Banner Must Go

Let me begin this by saying, I absolutely HATE the Philadelphia Eagles. In the interest of full disclosure, it hasn't always been this way. Being born and raised in Philadelphia, I had always been a fan of all of our teams. That has since changed. I remain a die hard fan of both the Phillies and Flyers. I used to be just as big of a Sixers fan, but in recent years the NBA has come to more closely resemble the WWE, it is all a show except that the ending is not scripted otherwise last year's Finals would have been LeBron vs Kobe.

Which brings us to the Eagles. Again, used to be a big fan, that is until Joe Banner wandered into town. This guy's arrogance is only exceeded by his ineptitude. If you were to listen to this guy talk, not knowing a darn thing about the NFL, you would think the Eagles have won more Super Bowls than the Cowboys, Steelers, and 49ers combined. The reality is that the Eagles have won a grand total of ZERO Super Bowls. In fact, they have not won a championship since 1960. The Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers have won a combined total of six in that time.

Just last week, Joe Banner was on with Mike Missanelli on 950 ESPN for an interview. During this interview Mr. Peabody...er, Banner said that the media does "a poor job in covering the Eagles and their popularity". I was in my car and darn near drove off the road. Has this babbling idiot lost his mind. Let me provide just a few examples of the "poor coverage" the Eagles get from the media:

- When reading the Daily News, I have to get through 10 pages of Eagles news before I get to any other sports coverage, and that's in the offseason.

- That same paper publishes a 30 page guide for every game, and a guide for training camp and the regular season.

- Every sports cast (approx. 5 minutes per news cast) has at least 60% dedicated to the Eagles.

- Darn near every member of the Eagles organization short of the pissboy has their own TV / Radio show every week.

- And lastly, this is the topper, they have their own radio station in 610 WIP. That station is so full of Eagles lackeys and lap dogs it's disgusting. And as a special added bonus they have several former Eagles on the air staff. In fact, one former 610 personality has even said publicly that practically nothing goes out over the air on that station unless it is approved by the Eagles. One of their current personalities even said that Eagles management calls the station to complain if there is not enough Eagles talk going on.

The one incident that totally threw me over the edge with this team was this. When the Phillies won the NLE in 2007, there was an article in the playoff guide in the Daily News that said an "Eagles Official was calling the paper to complain that the Phillies were getting too much coverage". That person was Joe Banner. Another media member sold him out.

Listen up Banner, because I am going to set you straight. First of all it is not the media's place to be your team's cheerleader. These people have jobs to do, and if that means that they have to rip your sorry ass team then so be it. Second of all, if another team is getting more coverage than you it is because they are doing better than your team - deal with it. Why don't you try this instead of crying about being ignored by the media - why don't you put a team on the field that is capable of winning a couple of Super Bowls? Until then, and until you and your "Gold Standard" parade a couple of Lombardis down Broad Street, shut the hell up.