If Kelly had final say...why did he make such a big deal out of pushing Roseman out of the GM spot this past off-season? I have no doubt that he had a say but Roseman was the one making the final decisions until Kelly pushed him out.
Why rush him out? The first sentence covers that. But plenty of other things cover it too. The Eagles were a mess this year and Chip's stubbornness was the biggest reason why.
All I'm saying is, unless he had ruined the locker room, you knew what you were getting into when he was hired. They made a commitment to the exciting, unorthodox guy and I'm not sure you give him just 3 years and call it a wrap.
The Pederson hiring is underwhelming, at least right now, and he's not stepping into a clean situation. I think could have been beneficial to ride out another year with Kelly and get a more definite answer of what he is and what he was building.
Ultimately, the failures of Murray and Maxwell along with the cut of DeSean really caught up. Too many moving parts on the O-line didn't help either.
He put out some good offenses in previous years and got a lot of good production out of the QB position.
I understand giving him the axe on one hand, but on the other hand, another year wouldn't have been the worst idea in my opinion.
Firing him isn't a bad decision either, but doesn't necessarily get you far. Now you put Pederson in here and I feel like it's a lot of spinning your wheels.
Could be wrong and maybe Pederson turns it around quick, but I'm not so sure about that. I think seeing if Kelly could rebound to previous form could be a better choice than jumping into the coach search and forcing a more unknown option into the fray.
That said, if Kelly crossed the players and they won't play for them, I get it.
Is Doug going to be Roseman's puppet though? How is that relationship going to work out? Kelly might not be the only stubborn egomaniac in this situation and what happens if Roseman turns out to be the problem?
