(01-11-2021, 07:04 PM)D6 Wrote:

(01-11-2021, 06:26 PM)sfljaguarsfan Wrote: What am I missing here? Pedersen was there 5 seasons, made playoffs 3 of them and won a Superbowl. How much better of results can you really hope for in 5 seasons with a starting QB that has never finished a season since his rookie year when I think even then he played with broken ribs (didn't play that well either) and a WR core nobody has ever heard of. They had long stretches of games where I don't think a single WR they had starting was even drafted? 

And not sure how much influence he had on the decision, but I'm sure he had some say in getting Jalen Hurts - who looks like a possible future league MVP the way he played in his limited time so far. I know that may seem like a stretch, but Hurts was phenomenal in those few starts, with exception of the last game when Pedersen put Sudfield out there, probably to intentionally lose the game and see what he had in a backup for next season. 


I don't get it. Was winning that last game really that important to the Eagles management? 

I don't understand why you guys are going full "no thanks", "I'll pass", etc on Pedersen?

Winning was that important to the players on the Eagles.  

I agree that Doug Pederson did plenty of good coaching under far less than ideal circumstances during his time as Eagles HC.  Yet,  unless Pederson has the trust of team leaders, he's highly likely going to fail as an NFL HC moving forward.  

Now that he has been fired, screw whether he continues to have the trust of Eagles' team leaders  Obviously, Wentz, who SHOULD have been a team leader, didn't have Pederson's trust.  If those team leaders were on that 2017 team,  I wonder how betrayed they feel every time they look at or think about that Super Bowl ring.

The thing is, a player disagreeing with a coach's decision is inevitable over the course of a season.  A receiver felt he should have been the first read on a play.  A runner thinks he should get more carries.  A benchwarmer thinks he should get more playing time.  Players think they should have gone for it on 4th and short.  What ISN'T inevitable is coaching a team to a Super Bowl win.  Pederson accomplished that, with some of the same players supposedly complaining about him now.  I think there was some power struggle between Roseman and Pederson over Wentz.  Lurie sided with Roseman.

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