The Enigma: Chip Kelly

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To be completely honest, the only real thing I'm curious about when it comes to Chip Kelly is how great or shitty those smoothies/milkshakes they make for each individual player are.

Edited January 1, 2016 by BwareDWare94

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I think that's a honest assessment. I think it was Chip Kelly the GM/Person that led to his downfall rather than his coaching. One big lesson Chip should be aware of moving forward is don't try and fix what's not broken.

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http://hosted.stats.com/fb/story.asp?i=20160323124149093519608&ref=hea&tm=&src=

 

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Chip Kelly closed the chapter on his tenure in Philadelphia by taking shots at the team's front-office structure and blaming his firing solely on his failure to win last season.

 

Speaking openly about his abrupt dismissal for the first time since the Eagles fired him Dec. 29, Kelly insisted he never demanded control over personnel decisions and distanced himself from contracts given to free agents DeMarco Murray and Byron Maxwell last year.

 

"You learn from what you did, how things worked and you move on and try to get better every day," Kelly said at the NFC coaches' breakfast Wednesday during the NFL owners' meetings.

 

There were more reporters from Philadelphia gathered around Kelly's table than the one for new Eagles coach Doug Pederson, who sat across the room. Kelly spent much of his 60-minute session talking about the Eagles instead of his new team, the San Francisco 49ers.

 

By the way, he hasn't discussed Colin Kaepernick's situation with the quarterback but made it clear he wants him to stay.

 

As for the Eagles, Kelly didn't hide that he thought the organization was dysfunctional. Howie Roseman was general manager in Kelly's first two seasons when the Eagles went 10-6 both years. But Roseman fired Kelly's hand-picked personnel guy, Tom Gamble, after the 2014 season, and things unraveled.

 

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie maintains Kelly insisted he get control of personnel, so he gave it to him. Kelly said it didn't go down that way. Regardless, Kelly took control of the 90-man roster, Ed Marynowitz was hired to be vice president of player personnel and Roseman was shifted to vice president of football operations.

 

"I didn't like the direction it was heading. I didn't think we were on the same page," Kelly said, adding he was happy when Gamble was in charge of personnel. "But I didn't ask for anything. It's his organization, his team. He can run it however he wants to run it. It wasn't like `I'm walking out the door.'"

 

Kelly said the situation with Roseman last year was "weird" and he communicated with him through Marynowitz, who was also fired in December.

 

"I never really saw (Roseman), so I don't know what he did on a daily basis," Kelly said. "I dealt with Ed and I thought Ed did an outstanding job. Ed talked to him about contracts."

 

Kelly made several blockbuster moves after taking control of the roster. He traded Nick Foles and LeSean McCoy, didn't re-sign Jeremy Maclin and released several longtime starters. He brought in Murray and Maxwell, who were traded earlier this month after one disappointing season.

 

"I was in charge of the 90-man roster, but I have never negotiated a contract in my life," Kelly said. "I had nothing to do with any contract."

 

Lurie said Tuesday he didn't regret giving Kelly more power, even though it backfired. The Eagles went 7-9, winning their final game after Kelly was gone.

 

"I think it was a necessary way to go to find out if Chip was the right guy," Lurie said.

 

Obviously, he wasn't.

 

Kelly reunited with Gamble in San Francisco and had high praise for 49ers general manager Trent Baalke.

 

"Our personnel department is outstanding," he said. "Trent has a great feel for how to put together a team. Three years ago, San Francisco was on the 5-yard line and had a chance to win the Super Bowl. He's proven he can acquire talent and put talent on the field. He's one of the GMs out at schools, visiting. I'm familiar with how he does things."

Edited March 23, 2016 by Vin

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Chip is an asshole, but to me, as an Eagles fan, all the dysfunction last year is Lurie's responsibility. No surprise at all we got a yes-man, vanilla coach like Dougie P.

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Chip is an asshole, but to me, as an Eagles fan, all the dysfunction last year is Lurie's responsibility. No surprise at all we got a yes-man, vanilla coach like Dougie P.

 

You mean a branch of the coaching tree of Fat Drew?

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http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2016/03/former_eagles_front_office_executive_chip_kelly_al.html#incart_river_mobileshort_index

 

Eagles Vice President of Football operations Howie Roseman took responsibility for the selection of Marcus Smith in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, but the circumstances around the most disappointing first-round selection in recent memory sparked a feud that eventually culminated with Chip Kelly's firing.

 

Roseman and the Eagles' scouting department had minimal input over the three drafts during Chip Kelly's tenure as head coach, according to a former member of the front office who spoke to NJ Advance Media on the condition of anonymity. That person asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to comment on the franchise's personnel decisions.

 

"Right before that draft, the scouts set the board," the person said Tuesday. "Then Chip got a hold of it and totally turned it around. Scouts had no say at all in that draft. Anybody that Chip didn't want, that player's card got removed from the board and thrown in the trash. Those guys were never even in the discussion.

 

"Almost immediately, you had a lot of scouts looking around and wondering, 'Why am I even working? Why the hell are we even here?' We put all of this work in, put the information in and Chip changed everything and took whoever he wanted to take."

 

Whether it was Roseman who took public responsibility for Smith or Kelly who ultimately pulled the trigger on the Louisville linebacker, it is fair to say that the decision was far from unanimous in the war room that night.

 

"Personally, I had Smith with a third-round grade," the source said. "That was one of the shockers of the first round -- that he went as high as he did."

 

Smith, so far a bust, was chosen by the Eagles with the 26th overall pick and has played sparingly through his first two NFL seasons. In 22 games, Smith has 1.5 sacks and seven tackles.

 

 

 

Little bit more in the link. Interesting stuff.

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Good stuff. Thanks for posting, Vin. Granted, this is one anonymous source, but it theoretically confirms the Philly media's narrative: Chip got pissed about the Gamble firing, demanded full control, and Lurie sided with him over Roseman.