But pretending that you can shred a carefully prepared, months-in-the-making transition from Donovan McNabb to Kevin Kolb so quickly - and pretending that you haven't scarred Kolb in the process - is just that: pretending.
I know I'm using poor English, but this is beyond shortsighted.
Based on the reporting I was able to do last night, there are no cracks in the organizational armor. Reid has his story and they're sticking to it. That is, that this was not something Reid was noodling about while Kolb and the first offense labored this summer during the exhibition games, or even when Vick played well after Kolb received his concussion in the opener against Green Bay.
Rather, this all happened as a result of Vick's excellent work against those behemoths from the NFC North, the Detroit Lions, who have won exactly two games out of their last 35 as a franchise. Reid thought about it after that game, and then he thought about it some more, and then he decided - so goes the story.
And even though this decision resulted in some rather significant collateral damage - to Kolb's psyche, and to his reputation in the business, and to anyone's ability to trust the shelf life of Reid's words beyond the next three-point win against a lousy team - there is no evidence of any dissent among the biggest decision-makers in the building.
In fact, according to a source, owner Jeffrey Lurie, president Joe Banner, general manager Howie Roseman and Reid all gathered last night at the NovaCare Complex to sing songs and toast marshmallows upon the conflagration that resulted when they set fire to the $12.25 million they're paying Kolb as McNabb's anointed successor.
I know I'm using poor English, but this is a waste.
