Chip Kelly - Head Coach, Philadelphia Eagles

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

If he's not genetically predisposed to be an Eagles fan, he's a zesty coach. It's science.

[ice grillin you]

A guy from New Hampshire is a New England sports fan?

no

a guy from new hampshire was hired by a guy from boston

should be awesome having the owner and the coach of the eagles hate philly sports

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Because that's true.

[BigEd76]

can someone explain to me what he said and/or the way he said anything in the press conference that would make you feel better about the hire...i can see it not making you feel worse about chippy....but what did he do that was so good?

im honestly asking what he said that was so groundbreaking or fantastic....cause almost everyone is saying how great it was or that they now feel better

especially if you feel better now...what did you expect him to say versus what he did say that makes you ok with the hire or feel much more positive about it

For the most part his PC was generic, saying he'll evaluate everyone, he isn't committed to any particular system, he hasn't decided on coaches yet, etc., but a couple of things that stood out for people that were hesitant about the hire:

-- Most Philly fans were told that he was a fleshpop when it came to the media (and he probably will be after the first loss and everyone turns on him), and after 14 years of "uhhh gotta do a better job uhhh" and "uhhh we're fine there uhhh", it was refreshing to see some humor, emotion and honesty for once

-- Like you, a lot of people felt he wasn't 100% committed to this because he left Arizona without a deal and will eventually pull a Petrino/Saban type of exit at some point.  Of course he isn't going to admit to stuff like that at his first day on the job and his introductory PC, and who knows, maybe he'll still do it, but at least he explained why he took so long to "change his mind" when he never actually changed it

-- Most thought he had no interest in defense or special teams and was going to neglect it, but he explained that he's involved with everything in the "program" and hates micromanaging, just like the rest of us.  If he picks Grantham or Smart as the new DC, you'll be on board cause no matter what we're getting an SEC 3-4 that has produced multiple 1st-round picks

-- Most assumed that he was bringing the zone read and was gonna force Foles to run it or find someone else that could, but he explained that his offense will be designed around the players and their abilities, a change from Andy's square-peg-round-hole stuff like making Vick stay in the pocket and run an outdated WCO

[ice grillin you]

i appreciate the perspective but some of those make no sense to me - for example no matter who they hired they were gonna be better than andy in a presser situation

and some are downright stupid - i dont want him involved in the defense and if hes going to run whatever offense that his players allow him to run then why was he hired to bring his oregon offense to the pros...he some sort of genius i thought....they could have hired anyone to come in and run an nfl offense around nick foles...i dont agree with the hire but now that they have him i want him to go out and get players to run HIS offense (of course a tweaked version of it that will hopefully work in the nfl)....christ thats why howie was enthralled with him in the first place

[reese125]

ground breaking or fantastic would be him coming flat out saying during my tenure this team will be back to the playoffs and reach the Super Bowl and I won't sleep at night until that happens or my ultimate goal is to get these players and the fans believing they are champions again. really any kind of hardcore confidence would have done it...esp him because he's never been in the nfl. why not say it if you truly believe it....what do you have to lose? hell at least let the fans believe it. it doesn't happen you lose your job anyway.

unfortunately his wc salesman skills are a little flat and we just have to go on his just hired standard football cliche answers. it's a shame we need to be sold, but at this point after what we as fans just went through the past couple years and beyond it needed to be done.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I think he'll still do that. Did you expect he'd sit in the presser and go through the roster and say who fits and who doesn't?

Much like Andy with picking lineman and "high motor" guys, Chip will go after guys he wants for his system. Whether that works remains to be seen, but I don't think he's going to change what he does overwhelming based on what he has in terms of personnel. If they don't fit, they'll get gone.

Also, I've been thinking, Desean is likely gone pretty soon. Kelly offenses generally run big, downfield blocking WRs.

[BigEd76]

Disagree.  He'll create plays to get him the ball then it'll be all about the YAC.  Blocking is a big part of the offense but his top 3 WRs at Oregon this past season were 5'11" 205, 5'9" 180 and 5'10" 190, not a bunch of Riley Coopers

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Still, I wouldn't call Desean a "willing" blocker - Maclin to some extent as well. I can see Avant decleating folks though.

Not sure if you watched a lot of the Oregon O - but the misdirection bubble screens with pimp should be worth a few long TD runs.

[ice grillin you]

everything about oregon is small and quick....use options and mis directions to get really good athletes in open space and hit on big plays for 60 minutes...something pimp would thrive in

[Zanshin]

everything about oregon is small and quick....

Geez. The ladies who live in Oregon must hate it there.

[General_Failure]

Nah, they're all lesbians. They import straight women from Washington for breeding purposes.

[Tomahawk]

Still, I wouldn't call Desean a "willing" blocker - Maclin to some extent as well. I can see Avant decleating folks though.

Not sure if you watched a lot of the Oregon O - but the misdirection bubble screens with pimp should be worth a few long TD runs.

Same with Maclin as that was his bread and butter at Mizzou

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I'm really thinking they wind up with Alex Smith or a draft pick being the opening day starter. Vick is obviously gone, but what happens with Foles?

[ice grillin you]

foles gotta be there in the mix no matter what....if a draft pick is involved then hes competing with foles and a vet...

if an alex smith or another perceived starter is acquired then foles is his back up