What turmoil is present for the next coach? Roster questions certainly, but turmoil seems a poor word choice. Jeffrey Lurie has hired a total of 3 head coaches in over 2 decades. He gave personnel control to the most recent two. How many teams have had less head coaches since Lurie first hired Ray Rhodes? The Steelers maybe
There was some messy behind the scenes stuff at the end of the Reid era involving Joe Banner and Howie Roseman that got a lot of play in the Philly press and sports radio.
Same thing he said on his way in to Philly. And by all accounts had he agreed to giving up personnel decisions earlier today he'd still be a head coach in the NFL. But that's Chip for ya.
Kelly left the Eagles the same way his offenses left the field: three and out.
A lot of us liked the idea of Chip Kelly and wished this would have worked out.
I don't think Roseman is some great football mind, but I also think it's ridiculous to point a finger his way as the cause of the Eagles problems. And I'm not sure what you're getting at by pointing out that Roseman, one of the top Eagle executives, was "involved" in Kelly's firing. Chip Kelly doesn't pass any test you care to provide and his firing should come as no shock to anyone. Statistics, eye-test, common sense, whatever - he fails all of them. The team has gotten materially worse each year during his time. He was a disaster, and he was going to continue being a disaster so Lurie, a rational, thoughtful and measured owner by all accounts, pulled the trigger now. That in and of itself tells you something about the situation inside the Novacare walls.
I think this statement goes too far in the opposite direction. The Eagles fell apart this year, when GM Chip Kelly dramatically altered the roster. Chip's inability to evaluate talent is reflected in the Eagles W-L record and net points by year:
I think we can all agree that Chip seems to be terrible at talent evaluation.
Mike Holmgren in Seattle. Had both titles from 1999-2002, then was stripped of the GM title and focused on coaching until 2008.
Johnson's comments are classic second guesses. If Kelly had the right people in place and the team had shown improvement, none of the Johnson's observations would matter. He wouldn't be an "unrealistic coach who burns players out by working them too hard" he'd be "a determined visionary who gets more out of his players than they thought was possible."
I'm not close enough to know exactly why Pitino blew up in Boston, but this feels right.
This is pretty much where I am on Kelly. I didn't see any of the much-anticipated "football genius". He certainly didn't impact the game like many folks preached he would.
It's close I think. A huge part of what made Pitino a spectacular failure in Boston was his personnel moves. But a not so small part of it is that he ran them like a college team. Literally, ran them up and down the court. You don't full court press in the NBA for significant minutes.
Even though he was down for much of the year, Washington does not win the division this year without DeSean Jackson. And maybe Philly does. And Kelly gave him away to a division rival. For nothing.
Thanks a lot jerkstore! I had completely blocked from memory the Vitaly Potapenko era. Turn the #3 pick in the draft Billups into Kenny "I'm tryin' to find my car" Anderson after 1/4 of a season. SMH.
In Kelly's favor, his Eagles made the playoffs once and threatened to a second time. Pitino never even sniffed the playoffs here. It doesn't appear that Kelly is leaving behind a Paul Pierce level star in Philly for the next guy.
Meh, Jackson is probably cut this offseason as well he's not worth that contract. BB is overstating things, those players have been OK, but the problem has been the players signed, the terrible oline, and the bad quarterback, not DeSean Jackson.
Massive failure on special teams and too many big plays. Philly had a lot riding on that game and played well. It had everything riding on Saturday night's game and played poorly. Inconsistency is a mark of a lot of bad teams.
Absolutely.
Not sure about that.
Yes.
