Reid's Not Going Anywhere

Here's further evidence. 

While questions about his sons don't need to be asked of him right now, this one most certainly does: Are his personal problems starting to affect his ability to coach his football team?

Team president Joe Banner says that's not the case...

"There's two separate questions from where I sit," he said. "The first is whether it has affected him. The obvious answer is, how could you not be affected by it? But the separate question is what impact is it having on the other thing you're doing in your life. And I don't think it's having any.

"There are really strong people out there - CEOs of massive companies, doctors, lawyers, coaches, players, cabdrivers - who are able to both deal with the challenges they face in their life and still continue to be excellent at what they do. Working with him every day, seeing him every day, that's the category he's in for me.

"It would be foolish to try to say it isn't on his mind and doesn't weigh on his mind. The same is true of all the other categories of people I mentioned. Some of those people do get to a point where the weight is too heavy and starts to trickle down to the other parts of their lives. But that's not been the case with Andy.

"I respect people's right to have that perspective [that Reid's family issues are affecting his job performance]. But drawing that as an explanation [for the 1-3 start], I think, is going in the wrong direction."

Would Joe Banner be out there saying these things if Andy were really thisclose to deciding to hang it up?

Philadelphia Magazine doesn't even have a sports section...

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[sixersshawn]

The Daily Examiner has a short report on a rumor that Andy Reid wil step down as head coach of the Eagles.

http://4phillyfans.com/2007/10/04/andy-reid-to-walk-away/