OT: Chip Kelly to the Eagles
So much for staying at Oregon
Chip Kelly is the new coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, according to league sources. No announcement yet.
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) January 16, 2013
January 16th, 2013 at 12:16 PM ^
The Eagles have some weapons to implement his system. Geno Smith will probably be their QB
January 16th, 2013 at 12:17 PM ^
Maybe. Not a full-time QB but I bet Chip would like to have a package of plays for a guy like that.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
from what I can find, Philly has a pick in every round, plus 2 in round 7, and that is before compensatory picks get doled out as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see them take a chance on DR with a later round pick.
Plus, Philly is going to be drafting #4 in the first round as well, I'm curious who Kelly is going to take there.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^
I'm thinking it is caused by one of two things (or a combo of both):
1) He thinks the NCAA is about to hammer Oregon over their past sins and wants to get out of town first a la Pete Carroll
2) Philly came back with a better offer with more $$ than they had previously offered and he had turned down, more $ than Nike's Knight is willing to pay to keep Kelly in place.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
I think it's partly the first, but I really think that he didn't see himself succeeding in Cleveland, but Philly looks like a team ready for him to step in and win.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
There might be a 2b as well, namely more control in running the Eagles.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
So he was actually using his college job as leverage for an NFL deal? Weird, but then, he never has done things by the book.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
Good I'm glad he's gone. I started to have ill will towards Oregon after Fisher and Brown flipped. I know the OC will be taking the HC job. I wonder if or how many decide to jet after the news.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:31 PM ^
I also wondered that. I'd expect we will soon begin hearing about some Oregon recruits starting to look around.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
Wolverines & Eagles fan here too. I actually think he was my first choice (only other person who could have possibly been first was JOHN Gruden). I love the high risk, high reward hire here. He may fail, but if he succeeds this could be the next Mike Tomlin type hire that sustains them for a long period of success. At the least...the absolute minimum...it will be VERY interesting to tune in on Sundays. This team is going to be so fun to watch (as is/was Oregon). Can't say that about this year's team.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:23 PM ^
I'm thrilled. I wanted Chip from the start so I'm excited for this! He also probably wants to play Monte Kiffin's defense twice a year.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:23 PM ^
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January 16th, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^
I think he is a Stanford lean.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^
I see a major college coaching change. How can this benefit Michigan? (Of course sometimes there can be a downside too, but I'm not seeing it here)
January 16th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
If not Smythe, maybe a possible Pharaoh Brown transfer?
January 16th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
that ship has sailed.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:24 PM ^
Too bad for Chip he's not getting the younger, pre-incarceration Michael Vick. That M. Vick was a hand-in-glove fit for Kelly's offense. I don't know if the Vick of today could stay healthy. It will be interesting to see if this re-invigorates him at all. Unfortunately, I tend more to doubting it will.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:16 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
Darren Carrington? Chris Seisay?
January 16th, 2013 at 12:57 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
...dated. Hoke, et al. are now one of four (all in the B1G) coaching staffs who may enter the next CFB season intact for three straight seasons. The others are MSU, Northwestern and Minnesota.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
Well at least my Browns didn't have to go out and hire somebody they've fired twice already or something.......
January 16th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
Any recruits we were highly interested in that chose Oregon instead?
January 16th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
Pharoah Brown
January 16th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
and with the 4th overal pick in the draft the Eagles select...denard robinson QB/RB/WR Michigan...ohh chip kelly you slay me
January 16th, 2013 at 12:43 PM ^
This can't hurt us with TE Durham Smythe considering he's pretty much down to Stanford, Oregon, and us.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
True enough, but Stanford has got to be VERY inviting for any TE who envisions himself as NFL material.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
It will be interesting to see his offense in the pro's.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
...if Oregon's sanctions aren't anything more significant than (really) weak wrist-slaps.
Nike has a TREMENDOUS amount of pull in the NCAA, and they're not about to let their flagship franchise (edit: sorry, "PROGRAM") be compromised to the point where Dr. Knight's laboratory creations are not readily available to the viewing public.
What happened to Ohio is going to look like the Death Penalty compared to anything Oregon gets.
You heard it here first
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January 16th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^
People always say this, but I don't really follow the reasoning. Nike does business with NCAA schools because...it's a good deal for Nike. What would hammering the Nike poster school do to change that? I don't think Nike would suddenly stop making their good business decisions and throw money out the window just to spite the NCAA for sanctioning Phil Knight's alma mater. And even if they did, the schools would sign with other manufacturers and be fine. If you're the NCAA, where's the threat? I don't see what big leverage Nike has over the NCAA.
This is a different situation than the NCAA being worried about hammering a marquee program because it would make the on-field product less interesting. I don't really buy that argument either, but the Nike thing makes no sense to me at all.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
to be a Wolverine living in Oregon. Duck fans are aweful. I can't wait to hear quacks of fear reverberate throughout the Northwest. The timing of this hire is just terrible for Oregon. Let the pillaging of their recruiting class begin!
January 16th, 2013 at 1:14 PM ^
January 16th, 2013 at 12:53 PM ^
of Mike Vick?
January 16th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
With the dual threat QB becoming a norm in the NFL (and it will continue) and the fact that we're seeing read option plays on Sundays with some regularity, Kelly will be the test of the spread making a real jump to the pros. And of all the spread minds, Kelly's is probably the best bet for success.
Or, Philly's taking a huge chance with either being the league innovator and getting at least a few seasons head start or the failure will be laughable.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:58 PM ^
Chip Kelly is going to be enormously successful with the Eagles.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
We can finally has Rose Bowl win? (No, OSU doesn't count ever)
January 16th, 2013 at 1:02 PM ^
worth the risk if i'm philly.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:10 PM ^
ESPN's now-formalized write-up on the subject - (LINK)
It will be interesting to see Kelly's methodologies at the NFL level, I think. The up-tempo practices to maximize reps and essentially make the scheme second nature to the player will perhaps help him install schemes relatively quickly, and building the time for learning and reviewing on each end of the practice rather than within it should help with a quick turnaround as well, at least in theory.
One thing that will be neat to see perhaps is the use of pace changes, almost from play-to-play sometimes, as Oregon always seemed just as lethal when they slowed their game down for a play or two and then went back to up-tempo, making them difficult to effectively defend for most teams. With the right personnel and staff, I could see this working rather well actually.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:15 PM ^
can Tebow effectively run Kelly's offense? I dont know the difference btw the one he ran at Florida, and Kelly's at Oregon.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:37 PM ^
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