he caught lightning in a bottle at Oregon. Opponents didn't have a handle on defending the Spread with power run like Chip was using, and they sure as shit didn't know how to defend the spread + tempo. Chip innovated the two merged and also had innovative practices. But defenses learned how to stop the spread and they learned ho to defend tempo. In no small part because most offenses were using variations of both
Chip couldn't find any more silver bullets. He was still a decent coach, but he was a poor recruiter and had no patience for wealthy alums (except Phil Knight). He was 46-7 at Oregon and has been 63-69 since he left, in both the NFL and at UCLA. That's not the record of a great coach