Originally Posted by Michael David Smith:
*by Michael David Smith on January 4, 2013, 8:16 AM EDT
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Jeremiah Trotter played a total of seven seasons for Andy Reid in three different stints with the Eagles. And he thinks he lost a lot of games because Reid got out-coached.
“If it came down to both teams were even, talent-wise,*I think the opponent’s team would win if it came down to coaching,” Trotter said on 97.5 The Fanatic, via Philly.com. “Andy Reid got out-coached in a lot of games, man, a lot of big games,” Trotter continued. “Time outs, running the football, you know.”
Trotter said Reid’s offensive style made things different for the defense and the late defensive coordinator Jim Johnson, who ran the defense in Philadelphia until his death in 2008.
“As a defense, we understood we passed the ball too much. You know, there’s times we’re sitting over there like, ‘Man, listen. Just get us a couple of first downs so we can get a break.’ And I’m sure it frustrated Jim Johnson also,” Trotter said
Still, Trotter acknowledges that he won a lot of games during his time with Reid, and he says he would have given Reid a 7.5 or 8 on a scale of 1-10. I shudder to think what he’d say about a coach who was a 1.
Good coaches don't get out coached in a lot of games. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Reid was brilliant today. WTF is wrong with you?
You must have missed Reid's D. And he never got in an official's face, not even once. That's a HUGE fail on his part, not supporting his players with NFL-appropriate drama. A real coach would support his players by getting in an officials face, taking a 15-yard penalty, but letting them know the 15 yerds are going to be well worth the price once he blows up the NFL's officiating after the game and once he gets back to the office.
Over time that process would get us closer to getting the calls the Pats get. But you won't ever get there unless you start the process. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
You must have missed Reid's D.
I know Reid hasn't seen his D since the 70s unless in a mirror.
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
And he never got in an official's face, not even once. That's a HUGE fail on his part, not supporting his players with NFL-appropriate drama. A real coach would support his players by getting in an officials face, taking a 15-yard penalty, but letting them know the 15 yerds are going to be well worth the price once he blows up the NFL's officiating after the game and once he gets back to the office.
Over time that process would get us closer to getting the calls the Pats get. But you won't ever get there unless you start the process.
FACT
HARD, HARD COSIGN.
Reid acts like business as usual.
Belichick or Sean Peyton or (dare I say it) Todd Haley would break it off in the officials' asses for that shit...
But they're all Parcells guys.
Reid is from the Walsh/Holmgren tree, where you're supposed to be 'calm and cerebral.'
Maybe Reid gets an upset stomach when he yells, and he's already hot and sucking wind out there with his fat fucking ass... [Reply]
