For Reid, more time to finish job
The next time Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and team president Joe Banner have to make a decision about extending Andy Reid’s tenure as head coach, history should be their guide. With Wednesday’s three-year extension, the Eagles announced that their plan is to keep their coach in place for 15 consecutive seasons, through 2013. Fifteen seasons is forever in the NFL, and there’s good evidence that if somebody can’t win a Super Bowl in that amount of time, he’s never going to be able to finish the job. Only 27 coaches have spent at least 15 seasons either in the NFL or the old AFL, and 20 of them won an NFL, AFL, or Super Bowl title. Sixteen of those 20 won multiple titles. The list of 27 names …
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For Reid, more time to finish job
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