PFT: Eagles Hire Chip Kelly

[MadMonkey]

Heath Evans has some sort of vendetta against Griffin. He's been beating the drum against him all season long for whatever reason and I think he was waiting for an injury so he could say "I told you so".

Not surprising he managed to get a dig in at RG3 in a completely unrelated article.

I noticed the same thing some time ago early in the season, when he mentions Griiffin it comes across as though he has disdain for the Redskins and Griffin's style style using the Pistol and zone read then gushes about how great the 49ers are for using the same concepts. He's actually the first one from that entire cast of yokels that make me turn the channel

[Boss_Hogg]

Chip Kelly has zero NFL experience. He's never played or coached for any professional team.

[2cents]

Heath Evans has some sort of vendetta against Griffin. He's been beating the drum against him all season long for whatever reason and I think he was waiting for an injury so he could say "I told you so".

Not surprising he managed to get a dig in at RG3 in a completely unrelated article.

I don't mind more accomplished players giving their opinion....but really, what did this guy do in his career to act like he knows more about football than anyone else?

---------- Post added January-16th-2013 at 04:17 PM ----------

Chip Kelly has zero NFL experience. He's never played or coached for any professional team.

So that means he will automatically fail?

[Boss_Hogg]

So that means he will automatically fail?

No, Chip Kelly may turn out to be an excellent coach. However the Eagles are going to suffer through some massive growing pains and we all know how the filthy fans and filthy media treat failure.

I think their trophy case is safe from any outside interference for the next few years.

[brdawk20]

Well, it brings a bit of excitement to Philly anyway. Maybe he will fail because his system won't do well in the NFL. Then again, people laughed at Bill Walsh and his west coast offense. Then they laughed at Bill Walsh for taking weak-armed Joe Montana instead of tough and strong-armed Phil Simms in the draft. They didn't laugh for long.

As for never being an NFL coach...Jimmy Johnson says hello.

The NFCE is so much fun.

[darrelgreenie]

Chip Kelly is gonna have to make some very smart hires especially at OC.

[Manny555]

Wonder if he'll continue to go for 2 pt conversions after the first score and get rid of punts inside his opponents 50?!?

[visionary]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...y-house-monday

Oregon recruit: Chip Kelly was at my house Monday

The football universe still is catching up with Chip Kelly's stunning decision to leave Oregon for the Philadelphia Eagles.

That also applies to at least one blue-chip college recruit whom Kelly was actively pursuing as recently as Monday.

"Chip Kelly left?!?! He was at my house 2 days ago," tweeted Nico Falah, a 6-foot-4, 267-pound offensive tackle from Saint John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif.

Falah has committed to USC, but he continues to explore his options. If Oregon was spinning around as a possibility, that's likely not the case after Kelly -- thought to be far out of the picture -- agreed to become the next head coach of the Eagles on Wednesday.

[Fan since a Fetus]

http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nfl/football

CSN Philly reports new Eagles coach Chip Kelly is targeting Georgia's Todd Grantham to be his defensive coordinator.

It's a bit out of left field, as Kelly and Grantham have no obvious connection, and Grantham has never coordinated at the NFL level. He was an NFL assistant from 1999-2009, however. He most recently served as the Cowboys DL coach from 2008-09. Grantham runs a 3-4 defense, which means the Eagles would likely be switching from their current 4-3. That's believed to be Kelly's preference regardless of whom he hires.

[ADF]

Chip Kelly has zero NFL experience. He's never played or coached for any professional team.

That would be my biggest concern if I was an Eagles fan. I'm also not going to be one of those people who says he's going to be a failure because of it. Spurrier failed because he wasn't willing to put in the work/hours it took to be a NFL head coach. He'll be the first to admit it. I heard him do so a few weeks ago. It could be a tough transition for Kelly. So, it comes down to how much time the Eagles (and their fans) are willing to give him. The NFL is a tough business and you really don't get much time to do anything. Some of the all time great coaches wouldn't have lasted long enough in today's environment to become the legends they are today.

[2cents]

[QUOTE=Boss_Hogg;9401948]No, Chip Kelly may turn out to be an excellent coach. However the Eagles are going to suffer through some massive growing pains and we all know how the filthy fans and filthy media treat failure.

And these are bad things?

[SAli457180]

Well right now he's the 4th best coach in the NFC East. This has the possibility of going two ways: Either he turns out to be another Steve Spurrier which could be bad for them and great for the division or he turns into Jim Harbaugh which could be very bad for the division.

[zoony]

Meet the new boss,

[zoony]

I think this was closed by mistake

[Die Hard]

$32M for 5 years. huh.