Chip Kelly’s Implosion with Philadelphia Eagles

In the end, Chip Kelly created a poor culture and a beatable scheme. “I would call it a style of leadership that values information, all the resources that are provided, and at the same time, values emotional intelligence”. I don’t think there is any shortcut to it. I know there is a lot of other people in the league that think there is, there’s instant; in two weeks everything is going to change.

Kelly released a statement Wednesday night.

Plenty more firings will take place next Monday, but the Philadelphia Eagles couldn’t even wait the extra six days to axe Chip Kelly, who had won 10 games in each of his first two seasons before struggling in his third. I think he’s done a good job with that team. I was blessed to work with a gifted and hard-working coaching staff every day, and they will succeed wherever they go.

“Finally, my players mean the world to me”. “It was surprising because I thought we were on the verge of something that could be very, very special, but it wasn’t where you could count on it based on the preseason”. “Life is all about responding to challenges and seizing opportunities”.

Chip Kelly may be out of a job, but he has a supporter in Bill Belichick. When he was the head coach of the Eagles, he never had anything bad to say about his players, despite former players talking about how much they didn’t like Kelly. “But all in all, I know he cared about the players, but I don’t think he had the best way to go about things”. “Maybe some guys felt that way, but like I said, we felt more comfortable talking to our position coaches and hopefully that would trickle down and make a positive effect”. That’s just his way. “In this case with Chip I think there were some very good reasons to be bold about what he wanted to be able to accomplish and do”. Donahoe, a former personnel chief with Buffalo and Pittsburgh, had been a senior personnel advisor for the Eagles for the last three years before getting his new title Tuesday.

The Eagles were 2-5 over their past seven games this season, including losses in which they surrendered 45 points twice and 40 points once. Eagles interim head coach Pat Shurmur was on the practice field Wednesday.

“I had a good relationship with Chip”.

“Probably ’03, just because of everything”, Belichick said.

Quarterback Sam Bradford, who could be a free agent after the season, said he still wants to return next year despite all the uncertainty. “The eagles weren’t going anywhere with him and he proved it”, Kashner said.

“It’s the best situation in the league”, Belichick said of his job security in New England. I had a players-only meeting with them this morning.

“It was a clear and important decision that had to be made”, he said, adding that he didn’t offer to keep Kelly on as the coach and strip him of personnel control.