Grotewold wrote:ReadingPhilly wrote:I'm surprised the pro Howie guys will defend him to the death.
I'm not even really defending Howie. I'm saying I don't think Lurie is a mouth-breathing moron.
All we know specifically is Lurie saying Howie did the 2012 draft, which hasn't been refuted, and Howie saying "I'll take the blame" for Watkins and Marcus Smith. (Which I highly doubt he did over the objections of Reid and Kelly, but OK.) That's it. Well that and all the vague Football Guy #$!&@.
For the media, in particular, to have this fervor to put the guy out on his ass is bizarre.
It would be bizarre in most situations. It's not, because somehow some way the local Eagle mediots feel THEY have a say. That THEY are entitled to demands and having certain expectations met. That's what is so off.
Jeff Lurie wants to win a SB very badly. That we know. And compared to MANY other nfl orgs, the Eagles in his 20+ years have been more good than bad. Fielded a lot of wins and great players. He took a shot on Chip, it went sideways - it didn't work for the Nova-care comfort zone. Howie is his guy. He doesn't need to splain it to anyone or justify it. He knows what Howie does for him and that's it.
And - as if the mediots in Phila. or the fans they incite - know very much about the 31 other franchises and their war rooms? Trent Balke is despised out here. But the media is so different and fans a lot less outraged. They wanted the org to bring in a Holmgren type to consult -
Howie is Banner 2.0. What doesn't everyone get?
