OT: Eagles Fire Chip Kelly

Submitted by phork on

And so it begins...  Who is next?

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Mr. Yost

December 29th, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^

I do. Iron sharpens iron. Ever watch that 30 for 30 on the Big East when it was coming up? All the coaches and personalities? I'd love to live through an era like that.

That conference would be unreal and I'd get to watch and listen to the media SLURP the B1G over the SEC for a few years until Meyer's heartburn acted up from too many losses and bad pizza.

Harbaugh, Meyer, Kelly and Dantonio?

DJ Durkin and Chris Ash would be like "fuuuuuck me."

 

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Mr. Yost

December 29th, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^

Honest question.

But I don't know why so many people are scared of that hypothetical.

The SEC won what, 8 NC's in a row? Most of them coming from a loaded SEC West.

Bama was still the most dominant team in college football over that period. LSU and Auburn still held their own and won NC's.

The SEC had two teams play each other in a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!

If this were to happen (Kelly to PSU)...why wouldn't that instantly be the B1G?

#1 Michigan vs. #2 OSU at the end of the year, the loser is still going to the playoff unless it's a blowout. At that point you just have to win games once you're in the playoff.

I would LOVE to see the B1G go through run like the SEC had. 8 national championships in a row with Michigan leading the way like Bama?

How is that not better than what we just went through post-Carr? Hell, even if we experience what LSU or Auburn has experienced over that run it's a huge upgrade. But I want Bama, obviously.

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MikeinTN

December 29th, 2015 at 7:40 PM ^

My money says he goes to the Tennessee Titans to reunite with Mariota and take over football operations for a franchise whose ownership has no idea which way is up.

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M-Dog

December 29th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^

Have college teams sort of "figured him out" by now?  I don't think he is an automatic home run if he does not go somewhere with sick talent like USC or TX.  I don't think he's going to just march a team like Colorado to the National Championship.

 

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Mr. Yost

December 29th, 2015 at 7:53 PM ^

Well it worked for 2 years...so I don't know why you think it was stupid. He had two 10-win seasons.

It was Chip Kelly the GM that fucked everything up...not Chip Kelly the head coach.

For them, I don't know why they didn't just go get Manziel, RGIII and Kaepernick and say, if you can't hold up in this offense, next man up. 

The read option does work in the NFL, RGIII had a great year and then he wanted to show everyone he could throw after his injury and get became "RGIII"

Kaep ran it well before trying to use his arm too much. Russell Wilson has success with it and Chip Kelly won 20 games in his first 2 years running it.

It's so shortsided to say it doesn't work.

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MichiganStudent

December 29th, 2015 at 7:50 PM ^

Its been mentioned and will be mentioned a thousand times, but if I'm Texas then I'm already on the phone with Kelly's agent trying to get a deal in place. If there is interest from Kelly then Strong is gone by tomorrow morning. 

Actually, if I'm Penn State, Nebraska, Oregon or LSU I do the same thing. Bottom line is that I wouldn't expect Kelly to stay on the market or very long. 

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123blue

December 29th, 2015 at 7:52 PM ^

This can't be true. The spread offense is magical and Chip is king wizard. It's just that all the gray hairs don't know a great offense when they see it. He just needs a few more years, his preferred DC and for everyone on earth to believe in him.

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JamieH

December 29th, 2015 at 8:01 PM ^

Kelly forced a power struggle where he was given full control over the roster.  He then proceeded to chase all of the talent out of Philly for no good reason.  His personnel moves made almost no sense.  The only way to explain them was "Chip Kelly is a genius--he must know what he is doing." 

Well, he didn't--his team stunk.   He may have a great offense (on paper at least--in reality this year they have scored all of 8 more points than the hapless Lions), but he's a crappy GM or at least was in his short term as one. 

If you are going to make a play for full control of the team, you better make sure some of your big moves pay off.  Almost none of his did. 

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