Interesting column here

Ray Didinger has covered the NFL and has worked at NFL Films for about 40 years now. He is good enough at what he does that he is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

In this column, he writes about the Eagles firing defensive coordinator, Sean McDermott and about the challenges McDermott faced with a diminished talent pool as the year went on.

This is an interesting piece and a well written one; it makes one stop and realize that coaches can only do so much when they have "talent deficiencies".


CSNPhilly Eagles Insider Ray Didinger (http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/archive_didinger)

i actually thought McDermott did a good job with their schemes, considering the Eagles had very few guys that are considered " starters" in this league. below average d line, linebackers, and only 2 solid players in the secondary

SC, when I read your posts here and your blog, I notice you have a real respect and appreciation for many newspaper sports columnists across the nation...which is why it stuns me how bad your thread titles are. "interesting free agent here" "interesting column here" "interesting stat here"

Certainly, you can do better

Following a guy like Jim Johnson who was both loved and respected would be hard for anyone to do. Like dmek25, I thought he did a good job considering what he had to work with. Maybe the writer is right about Reid being afraid of losing Jauron...?

SC, when I read your posts here and your blog, I notice you have a real respect and appreciation for many newspaper sports columnists across the nation...which is why it stuns me how bad your thread titles are. "interesting free agent here" "interesting column here" "interesting stat here"

Certainly, you can do better

OK, I'll try to do better. I try to put more effort in the content than in the title. In the future, I'll think about titles.

BTW, feel free to change any of my thread titles as the spirit moves you...

OK, I'll try to do better. I try to put more effort in the content than in the title. In the future, I'll think about titles.

BTW, feel free to change any of my thread titles as the spirit moves you...
Don't change a thing.

OK, I'll try to do better. I try to put more effort in the content than in the title. In the future, I'll think about titles.

BTW, feel free to change any of my thread titles as the spirit moves you...

Do whatever you want. I was just saying your thread titles are-here's a word you like-interesting

Here is something interesting.....ly ridiculous. But it just might work for the desperate ones.

NFL to charge people $200 to stand outside Super Bowl stadium - Shutdown Corner - NFL* - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/NFL-to-charge-people-200-to-stand-outside-Super?urn=nfl-309783)

Here is something interesting.....ly ridiculous. But it just might work for the desperate ones.

NFL to charge people $200 to stand outside Super Bowl stadium - Shutdown Corner - NFL* - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/NFL-to-charge-people-200-to-stand-outside-Super?urn=nfl-309783)

I actually heard about this on Sirius, I think Ross Tucker's Wednesday show when he has Andrew Brandt from the National Football Post (http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/about.html) on. That guy does a real good job of discussing the current CBA and the financial aspects of the league.

So he was talking about this plan and called it a loss leader for the NFL, because the players will get their 60% of the gross revenue from the event and the owners will end up paying for all the services and costs of it. He presented the issue in a very well reasoned discussion, and explained about the owners refusal to open their books etc.

My take on for this event as a microcosm of the labor issue is this , out of a $200 ticket for example, the players would get $120 to their pot, and the owners would get $80. The players pot is pretty clearly divided up to salary, health benefits, retirees (i think) et. al. The owners will not show how much of the $80 they used for the tents, tv's, security, staffing, etc, so they can say that it's a loss and all 80+ went to expenses, or they could minimize expenses and then maybe 40 went to the owners. Since they won't say, it creates suspicion, and mistrust.

CRedskinsRule:

I looked at this story from a different perspective.

Anyone who pays $200 to stand "outside" in a plaza "near" the stadium to watch the Super Bowl on a big screen TV and who pays $10 for a beer while exercising that privilege has a lot more money than brains.

If you went to FedEx for a game, how much would you pay to stay in the parking lot and watch the game on a giant screen TV?