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Originally Posted by Easy 6
Come on man lets be honest here, he was basically Reids glorified gopher
Eric relayed orders from the boss, and gave fiery talks
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Look, back when people were arguing for or against EB's case for a head coaching job, there were extreme arguments on both sides. A few nutsos thought EB was calling most of the plays. And you had the exact opposite as well where some people thought he was a complete puppet empty suit who served way more as a mascot than he did a coach.
Calling a coordinator a gofer just because he doesn't call the plays is ignoring all of the coaching, teaching, and prep that a coordinator does on a football team. It's reducing the duties and responsibilities to like 5% of the job and saying, "Well, because he didn't do that 5%, he did nothing." And it's honestly saying that EB had more power and say within the organization when he was a position coach than when he was the OC. At least as position coach, the only orders he took was what plays to teach. The rest was completely up to him.
Be reasonable, man. EB did a lot. Did just as much as Nagy, Childress, Doug, or any of his Philly OCs.