as Jeffrey Lurie will have me, and as long as I can do my job to the best of my ability, I would love to be an Eagle. (Fanhouse)
His record in Philadelphia is 96-62 and received Coach of the Year honors in 2000 and 2002.
Andy Reid is a joke. He’s been paired up with Donovan McNabb for far too long and it has gotten to the point that he can’t even see how bad “D-Nabb” has gotten. The statistics probably wont show it unless you look hard enough but watching him play does. Most of his completions are thrown to the check-down receiver and usually before a play has anytime to develop. This isn’t due to poor pass protection either it’s just “D-Nabb” feeling too uncomfortable when anyone gets remotely close. He’s scared. Drafting Kevin Kolb was a smart choice.. never using him was a dumb choice. Andy is letting his bond to D-Nabb get in the way of his coaching and doing whats best for the team. It’s time for Donovan to go and maybe Andy Reid can back to his normal ways when he has a quarterback who can do something on the field.