Report: Eagles looking to hire Spags as DC

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We have Perry Fewell!

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But not really

been speculating on this for some time... makes perfect sense.

I'm going to be irate if they allow Spags to go there.

Giants have no control over this.

one more year

Philly hires Spags as their DC, and the Giants keep their current coaching staff, or just fire Fewell to placate the fanbase. We need an overhaul of our staff.

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1. Spagnuolo gets fired in St. Louis. I think chances are better that he gets one more year.

2. If he does get canned, no other team offers him a HC gig. A team with better talent than the Rams might take a chance on him and there are likely to be 5 or 6 HC vacancies this year.

3. The Giants don't swoop him up themselves. The Maras definitely realize what it'd mean if he's in Philly.

Why does it make perfect sense? The place he became a hero and won a title very well might have the exact same position open?

Why does it make perfect sense? The place he became a hero and won a title very well might have the exact same position open?

at LB. I'm sure Spags would do a better job than Castillo but like the Giants some of the issue is the willingness to pretend that position doesn't matter.

Coughlin isn't going to fire Fewell.

Sorry for the double post.

This can't happen. Please God.

should Spags get one more year in St. Louis? He's done a really bad job as a HC there.

because he has stronger ties to Philly than the Giants.

He made his name in NY. Positional coaches are after thoughts in the NFL.

I'm sure he has a soft spot for the NYG.

They can block him from going there by giving him a job on this staff.

... as DC. He already has that pelt on the wall. Anything short of duplicating what he did in 2007 would tarnish his legacy.

The guy just absolutely refuses to fire any of his coordinators (see Quinn, Tom).

That type of change doesn't happen overnight.

will have to question the Giant's sanity or insanity if they allow this to happen. They have to know that Spags is walking the plank. And he will most assuredly be available. How can they not have in the back of their minds to fire Fewell at seasons end and make a real play to lure him back. I realize if you fire Fewell and Spags is not reeled in, you need to replace Fewell. Well, my answer to that is, there has to be many more coordinators in waiting better then this guy.

He does? He had strong ties to Jim Johnson.

Yup, but they didn't improve at all this year. In fact, they regressed terribly.

Spags may or may not be HC material. He's a good DC, but he may not be a good HC.

Coughlin should worry about his own job. If we miss the playoffs, he's likely a goner.

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back in St Louis next year.

The same stuff was said about Bill Belichick. And look how he did his next time around.

I think Spags could be a really good HC, but if he's fired he's not going to get a shot for a few years. That might benefit him too.

You can't "block" someone from going someplace by offering him a job. You are suggesting that he would automatically pick the Giants over the Eagles. That's just dumb.

see in a month. My guess is he ends up in Philly.

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as we thought. After all, his record in St. Louis is pathetic. I think as FMIC pointed out, it has not been mediocre like some good coaches, who have achieved later success with other teams, i.e., Bill B. in Cleveland. It has been terrible.

He was good here, not great here. So, would I like him back as DC, yes. But, that is not to say, I think he is indispensable or that he will automatically transform Philly's D.

Let us remember one other thing. Castillo is a scapegoat. Philly's D has not been awful as advertised. It has, with the offense, contributed to a lot of fourth quarter meltdowns. The offense has had some brutal turnovers. Maclin has cost the Eagles about three games all by himself. And, the defensive personnel in Philly is very soft, like ours, up the middle. Next year, it is unlikely that they have either DRC or Samuel and Nnamdi will be 31 and he looks 30 this year.

that 2 mil a yr contract he had before he left and he'll sign here over Philly. Ties don't matter as much as $$. If the FO really want him they simply have to outbid Philly for his services. Plus he has a better chance of taking over as the next head coach over here considering Coughlins age.

Simms, please, just go away. Thanks.

favor in St. Louis is whether or not their ownership will want to pay dead money to a fired coach. They may choose to let one moreyar go by for that reason alone. It's about the only reason I can think of

that horrible example of typing should read "more year"

the playoff 07 and 08 D was fantastic. His blitzes were things of beauty.

The fact that Coughlin won't can Fewell ,especially if Spags is available as DC is why I am leanig toward the idea it might be time for the Giants and Coughlin to part ways

I'm not sure he's all that friendly with Reid; didn't Reid stop him from jumping to Minny the year he left for us (for the Viking DC job?). I'd still be ticked over that, if I were Steve.

And it's not like helping Reid helps him. Reid will probably stay for a while, because the Eagles have invested their franchise in Vick...and without Andy Reid, Vick probably reverts back to Ron Mexico status. Tom is more likely going to either be let go, or get his last contract.

In the end, as it always does, it will come to money. If the Giants FO 1) Forces Tom to fire PF, and 2) comes up with more money than Philly, then Spags comes here. The Giants, I think are a better situation for him...he has more talent here, and either would have the inside track, or become a "hot coordinator" again.

the Giants' defensive coordinator position is not vacant.

Reid and the Eagles blocked Spags from interviewing the year before the Giants hired him

neither are a lot of jobs.

We're going to have to wait a couple of weeks to see how it pans out. A lot of things can change in the month of December.

all of this could be moot anyway for a variety of reasons, not the least of which being that the Eagles and the Rams may make their moves before the Giants even play a playoff game.

Well said on both points.

why say the Giants have no control over this? If TC stays, refuses to fire Fewell and doesn't offer Spags the DC job is a choice.

cement the Giants coaching staff in place

Give me a break. I said "The Giants need to do everything they can to prevent this," and "they can (not will) block him from going there by giving him a job on this staff". I never once implied that he would automatically pick the Giants over the Eagles, and merely suggested that they make every effort possible to stop it from happening. They do have some control over whether or not he goes there by offering him their DC position and spicing it up by giving him some other title such as assistant HC. If they do all this and he STILL picks the Eagles over the Giants, then I hold the Giants at zero fault.