The Facts:
Following up on the
ongoing story. ... On Monday, the Eagles fired Andy Reid, who served as the team’s head coach for 14 years. Vick said he had a strong bond with Reid, who brought the quarterback into the Eagles flock not long after he was discharged from prison four seasons ago. While Vick stood in front of his locker – perhaps for the last time – he told reporters that his friendship with Reid would never end. And then Vick threw shot after shot at his teammates for a season-long “lack of effort” that he called “very evident.”
Reported by CSNPhilly.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
When a reporter asked him whether the lack of effort during a 4-10 season “pisses [him] off,” Vick didn’t hesitate. “Yes it does,” Vick said. “I give 110 percent effort. My body is scarred up all year. I'm hurt, I'm bruised, get up after every hit and still try and fight and push. I do that for my coaches. I do that for my teammates. And I would expect the same thing in return.” To hear Vick tell it, many of his peers did not reciprocate. If that was the case, if there wasn’t consistent effort, if certain guys tried to have it their way to the detriment of the team, and if Vick saw himself as a leader, why didn’t he speak up and call out the problem players? “I should have done it,” Vick admitted. “But I tried to take the modest approach, I tried to lead by example. I held a team meeting and tried to help guys recommit. It was still the same thing over and over again. I'm not going to tell a grown man the same thing twice because the reason I ended up incarcerated was because people told me the same thing over and over again and I didn't listen. I feel like if you don't learn in the first go-around, you disregard it. You just deal with the consequences because there will always be consequences.” And as CSNPhilly.com's John Gonzalez summed up: "Those consequences were obvious enough on Monday. The Eagles are now without a head coach, and they have a roster full of underachieving employees who are all too happy to bicker in public. The organization’s current situation is beyond grim."
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