Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid signed a three-year extension on Tuesday to keep him through 2013. He is expected to make around $5-$6 million each season.
While the numbers may show he deserves the extension, the extension has drawn mixed emotions from the Philadelphia fan base.
Reid has the best winning percentage of any head coach in Eagles history (.611) and has won 115 games in 11 seasons. He’s led the team to five NFC East titles and taken Philadelphia to the playoffs in seven of his first 10 seasons–including five trips to the NFC Championship in eight seasons.
However, despite all the winning success, he has failed to achieve the one thing fans want the most: a Super Bowl.
With all of the success behind the Eagles, it’s amazing they’ve failed to even win one Super Bowl during the Andy Reid era.
Five trips to the NFC Championship game–including four in a row from 2002-05. Of those four straight games, the last three were hosted in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, the Eagles were never able to reach the Super Bowl until the fourth trip in 2005 when they defeated the Atlanta Falcons 27-10. Unfortunately, the Eagles lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX 24-21.
The fans in Philadelphia who are happy Reid received the extension are the ones who realize the type of success he’s had as a head coach–despite the fact he has yet to lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl. The fans who are unhappy with the extension are the ones who look past the winning percentage and trips to the playoffs and feel he would only deserve the extension if Philadelphia had at least one Super Bowl title from the five trips to the NFC Championship.
With four games remaining, Reid needs one more win to record his eighth winning season in 11 years as head coach for the Eagles. Unfortunately, the only way for him to make the entire Philadelphia fan base happy with his extension is to bring the city its first ever Super Bowl victory.
For Reid’s sake, hopefully it will come sometime before 2013.
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