Here's how it went down:
- Doug and owner Jeff Laurie met last week to discuss the plan going forward. This happens every year, so nothing abnormal about it. This largely included filling both DC and OC spots along with what the plan is at QB.
- Doug seemed to want to promote passing game coordinator Press Taylor to OC and current DL coach Matt Burke to DC.
- Laurie didn't like that plan and asked Doug to come up with something else and meet this morning.
- Doug, who really doesn't have much control over those decisions, stuck to his guns and Laurie fired him.
I'm thinking in this frustrating season Doug really didn't like how little control he had and also sees coaching vacancies that he could get where he'd have more control. This was a move to either get the control he wants weather it's with the Eagles or another team.
For Laurie he's wanting to be on the same page as the coach. The internal promotions would logically be the cheapest solution for him, so he obviously feels neither Press Taylor or Matt Burke were the guys. Doug is a players coach and I'm thinking he's the same with his coaches. He's overly loyal to them to a fault.
Either way, it's done. A bunch of names are out there, so looking forward to what the search looks like. The one thing I'd say is Howie Roseman is grinding right now lining up interviews.
