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beardedzeus 
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| Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:22 am)
@ajcsportseditor: Reports suggest Alabama's Kirby Smart has taking defensive coordinator job with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Good hire?
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Bamad 
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:24 am to beardedzeus)
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@ajcsportseditor
Stopped reading right there.
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bigpapamac 
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:24 am to beardedzeus)
Don't think I'd buy it yet. Not sure why the AJC would break it first, and a tweet saying "reports suggest" isn't exactly rock solid info.
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JStanDawgFan 
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:24 am to beardedzeus)
He would be an EXCELLENT hire!
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Patton
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:24 am to beardedzeus)
Yea good hire. He needs to cut his teeth more at a place outside Bama before we line up his return as HC.
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WDE24
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:25 am to beardedzeus)
Wow if true. Seems like a bit of a stretch for the Eagles, but I am interested to see how Kirby does on his own.
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heartbreakTiger
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:26 am to WDE24)
the eagles going the full college coach route 
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Ross 
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:26 am to WDE24)
Jeez NFL DC?
Nice gig if he gets it.
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NorthGwinnettTiger
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:27 am to beardedzeus)
If it were between Smart and Grantham as reports suggested, I'd take Smart every time if I were Kelly.
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RollTide1987
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:27 am to beardedzeus)
Jox just said the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting it, too. Congrats to Kirby if true. 
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UFownstSECsince1950 
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:27 am to Ross)
Why not?? Quinn just got DC for Seahawks
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boddagetta 
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:28 am to beardedzeus)
You do know there is another board for this, right?
Coaching Changes
Here's a thread
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GerryDinardo
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:28 am to Patton)
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Yea good hire. He needs to cut his teeth more at a place outside Bama before we line up his return as HC.
He definitely needs to cut his teeth on his own. I think he was hoping to make a jump from DC to HC but Nick Saban's shadow is pretty big for a young DC to make that jump.
Also, there's less risk in taking an NFL gig because he can fail and return to the college game relatively easily.
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wdeinttown
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:28 am to bigpapamac)
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Not sure why the AJC would break it first
I heard this discussed as a possibility yesterday, so I don't think the AJC actually "broke it."
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Patton
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the eagles going the full college coach route
Had any team ever made this work?
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sorantable 
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:29 am to Patton)
Well, all their players come from college. Why not the coaches too? 
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Duke 
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Why not bring in Saban's understudy? No one questions Saban's football smarts.
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WDE24
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between Smart and Grantham
I guess all of Kelley's connections are on the collegiate level, but it seems risky to bring mostly college coaches to run an NFL team.
Could turn out to be brilliant or could blow up quickly.
Should be fun to watch.
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Patton
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:31 am to sorantable)
So sure the new coaches would be great for rookies but the old school vets are gonna have trouble trusting some college head coach hotshot not named jim harbough
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lowspark12
Auburn Fan
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| re: Smart as Eagles DC? (Posted on 1/18/13 at 10:33 am to WDE24)
If this is in fact true, Jeremy Pruit looks like an idiot... he could've been handed the reins to something awesome... instead, he'll be on his own in Tallahassee trying to copy something and failing miserably.
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