Today the Eagles beat the Washington Redskins. It’s nice that they walk away from the season winning instead of losing. Jeff Lurie, the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, has a decision to make. Actually, he’s had 12 years to make the decision, but Coach Andy Reid stayed despite his inability to win a Super Bowl title.
There have been coaches who were hired either at the same time as Reid or after him and won the Super Bowl. All Reid gives fans and taxpayers, who paid for the million dollar NovaCare complex as well as the stadium, is excuses.
Reid’s failures and Lurie’s inability to let go of Reid is typical of Philly. Sometimes this city displays behavior that usually can be found on one of the reality shows about hoarders.
Whether it’s a coach who can’t do what he’s paid to do, abandoned cars, trash-filled vacant lots, abandoned properties or City Council members, the people of Philly tend to hold onto and collect things that have no value.
Like hoarders, our living space in this city is cluttered and overrun by useless things as well as people who can’t be used by what they’re intended for.
These things that have been collected and kept for years brings down the real value of the city as well as in the hearts and minds of the people.
It hasn’t always been this way. There was a time when the city had programs like the Dollar Program and the Donor-Taker Program where people who wanted to own a home were able to do so by taking an abandoned property off the city’s hands.
There was a time when coaches weren’t given 12 years to turn things around.
Like a hoarder, this city has clear out the mess. They can start going through the items that they’ve collected over the years and start to either discard or donate them to someone else.
Some things such as City Council, like leeches, have no value. However, they are cumbersome and may take some time to discard them. Let’s go with the lighter items first.
The Eagles season is over earlier than fans would have hoped so donating Reid to someone else may be the best place to start. Vacant properties can also be donated to the hundreds of people who would like to own homes but can’t stand up to the wrath of banks.
The city’s New Year’s resolution should be to cure themselves of their hoarding disease.
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