Welcome

Welcome to the initial installment of Blue and Green, a blog where two long time friends who despise each other’s football teams discuss the New York Football Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles in particular, and the NFC East and entire NFL in general. 

Along the way we’ll hear from guest writers, such as our friend who is from the heart of Giants country in North Jersey yet inexplicably roots for the Cowboys. We might hear from a Steeler fan or two (one of us may or may not be married to one), and if we can find a Redskins fan at some point we’ll let him or her chime in. But for the most part, we will be focusing on Big Blue and the Midnight (sadly, no longer Kelly) Green, why each hates the other, and why--in some instances--we hate our own players, coaches, and front office even more.

This idea started as a podcast discussing the NFC east as a whole...we decided that, since both of us have jobs and--again--we don’t know any Redskins fans, that a blog would be easier and probably more likely to actually happen.

Anyway, hopefully we can entertain and enlighten, and maybe even get some readers that aren’t related to us. 

Since we are going to strive to be as topical as possible, the first post will relate to the ongoing search for the next Eagles coach. My thoughts on Andy Reid are a 10,000 word  alcohol-fueled post of their own, but suffice it to say that both of us are glad to see him go. Me because he has done a horrible job for the last 7 or 8 years while maintaining the arrogance of someone who’s actually won something, and my partner because he somehow OWNED the Giants while he was here. They say if you want to know how to get Tom Coughlin to stop masturbating, just put a giant walrus mustache on his dick and he’ll never beat it again. 

I have no idea who I actually want as coach, and--right now--it doesn’t really matter. Honestly ANYONE is better than Andy Reid at this point. Bill O’Brien is headed back to Penn State, albeit with a nice raise; he seems to have been high on their list. They are interviewing Chip Kelly as we speak but it looks (hopefully) like he’s going to Cleveland. They can have him...he may be the next Jimmy Johnson but we need more of a sure thing. Also, there aren’t any Tennessee Tech’s on the schedule in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (Oregon actually played them this year--I looked it up). Just the fact that Cleveland is going to hire him means he’ll probably fail because, well, it’s Cleveland. 

That leaves Mike McCoy, Denver’s offensive coordinator, Gus Bradley, Seattle’s DC, Bruce Arians who is almost as old as my dad, the other Gruden, and the head coach at Syracuse (Doug Marrone). Those are the candidates as of now.

Again, let me be PERFECTLY clear--I don’t really care who they pick because I don’t know the first thing about any of these guys other than none of them are Andy Reid. Ray Didinger likes McCoy and that’s good enough for me. I am not too keen on bringing in a 60 year old (Arians) with no prior head coaching experience but other than that it doesn’t matter. For the first time in years I have my football team back. I will once again enjoy rooting for the Eagles to win more than I enjoy rooting for the Giants to lose. Eagles games have been a miserable chore to sit through for the last few years, and there’s nothing worse than not having fun rooting for your favorite team. 

That’s all I have for now, other than to say suck it Eli and F Umenyiora. God I hate the New York Giants.