| Andy Reid
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| The Philadelphia Eagles head coach has had an outstanding career so far with the Eagle. As a matter of fact, he is having an Hall of Fame career. Although it is quite possible that Reid will make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, do not expect him to make the Father Hall of Fame.
This week, Reid’s two oldest sons, Garrett and Britt, were involved with situations with the police. One son was busted for getting into a car wreck and having drug paraphernalia on him. This son also admitted taking heroin on the day of the accident. The other son got busted for road rage. He also had drug paraphernalia on him.
A search warrant of Reid’s house performed after these incidents yielded some guns. You have to wonder whether the Reid’s kids favorite NFL player is Tank Johnson and their favorite team the Cincinnati Bengals. Any which way, Andy Reid has failed as a parent. Shame on him, and for that, he gets a Friday Fryer nomination.
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| Philadelphia Flyers
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| The Flyers initially earned the nomination for losing their 12th straight home game last night. The Flyers have not won at home since November 24, 2006. Ironically, team they last beat at home was coached by Ken Hitchcock, who started the NHL season as the Flyers head coach. The latest Flyers loss came at the hands of its long-time rival, the New Jersey Devils.
There are 41 home games for each hockey team in the NHL. This means that the Flyers have gone through a quarter of its home schedule without a victory. This is beyond embarrassing or historic. Actually, words cannot describe this mess.
Yet, the Flyers have already announced that John Stevens, the current head coach of the team, will be back next season. May I ask, what are they thinking? This team is the worse team is the history of the organization. John Stevens has done nothing, NOTHING, to stem the bleeding that defined this season. Yet, he is coming back for another go around?
Folks, if major changes are not made to the entire Flyers organization this off-season, it will be at least a decade, yes, a decade, before this team even a whiff of the NHL playoffs. For this, the Flyers get the second nod for this week’s Fryer.
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| Horse Racing
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| It is always depressing to see a champion athlete in his or her prime cut down because of injury. It is unspeakable when such an injury also leads to the end of the athlete’s life. This sadly occurred in horse racing this week, when Barbaro was put down.
I know many will say that this is only a horse. But this horse was used in an athletic event, one in which 95% of what is required to win comes from the horse itself. Therefore, a horse deserves to be considered a true athlete.
The horse racing circuit has had issues for many years. The loss of a great, undefeated champion like Barbaro in his prime does not help this situation. Hence, horse racing gets a nod for the Friday Fryer Chair.
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