Does Chip Kelly Need To Address Racism Talk — Eagles News

Especially all the good black players.

“The relationship was never really great”, McCoy said. No, Chip Kelly does not need to take the podium and waste his time addressing this issue.

The difference between Kelly and Harbaugh now is that you don’t hear much complaining from current Eagles players.

Cornerback Brandon Boykin, who was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers on August 1, told Comcast SportsNet’s Derrick Gunn that Kelly is “uncomfortable around grown men of our culture”.

There’s nothing for Chip Kelly to say, and it would be giving the issue far more attention than it deserves for him to come out and hold a press conference about it.

Marcus Hayes of Philly.com wrote a column calling for Chip Kelly to come out and address all of the talk and accusations of him making roster decisions based on race. A recent interview from some anonymous Eagles surfaced a few days ago. They explained that Kelly is simply a coach who wants things to be done his way.

Said the player to Bleacher Report: “Chip is not a racist”. The notion he is isn’t fair. How his players see him is at least one thing Kelly can control. He sees you as a commodity.

“If they can work it out within the team, the Eagles are going to be a very good team if they all can buy into the system”. You can, as Whitlock puts it, “get away with hiring a token black assistant or two” in college, and you’re unlikely to be challenged by other coaches or administrators – let alone players, who are still young and impressionable amateurs. “It’s pretty simple. I get it. Some guys don’t”.

Basically with Kelly there’s a line, don’t cross that line and you’ll be fine. Whitlock unfortunately suggests that Boykin’s comments about Kelly carry more weight than McCoy’s or Thomas’s or “childish” Jackson’s, because he has a “solid reputation on and off the field”, a biracial wife and a journalism degree.

A second African-American Eagles player said: “He sets the agenda”. The Eagles paid big money to bring in DeMarco Murray, who is black, to replace McCoy. Before the 2013 season Cooper was caught on tape yelling a racial slur at a country music concert. Last year, the Eagles released wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who accused the team of launching a racially-tinged smear campaign against him. Cooper even got a contract extension in 2014. The last part hopefully only applies to players who are no longer wearing Eagles’ green. “But it is equally impossible, in a brutal sport that at times requires compassion and communication, to run a locker room where players are seen as Monopoly pieces”. It had nothing to do with race.