Chip Kelly is the new coach of the Eagles?!?

[Haakzilla]

...you had to have always known he was a huge liar!

 

[Natebishop3]

I want to say I'm surprised..... but I'm not. Just a really uncool way to go about it though. I understand the Eagles most likely upped their offer after seeing the Niners and Patriots destroy their opponents last weekend, but the way he is just bolting out of town after saying he was coming back, I don't know, it just seems very uncouth.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Anyone but Helfrich

Assistant coaches who take over for dominant head coaches don't have a very good track record.

hard to improve on dominant, this is kinda silly

and wasnt chip the assistant before he was hired?

 

[PapaG]

I was as shocked as anyone about this. Chip's announcement to Mullens literally came out of nowhere.

Sucks for Oregon, but I hope Chip does well in the NFL.

 

[PapaG]

hard to improve on dominant, this is kinda silly

and wasnt chip the assistant before he was hired?

David Shaw hasn't done too bad at Stanford, either.

Bellotti worked for Brooks
Chip worked for Bellotti
Helfrich worked for Chip

Oregon's track record of successfully hiring from within is pretty hard to argue, isn't it?

 

[Natebishop3]

I was as shocked as anyone about this. Chip's announcement to Mullens literally came out of nowhere.

Sucks for Oregon, but I hope Chip does well in the NFL.

I really think it has to do with the success of San Francisco and New England against more conventional teams like Green Bay and Houston. Seattle ALMOST pulled off a huge comeback against Atlanta as well. Seems like the Zone read is the new hotness in the NFL and Chip is the master. I think he'll do well if he can get the right QB.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I really think it has to do with the success of San Francisco and New England against more conventional teams like Green Bay and Houston. Seattle ALMOST pulled off a huge comeback against Atlanta as well. Seems like the Zone read is the new hotness in the NFL and Chip is the master. I think he'll do well if he can get the right QB.

Watch him trade for Tebow...

 

[PapaG]

I really think it has to do with the success of San Francisco and New England against more conventional teams like Green Bay and Houston. Seattle ALMOST pulled off a huge comeback against Atlanta as well. Seems like the Zone read is the new hotness in the NFL and Chip is the master. I think he'll do well if he can get the right QB.

I bet the Eagles bring Mike Vick back after restructuring his contract, pick up Tebow after he's cut, and Dennis Dixon may even get an invite to OTAs at the very least.

 

[Natebishop3]

I bet the Eagles bring Mike Vick back after restructuring his contract, pick up Tebow after he's cut, and Dennis Dixon may even get an invite to OTAs at the very least.

Is Vick good enough at this point? I heard his confidence was shot.

 

[PapaG]

Lol sour grapes? How much you wanna bet that was lane kiffin

I think it was meant as a compliment.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

any qbs in the draft this year he might take a stab at? maybe entice masoli out of canada lol

 

[3RA1N1AC]

I think it was meant as a compliment.

thats how i read it too

 

[PapaG]

Is Vick good enough at this point? I heard his confidence was shot.

If anybody can get a few years out of Vick, it would be Chip. He still has wheels, he still has a strong arm, and if Chip could make Masoli a decent QB, he can get a year or two out of Vick before Mariota goes to the NFL.

 

[PapaG]

any qbs in the draft this year he might take a stab at? maybe entice masoli out of canada lol

If Taj Boyd leaves, I could see the Eagles drafting him in the 2nd-round. Taj had a final two of Oregon and Clemson when he was a HS recruit.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I think Vick will be awesome with chip. How would you perform if your coach never had faith in you? Im sure chip will tell Vick he is the guy and get him performing well.

 

[Rhal]

Vick is about as well suited for chips offense as any QB in the nfl. Newton might be a better option but those would be the two qbs id fear the most on a Chip Kelly team.

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[oldmangrouch]

You have to wonder if Chip knows something about the impending NCAA sanctions.

 

[PapaG]

You have to wonder if Chip knows something about the impending NCAA sanctions.

Yes. He is the only person in the program who knows about the 10-year bowl ban.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i think they are gonna do them like necessary roughness, gonna need a walk on 40 year old qb to run the zone read

 

[MickZagger]

So has it been announced that Helfrich is the guy? Oregon could be an ideal coaching job for a high profile coach. I'm not 100% sold on Helfrich. He's kind of a wild card since Kelly was essentially the OC.

 

[ehizzy3]

So has it been announced that Helfrich is the guy? Oregon could be an ideal coaching job for a high profile coach. I'm not 100% sold on Helfrich. He's kind of a wild card since Kelly was essentially the OC.

not officially. they have to interview others first before they can officially announce him

 

[TripTango]

Yes. He is the only person in the program who knows about the 10-year bowl ban.

GREEN FONTED!

But it's true -- all this speculation about Chip fleeing because of sanctions is silly. Everyone knows Chip is a competitor. Does anyone really believe that he wouldn't have made the NFL jump if only UO never got called out for the recruiting kerfuffle?