The Eagles are going to screw this up.
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Meanwhile according to ESPN the team is also set to interview former New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin for their head-coaching vacancy on Monday. Meanwhile, Tom Coughlin is a pipe dream and the Eagles are in limbo between hiring Doug Pederson or Pat Shumur. And if that happens, they’re doomed.
Adam Gase was the top choice for the Eagles and since he has been already hired, the most prefered in line now is Pederson. If he doesn’t want his franchise to turn into one of the revolving doors for head coaches that exist elsewhere in the league, Pederson would have to be the current favorite. We have suffered through some bad seasons under Andy Reid, and recently this past season we hit a new low point under now former head coach Chip Kelly.
He has no track record of independent, sustained National Football League success at any job.
It seems like a million years ago now, but on February 17, 1999, before the Eagles drafted McNabb, they signed Pederson to a three-year, $4.7 million contract and Reid made it clear he would start, despite having thrown only 32 passes for the Dolphins and Packers, at age 31. If the Eagles have tagged Pederson as their next coach, they will have to wait until the Chiefs are eliminated from the postseason to hire him. Pederson, who also played for the Eagles, moved up to offensive coordinator when he went with Reid to Kansas City.
While it remains to be seen if the Eagles hire Pederson, who won’t be available while the Chiefs are alive in the playoffs, he believes the time spent with Reid will help if he ultimately lands a head coaching position.
Kelly, fired by the Philadelphia Eagles Dec. 29, has been mentioned as a possible candidate for jobs in San Francisco, Cleveland and Miami, but has interviewed with just the 49ers.
Coughlin: Yes, he won two Super Bowls and could be in the Hall of Fame one day.
The Giants interviewed their offensive coordinator, Ben McAdoo, last week.
The aforementioned McAdoo has been the brains behind a successful Giants passing offense the past two seasons. First he traded away LeSean McCoy to the Bills for linebacker Kiko Alonso and gave quarterback Nick Foles to the Rams for an injury prone Sam Bradford. He said he will find a way to stay involved in the game and with players, because his wife wouldn’t want him home for more than 48 hours.
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Not to mention, Sean McDermott and Paul Guenther are worthy of interviews because of their successful respective defenses in Carolina and Cincinnati, as well as their local ties.
