(01-11-2021, 07:41 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

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