Eagles Ownership Over-ride Reid Decision

Last week after Michael Vick ran an offensive clinic against the Green Bay Packers, almost overcoming a 17 point deficit, Andy Reid insisted to the media that once Kevin Kolb became healthy again he would be the starter. Cut to this week after Vick torched the Detroit Lions for 284 yards passing with 2 touchdowns, no picks and 37 more rushing yards leading the Eagles to their first win of the 2010 season. After the game once again Reid insists that Kolb will be the quarterback next week against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
OK now its Tuesday, two days later September 21st and a huge announcement is made that Michael Vick, not Kevin Kolb, will be the Eagles starting quarterback against Jacksonville. SAY WHAT? I sense an instance of team management stepping in.
Kevin Kolb got hurt against the Packers because he couldn't escape the pressure. The Eagles offensive line cannot protect him. Even Vick has been sacked and knocked down way too much. In fact, the tables will probably turn again in Kolb's favor once Vick takes one too many hits. But as I was saying, the offensive line is not good enough to allow Kolb to succeed whereas Vick's elusiveness and his new-found accurracy make him the perfect weapon for this Eagles offense. Vick has always been able to escape the rush, except now he has found his passing touch allowing him to rack up yards and thereby winning himself the starting job.
Clearly Andy Reid was going to stick to his guns. Afterall, this is the coach who insists on passing the ball 70 percent of the time and running the ball only when the Eagles have a big lead. His coaching style and leadership has produced the best regular season record in the NFL since his tenor began. However, Reid playoff failures in the big games are well documented. It seems when the pressure is on in the big moments of the biggest games Andy Reid screws up. And it's not just in the big games, every now and then Reid will call a stupid time-out or make a terrible play call. Well Marty Morninghweg is calling the plays now, but Reid still has the say to make judgement calls and throw in a play or 2 of his own.
Bottom Line: Finally Eagles management has stepped in, pulled back the reigns and said, 'This is our team Andy, not yours.' The Eagles should have manned-up and fired Reid when his contract was up like every Eagle fan thought they would. Instead they went against their gut and went with the numbers. How can you fire a coach who wins 10 games every year. It's easy. You look in the mirror and ask yourselves, should we have won more? With the talent we've had, could we have won more? Andy Reid should be a general manager or a coordinator, not a head coach. Mike Holmgrem he is not. Bill Walsh he is not. George Seifert he is not. All these guys Reid worked under but he attained none of their capabilities when it comes to the number one thing: WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS