“If you continue to do the same thing, you will get the same results.”

Eagles pipsqueak President Joe Banner said those words following the team’s loss to the Cardinals in last year’s NFC Championship Game.

Andy Reid displays his frustration during Sunday's 20-16 loss to Dallas.

Andy Reid didn’t get the memo because 11 seasons into his tenure he still wastes timeouts, challenges plays he shouldn’t and wouldn’t know clock management skills if they were a bacon cheeseburger on a plate right in front of him.

Granted, Donovan McNabb didn’t have the best game of his career Sunday night, but Reid’s lack of saving timeouts for the end of a close game certainly played a part in the team’s 20-16 loss to the Cowpokes on Sunday.

After burning a timeout early in the third quarter, Reid twice challenged the spot of the ball and lost both. With the challenges went the team’s final two timeouts. The Eagles then couldn’t stop the clock on Dallas’ final possession.

Big Red entered the dreaded Mike Martz territory on Sunday. Martz was notorious for challenging every play he could, including the spot of a ball. Your Daily Philadelphian can’t recall anyone other than Martz losing two challenges regarding where an official placed the ball twice in one game. Well, your head coach now holds that distinction as well.

Not only should the Eagles have lost the first challenge, they should have had the ball moved back even further, as pointed out by Al Michaels on Sunday Night Football on NBC.

When will Andy realize he needs to conserve timeouts for later in games, especially close NFC East battles? Especially when first place is on the line.

Then again, if he hasn’t learned that in 11 years, what makes us think he’s going to change? Next week, he’ll probably challenge the amount of mustard placed on his hot dog at halftime. I hear the San Diego vendors can be pretty stingy with their condiments, especially during a recession.

Hey, Andy, you’re notorious for saying “Time’s yours.” When are you going to realize the time is ours and stop pissing away our timeouts? Maybe then, Donovan will have enough time to actually drive the team down the field in the waning minutes of a game.

If you don’t learn this lesson and quick, you might as well kiss that extension goodbye because you’ll be sitting in an IHOP next to Martz sooner than you’d like to.