Kelly to coach the 49ers (?)

[pavulon]

Next stop...the Raiders.

[Paul_Heery]

Done deal with the 49ers
49ers hire Chip Kelly as next head coach: 5 things to know - CBSSports.com

[Seahawk]

Since I am a life-long 49'er fan and now a denizen of the East Coast (from this perch have had a glance at Kelly with the Eagles) I can make the following recommendation: Harbaugh.

Edit: Just saw Paul's post above. The 49'er ownership manged to screw up a wet dream.

[Don Ro]

The problem with the Eagles is not Chip Kelly – it’s Jeffrey Lurie
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The problem with the Eagles is not Chip Kelly
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"Kelly left the Eagles last week with a 26-21 record, no small achievement after taking over a 4-12 team in turmoil during the final year of Andy Reid’s tenure. Kelly’s feat of making the playoffs in his rookie NFL season was an extraordinary accomplishment, by any measurement.

Kelly also came to Philadelphia with no franchise quarterback in place – an old, battered Michael Vick and a young, immobile Nick Foles were his only options – two cancers in his locker room (DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy) and a racial crisis involving Riley Cooper just before his first training camp.

Somehow, Kelly turned that mess into a 10-6 team that took New Orleans into the final minutes of the playoffs two years ago. The coach then repeated that 10-6 mark last year, before his own failings as a GM sabotaged the just-ended season.

Chip Kelly is a good coach. A smarter owner would have presented Kelly with an ultimatum: You can keep coaching my team, but I’m finding a new GM. If Kelly declined that offer, then Jeffrey Lurie would have had no choice but to replace Kelly in both roles. The guess here is that Kelly would have accepted the demotion.

But Lurie never presented that scenario to Kelly because it would have kept the owner’s favorite ally, Howie Roseman, in exile. In other words, Lurie chose Roseman over Kelly.
The owner favored a GM who failed repeatedly in that role for five years over a coach who had one bad season.

Chip Kelly deserved a smarter decision than the one Lurie made last week. As fans, we all did. Just ask yourself this question: Who has a better chance of winning a championship in the NFL, Chip Kelly or Howie Roseman?

Until he looks critically at his role in the failure of the team, the Eagles are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past generation.
Until Jeffrey Lurie identifies the real cause of the problem – himself – there will be no parades down Broad Street for the Eagles."

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

The problem with the Eagles is not Chip Kelly – it’s Jeffrey Lurie

But for Chip, is he not jumping from the frying pan into the fire? The Yorks have not really been great stewards of the 49er franchise. And I don't know that Colin Kaepernick is going to do great things in an offense that requires quick, smart thinking.

[Don Ro]

Good points...I agree about CK, also.

[911boost]

Nest up for SF, they get Johnny Football.....

[sammyg2]

The owners of the san Francisco 49'ers .... do they drink a bit?
I'm just saying ......

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by BSiple

Nest up for SF, they get Johnny Football.....

His stint at A&M was similar to Kelly's model.

[onewhippedpuppy]

For the sake of everyone involved, I hope they don't give him GM authority as well.

[mattdavis11]

This is a wet dream for the west coasters. The Chip and Pete show is on again!

[greglepore]

Hey Don-that article you quote was written by a morning drive time talk radio host who's specialty is gasoline on the fire. Chip was fired because he was an autocrat who didn't communicate with anyone.

The Eagles do have a problem, in that they haven't identified a candidate. Or it might be that the guy they want is still in the playoffs.

[Tobra]

As someone who has been a fan of the team since Mr Brodie was getting chased around Kezar,

DOH