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Talk about letting the inmates run the asylum
Score one for the me me me crowd
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Pat Shurmer gets the interim title.
Just wow.
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His shtick his gotten old. NFL defenses and DC's have figured out his offense and he's destroyed that roster. He needs to stick to college.
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Kelly the coach is fine. Kelly the GM is the one that got him fired.
Sam Bradford must be shaking his head the way he goes through head coaches.
Sam Bradford must be shaking his head the way he goes through head coaches.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/29/eagles-fire-chip-kelly/
Eagles fire Chip Kelly
Posted by Zac Jackson on December 29, 2015
AP
The Eagles fired Chip Kelly Tuesday night.
A short team release announced that team chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie had released Kelly. The team announced a Wednesday press conference.
Pat Shurmur will be the interim coach for Sunday’s season finale.
“We appreciate all the contributions that Chip Kelly made and wish him every success going forward,” Lurie said in the statement.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...istence-on-personnel-control-was-his-undoing/
Chip Kelly’s insistence on personnel control was his undoing
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 29, 2015
Chip Kelly proved at Oregon that he’s a good football coach. And he proved in Philadelphia that he’s a bad personnel evaluator.
After three seasons of increasingly poor results, the Eagles have fired Kelly today, and it’s no surprise that only one person was fired with him: Ed Marynowitz, who was vice president of player personnel and an ally of Kelly’s within the building. When Kelly insisted on — and was granted — full personnel control this offseason, it was Marynowitz who was anointed Kelly’s No. 2.
Kelly and Marynowitz were primarily responsible for the personnel decisions the Eagles made this offseason, and those decisions were disasters. Sam Bradford, acquired in a trade that cost the Eagles their 2016 second-round pick, has been a disappointment at quarterback. DeMarco Murray, acquired in a big free agent signing, looked like a terrible fit in Kelly’s offense. Nelson Agholor, the first-round draft pick, was a downgrade at wide receiver.
As it turned out, Kelly simply doesn’t know how to run an NFL personnel department. He has no experience dealing with scouting, or with the draft, or with the salary cap. He may know his own offensive system, but he lacks the skill set to scout other players and determine whether they’ll fit in his system.
And so Kelly is done in Philadelphia, but not done as a head coach. He’ll land on his feet somewhere, maybe in college or maybe in the NFL. He just won’t get another opportunity for full personnel control. He’s already shown he’s a failure at that job.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/29/titans-can-now-get-chip-kelly-without-compensation/
Titans can now get Chip Kelly without compensation
Posted by Mike Florio on December 29, 2015
Of all the various potential hypotheticals regarding the future of Eagles coach Chip Kelly, he never had been asked by the media about becoming the coach of the Tennessee Titans.
Now, Kelly has a clear path to Nashville, if he wants it. And if the Titans want him.
With Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie doing on Tuesday night what many national media members had said Lurie wouldn’t do, Kelly is now a free agent, able to be pursued and hired by the Titans or any other team. And the Titans continue to make the most sense, especially since they don’t have to give up a thing to get him.
With the Titans, Kelly would be reunited with quarterback Marcus Mariota, whom Kelly recruited to Oregon. Last year at this time, Kelly was raving about Mariota, technically in violation of league rules because he hadn’t been certified to enter the draft with remaining eligibility. Kelly then tried to trade up to get Mariota, but the Titans wanted too much.
Now, the Titans can have the coach who runs the system for which Mariota is a perfect fit.
While this year’s struggles could make the Titans leery about Kelly, he gives them something they’ve lacked for years: Relevance. And he could help give them wins.
Consider this — Kelly was viable in Philly despite a revolving door of mediocre quarterbacks, from Mike Vick to Nick Foles to Mark Sanchez to Sam Bradford. Despite not having consistently strong play at the most important position on the field, the Eagles won 10 games in 2013 and 10 more in 2014. With Mariota as the centerpiece of the team, things could turn around quickly under Kelly in Tennessee.
Much will surely come out about why Lurie decided to move on. Maybe Kelly tried to make another power play. Maybe Lurie told Kelly that, if he’s not the G.M., Lurie will hire one. Or maybe Kelly simply wanted out and figured out how to do it without putting the Titans in position to have to compensate the Eagles.
Regardless, if Chuck Pagano is going to be a commodity in the coming coaching carousel, Chip Kelly will be, too.
Eagles fire Chip Kelly
Posted by Zac Jackson on December 29, 2015
The Eagles fired Chip Kelly Tuesday night.
A short team release announced that team chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie had released Kelly. The team announced a Wednesday press conference.
Pat Shurmur will be the interim coach for Sunday’s season finale.
“We appreciate all the contributions that Chip Kelly made and wish him every success going forward,” Lurie said in the statement.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...istence-on-personnel-control-was-his-undoing/
Chip Kelly’s insistence on personnel control was his undoing
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 29, 2015
Chip Kelly proved at Oregon that he’s a good football coach. And he proved in Philadelphia that he’s a bad personnel evaluator.
After three seasons of increasingly poor results, the Eagles have fired Kelly today, and it’s no surprise that only one person was fired with him: Ed Marynowitz, who was vice president of player personnel and an ally of Kelly’s within the building. When Kelly insisted on — and was granted — full personnel control this offseason, it was Marynowitz who was anointed Kelly’s No. 2.
Kelly and Marynowitz were primarily responsible for the personnel decisions the Eagles made this offseason, and those decisions were disasters. Sam Bradford, acquired in a trade that cost the Eagles their 2016 second-round pick, has been a disappointment at quarterback. DeMarco Murray, acquired in a big free agent signing, looked like a terrible fit in Kelly’s offense. Nelson Agholor, the first-round draft pick, was a downgrade at wide receiver.
As it turned out, Kelly simply doesn’t know how to run an NFL personnel department. He has no experience dealing with scouting, or with the draft, or with the salary cap. He may know his own offensive system, but he lacks the skill set to scout other players and determine whether they’ll fit in his system.
And so Kelly is done in Philadelphia, but not done as a head coach. He’ll land on his feet somewhere, maybe in college or maybe in the NFL. He just won’t get another opportunity for full personnel control. He’s already shown he’s a failure at that job.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/29/titans-can-now-get-chip-kelly-without-compensation/
Titans can now get Chip Kelly without compensation
Posted by Mike Florio on December 29, 2015
Of all the various potential hypotheticals regarding the future of Eagles coach Chip Kelly, he never had been asked by the media about becoming the coach of the Tennessee Titans.
Now, Kelly has a clear path to Nashville, if he wants it. And if the Titans want him.
With Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie doing on Tuesday night what many national media members had said Lurie wouldn’t do, Kelly is now a free agent, able to be pursued and hired by the Titans or any other team. And the Titans continue to make the most sense, especially since they don’t have to give up a thing to get him.
With the Titans, Kelly would be reunited with quarterback Marcus Mariota, whom Kelly recruited to Oregon. Last year at this time, Kelly was raving about Mariota, technically in violation of league rules because he hadn’t been certified to enter the draft with remaining eligibility. Kelly then tried to trade up to get Mariota, but the Titans wanted too much.
Now, the Titans can have the coach who runs the system for which Mariota is a perfect fit.
While this year’s struggles could make the Titans leery about Kelly, he gives them something they’ve lacked for years: Relevance. And he could help give them wins.
Consider this — Kelly was viable in Philly despite a revolving door of mediocre quarterbacks, from Mike Vick to Nick Foles to Mark Sanchez to Sam Bradford. Despite not having consistently strong play at the most important position on the field, the Eagles won 10 games in 2013 and 10 more in 2014. With Mariota as the centerpiece of the team, things could turn around quickly under Kelly in Tennessee.
Much will surely come out about why Lurie decided to move on. Maybe Kelly tried to make another power play. Maybe Lurie told Kelly that, if he’s not the G.M., Lurie will hire one. Or maybe Kelly simply wanted out and figured out how to do it without putting the Titans in position to have to compensate the Eagles.
Regardless, if Chuck Pagano is going to be a commodity in the coming coaching carousel, Chip Kelly will be, too.
