Bedtime Fan Fuss - Childress departure leaves a feeling of neutrality

Friday's non-surprise announcement of the Minnesota Vikings new head coach, now former Eagles Offensive Coordinator Brad Childress, left me feeling a little neutral. If the rise, and subsequent fall, of Philly's offense could be considered his fault, I might be saying it's time for change.

But the vast majority of play calling is done by Head Coach Andy Reid. Thus making Childress not much more than a preparation coach. That makes you wonder why he's been given this opportunity in the first place, but that's Minnesota's problem. The feeling of neutrality is that the Eagles have promoted Marty Mornhinweg to lead the offense.

On the Eagles coaching staff since the 2003 season, Mornhinweg was laughable as he guided Detroit to a 5-27 record in two seasons as their head coach (2001-2002). But his pedigree is not measured as the head man. He was Brett Favre's QB Coach when the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI (Favre also won the MVP that season), and he spent 1997-2000 as the Offensive Coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers.

Upon arriving in Philadelphia, Mornhinweg was the main recruiter of both Terrell Owens and Mike McMahon. Whether you like or loathe those moves, they were steps taken to win and add depth. This season, McMahon filled in and led an offense full of backups and T.O. started shopping for a new home.

All of this, of course, is moot if Reid continues to call the plays. The work Mornhinweg will do could be in preparation only and not on the sidelines.

So after thinking about it, talking about it and writing about it, I truly feel neutral.