I understand that this city is frustrated with Donovan McNabb, Andy Reid or both of them, but some of the arguments I’ve been hearing as to why they should go make no sense to me.The one argument that is really irritating me the most is the idea that if they haven’t done it by now, they are never going to do it.¬† To me, that’s just stupid.¬† Will Andy Reid ever win a championship in Philly?¬† I have no clue.¬† Maybe, maybe not.¬† I have no idea and you don’t either.¬† Will Donovan hoist the Lombardi Trophy in the 215?¬† Again, I sure don’t know and neither do you.¬† If you or anyone else knew for sure about any of these things, you’d have made millions of dollars gambling already because you are able to predict the future.
There is a good possibility that they never win, and maybe that’s the way it turns out.¬† But no one ever looks at history?¬† I’ve heard several people say, “if Donovan can’t win it in 10 years, he never will.”
That’s beyond idiotic.¬† Tell the fans in Denver that they should have cut John Elway in 1993.¬† He can’t win the big one and he never, ever will.¬† How many people do you think said that back then in Denver?¬† Three Super Bowls, three blowouts.¬† He just can’t get it done.¬† Those with half a brain would look and say that without John Elway, they don’t sniff those Super Bowls.¬† He was throwing to mediocre receivers (unless you love Vance Johnson, Mark Jackson and Ricky Nattiel) with horrific backfields (Sammy Winder, Gerald Wilhite, Steve Sewell, Bobby Humphrey).¬†
The Broncos were so sick of Elway that they spent a first-round pick on his replacement, Tommy Maddox, in 1992.¬† Elway didn’t complain, he just simply kept playing.¬† Then something magical happened….he got a running game!¬† Wow, look at that.¬† Some pieces get added to the puzzle and suddenly he has back-to-back championships.¬† And he had to do much less to win those games than he did before in just getting to the Super Bowl.
As for Andy Reid, same thing.¬† Ask Pittsburgh Steelers fans what they thought of Bill Cowher after 10 years.¬† He couldn’t win the big one.¬† He’d been to a Super Bowl, but he just can’t get it done and he never will.¬† He was hired in 1992 and it wasn’t until 2005 that he was finally able to get over the hump and win it all.¬† And I’ll go a step further, if Big Ben doesn’t make a play on Nick Harper, who was headed to victory with a Jerome Bettis fumble in the divisional playoff round, Cowher still doesn’t have a ring, and isn’t in position to write his own checks with just about any NFL team he wants right now.¬† That’s just more evidence that a lot of little things go into winnning a championship.¬† But, Cowher is a genius, right?
It’s possible that Andy and Donovan never get it done, but be careful what you wish for.¬† You never know when Rich Kotite and Bobby Hoying will be running the show.¬† And stop applying the logic of “if it hasn’t happened yet, it never will,” because that’s just not true.¬† Maybe the team is better off splitting them up or moving both of them, who knows?¬† Only time will tell.¬† But the idea that it will never happen because it hasn’t happened yet is just ludicrous.¬†
