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I’m tired of seeing the Eagles change offensive coordinators every year or two, only to end up facing the same problems.

Bad protection, predictable plays, poor adjustments and talented players not living up to their potential.

At what point do we stop blaming execution and start looking at the people responsible for teaching these players?

Look, I’ll give credit to Nick Sirianni. Two Super Bowl appearances and a championship are not accidents. But we’re at 2-7, and something is clearly not working.

I also don’t believe that firing everyone and hiring the next coordinator is the answer. This is how we will find ourselves here in two years.

If I’m Howie Roseman, I look for coaches who can actually improve players, not just coaches who have worked on great teams.

Here’s how I would rebuild the staff.

Head Coach – Drew Petzing (CO Lions)

This is my first interview. He has real NFL playing experience, helped create an effective running game in Arizona and coached several offensive positions.

I would give him control of the offense and have him call plays. No more guessing who is really responsible when things go wrong.

Offensive coordinator — Jason Vrable (Packers)

Green Bay has done a good job developing young receivers while keeping its offense productive. I want someone who can improve an existing system instead of throwing everything out every offseason.

Petzing calls the plays. Vrable helps build the weekly game plan and develops the offense.

Quarterbacks – Johnathan Williams (Seahawks)

Here’s an interesting name that most fans probably haven’t heard.

He was a successful quarterback at Grambling and coached productive offenses at smaller schools. He is now an NFL assistant.

I’d rather investigate someone who succeeded without a roster full of five-star recruits than automatically hire another former big-name quarterback.

Running backs — Garret McGuire (Texas Tech)

I’m leaving Jemal Singleton if we do this again.

McGuire helped Texas Tech develop two productive running backs in the same offense. I want a coach who teaches the entire position: running, blocking, catching and reading defenses.

Offensive Line – George Barnett (Iowa)

This may be one of the most important hires.

Iowa won the 2025 Joe Moore Award for the best offensive line in college football. Their linemen play together, communicate and avoid costly mistakes.

I want that kind of education in Philadelphia. Give him an experienced NFL assistant to help him with the transition.

Now here’s where I would do something different.

Defensive Coordinator – Keep Fangio if he wants to stay otherwise interview Bryant Haines from Indiana.

Haines has built solid defenses that pressure quarterbacks without constantly blitzing. This is exactly what I want to see with Jalen Carter and our young defensive talent.

If we hire him, surround him with experienced NFL defensive coaches. Don’t throw a college coach into the NFL without support.

I would also reconsider Clint Hurtt’s associate head coaching role and open the defensive line position to coaches who have developed overlooked players.

My favorite idea: Hiring Darcel McBath from Texas Tech to help run an independent scouting and game-planning unit.

His previous job was basically scouting opposing offenses AND defenses while studying his own team’s weaknesses.

Imagine having a coach whose job each week is to attack our own playbook.

Find out how an adversary would bomb us. Expose our coverage errors. Determine which parts we are telegraphing.

Then expose these issues to our coaches during practice instead of finding them out on Sunday.

This is the kind of thinking I want.

The biggest change isn’t even about the names.

Every coach should prove that he develops players.

Are backups getting better? Do young players correct their mistakes? Are we better against good teams? When something no longer works, how quickly can we adapt?

And when a coordinator leaves, why should the entire offense have to start over?

I’m not saying that all of the coaches I’ve mentioned are available or guaranteed to be successful. I interviewed them, studied their players and asked them to prove their ideas.

My goal is not to win the press conference by hiring famous coaches. It’s about building a team that consistently gets more out of its players than other teams.

Howie has the capital to rebuild this roster. But even top draft picks won’t save us if we can’t develop them.

So here’s what I want to know from other Eagles fans:

Is Sirianni really the biggest problem? Or is the bigger problem that the Eagles keep changing coordinators without fixing the system?

And if you were Howie, which current coaches would you actually keep?

I’m willing to be wrong about any of these names. I’d really like to know who you think would be the best, especially some underrated assistants in college or the NFL who have a proven track record of developing players.

Go birds DH