Comments on: Eagles, Kelly meeting ended, finally

By: beanocook

beanocook — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:46:36 +0000

Jim Harbaugh has completely dominated the NFL straight out of college. It seems college coaches have a better record of success in the NFL than NFL coaches have in college.

By: nickynick04

nickynick04 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:15:11 +0000

Another year and NO SUPER Bowl for The Eagles.

By: loldeepball

loldeepball — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:55:47 +0000

All of the 95% comments are really getting old. It’s easy to poke at organizations that actually stick their necks out to report the news instead of just aggregating it from other sources and commenting on it.

I don’t see you guys breaking much of your own news these days, perhaps out of fear that you’d be exposing yourselves to the same type of criticism? We get it, Andy Reid didn’t go to the Cardinals, he went to the Chiefs. They were played by Reid’s agent, we got it already.

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:14:47 +0000

Yes, I want a guy with NFL experience to coach my team. Chip Kelly ain’t dat guy.

By: flyeaglefly

flyeaglefly — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:03:32 +0000

what 4 things do Pete Carroll, Jim Harbaugh and Chip Kelly all have in common….1) innovative, 2) college coaches, 3) PAC-10 background, and 4) all did/will turn around their NFL teams IMMEDIATELY…and the fact the Browns made an offer and the Eagles didn’t/haven’t yet, tells you obviously, that he doesn’t want the Browns job as much as was claimed…Kelly said he wanted it cleared up this weekend…the Eagles aren’t going to make a decision till they talk to McCoy and Arians…so it’s pretty clear that the Eagles are driving up the price for the Browns to pay a guy they probably aren’t going to hire…they just wanted to pick his brain for intel…

By: 1phd

1phd — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:02:34 +0000

mikeyhigs says:
Jan 6, 2013 8:34 AM
As an Eagles fan, I sure hope the Browns win this one. Kelly will follow a long list of college coaches who flame out in the NFL and jump back to a high profile college gig before his contract is up.
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This is so old school. Look around, the entire league is changing and what’s happening is just the opposite of your comment.

By: riseabovecancer

riseabovecancer — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:57:07 +0000

But I can understand that the Rams already have Jeff Fisher…But Chip Kelly would fit in Arizona better…If he has any kids. He wouldn’t have to move that far away and enroll then into a different school

By: riseabovecancer

riseabovecancer — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:55:46 +0000

If I was Chip Kelly, I would rather wanna go to Arizona or Saint Louis.

Because if you look at the 2 coaches for the 49ers and Seahawks they are both from the Pac 12.

Why not just add another one to the mix

By: deenice810

deenice810 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:35:25 +0000

I hope the Eagles don’t rush and sign Kelly before considering some of the other canidates like McCoy from Denver and Jon or Jay Gruden. Give me a guy with some nfl experience please.

By: kingkornkahn

kingkornkahn — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:32:01 +0000

“If we had a group of guys that could line up in the Power-I and run the Power-I then we would do it”

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Has Chip ever run the power I? Would NFL teams be interested in him if he did? I appreciate the fact that he says he would change the system to suit his personnel, but he choose his personnel and thus the system.

Also, you obviously can’t trust what this blowhard says. Ask Tampa.

By: raiderlyfe510

raiderlyfe510 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:32:01 +0000

Did any of these NFL execs see what Hue Jackson did with the Raiders, and did anybody see what the Raiders dis without Hue Jackson?

The Raiders have lost 11+ games since 2003.

As Soon as Hue Jackson arrived we went 8-8. Even when the owner passed, and the Raiders suffered countless injuries and had the worst D Coordinator in the business they went 8-8.Hue Leaves and the Raiders go back to losing 11+ games a year.

How does this go unnoticed? How is he not getting any interviews. He has proven he can change one the worse losing cultures.

By: dolphins4

dolphins4 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:17:30 +0000

When the Eagles hired Andy Reid he just came off of winning a Super Bowl with Green Bay and he learned everything he knew off of a great coach in Mike Holmgren.

By: 00otto

00otto — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:15:44 +0000

Bruce Arians tried to retire LAST YEAR! Why would a team want him as their head coach when he could decide to retire at any point and then your back to square one??? Makes zero sense.
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arians never tried to retire….steelers gave him the boot and announced that as the excuse for getting rid of a quality coach……days later arians said he was fired…not retired

By: joshuavkidd

joshuavkidd — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:09:23 +0000

“If we had a group of guys that could line up in the Power-I and run the Power-I then we would do it”

That’s the point… they can pretty much get whoever they want at Oregon and he chooses to continue with the spread option system which means that’s what he wants to do. Don’t try and tell me he couldn’t recruit a power I set-up there.

By: ballboy48

ballboy48 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:01:40 +0000

The crazy thing is, these teams aren’t in the same division or conference. So whoever lands Kelly, it’s not going to pit each team against each other.

If I’m CLE, I’m moving on and getting a guy like McCoy or Arians.

By: anonymouslyanonymouscommentor

anonymouslyanonymouscommentor — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:59:18 +0000

I’m ready to pull my hair out reading these comments.

Here is a direct quote straight from Kelly’s mouth:

“No one’s married to an offense or a defense. If we had a group of guys that could line up in the Power-I and run the Power-I then we would do it. I think our players have total faith in us that we wouldn’t ask them to do anything we didn’t believe would help them win.”

-Chip Kelly

By: greymares

greymares — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:51:12 +0000

If the Eagles think that Kelly is their man then i hope that he truly is an innovative football coach and has the ability to innovate away from about 90% of his college offense. I may be a little short in judgement but I’m liking what i have seen in Nick Foles. I do know his 1st 6 games were much better than some top quarterbacks including the horrific start of Eli Manning and i consider Eli a top 10 Q.B. in the national football league.

By: NoDecaf

NoDecaf — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:27:27 +0000

I just want the Birds to be true to the coach-selection process – have a plan, work said plan. This might be a pissing contest for Darth Banner – that’s fine. Thorough and meticulous Jeffery, thorough and meticulous.

By: kingkornkahn

kingkornkahn — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:23:52 +0000

Bad start banner. Show some dignity and stop chasing this prima donna around the country. It looks pathetic and desperate, like a used car salesman chasing his mark off the lot. Anyway, Arians has instant credibility, knows the nfl and the division. I’ll take him or love smith any day over chip the duck. Zone read=zone bleed in the nfl.

By: pb333

pb333 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:13:21 +0000

I thought the NFL learned their lesson: do not hire a college coach as your head coach.

By: regulator2

regulator2 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:09:13 +0000

Kelly’s act will get old in Philly real quick. Please go with an NFL experienced coach.

By: bmore44

bmore44 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:08:27 +0000

Why would you pay to much for a guy , that hasn’t won in the NFL. Doesn’t make sense.

By: 1ncrev

1ncrev — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:06:30 +0000

The best thing to happen to Browns football is Eagles tying up Kelly all day Saturday. Now Cleveland, do your fans a favor; go get Mike McCoy from Denver and let’s tun this ship around!

By: mjsweentraining

mjsweentraining — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:41:36 +0000

As an Eagles fan, I worry about hiring Chip because it smells too much like Petrino. I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong, but that’s the feeling I get.

By: phillyphan77

phillyphan77 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:37:35 +0000

I hope the Eagles do not sign him. I’m not saying he can’t be a good coach but Arians and Smith are much better candidates for the job.

By: joshuavkidd

joshuavkidd — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:34:16 +0000

How can you say Howie doesn’t know talent..? In his only draft he brought in Fletcher Cox, Michael Kendricks, Damarius Johnson, Nick Foles and Bryce Brown who all started at some point this year and played well.

By: bricktop02

bricktop02 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:25:42 +0000

Dear Mr. Laurie, Please don’t make this team the the Chip&Howie show. It’s bad enough you have a GM that doesn’t know talent. We don’t need a gimmick coach here either.

By: wryly1

wryly1 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:25:10 +0000

Browns new CEO Banner is stumbling out of the gate, unable to hire a GM or Head Coach. The issue apparently is that he wants to retain total authority for all roster and football decisions unto himself and isn’t finding ‘yes-men’ to buy in.

By: soia311

soia311 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:24:31 +0000

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I can’t get behind a Chip Kelly hiring in Philly. Mike McCoy has an astounding résumé and needs to be the guy. Doesn’t matter if you give the guy Delhomme, Tebow, or Manning… You get positive results. Call me simple, but that plus NFL experience is enough for me. With Chip, I’m uncertain about what offense we’re running and what we’re wearing on Sundays. I’m pretty sure there was a week where Oregon wore mirrors for helmets last season.

By: johnnycash19

johnnycash19 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:24:00 +0000

If your Kelly you choose Philly 10 out of 10 times.

I mean, he clearly wants to bring in his offense to the NFL to see if it works. That requires a lot of speed.

Desean Jackson, Lesean McCoy, Jeremey Maclin.

What type of speed do the Browns have?

Desean would be perfect for Kelly.