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Auuugghh! I Thought This Eagles Team Was Different
“[T]o lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fallen” – John Milton
The current Eagles regime is without doubt, its most successful in its history. But look at that history – there’s not much there.
They lured us in with a late season throttling of the hated Cowboys; a workmanlike dispatch of the Who CaresVikings; and then [...]
Flyers go up 3-1 in Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
I had to laugh at myself, at least a little. A comment I’d made here on this blog in 2K6 to the effect that Holmgren and Stevens were not the pair to get the Flyers turned around.
Well, maybe my past self was wrong. I’m happy that I don’t know squat about it.
In any case, the [...]
Flyers go up 2-1 in Eastern Semi-Final
No thanks to Derian Hatcher, the Flyers are up 2-1 in their 2008 Eastern Conference semi-final againt the Montreal Canadiens.
I haven’t written about the Flyers since the early 2006 season blood-letting which saw the sudden end of the Robert Clarke era.
Biron was exceptional. He’s been in a zone, and he’ll have to stay there if the Flyers [...]
When Will Kevin Kolb Take Over?
From Les Bowen’s philly.com column today:
Kolb is signed for 4 years. But if McNabb misses significant time, as he has in three of the past five seasons, and he doesn’t lead the Eagles to that elusive Super Bowl trophy, well, even though McNabb also is signed for 4 more years, the amortization of his signing [...]