Penn State’s Bill O’Brien Is A Very Impressive Head Coaching Candidate
BREAKING NEWS, Eagles, Front Office, News Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Current Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien is a very impressive candidate for any NFL head coaching job and that includes the Philadelphia Eagles. He has been an innovator as an offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. A few years ago he utilized the Patriots talented tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez to revolutionize the NFL passing game by featuring them above their wide receivers.
No one had ever done this on the NFL level. O’Brien led an offense quarterbacked by Tom Brady which tore through NFL defenses by being the highest scoring team in the league, despite not having any deep speed at the wide receiver position. No NFL offense had ever been so explosive by featuring its tight ends.
This was a situation where you had an offensive coordinator creating an offensive system, which put his talent in the best position to win. The ability to utilize the tight end position is very important in today’s NFL. In the red zone, the tight ends are primary receivers. You can utilize the tight ends to get pass interference penalties and they are big targets, who can get open over the middle.
You can’t say enough about the job O’Brien did last year at Penn State. He came in and became a leader to the Penn State players. O’Brien convinced to stay at the school and bond together, despite the circumstances. He led them to a successful season despite tough NCAA sanctions.
You’ve got to shell out nine million, or maybe even eighteen million dollars before you can sign O’Brien away from the Nittany Lions, but I could understand somebody doing it, because he’s such a quality head coaching candidate. If Jeffrey Lurie really thinks he’s the guy, I would say go ahead and pay the money.
O’Brien has proven he’s a forward thinking offensive coordinator. He’s also proven he can lead young men to success and victory in tough situations. So here you have a young man who is a proven offensive wizard and leader.
He would be up near the top of my list, if I were making the decision. I definitely like the idea of going with O’Brien over Chip Kelly who has no NFL coaching experience. O’Brien knows what to expect from NFL defenses, while hiring Kelly is taking a big gamble.
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**Breaking Eagles News***
With Andy Reid and Tom Heckert in tow in Kansas City,
A source from KC has confided in me to leak a blockbuster Yrade Offer between the Chiefs and Eagles
AR has Offered to Roseman a deal of the Following
DT Dontari Poe, QB B Quinn their 2nd Rd, & 5th Round Draft picks
In 2013 Draft as well as their 4th & 6th Round picks in 2014
To the Eagles for QB Vick, WR J Maclin,
DT C Jenkins and OT T Herrenans as Big Red looks to reload the Chiefs now
To compete in a weak AFC West with Raiders & Chargers rebuilding in 2013
Coach AR knows Roseman is under a lot of Pressure with this upcoming Off-Season and is putting him to the Test
Ar is also smart enough to make this Deal public to let the little bastard squirm per my source, should be interesting to see what happens
Same fools always trying to bring down the best rookie performance ever by eagles qb of the modern era, trott summed it up about their favorite , mcchoke, he said if the game came down to two minutes with the offense on the field the game was over, you listen to this passive aggressive racist big lion, followed by real talk, he’s been spewing the same racicially motivated garbage on here for years, I make you this promise, if foles were white you would not hear from any of them except how great he is, these guys are not worth listening too
LOL if Foles were white. Classic
Where’s all the chatter and love for QB Joe Webb who beat the Eagkes and Vick in probably his most important game as an Eagle in 2010 when he had a real chance to solidify himself as a Top NFL QB
This town would revolt if they brought Joe Webb here paulman.
**Hot News**
This was just confirmed, Joe Banner and the Cleveland Brown did in fact interview Bill Obrien at a “secret location” sometime this week. Also getting word that noone knows where the Eagles are today. Maybe a state college? Yes. Possibly Penn State im hearing.
****HOT NEWS****
This already well documented, LiL Bron-Bron, Jon Hart, is a Lebron @$$miner, a fraud, & the only sources he has, is every news source, radio show, newspaper, & TV sports program, that everyone else see’s, reads & hears!
JUST STFU, & GO AWAY, you @$$clown!!!!!
Chip Kelly looks like a young Andy Reid, holding that play calling card, shifty, gimmickry play calling, a so called innovator on how to win when the successful template has already been established, worst move eagles could make is to hire this type of coach but they will hire him if they can, do not trust Lurie he sold us a bill of goods at his press conference, howie Roseman is not qualified to run a football team, bleak times ahead for eagles fans as if we needed more
Oregon’s just way too fast for KState.. its getting ugly fast sheesh.. Chip is looking to put on a show for potential nfl franchises he plans to join..
You and howie Roseman can love chip kelly, not real man, not a real football coach, a gimmick like Andy Reid
**THIS JUST IN**
CONFIRMED. BILL OBRIEN WILL STAY AT PENN STATE
****This just in****
Everything I stated above!!!!
http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2013/01/bill_obrien_is_staying_at_penn.html
Obrien interviewed with the eagles today and decided to go back to psu
Word is lurie and roseman are trying to sell potential coaches on foles being a franchise qb and they are not biting it….
Lurie and roseman are going down the wrong path and this team ismgoing to be in the gutter until roseman is fired
Obrien staying after interviewing with eagles….
Word is lurie and roseman are trying to sell potential coaches on the current talent on the roster and foles as the qb, potential coaches are not biting on the latter
Don’t know if that’s true jott, but it would scare me away.
Not surprise that O’brien is staying at Penn St he has a change to be a something special there.
Good man O’Brien for staying at Penn State, his job is just beginning there. The NFL will be there when he decides to go.
You guys are so funny so negative about Lurie and Roseman besides San Diego none of the other teams have good QB so there not trying to sell Foles. The sale is we have 2 good RB our 3 OL are coming back off injury and a good receiving core and we have the 4th pick in the draft that’s the selling point.
You gotta admit Turk all that is a selling point but it all starts with the QB spot which is another reason this job is a tough sell. This team doesn’t have a QB.
Anyone look at tape of Foles games will see if we run the offense through the running game this offense can be good and add a big receiver thinking in the second round of the draft or sign Mike Wallace if Chip is the Coach.
Guys lets be real all the teams looking for coaches need QB except Chicago and San Diego so that leaves Buffalo, KC, Arizona, Cleveland, Philly so what team you rather coach out of the remaining 5 I’m gonna coach Philly
I’ll take Arizona because of the Defense, you can find a game manager to go with that D. That’s Whisenhunt got fired couldn’t find a serviceable QB.
Chip Kelly is gonna choose Philly because of the team speed they have McCoy,Brown, Jackson,Johnson
Arizona has no OL or running backs no thank you
I forgot Arizona has no QB either
All we nee dis geno smith .. I saw one mock draft having the eagles selecting smith at 4
He ain’t getting past at KC, or Jax at #1, or #2, especially if Reid signs, as currently looks to be the case. I don’t want him anyways. Not in the top 5! IMHO, he is not a franchise QB. As a matter of fact, nobody in this draft is!
We have WAY TOO many bigger needs, & holes anyways! It’s not happening! If this was last year, I would say hell yeah, with RGIII, & Luck. I guess that fraudulent, fools gold, 4 game winning streak, to end of last season, wasn’t so great after all, as some of the Reid @$$ kissers on here proclaimed! Where are you Schiller, Navy, Mr Charleton, awolwest?!? SICKENING idiots!!!!
Eagles don’t have much of a Roster either fellas
They were 8-8 with a relatively full and healthy squad in 2011
And followed that up with a 4-12 Record in 2012 so stop kidding
Yourselves that’s its just s QB away from contending
This Franchise Is 12-20 in the last 32 Games and that’s the reality
Of the situation
I like Foles but I would like him to be back up if chip kelly is signed. If we get obrien I would like to draft the top TE and run the 2 tight end set that transformed Mcgloin..
@Xevious not anti Foles granted I don’t like him but my point is competition at all positions if Foles outplays him he just does. And for Whis not to even kick his tires well you see that dreck he ended the season with.