Offensive coordinator and former Cleveland Browns head coach Pat Shurmur has been named interim head coach and will lead the Eagles against the New York Giants on Sunday. Perhaps the biggest shock of them all was when Kelly traded Pro Bowl running back LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills for linebacker Kiko Alonso, who played under Kelly in Oregon. Still, Kelly defended his 6-9 team after falling out of postseason contention last Saturday night with a nationally televised loss at home to the Redskins.
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Chip Kelly has kept relatively quiet since Tuesday night when he was surprisingly fired by the Eagles with just five days left in the season.
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Back to Kelly though. You’re not going to get that in the NFL.
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The Warriors were in catch-up mode for the remainder of the game, trailing by as much as 30 and never getting closer than 11. After trailing early, the Kings went on a 28-7 spurt to build a 41-30 lead on one of Casspi’s seven first-half 3s.
His big-ticket defensive free agent signing, cornerback Byron Maxwell (six years, $63 million), was a bust as well.
More importantly, with many wondering if Kelly will try to stick in the NFL or return to college football where he had more success, he told Glazer his desire is to remain in the NFL. “It was a clear and important decision that had to be made”, he said.
Despite the negative aspects, there is also plenty to like about Kelly as a candidate.
However, Kelly isn’t the only one to leave the team.
Did a fan somehow reach Chip Kelly right after his firing? I’m not in charge of scouting.
I am going to post a poll below for people to vote. Ed Marynowitz does a great job with that. I control all those buckets here at Notre Dame. “What they’ve done there, it’s never easy with coaching changes midseason”. The players are also coming to terms with the decision.
Lurie acknowledged giving Kelly full control of personnel decisions last January was a mistake. Lurie then made a decision to part ways with Kelly, according to the report.
As soon as Kelly was sacked, there was talk that three National Football League teams had contacted him about each’s head coaching job, yet only one actually had a vacancy.
On the day after Kelly was sacked one game short of finishing a third season as the Eagles’ head coach, most of the players – some of whom had reportedly grown exhausted of Kelly’s methods and lack of communication – were on their best behavior.
Kelly had not been popular with the Philadelphia Eagles, especially this season. Kelly went three-and-out – much like his inconsistent offense. Kelly reportedly tried unsuccessfully to trade up to select Mariota in the draft. It was curious timing in some senses-many expected the Eagles to wait until the regular season ended-but the brass was apparently just waiting until all slim chances of a playoff run were gone.
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All of the major college coaching vacancies have been filled.
