Son of Philadelphia Eagles Coach Sentenced to Jail

[trickblue]

Read this entire article... this kid is seriously messed up...
Link (http://sports.iwon.com/news/11012007/v3676.html)

Son of Philadelphia Eagles Coach Sentenced to Jail; 2nd Son Awaits Sentencing
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid's eldest son, who said he got a thrill out of selling drugs in both poor and tony neighborhoods, was sentenced Thursday to up to 23 months in jail for smashing into another motorist's car while high on heroin.

Garrett Reid, 24, could leave jail early if he applies for and is accepted into a special drug court program that would require him to hold down a job, report to authorities regularly and undergo rigorous drug testing.

He tested positive for heroin and admitted having used it that day of the crash. He ran a red light and hit another car. Authorities found syringes with heroin and testosterone in his SUV.

Speaking in court and in a statement to a probation officer, Reid said he made a fast descent into hard drugs and enjoyed being the rich kid who dealt drugs in poor, violent Philadelphia neighborhoods and in the tony Main Line suburbs.

"I don't want to be that kid who was the son of the head coach of the Eagles, who was spoiled and on drugs and OD'd and just faded into oblivion," Reid said in court.

His addiction persists, according to authorities, who found 89 prescription drug pills in Reid's jail cell Thursday morning. They believe he smuggled them in his rectum when he was jailed earlier this week.

Reid told the judge he would apply to the drug court program, which could shorten his time behind bars.

"I am more than willing to do drug court ... if that's what it's going to take to get clean and sober," Reid said.

Reid's descent in drug use and dealing was steep, according to a probation report read in court. Reid said he started using marijuana and alcohol at age 18. That was followed by prescription pain killers Percocet and OxyContin, and then cocaine and heroin.

By 20, he was in drug rehab.

Reid said he sold drugs to his friends and their parents in the suburbs and in a notoriously tough section of Philadelphia.

"I liked being the rich kid in that area and having my own high status life," Reid told a probation officer in a statement read by the judge. "I could go anywhere in the 'hood. They all knew who I was. I enjoyed it. I liked being a drug dealer."

He said in court Thursday that he has stopped selling drugs.

Andy Reid and his wife, Tammy, were in court but declined to comment.

"Andy and Tammy are supportive of their son. That has been their position since this all began. He will not comment on it," said defense attorney Ross Weiss.

Reid's 22-year-old brother, Britt, also was in court Thursday to be sentenced for pointing a handgun at another driver Jan. 30, the same day as his brother's crash. He pleaded guilty to a string of charges, including carrying a firearm without a license, a felony.

Both sons lived at their parents' home in suburban Villanova at the time of their arrests.

Andy Reid had taken a five-week leave from the Eagles in the offseason to deal with his family's troubles.

[BoysRule2]

His addiction persists, according to authorities, who found 89 prescription drug pills in Reid's jail cell Thursday morning. They believe he smuggled them in his rectum when he was jailed earlier this week.



Now THIS is BIZZARE. SOMEBODY from the inside had to have helped him.

Seriously-Reid needs to at least take an LOA. It's obviously distracting him and his team.

[theebs]

think of the jokes we are missing out on since they demolished the vet.

An eagles coach with his son in the prison below the stadium would have been awesome.

[bounce]

Now THIS is BIZZARE. SOMEBODY from the inside had to have helped him.


Why do you think somebody had to have helped him? It says how he got them in there. It's not that uncommon - that's why they do cavity searches, but I guess he slipped through.

[dallasfaniac]

As a parent, I would pretty much drop everything I was doing to make sure that my children did not turn out to be this way.

Well at least he took 5 weeks off in the offseason. :rolleyes:

[dallasfaniac]

Why do you think somebody had to have helped him? It says how he got them in there. It's not that uncommon - that's why they do cavity searches, but I guess he slipped through.

Looks like his dad taught him something in life; he's been sneaking donuts to the sidelines the same way for years.

[hendog]

Looks like his dad taught him something in life; he's been sneaking donuts to the sidelines the same way for years.

That is freaking hilarious.

[The30YardSlant]

Looks like I won't be picking up Andy Reid's latest book, "Parenting for Dummies"

[WoodysGirl]

Jon (DC): The latest on Andy Reid's kids is just getting ridiculous. Britt smuggled 89 prescription drugs into jail in his rectum now! Not trying to tell Reid how to parent, but I hope he seriously considers taking a step away from the NFL, at least in the short-term.

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/sn2.gif Matt Mosley: (4:09 PM ET ) Jon: People need meds. Stop judging.

[Rampage]

i never understood why rich kids sell drugs. i just found out a kid i knew(who is rich and sells drugs) just got his teeth knocked out and a broken cheekbone from getting pistol-whipped. stupid rich kids:laugh2:

[BoysRule2]

Judge critical of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid's home
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer
November 1, 2007

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A judge who sentenced Philadelphia Eagles (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/phi/;_ylt=AnReGwcVrdcq0pCBjtz0g2kdsLYF) coach Andy Reid's sons on Thursday likened the coach's home to "a drug emporium" and questioned whether his adult sons should live there. "There isn't any structure there that this court can depend upon," Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill said before sentencing Britt Reid to up to 23 months in jail plus probation. "I'm saying this is a family in crisis," O'Neill said.

Earlier Thursday, O'Neill sentenced Garrett Reid, a drug addict and dealer who said he got a thrill out of selling drugs in "the 'hood," to up to 23 months in jail for smashing into another motorist's car while high on heroin.

O'Neill noted that searches of the Reid home found illegal and prescription drugs throughout the house. He said both boys had been overmedicated throughout much of their lives.

[Rack Bauer]

And now there's a judge that doesn't know what he's talking about regarding the kids' parenting.

[dallasfaniac]

O'Neill noted that searches of the Reid home found illegal and prescription drugs throughout the house.

Come on Goodell, gotta hold coaches to a higher standard than players...

[Big Dakota]

Judge critical of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid's home
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer
November 1, 2007

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A judge who sentenced Philadelphia Eagles (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/phi/;_ylt=AnReGwcVrdcq0pCBjtz0g2kdsLYF) coach Andy Reid's sons on Thursday likened the coach's home to "a drug emporium" and questioned whether his adult sons should live there. "There isn't any structure there that this court can depend upon," Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill said before sentencing Britt Reid to up to 23 months in jail plus probation. "I'm saying this is a family in crisis," O'Neill said.

Earlier Thursday, O'Neill sentenced Garrett Reid, a drug addict and dealer who said he got a thrill out of selling drugs in "the 'hood," to up to 23 months in jail for smashing into another motorist's car while high on heroin.

O'Neill noted that searches of the Reid home found illegal and prescription drugs throughout the house. He said both boys had been overmedicated throughout much of their lives.


WoW!!!!! This could bring Andy crashing down. Makes it sound like the whole family is a gaggle of addicts.

[AsthmaField]

Now THIS is BIZZARE. SOMEBODY from the inside had to have helped him.

Yeah... inside his butt. :laugh2:

They said that they think he smuggled it into jail in his, um... nether region.

[dfense]

Nothing like a good distraction right on que.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/11/01/bc.fbn.reidsonsinvestig.ap/index.html

[morieeel]

Why do you think somebody had to have helped him? It says how he got them in there. It's not that uncommon - that's why they do cavity searches, but I guess he slipped through.

Either that or special priviledges (ie. no prostrate exam) due to who his Dad is.

[dallasfaniac]

Either that or special priviledges (ie. no prostrate exam) due to who his Dad is.

Wait, are you saying when you go to jail you are supposed to get a prostate exam?

Note to self: Do not EVER get in trouble with the law. The only person going anywhere near that is some hot chick doctor with tiny fingers looking for cancer.

[Nors]

Judge calls Eagles coach Reid's home a 'drug emporium':eek:

Coach's sons sentenced to jail


05:28 PM CDT on Thursday, November 1, 2007
Associated Press

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – A judge who sentenced Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid's sons to jail on Thursday likened the coach's home to "a drug emporium" and questioned whether his adult sons should live there.

"There isn't any structure there that this court can depend upon," Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill said before sentencing 22-year-old Britt Reid to up to 23 months in jail plus probation.

"I'm saying this is a family in crisis," O'Neill said.

Earlier Thursday, O'Neill sentenced 24-year-old Garrett Reid, a drug addict and dealer who said he got a thrill out of selling drugs in "the 'hood," to up to 23 months in jail for smashing into another motorist's car while high on heroin.

O'Neill noted that searches of the Reid home found illegal and prescription drugs throughout the house. He said both boys had been overmedicated throughout much of their lives and that Britt got hooked on painkillers when he suffered a football injury in high school.

"It sounds more or less like a drug emporium there, with the drugs all over the house, and you're an addict," O'Neill told Britt Reid.

Andy Reid and his wife, Tammy, were in court but declined to comment. The judge said the parents clearly loved and supported their children and had tried many times over the years to get them help.

"Andy and Tammy are supportive of their son. That has been their position since this all began. He will not comment on it," Garrett Reid's defense attorney, Ross Weiss, said before the judge's comments.

Both Weiss and Britt Reid's attorney, William Winning, declined to comment after the hearing. Andy and Tammy Reid quickly were escorted by sheriff's deputies and their personal bodyguard through the courthouse basement.

Both sons lived at their parents' home in the suburb of Villanova at the time of their arrests.

Andy Reid took a five-week leave from the Eagles in the offseason to deal with his family's troubles. He has routinely declined to discuss his sons' legal problems, but said he would not resign from the team because of them.

On Thursday, Britt Reid said everything he did, he did without his parents' knowledge, but O'Neill questioned that.

Both Reids can apply for a special drug court program that would require them to report to authorities regularly, undergo rigorous drug testing and hold down jobs.

The coach's two sons got into separate legal trouble Jan. 30.

Garrett Reid tested positive for heroin and admitted having used it that day. He ran a red light in Plymouth Township and hit another car. Authorities found syringes with heroin and testosterone in his SUV.

In a separate incident that same day, Britt Reid pointed a handgun at another driver following a dispute. He pleaded guilty to a string of charges, including carrying a firearm without a license, a felony.

Britt Reid was sentenced to eight to 23 months in jail plus five years' probation on gun and drug charges. He can apply for the special drug program after five months.

Garrett Reid was sentenced to two to 23 months in the county prison plus one year of probation. He told O'Neill that he would apply to the drug court program.

"I don't want to be that kid who was the son of the head coach of the Eagles, who was spoiled and on drugs and OD'd and just faded into oblivion," he said in court.

Senior Deputy Attorney General Marc Costanzo said authorities were satisfied with the sentence, noting "the drug court is the best part."

Speaking in court and in a statement to a probation officer, Garrett Reid said he made a fast descent into hard drugs and enjoyed being the rich kid who dealt drugs in poor, violent Philadelphia neighborhoods and in the tony suburbs.

His addiction persists, according to authorities, who found 89 prescription drug pills in Reid's jail cell Thursday morning. They believe he smuggled them in his rectum when he was jailed earlier this week.

"That's consistent with someone as severely drug addicted as he is," prosecutor Costanzo said.

Garrett Reid's descent in drug use and dealing was steep, according to a probation report read in court. Reid said he didn't use drugs until he graduated from high school, then started with marijuana and alcohol at age 18. That was followed by prescription pain killers Percocet and OxyContin, and then cocaine and heroin.

By 20, he was in drug rehab.

Reid said he sold drugs to his friends and their parents in the suburbs and in a notoriously tough section of Philadelphia.

"I liked being the rich kid in that area and having my own high status life," Reid told a probation officer in a statement read by the judge. "I could go anywhere in the 'hood. They all knew who I was. I enjoyed it. I liked being a drug dealer."

He said in court Thursday that he has stopped selling drugs.

"I did get a thrill out of it," he said. "That was also part of the whole new world that opened up to me when I smoked that first joint."

[David276]

so much stuff like this goes on these days its not even weird anymore

[morieeel]

Wait, are you saying when you go to jail you are supposed to get a prostate exam?

Note to self: Do not EVER get in trouble with the law. The only person going anywhere near that is some hot chick doctor with tiny fingers looking for cancer.

Cavity searches are required on all incoming inmates. Their philosphy is to "go deep and don't stop till you reach the back of their teeth." :laugh2:

[Nors]

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101417

More on this

Kid was dealing and doing drugs years ago. House was a drug imporium, with illegal drugs and prescribed drugs everywhere. Killer was judge says he doesn't think kids should be living in that home, no structure that he could see.

Reid not only was an absent dad, he fed the kids money, let them live in his house with this going on? Even after they were arrested, in HIS HOUSE?

I worry about the three younger kids living in that home. Thats sad/dangerous for them.

My 18 year old started acting like that no money and thrown out to get a job. But, heck I'd have been there at least during his childhood.

Classic family that from the outside looks perfect.......

[AbeBeta]

Note to self: Do not EVER get in trouble with the law. The only person going anywhere near that is some hot chick doctor with tiny fingers looking for cancer.

Now worries, lots of hot chicks go into urology.

[Rack Bauer]

Now worries, lots of hot chicks go into urology.

:lmao:

[Bob Sacamano]

think of the jokes we are missing out on since they demolished the vet.

An eagles coach with his son in the prison below the stadium would have been awesome.

LOL, just think about it, you know how the reporters try to get bits of info from the coaches running into the lockerroom during half-time? well one could ask, "hey coach, what are you going to do 2nd half to turn it around?", "well 1st of all, I'm going to see my son, he's in the holding cell" lol

[Bob Sacamano]

Wait, are you saying when you go to jail you are supposed to get a prostate exam?

Note to self: Do not EVER get in trouble with the law. The only person going anywhere near that is some hot chick doctor with tiny fingers looking for cancer.

when you go to jail, right before you change into your jump-suit or whatever, you're supposed to bend over, spread your cheeks and cough, though funny, it's no joke

[big dog cowboy]

O'Neill noted that searches of the Reid home found illegal and prescription drugs throughout the house.
Anyone suggest that Reid be drug tested yet? Just asking.

[Nors]

Anyone suggest that Reid be drug tested yet? Just asking.

I think Reid is ok, he is mostly never home.
And if he was, there was no structure in the house to brazenly have drugs everywhere in the house AFTER the arrests (multiple).

Not to mention that 3 younger kids are still living there. DCYS and Social Services should be called in to investigate the living conditions.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I swear, when I am dealing with wife issues sometimes, I do believe it would be easier to be gay, but alas, I am straight.

[Nors]

Eagles | Reid misses practice Thursday
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:22:02 -0700

Les Bowen, of the Philadelphia Daily News, reports Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid missed the team's practice Thursday, Nov. 1, to attend the sentencing of two of his sons.

[DallasEast]

It's gonna be a crying shame if John Goodman doesn't end up playing Andy Reid in the movie...

[sago1]

Understand one of Reid's other children is autistic or something like that. Could be both parents have too many outside interests or his wife has more problems on her hands dealing with her kids then she can handle alone. If there are younger children at home (besides Reid's 2 eldest sons & their autistic child), then for their sake Reid needs get his priorities straight. Maybe the fact he only took off 5 weeks to deal with his family problems says all that needs to be said about his fathering skills/priorities.

[Nors]

Understand one of Reid's other children is autistic or something like that. Could be both parents have too many outside interests or his wife has more problems on her hands dealing with her kids then she can handle alone. If there are younger children at home (besides Reid's 2 eldest sons & their autistic child), then for their sake Reid needs get his priorities straight. Maybe the fact he only took off 5 weeks to deal with his family problems says all that needs to be said about his fathering skills/priorities.

bingo - Reid chose football over his family past 20 years. Thats a harsh fact.

And that his home was laced with prescribed drugs and illegal drugs post arrest nails the fact there is no structure in the Reid house.

These are not kids that made a small boo boo. These are menaces to society, that are locked up for tangible reasons...

[theebs]

oh the comedy.

Imagine what the crowd would be doing this week if it were rich kotite who was in this bind...

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Heroin addiction is no joke. Its obvious that the guy had DTs the last time he was in the klink so he brought some in the only way he knew how to prevent another bout.

Severe opiate withdrawal will make people do crazy things and is one reason no matter how involved with the scene i got i never touched needles. It debases a human moreson than anything ive ever seen.

The whole empowerment he got from dealing in bad neighborhoods is bizarre. Normally its done because you make money there and not because it makes you feel special. just weird weird stuff. the guy doesnt need to go to jail. he needs some medical and psychiatric help or hes just going to get out and seek the same behavior again.

Redi needs to have the kid committed. Although i was never that old or that bad being home isnt going to help. when my folks tried to put the clamps down on me i just left. is reid supposed to go driving around like a crazy person? Its not as if his son is 18 either. hes is 24 years old and while Reid probably should have been home a bit more during those NFC title runs at this point his son is going to have to seek answers to his own demons.

[WoodysGirl]

POSTED 8:25 a.m. EDT; LAST UPDATED 9:10 a.m. EDT, November 2, 2007

REID'S CRISIS CAN'T BE OVERSTATED

After having a chance to study in more detail the Thursday comments of Judge Steven T. O'Neill and the revelations made regarding the broader scope of conduct of the oldest two sons of Eagles coach Andy Reid, we're increasingly troubled by the situation -- and we can't imagine Reid being able to continue as the coach of the team after the 2007 season.

The Judge lambasted Reid and his wife for creating and enabling the environment that resulted in Garrett and Britt Reid developing chemical dependency problems that resulted in both of them committing crimes for which they will be incarcerated.

On one hand, it's easy to argue that Garrett and Britt Reid, both of whom are in their 20s, are grown men. On the other hand, modern parents tend to hover more and more over their children, even after they become "adults." Especially when they still live with mom and dad.

Regardless, these boys/men likely didn't wake up one day as fully-formed adults and decided to start taking and/or selling drugs. Indeed, it was disclosed on Thursday that Garrett Reid began selling cocaine in North Philadelphia five years ago.

"'I liked being the rich kid in that area and having my own high-status life,' " Garrett was quoted as saying. "'I could go anywhere in the 'hood. They all knew who I was. I enjoyed it. I liked being a drug dealer. . . . These kids were scared of me,' " O'Neill quoted Garrett as saying. "'I was even selling to their parents . . . . I turned everyone on to Oxycontin.'"

The judge chided Reid and his wife for having a "drug emporium" in their house.

"I have some real difficulty with the structure in which these two boys live," Judge O'Neill said. "What is the supervision? . . . You got to take accountability of what goes on in the house. This is a family in crisis and we have to address it."

Reid's family crisis has quickly become a crisis for the Eagles' organization, and if the team doesn't parlay last week's win against the dreadfully bad Minnesota Vikings into a streak that culminates in a playoff berth, the calls from the media and the fans to step aside will only intensify.

And for good reason. If Reid can't properly take care of his own house, how can he be expected to properly take care of someone else's?


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REID'S KIDS USED STEROIDS, TOO

Lost in Thursday's flurry of kidney punches to the image of Eagles coach Andy Reid was a disclosure that Garrett and Britt Reid used steroids as young athletes.

Let's repeat that.

The sons of an NFL head coach used steroids as youth athletes.

Wow.

What would the NFL do if it was revealed that a player's kids were or had been using steroids? Or if the player was accused of maintaining a "drug emporium" at his house? Cowboys assistant coach Wade Wilson was suspended five games for possessing HGH for his own use because, as Wilson was told, the league holds coaches to a higher standard.

How, then, can the league sit idly by in the wake of these troubling allegations about the things that were happening under Reid's roof?

It's a delicate situation, to be sure. But we suspect that the folks running the show are at least mildly troubled by the information that has been disclosed, and that this could manifest itself in the Eagles receiving not-so-subtle indications that the time might be coming to accept Reid's resignation -- even if he's not ready to provide it.

[Nors]

The Andy Reid supporters are rightly silent today.

There really is no defense for what is coming out. His coaching career in Philly is likely done after 2007. Maybe then he can visit his home some and put it back in order. There clearly is no structure there as the court stated.

[Hostile]

The Andy Reid supporters are rightly silent today.

There really is no defense for what is coming out. His coaching career in Philly is likely done after 2007. Maybe then he can visit his home some and put it back in order. There clearly is no structure there as the court stated.Reid doesn't necessarily have supporters here as much as he does people who recognize that he's a good football coach and admire that about him.

I am one of those, probably the most ardent, because I know him to be a good man, and my silence has nothing to do with the allegations raised in this.

My silence is that I do not wish to stir the crap. I'll leave that to those who enjoy the smell.

[Nors]

Reid doesn't necessarily have supporters here as much as he does people who recognize that he's a good football coach and admire that about him.

I am one of those, probably the most ardent, because I know him to be a good man, and my silence has nothing to do with the allegations raised in this.

My silence is that I do not wish to stir the crap. I'll leave that to those who enjoy the smell.

As you assert he may indeed be a good man as you know him and represent
I know he is a good coach

He is a poor father to allow those two criminals to live like that and have drugs everywhere in his house, while his 3 teenage kids reside there. Total negligence.

[AtlCB]

It's gonna be a crying shame if John Goodman doesn't end up playing Andy Reid in the movie...John is going to have to pack on a few pounds if he wants to play Andy Reid.

[Hostile]

As you assert he may indeed be a good man as you know him and represent
I know he is a good coach

He is a poor father to allow those two criminals to live like that and have drugs everywhere in his house, while his 3 teenage kids reside there. Total negligence.This is the last I will say about this. Then I will let you and Rack continue with your all knowing, sanctimonious, witch hunts.

The illegal drugs stuff bothers me. I won't deny this. This family is nothing like that. There is nothing that suggests the illegal drugs are Andy or Tammy Reid's. For all you know they could belong to another child of theirs or one of the 2 boys already in trouble. Younger siblings do tend to follow older siblings lead quite often. For all you know these illegal drugs are the steroids these boys now admit to using.

That's a critical point...you don't know. Yet you are thumping your chest like you had inside info. Pathetic.

I've seen nothing that suggests the parents condone this.

Prescription drugs in the house? Whoop-dee-freaking-doo. Other drugs in the house? Same big old whoop. There are drugs in your house too. You're going to tell me the Tylenol and cough medicines in your house are under lock and key? I'll call bull on that. You think Tylenol can't be abused? Don't be naive.

So your house is a "drug emporium" too. So is mine. So our most households. We all have medicines in a cabinet in the house. Maybe in more than one cabinet. The hope is that you teach your kids how to respect these medicines. Having them in the house does not mean they are abused. Guess what? I know kids growing up who would drink Aqua Velva cologne because it had alcohol in it. Alcohol is a drug.

Do you drink beer? Have some in your fridge? Is there a padlock on your fridge? If not how horrible are you to allow potential access to this drug to your kids?

I'll answer that. None of us know. Just like you with the Reid's. I would presume that you've taught your kids better. I know I have taught my kids better and they live right in the middle of a "drug emporium." Why in their bathroom alone there is Isopropyl alcohol, Anbesol, Hydrocortisone cream, and mouth wash. Gasp!

In fact, every single person on this forum and around the world who has beer in their fridge and children is living in a "drug emporium."

I would bet money that these kids have been taught better than the way they are acting. I'd bet you any amount of money that you are man enough to wager that the two boys in trouble don't blame their parents. I don't for one minute believe Andy or Tammy provided their kids drugs. I don't for one minute believe they are bad parents. I'd bet money there's no alcohol in the house and that is the by far #1 most abused drug by teenagers and adults.

How noble of you to jump on the Reid's at this down time of their life and point your little finger of judgment on them. Good for you, you crusader for the all that is right in the world.

Like the Patriots and their perfect organization who can do no wrong. Kudos.

The pulpit is yours Reverend Nors. I've said all I intend to.

[theebs]

anybody find it ironic that last year going to Philly Owens had the whole suicide issue and prescription drugs were blamed. the media everywhere attacked owens and the cowboys, the media in philly made every joke in the book, fox showed all the deragatory signs the fans held up, espn showed them and essentially applauded the eagles fans for taking it to owens all with a little chuckle.

For years the philly media and fans have made jokes about Dallas players and coaches being coke heads or coke dealers.

now the tables have turned and what do I see on espn, that scumbag sal pal defending Andy Reid, talk of the team rallying around him...? Are you kidding me? Can you imagine what the media and the philly fans would be doing if wade phillips daughter smuggled drugs into prison in her rectum? If his house was deemed a drug emporium?

Its all ironic and hillarious to me. Philly fans never have a leg to stand on with the coke and drug issue now. Their golden boy Andy Reid has it in his own house and in his own family, guilty or innocent, at fault or not at fault Andy Reid should be embarrassed along with that organization.

I wish the game were here and our fans were on the attack after reid, just like the eagles fans were and the media last year. I find it funny how it is ok to make fun of owens situation and everyone gets to have an opinion on it, they all get to pile on and attack the guy but now we are supposed to embrace Andy Reid and his family? Why? He is a public figure. Just like owens. I think all this dont pile on andy reid and rallying around him talk are laughable and hypocritical.

I dont even like owens in fact I cant stand him and I do respect Andy Reid he is an outstanding coach and an outstanding executive in that organization, but the doulbe standard of ridiculing people for having an opinion on reid that is not of the mindset of babying him is absurd.

Please let us kill the eagles and start the crap storm up there on there season and organization.

[superpunk]

think of the jokes we are missing out on since they demolished the vet.

An eagles coach with his son in the prison below the stadium would have been awesome.
They brought that idea with them to the Linc, FWIW. :) The prison lives on.

Did anyone catch the judges quotes about the state of Reid's household? I caught just snippets on NFLN while working out this morning. I'll have to search.

NVM...they were posted later in the thread.

[Nors]

REID SONS ARE SENT TO JAIL
By WENDY RUDERMAN

rudermw@phillynews.com 215-854-2860

ANDY REID'S face grew increasingly red.
The Eagles head coach, known for his sternness with players, was obviously not used to being dressed down, at least not in such a public forum.

Yet there he sat yesterday, alongside his wife, Tammy, in a Montgomery County courtroom with his cheeks aflame as a judge rebuked their parenting after their two eldest sons were nabbed for separate gun-and- drug-related crimes on the same January day.

"I have some real difficulty with the structure in which these two boys live," Common Pleas Judge Steven T. O'Neill said. "What is the supervision?"

True, Garrett Reid, 24, and his brother Britt, 22 - are not kids anymore, but they were still living at home and driving their parents' cars, and therefore, the parents bear some responsibility, O'Neill said.

"You got to take accountability of what goes on in the house," O'Neill said. "This is a family in crisis and we have to address it."

O'Neill described the "culture" of the Reid household, while loving, as "more or less like a drug emporium with the drugs all over the house," with two addicts living there.

Andy and Tammy Reid have three other children - a son, Spencer, 15, and two daughters, Crosby, 19, and Drew Ann, 17.

The lecture capped a stunning day in which Garrett Reid acknowledged a long history of dealing drugs from battered streets of North Philly to the affluent Main Line, where the Reids reside; jail officials revealed that Garrett Reid had smuggled drugs into jail by hiding them inside his rectum and the judge disclosed that Garrett and Britt had used steroids as young athletes.

Just before sentencing, O'Neill dropped a bombshell when he disclosed Garrett's drug-dealing past. A picture of a boastful and self-important drug dealer emerged.

Garrett began selling cocaine in the North Philly " 'hood" in summer 2002, according to a pre-sentencing report prepared by the county's Probation Department.

" 'I liked being the rich kid in that area and having my own high-status life,' " O'Neill quoted Garrett as saying. " 'I could go anywhere in the 'hood. They all knew who I was. I enjoyed it. I liked being a drug dealer.' "

Garrett also said that drugs were everywhere on the Main Line and that selling them there made him feel powerful, according to the report.

" 'These kids were scared of me,' " O'Neill quoted Garrett as saying. " 'I was even selling to their parents . . . I turned everyone on to Oxycontin.' "

When O'Neill finished reading from the report, he looked up and said, "As a judge, that scares the hell out of me."

Garrett explained it was just a "phase" - one that he is far beyond.

"Yeah, I did get a thrill out of it . . . I'm not going to sit here and lie to you," Garrett said yesterday about his drug-dealing days.

"That's not me today. I'm older, wiser," he said, adding that he now sees the "negative" side of a world he once thought of as "glamorous."

"I sold drugs when I didn't have a habit," Garrett said. "Now I have a habit and I don't sell drugs . . . I've seen what [drugs] can do and what it's done to my life. I'm not the same person."

Garrett said he is at the point in his life at which he doesn't "want to die doing drugs."

"I don't want to be that kid who was the son of the head coach of the Eagles, who was spoiled and on drugs and OD'd and just faded into oblivion," Garrett said.

For six hours, Andy and Tammy Reid sat stone-faced, in the front row next to their church bishop. They did not leave the courtroom during that time, not even to use the bathroom or to grab lunch during the break.

After the proceeding, they scooted out a side door, escorted by two private security guards and four sheriff's officers. They did not say a word to a horde of news media.

O'Neill first sentenced Garrett Reid to jail for two to 23 months for running a red light while high on heroin and smashing his Jeep into another motorist, who was severely hurt in the Plymouth Township crash.

Garrett expressed remorse for the accident, but O'Neill questioned whether he was truly sorry. He again cited the pre-sentencing report, in which Garrett told a probation officer that his heroin use played no role in the accident. He said the accident was caused when he dropped his backpack on the floor and reached down to get it because he wanted his iPod, which was inside.

" 'I know when I'm high,' " O'Neill quoted Garrett as saying. " 'The same thing would have happened if I was sober.' "

Later yesterday, O'Neill sentenced Britt Reid to eight to 23 months in jail and four years' probation for pointing a handgun at another driver during a road-rage incident in West Conshohocken. After five months in jail, Britt will be eligible to apply for Drug Court, which provides treatment oversight for drug offenders.

O'Neill also had harsh words for Britt. He questioned why he was driving around with a gun and a rifle in a car registered to his mother. He wondered whether he had the guns for "bravado" or "protection."

He lectured Britt on gun violence, saying police officers in Philadelphia are getting shot at alarming rates and "quite frankly, nobody is doing anything about it."

Pointing a gun in someone's face is serious business, O'Neill said.

"One slip and this is a murder case - you know it and I know it," O'Neill said.

Then, O'Neill turned his attention to Andy and Tammy Reid.

"If he is going to live in your house, you better get to know about it," O'Neill said about the drugs and guns Britt had.
Britt told the judge that he alone is responsible for his actions.

"I'm not a child. I do live in my parents' house, but they are not responsible for what I do," Britt said. "I made all of the decisions without their knowledge."

He said he wanted to lead "a normal life" and get his college degree - something that was "impossible" previously because he had been so "medicated."

Britt said he has detoxed during the past 10 weeks in jail and is now thinking more clearly.

"I did make a lot of mistakes in the past and I want to move on," Britt said.

The sentencings were full of disturbing revelations that began at 10 a.m., when O'Neill announced that just hours earlier, jail guards found 89 pills in Garrett's cell that he had smuggled in.
The list of pills included: 57 tablets of Suboxone, an opioid used to treat opiate dependence; 10 pills of Lexapro, used to treat depression and anxiety; 10 Valiums; one Haldol, used to treat delusions and hallucinations; one Bu-Spar, an anti-anxiety drug and eight unknown pills.

"This definitely is new information that is extremely troubling," O'Neill said.

E. Marc Costanzo, the deputy attorney general who prosecuted the Reid brothers, said he believed that some of the pills had been legally prescribed to Garrett and that some had not.

Although Suboxone was prescribed to Garrett, he was not permitted to have the pills in his cell.

O'Neill said that it's possible that Garrett could face new charges in connection with the pills, but that the decision whether to file charges will be up to prison officials and county authorities.

O'Neill said he did not know whether Garrett had smuggled the pills into the jail because he had become so addicted to pharmaceuticals that he "wasn't going to suffer incarceration without them" or he intended to sell the drugs to other inmates.

"I just don't know," O'Neill said. "I don't know with you, and that's what scares me."

He noted that Garrett started drug treatment in October 2006 - about four months before the Jan. 30 heroin-induced accident.

Garrett and Britt had been in drug-rehab programs off and on for the past few years, without much success, O'Neill said.

He seemed skeptical of the drug treatment, which involved prescribing addictive medications like Valium and Adderall that they had been receiving from doctors at a Florida detox facility.

O'Neill faulted the Reids for allowing doctors to prescribe addictive pharmaceutical cocktails for their sons at an early age.
He noted that Britt Reid had been prescribed opiates, including Vicodin and morphine, when he was 14 after hurting his back playing football at Harriton High School.

It was no surprise that Britt became addicted to painkillers, O'Neill said.

"As adolescents, they were highly over-prescribed," O'Neill said.

Then they entered drug-rehab programs in which they were prescribed a cocktail of addictive meds, he said.

"Mother or father is laying these pills out for them," O'Neill said, "but they are not accountable." *