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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 58225, member: 289"] I wasn't saying that a coaches responses to questions [I]should[/I] determine if he retains his job. The fact is, they do matter in people's perception of him and if it creates a negative perception, that can make his situaiton more difficult. When I, in a earlier post, said that Syracuse fans just "got tired" of Coach P, that produced several responses in agreemnt and the same phrase was used to describe Reid's situaiton in Philly. It made it harder for P to ride out the slump at the end of his career. It shouldn't have, but it did. The report indicated it was a problem for Reid and the situation seemed familar. P's demise had more to do with naitonal TV blow-outs and the failure to take full advatange of the talent he had on his roster in the '90s. SU's upgrade of facilities was necessary in light of what other schools were doing but it wasn't the reason for multiple losses to Temple and Rutgers or 0-62, 0-59, 0-51 type blow-outs. That's been discussed in a hundred previous posts and isn't what I'm talking about here. I agree that Andy Reid has been a very good coach for the Eagles, arguably the best they've had, at least since Greasy Neale back in the 40's. The whole point of the OTL report was that his stolid demeanor and cliched answers in press conferences weren't helping him and if he'd let his natural personality come out and showed more candor, the press and fans would have a more positive image of him and that could help him. That's what I was talking about. I think Doug Marrone is a fine coach and will have alot of success here and have said so in multiple posts. I've urged patience because the rebuilding period can be difficult and frustrating. I found it interesting that in his post game press conference after Louisville, he used some of the same phrases I'd heard Reid use in various clips from the OTL report so I thought I'd bring the subject up. [/QUOTE]

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