Maybe fans should cut Andy Reid some slack

Imagine sitting in front of your computer at work. You have put in over 40 hours this week and are working extremely hard, doing what you feel is right and best for your company.

You have had your ups and downs, but over the course of the last decade you have been one of the top performers in your company, once being selected as runner up for the best overall performance and three other times being one of the top four performers.

All of the sudden, there are people in your office, questioning every move you make, yelling that you suck. Every web site or message board you log onto has bad comment after bad comment about you. Everything you do is all of the sudden being questioned.

You just can't seem to do anything correctly.

How would you feel? Would you feel like you are being treated fairly?

Now stop and think what you have thought about Andy Reid. Think about what you have said about Andy Reid.

Is it fair?

I'll be the first to admit I have jumped on the fire Andy Reid bandwagon. The NFL is a what have you done for me lately league, and the Eagles have not done much lately.

His play calling and decisions are sometimes (ok, much of the time) maddening.

But nobody can argue the success Reid has had over the past decade. He has been to one Super Bowl, four straight NFC Championship games, and is the winningest coach in Eagles history.

His selection of Donovan McNabb in the NFL draft was not popular, questioned and booed by Eagles fans. Boy were we wrong about that one.

Sure, his play calling seems out of whack. Yes, fans are frustrated that besides Terrell Owens we have not had a superstar receiver.

Our expectations are high. Eagles fans will accept nothing less than a title.

But think about the comments concerning Reid. His desire to win is questioned. His decision making is questioned.

Reid is the head coach and general manager of this team. Of coarse, he wants to win and of coarse, he has high expectations for this team. Reid is doing everything he thinks is best for his team.

Fans don't always agree. And that's ok. But Reid is going to stick to doing things his way, the way he feels is best for his team.

We can support that or keep putting him down.

But the next time you want to criticize Andy Reid, just picture yourself at your desk, working hard after a long week of trying your best.

Maybe that will change your perspective.