HawkFan72":156vnc3q said:
RolandDeschain":156vnc3q said:
HawkFan72":156vnc3q said:
To be fair, we saw a lot of the same types of posts when Pete Carroll got here and started shaking things up.
Yeah, except that those people were dumb because Carroll inherited an old talent-less roster that had just gone 5-11 and 4-12 the two prior years in a division that wasn't even very good. The Eagles have done much better in a division with less suckitude.
This is not comparable to the arguments people had against Carroll when he arrived.
Sure, we say that now. But at the time, people were very upset about Pete dumping established starters like Tapp, Josh Wilson, Deon Grant, etc.
Not the same caliber of player, but they were talented players that we had biases in favor of. People were legitimately upset and I remember reading many posts saying "What is Pete Carroll doing!?"
I'm willing to see what Chip Kelly does this year with the team he is building before I start calling him crazy.
As both an Eagles fan and a Seahawks fan whose followed both changes closely, this is way different than Pete Carroll's first year. Chip has essentially gotten rid of 5 pro bowlers in their prime for what amounts to "personal differences". How would you feel if a new coach came to Seattle tomorrow and got rid of Lynch, Thomas, Bennett and Wagner because they weren't "his guys" that's basically the talent equivalent of what Kelly has given away.
I'm at a loss for words... Honestly, we gave up draft picks and Nick Foles for an injury prone, overpaid Sam Bradford, who when healthy isn't much better than Foles. Why? Where is the plan? All of the Oregon fan boys have been telling me "Once Chip get's a mobile QB that offense will be unstoppable" yet I sit here wondering, if it's that easy why hasn't Chip gone out of his way to find a mobile QB? Why go after Bradford and essentially take yourself out of the Mariota sweepstakes?
Seriously, We've gone from having a top 5 RB to no RB. Our receiving core is headed by... Riley Cooper? wait no let's roll with Jordan Mathews 8). We landed the 4th best member of the legion of boom who we've paid more than Earl Thomas, and we landed a second year LB whose coming off a fairly serious knee injury.
