But the Eagles regressed to 6-9 this season and will miss the playoffs for the second straight season. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur will serve as interim coach for the season’s final game against the New York Giants. Lurie will speak to the media tomorrow, but because he didn’t talk to anyone tonight, a lot of room was left for speculation on what lead to Lurie firing Kelly. Lurie, who worked hard to get Kelly when he was the hottest candidate in 2013, reportedly made the decision to fire the coach after telling Kelly recently he wanted him to give up control of personnel and Kelly resisted.
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Kelly oversaw a big offseason overhaul, parting ways with star running back LeSean McCoy, among others, and he also traded quarterback Nick Foles to St. Louis for Sam Bradford.
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Kelly had hoped to trade up in the draft to take Mariota, who threw for 32 touchdowns and only six interceptions in 2012 while with Kelly.
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On top of those moves, Kelly paid the 2014 National Football League rushing leader DeMarco Murray to a 54 year $40 million deal in free agency, and has failed to utilize him properly. Murray has been a bust and Maxwell has underperformed.
Part of Kelly’s failing in Philadelphia was in his management of the Eagles roster.
Lurie said he met with the team on Wednesday morning and would have meetings with individual players this week. Instead, they lost 20-19 to Miami, then were blown out by Tampa Bay (45-17) and Detroit (45-14). “One of the things is when you make a bold choice, there’s risk”. “But there’s a reason he got rid of all the black players – the good ones – like that”. But if I were in that situation, I would rather be able to know. 600 winning percentage was higher than any Chargers coach in history, even if you don’t include Mike McCoy’s third season in San Diego. “That’s why the decision was made”.
Carolina (14-1) would earn the No. 1 seed with a win against Tampa Bay or a loss by Arizona (13-2).
[General manager] Dave Caldwell and I also spoke today and we are both confident that Gus will make 2016 the best year of his career.
We’ll see him back in college.
Certainly, Kelly’s reputation for alienating his players has become a major knock against his coaching acumen.
Colts: Indianapolis, with its three quarterbacks hurting, signed former Buccaneers starter Josh Freeman and veteran Ryan Lindley. The Titans are 3-12 heading into Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Colts. The now-former Eagles coach isn’t giving up on the NFL.
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After first turning the Eagles down, Kelly called Lurie back and said he had decided to make the jump to the NFL. As the owner of the team, I have to look at the progress and the trajectory of where it’s headed. “And Gus understands that”.
