Andy Reid taking a month off from the team
 

ESPN reports, he needs to deal with his kids. I guess that would be a big YES!

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i feel for him. i also have trouble with kids. not near as bad as him( i hope)

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Sucks that it has to be for his D-bag kids, but if it leaves another NFC East team in a little bit of disarray I can't say I'm too upset.

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;276746]Sucks that it has to be for his D-bag kids, but if it leaves another NFC East team in a little bit of disarray I can't say I'm too upset.[/quote]

I highly doubt this is going to leave the Eagles in any type of disarray. But if you have any Eagles fans as friends like I do then it makes for a good joke or two. But I feel bad for Andy Reid. Seems like a good guy and he's a solid coach.

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He's the enemy. Screw'm.

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I don't envy him. Kid trouble is rough. Bad time to be away from the team as well. Time for planning and building

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I've always respected Andy Reid (though I've prayed for him to fail) and I definately sympathize. There's nothing funny about what he's going through and I hope that he can get this sorted out.

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Kid trouble?? They're adults, ages 21 and 23. Morons, yes. Kids? No.

I don't sympathize at all. They'll go to jail. Oh well.

I'm just glad he's away from the team for a bit.

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come on, schneed. do you really think those kids are going to jail? you cant be that naive

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[quote=dmek25;276768]come on, schneed. do you really think those kids are going to jail? you cant be that naive[/quote]

If they're not, then why is [B]anybody[/B] feeling bad for them?????

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i dont feel bad for them. its reid that i feel bad for

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[quote=dmek25;276773]i dont feel bad for them. its reid that i feel bad for[/quote]

But if they're not going to jail, why??? No consequences for being douchebags. Andy can resume life as normal once it all blows over.

I'm not understanding why the pity on Andy.

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Bull he made up this whole "kid" thing. He really is taking time off to focus on Philly cheese steaks.

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OK, I saw no link to what his kids did so can someone inform me.

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[QUOTE=Schneed10;276776]But if they're not going to jail, why??? No consequences for being douchebags. Andy can resume life as normal once it all blows over.

I'm not understanding why the pity on Andy.[/QUOTE]

I pity Andy as I would pity any parent whose kids are acting like idiots and ruining their lives. Maybe when you have kids you'll feel the same way.

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[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16929275/]Eagles coach Reid takes leave of absence - NFL - MSNBC.com[/url]

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It's big news around here in the Philly area as you can imagine. His older son, the 23 year old, caused a traffic accident and was found to be under the influence of heroin. He could be charged with DUI, a misdemeanor offense.

The 21-year old is accused of pointing a gun at someone during an argument. He's been charged with a felony: carrying a gun without a license, plus lesser charges of being in possession of drugs and being a general ass to police.

[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/02/12/bc.fbn.eagles.reidleave.ap/index.html]SI.com - NFL - Eagles' Reid taking leave of absence - Monday February 12, 2007 12:41PM[/url]

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;276782]I pity Andy as I would pity any parent whose kids are acting like idiots and ruining their lives. Maybe when you have kids you'll feel the same way.[/quote]

Well I do have one daughter, though she's not really old enough to get in this kind of trouble, being only 4 months old.

Secondly, I wouldn't want anyone to pity me. Not to open a whole can of worms here, but I'm of the thinking that the actions of the kids reflect upon the parents. If my daughter did something like this, I would accept the fact that it reflects bad on me and the job I did raising her.

It's no coincidence that BOTH of his kids are douchebags. He definitely had a role; should have raised them better.

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[QUOTE=Schneed10;276786]Well I do have one daughter, though she's not really old enough to get in this kind of trouble, being only 4 months old.

Secondly, I wouldn't want anyone to pity me. Not to open a whole can of worms here, but I'm of the thinking that the actions of the kids reflect upon the parents. If my daughter did something like this, I would accept the fact that it reflects bad on me and the job I did raising her.

It's no coincidence that BOTH of his kids are douchebags. He definitely had a role; should have raised them better.[/QUOTE]

Fair enough. We're both entitled to our opinions. I just feel sorry for the guy, even if he did screw up as a parent and even if those screwups caused the problems his kids created.

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[quote=Schneed10;276786]Well I do have one daughter, though she's not really old enough to get in this kind of trouble, being only 4 months old.

Secondly, I wouldn't want anyone to pity me. Not to open a whole can of worms here, but I'm of the thinking that the actions of the kids reflect upon the parents. If my daughter did something like this, I would accept the fact that it reflects bad on me and the job I did raising her.

It's no coincidence that BOTH of his kids are douchebags. He definitely had a role; should have raised them better.[/quote]
i have a 19 year old daughter that is constantly in and out of trouble. if there was a manual on how to raise a kid, i wrote it. from being strict on grades, watching her friends, and being totally involved in her life. that was me. my thinkings are you can be the best parent ever. but there comes a time in your child's life when he/ she starts making their own decisions. all you can do is what you think is best for the both of you. ill bet your 4 month old looks like a little princess right now. but until you have walked in someone else's shoes, get off your high horse

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To support dmek on this one with anecdotal evidence, I know a LOT of kids who had great, loving, attentive, and supportive parents whose kids got into a lot of trouble for whatever reason. Conversely, I know a few kids who had the worst and most neglectful parents yet turned out great. Go figure.

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I'm hip Dmec. I have a 17 year old son who was giving us some problems. It degenerated to the point that I had stripped his entire room of ALL furnishings (including his door) except for his mattress. That lasted about a month, and we turned the corner. It WAS bad

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It's really easy for us to sit here and judge the situation but the truth is unless someone here personally knows Andy Reid or his kids I think we should really try to not make any blanket statements as to what kind of parent we think he is.

I think most of us at some point in our lives have screwed up despite how our parents raised us. I can feel for Reid only because I know what I put my parents through... and none of it was their fault.

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;276782]I pity Andy as I would pity any parent whose kids are acting like idiots and ruining their lives. Maybe when you have kids you'll feel the same way.[/QUOTE]

23 years old is an adult, not a kid. I feel bad that Reid has sons who are in trouble, but I can't say I pity him. It is his son(s) who I pity more than Reid.

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[quote=dmek25;276828]i have a 19 year old daughter that is constantly in and out of trouble. if there was a manual on how to raise a kid, i wrote it. from being strict on grades, watching her friends, and being totally involved in her life. that was me. my thinkings are you can be the best parent ever. but there comes a time in your child's life when he/ she starts making their own decisions. all you can do is what you think is best for the both of you. ill bet your 4 month old looks like a little princess right now. but until you have walked in someone else's shoes, get off your high horse[/quote]

Easy tiger. Offering opinions is what we do on this site, whether those opinions are judgmental or not.

In Reid's case, I can see how parenting COULD have played a role. I say could because I don't know the full situation. But it would make sense that a football coach who works 70-80 hours a week wasn't there enough for his kids through adolescence. I'm not saying that's the case, but it's a possibility.

Do I feel bad about thinking it reflects poorly on Reid? Absolutely not. That's just life. People judge, I'm a people, and I don't feel badly about it.

I know nothing about your situation. I'm not equipped to give an opinion on the matter.

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I definitely agree that sons and daughters have a mind of their own, and sometimes no matter what the mom & dad do, the kids are going to do what they want to do.

All the parents can do is the best they can. When I say this reflects poorly, I mean that it calls into question whether Andy and his wife truly did the best they could? Doesn't mean anything is necessarily their fault. If they did everything they could, then chalk it up to the kids just being douchebags on their own.

But given his probable lack of availability to his kids, that could be a cause.

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I agree that you can do everything right as a parent and the kid can still turn into a bad apple but the chances are better that the kid will turn out ok. Its just hard to say but knowning the amount of time one spends to run a team or be a coach in the NFL one has to wonder how that effected his kids. I think as this progresses it could lead to him retiring if he decides that him being gone could have played a role in this. He has been in the league for how many years? Alot and thats alot of time from home and alot of time for kids to do what they do when dads not around. The weard thing is that bothe happened on the same day. Yes I do have a 21 year old daughter so I know how it can be. I was lucky that my daughter was one that turned out the way she did.

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hopefully, when your daughter grows and matures, she will be the solution, and not just another problem. someone once told me a long time ago to gather all the facts before jumping to hasty conclusions. that man must have been a prophet or something. good luck in parenting, for your journey is just beginning

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and sometimes its not about the time spent, the amount of quality time spent

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[quote=skinsguy;276845]23 years old is an adult, not a kid. I feel bad that Reid has sons who are in trouble, but I can't say I pity him. It is his son(s) who I pity more than Reid.[/quote]

What is defined as being a kid is subjective anyway. I've seen plenty of 40 year old's who still act like they're 17 and a small handful of 20 year old's who act beyond their years. It's a shame that Andy's kids are putting him through this, though, it's the kind of nightmare every parent fears. Don't like the Eagles at all, but I wish him well through this ordeal.

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One of Joe Gibbs' reason's for retiring the first time was to spend more time with his kids. The demands of being an NFL coach are brutal on family life. Raising kids is a full-time job anyway, imagine how working 90-100 hour weeks affects that. Besides Andy Reid look at Tony Dungy's ordeal last year, these guys sure have to sacrifice a lot.

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[quote=ncskinsfanec;276859]What is defined as being a kid is subjective anyway. I've seen plenty of 40 year old's who still act like they're 17 and a small handful of 20 year old's who act beyond their years. It's a shame that Andy's kids are putting him through this, though, it's the kind of nightmare every parent fears. Don't like the Eagles at all, but I wish him well through this ordeal.[/quote]
You sound like my wife and no I don't need to grow up its more fun to act like I'm still a kid.

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[quote=dmek25;276855]and sometimes its not about the time spent, the amount of quality time spent[/quote]
Thats what I tell my daughter when its half time.LOL

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It is one thing to root for a team and therefore to root against the people who are associated with any rivals of your team. It's a totally different thing to revel in the kind of anguish that has to fall upon a family who just went through what Andy Reid's family did. Root for Reid and his system to make some horrid blunders and lose 15 games next year; that's fine. But to wish for him and his family to implode is just plain wrong.

Look at this through the other end of the telescope. SUPPOSE Joe Gibbs' kid was arrested for some kind of drug abuse thing and a poster on an Eagles' fan board said that he hoped that Gibbs' other son got in a trafffic accident and was turned into a tetraplegic just so a "division rival" would be weakened. How sick would you think that mythical Eagles' fan might be? I'd think a person like that was destined for the Ninth Ring of Hell...

I don't know Andy Reid. From all of the stories I've read and heard about him, he is not an evil man. Root against him and his team; but don't root for horrid things to happen to his kids and his family because they happen to be related to the coach of another NFL team. That's waaay over the top!

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;276939]It is one thing to root for a team and therefore to root against the people who are associated with any rivals of your team. It's a totally different thing to revel in the kind of anguish that has to fall upon a family who just went through what Andy Reid's family did. Root for Reid and his system to make some horrid blunders and lose 15 games next year; that's fine. But to wish for him and his family to implode is just plain wrong.

Look at this through the other end of the telescope. SUPPOSE Joe Gibbs' kid was arrested for some kind of drug abuse thing and a poster on an Eagles' fan board said that he hoped that Gibbs' other son got in a trafffic accident and was turned into a tetraplegic just so a "division rival" would be weakened. How sick would you think that mythical Eagles' fan might be? I'd think a person like that was destined for the Ninth Ring of Hell...

I don't know Andy Reid. From all of the stories I've read and heard about him, he is not an evil man. Root against him and his team; but don't root for horrid things to happen to his kids and his family because they happen to be related to the coach of another NFL team. That's waaay over the top![/quote]

The Eagles fans would love it if that stuff happened to Joe Gibbs, are you kidding me? They are the most ruthless and insensitive sports fans in the country and if it wasn't for the soccer holligans in Europe then I would say they were the worst on the planet.

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[QUOTE=ncskinsfanec;276859]What is defined as being a kid is subjective anyway. I've seen plenty of 40 year old's who still act like they're 17 and a small handful of 20 year old's who act beyond their years. It's a shame that Andy's kids are putting him through this, though, it's the kind of nightmare every parent fears. Don't like the Eagles at all, but I wish him well through this ordeal.[/QUOTE]


Well that's true, there are certainly adults who should be acting like adults...that is why I say I don't pity Andy Reid, I pity his son(s) who are putting him through this. There isn't an excuse...when someone is old enough to die for his/her country, then he/she is old enough to show some common sense.

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I didn't say Eagles' fans wouldn't revel in that kind of muck. What I asked is what YOU would think of people who did that kind of thing? You'd probably think they were supreme a$$holes on their best days.

So, I wonder why anyone would think it's "OK" to wish evil and travail on people whose only wrongdoing is to have Andy Reid as a relative?

Sorry, I can't go there. I really hope that he and his family find a way to get all of this straightened out sometime in the next few years...

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[QUOTE=sportscurmudgeon;276951]I didn't say Eagles' fans wouldn't revel in that kind of muck. What I asked is what YOU would think of people who did that kind of thing? You'd probably think they were supreme a$$holes on their best days.

So, I wonder why anyone would think it's "OK" to wish evil and travail on people whose only wrongdoing is to have Andy Reid as a relative?

Sorry, I can't go there. I really hope that he and his family find a way to get all of this straightened out sometime in the next few years...[/QUOTE]

I got your original point loud and clear. Good post.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;276961]I got your original point loud and clear. Good post.[/quote]

I did to. I believe it was also an excellent post.

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Andy Reid is doing the right thing! He's getting away from the "limelight" so he can handle some family business. Smart move.