Are The Eagles Ready For Vick?  August 16, 2009|By John Gonzalez
The Philadelphia Inquirer  PHILADELPHIA — The NovaCare Complex
has been overrun since the Eagles signed Michael Vick on
Thursday. A battalion of local and national media members
stormed the Birds' stronghold and turned it into their base of
operations.  About 100 reporters - armed with TV cameras and
digital recorders and notepads and pens - showed up for Friday's
news conference. They set up patrols outside the gate and
stationed personnel in the parking lot, on the lawn in front of
the entrance, in the media room, in the auditorium - absolutely
everywhere. It had to be Andy Reid's own media hell.  That was
merely the start of what figures to be a bizarre, protracted
siege. I wonder if Reid and the Eagles understand that. I wonder
if they realize this is only the beginning, and that the end and
a return to normalcy are a long way off.  On Friday, Vick was at
the center of a profoundly weird scene. He was clearly nervous
and fumbled some of his