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Eagles CEO says coach following Kelly needs people skills

Lurie told fans in an email that he decided to make a change after “evaluating the many factors involved in our performance as a team”.

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He was the talk of the NFL.

Did a fan somehow reach Chip Kelly right after his firing?

Lurie gave more control to Kelly last offseason because there ” was reason to be bold”, in putting together the innovative coach’s roster.

That didn’t work out as well. A year ago it was rumored that Kelly tried in vane to trade up and get Mariota in the draft. While it is no surprise that Chip Kelly was let go by the Philadelphia Eagles, it is shocking that it happened before the end of the season.

Yesterday, the Philadelphia Eagles shocked the football world, when owner Jeffrey Lurie released a statement revealing that he had fired head coach Chip Kelly. After all his head coaching strategy worked well at the collegiate level and he utilized a fast paced offense.

Jacksonville just retained Gus Bradley.

Your record after three years is better than Pete Carroll’s or Bill Belichick’s. 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.

Also, he’s reportedly willing to just be a head coach, and not be the personnel guy, too.

“This was a three-year evaluation of where we are heading, what is the trajectory, what is the progress or lack thereof and what did I anticipate for the foreseeable future”, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie told reporters on Wednesday.

Remember “black Monday” is coming up.

I have ranted for quite awhile now that the Browns need to fire GM Ray Farmer. “But I also look forward to a real improvement in where we’re headed”.

You’re a lot of things, Chip, but a racist isn’t one of them. The 2008 team went 10-3 in the year before Kelly took over.

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Tackle Lane Johnson, taken fourth overall in 2013, said that the players were aware of the power struggle between Kelly and former G.M. Howie Roseman, who became executive V.P. of football operations once Kelly secured control of the team.

Chip Kelly releases statement about being fired