The Inquirer has been covering the Eagles recently. The most recent example comes from Paul Domowitch, who offered some interesting observations about the main coaching research in Philadelphia.
LINCOLN RILEY
One of the first curiosities in Domo’s history is that the Eagles offered Lincoln Riley the job of head coach and he said he was not interested. Such a development should not come as a surprise. There is no good reason for the Oklahoma coach to run out of his comfortable setup to get into a tricky situation with the Eagles.
JOSH MCDANIELS
There was a lot of rumor about McDaniels being the Eagles guy earlier this week. It has since cooled down with reports that Jeffrey Lurie is not convinced of him. Unsurprisingly, McDaniels’ reputation in the league is not very favorable.
“He doesn’t have the ability to really connect with people on a human level,” said an NFL executive who worked with McDaniels. “He is very arrogant. Great coaches are extremely confident. But there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance. Josh crosses. “
Domo points out that the Eagles are considering a guy who failed in Denver and shamefully gave up his position as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts “says everything you need to know about your level of desperation in this coaching quest.”
On that note, it looks like the strongest Eagles candidates at the moment (McDaniels, Duce Staley, Nick Sirianni) are names that no one else was really considering this year. This does not necessarily mean that the Eagles are wrong to think differently. But you can talk about your inability to attract a candidate considered first-rate, whatever.
DUCE STALEY
The title of Domo’s article is “Why Carson Wentz might be a reason for the Eagles to be reluctant to make Duce Staley their head coach” and here’s what he had to say on that point:
As for Staley, the Eagles interestingly continue to see him as little more than a last resort.
He is loved and respected by the players, and would bring a much needed hard love back to a locker room that began to take advantage of Pederson, who let them get away with “many things the public has never heard of”, according to a team source.
According to another source on the team, Staley didn’t care much about how the organization treated Wentz. Lurie and Roseman may be concerned that if Staley were the head coach, any chance of straightening Wentz would go down the drain.
“It works against him because he didn’t let Carson get away with the things he got,” said the source. “And Carson knows that. So if Carson is part of the conversation, that may not work for Duce either. “
Things I’ve heard about Staley align with the characterization that he doesn’t like how the Eagles treated Wentz with kid gloves. Philly’s assistant coach is known to be intense and even too much for the taste of some.
It is worrying to know that Staley can be disqualified in part because he trains a lot and Wentz doesn’t like that. Why is a player who played as the NFL’s worst starting defender last year potentially dictating the organization’s big decisions?
If Wentz does not prefer Staley, one would think that McDaniels would also be discarded. In contrast, Wentz’s influence may mean that Sirianni is the most likely candidate. Wentz liked Frank Reich and he might want the Eagles to bring him the closest thing to the former Philadelphia offensive coordinator.