Packers' Opponents continue trend of firing coaches

rabidgopher04
Member Topic Starter

14 years ago

The Philadelphia Eagles have fired defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, according to a team source.

The Eagles do not have a replacement in mind right now and will sort through several potential candidates, according to the source.

McDermott's 21st-ranked unit had particular problems in the red zone. He was promoted to coordinator before the start of the 2009 season when legendary coordinator Jim Johnson was no longer healthy enough to coach.

It is a rarity for head coach Andy Reid to fire a coach or make major staff changes such as this except when losing coaches to other organizations.

McDermott joined the Eagles in 1998. In 12 seasons in Philadelphia he rose from a defensive assistant to ultimately run the Eagles defense the last two years. Along the way, McDermott coached the Eagles' secondary and linebackers.

The Eagles defense allowed an average of 216.8 passing yards and 110.4 passing yards per game this past season.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81db2c4c/article/eagles-fire-defensive-coordinator-mcdermott?module=HP_headlines wrote:

Amazing Bacon Delivery Service! Never be without good bacon again.

Wanna join the discussion?! Login to your PACKERSHOME forum account or Register a new forum account

Finley88Beast
Registered

14 years ago

wow i didn't see that coming I thought the eagles d was pretty good this year.

A Quote from my brother Mike(Bears Fan)
"Fucking Greg Jennings"
After he makes a catch

evad04
Member

14 years ago

Seems pretty premature to me. McDermott was a Jim Johnson disciple and a guy that many -- including myself -- wanted to take over Green Bay's DC job (before Capers name entered the mix).

I can say this much, someone is going to get a quality coordinator in the offseason.

William Henderson didn't have to run people over. His preferred method was levitation.
"I'm a reasonable man, get off my case."

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

14 years ago

"evad04" wrote:

Same here evadave.

evad04
Member

14 years ago

"Zero2Cool" wrote:

Same here evadave.

"evad04" wrote:

evadave ... I like it. My XBL gamertag is evaD04 (Dave spelled backwards is evaD) but everyone calls me "eva." So evadave has a nice ring to it.

Back on topic, I don't want to see someone like McDermott end up in a place like Minny. I'm not sure if Frazier is going to call plays for the defense, and I know fundamentally it's a Cover 2 scheme. But given the Queens' recent struggles maybe they mix things up. Meh. Why am I even thinking about the Eagles fired DC. TONIGHT IS ABOUT GREEN BAY! WOOT!

William Henderson didn't have to run people over. His preferred method was levitation.
"I'm a reasonable man, get off my case."

Important Information:

The PACKERSHOME uses cookies. By continuing to browse this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. More Details Close

Fan Shout

packerfanoutwest (5h) : too funny

packerfanoutwest (5h) : Lions QB Jared Goff was the offensive MVP

packerfanoutwest (5h) : for the Pro Bowl, which is flag football

Zero2Cool (7h) : Rather, the murder WAS covered up to prevent ...

Zero2Cool (7h) : JFK murder was a cover-up to prevent war with Cuba/Russia.

Martha Careful (1-Feb) : I have always admired the pluck of the man

Zero2Cool (1-Feb) : I remember thinking he was going to be something good.

Mucky Tundra (1-Feb) : The Dualing Banjo!

Zero2Cool (31-Jan) : Jets have named Chris Banjo as their special teams coordinator, Former Packers player

Zero2Cool (31-Jan) : Jaguars have hired Anthony Campanile as their DC. We lose coach

Zero2Cool (30-Jan) : QB coach Sean Mannion

Zero2Cool (30-Jan) : DL Coach DeMarcus Covington

dfosterf (30-Jan) : from ft Belvoir, Quantico and points south. Somber reminder of this tragedy at Reagan Nat Airport

dfosterf (30-Jan) : So eerily quiet here in Alexandria. I live in the flight path of commercial craft coming from the south and west, plus the military craft

dfosterf (30-Jan) : So eeri

Mucky Tundra (30-Jan) : Now that's a thought, maybe they're looking at the college ranks? Maybe not head coaches but DC/assistant DCs with league experience?

beast (30-Jan) : College Coaches wouldn't want that publicly, as it would hurt recruiting and they might not get the job.

beast (30-Jan) : I thought they were supposed to publicly announce them, at least the NFL ones. Hafley was from college, so I believe different rules.

Mucky Tundra (30-Jan) : Who knows who they're interviewing? I mean, nobody knew about Hafley and then out of nowhere he was hired

beast (30-Jan) : I wonder what's taking so long with hiring a DL coach, 2 of the 3 known to interview have already been hired elsewhere.

Zero2Cool (27-Jan) : Packers coach Matt LaFleur hires Luke Getsy as senior assistant, extends Rich Bisaccia's deal

Zero2Cool (27-Jan) : Chiefs again huh? I guess another Super Bowl I'll be finding something else to do.

Mucky Tundra (27-Jan) : Chiefs Eagles...again...sigh

dfosterf (27-Jan) : Happy Birthday Dave!

Mucky Tundra (27-Jan) : happy birthday dhazer

TheKanataThrilla (26-Jan) : Exactly buck...Washington came up with the ball. It is just a shitty coincidence one week later

buckeyepackfan (26-Jan) : I forgot, they corrected the call a week later. Lol btw HAPPY BIRTHDAY dhazer!

buckeyepackfan (26-Jan) : That brings up the question, why wasn't Nixon down by contact? I think that was the point Kanata was making.

buckeyepackfan (26-Jan) : Turnovers rule, win the turnover battle, win the game.

packerfanoutwest (26-Jan) : well, he was

TheKanataThrilla (26-Jan) : Eagles down by contact on the fumble....fuck you NFL

Mucky Tundra (26-Jan) : I think this games over

beast (26-Jan) : Eagles sure get a lot of fumbles on kickoffs

Mucky Tundra (26-Jan) : This game looks too big for Washington

packerfanoutwest (26-Jan) : that being said, The Ravens are the Browns

packerfanoutwest (26-Jan) : Browns, Dolphins have longest AFC Championship droughts

packerfanoutwest (26-Jan) : As of today, Cowboys have longest NFC Championship drought,

beast (26-Jan) : Someone pointed out, with Raiders hiring Carroll, the division games between Carroll and Jim Harbaugh are back on (who can whine more games)

beast (26-Jan) : I'm confused, Pete Carroll and Brian Schottenheimer? When Todd Monken, Joe Brady, Kellen Moore, Kliff Kingsbury and Zac Robinson are availab

Zero2Cool (25-Jan) : Any reason I'm catching a shot here about my intelligence?

Martha Careful (25-Jan) : thank you Mucky for sticking up for me

Martha Careful (25-Jan) : some of those people are smarter than you zero. However Pete Carroll is not

Mucky Tundra (24-Jan) : Rude!

beast (24-Jan) : Martha? 😋

Zero2Cool (24-Jan) : Raiders hired someone from the elderly home.

dfosterf (24-Jan) : I'm going with a combination of the two.

beast (24-Jan) : Either the Cowboys have no idea what they're doing, or they're targeting their former OC, currently the Eagles OC

Zero2Cool (23-Jan) : Fake news. Cowboys say no

Zero2Cool (23-Jan) : Mystery candidate in the Cowboys head coaching search believed to be Packers ST Coordinator Rich Bisaccia.

beast (23-Jan) : Also why do both NYC teams have absolutely horrible OL for over a decade?

Please sign in to use Fan Shout

2024 Packers Schedule

Friday, Sep 6 @ 7:15 PM

Eagles

29 - 34

Sunday, Sep 15 @ 12:00 PM

COLTS

16 - 10

Sunday, Sep 22 @ 12:00 PM

Titans

30 - 14

Sunday, Sep 29 @ 12:00 PM

VIKINGS

29 - 31

Sunday, Oct 6 @ 3:25 PM

Rams

24 - 19

Sunday, Oct 13 @ 12:00 PM

CARDINALS

34 - 13

Sunday, Oct 20 @ 12:00 PM

TEXANS

24 - 22

Sunday, Oct 27 @ 12:00 PM

Jaguars

30 - 27

Sunday, Nov 3 @ 3:25 PM

LIONS

14 - 24

Sunday, Nov 17 @ 12:00 PM

Bears

20 - 19

Sunday, Nov 24 @ 3:25 PM

49ERS

38 - 10

Thursday, Nov 28 @ 7:20 PM

DOLPHINS

30 - 17

Thursday, Dec 5 @ 7:15 PM

Lions

31 - 34

Sunday, Dec 15 @ 7:20 PM

Seahawks

30 - 13

Monday, Dec 23 @ 7:15 PM

SAINTS

34 - 0

Sunday, Dec 29 @ 3:25 PM

Vikings

25 - 27

Sunday, Jan 5 @ 12:00 PM

BEARS

22 - 24

Sunday, Jan 12 @ 3:30 PM

Eagles

10 - 22