Eagles Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo Shows Great Class in Difficult Situation

 Anybody—especially on the national —wanting to give the narrative that Philadelphia fans are vicious, only has to mention the six-decades-old story about throwing snowballs at Santa Claus at an Eagles game.

Philadelphia fans are known for booing their own and the opponent.

No doubt that the Philadelphia fan will take a major hit with the story that offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo had a supposedly disgruntled fan or fans, throw eggs at his Moorestown home.

Again, the action of one or two fans shouldn’t define an entire fan base, but it won’t stop national pundits from doing so.

On this matter let’s get a few things straight.

Even one person attempting damage on somebody’s home because they don’t like what he calls on 3^rd-and-7, is too many.

It doesn’t matter if it was a bunch of juveniles or an adult or two, there is no excuse for that. Simply ask, would those people want their homes egged?

While the action of one or a few people shouldn’t stain the entire fan base, it still happened because some overzealous fan or fans couldn’t keep sports in perspective. That is really sad. 

Patullo, in his first year as offensive coordinator, has received his share of criticism. Anybody who has watched the Eagles offense, realizes that there is a wide group of people who have underperformed, including the offensive coordinator and head coach.

In the Philadelphia sports footprint, when the pro teams underperform, they hear it from the fan base. 

Again, that’s part of the job. Criticizing somebody in a civil fashion is fine, although the argument can be made that booing the home team can be counterproductive. 

When the fans’ ire becomes personal and in this case destructive, that is when the line has been severely crossed.

Patullo addressed the situation during his weekly press conference. The comments were transcribed and provided by the Eagles. As one could see, he really took the high road. 

“When you talk about what happened, I mean ultimately, you want to be able to separate your job from your family,” he said. “We talked about it before, I said it before, that line was crossed. It was an unfortunate incident and that's part of it that it happened. As a family, we know we've got to stick together. To be honest, there's a lot of great people in the community. I have great neighbors. So many people have reached out to my wife and I and our family, and so it's not anything or one specific person. It happened and we've got to move on from it at this point.”

Somebody got too carried away and did a hurtful act.  

On the flip side, Patullo has handled this difficult situation with great class and for that, he should be admired.  

Here’s hoping there will be no more similar incidents. 

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Author: Marc Narducci