Fire Chip Kelly

[Yeti]

[Yeti]

[Yeti]

[smeags]

Somebody's happy

[smeags]

ballsy move by jeffy

[Susquehanna Birder]

He out-ballsed Chip. Pretty impressive. Hopefully he doesn't screw it up this time.

[ice grillin you]

Extra f you to Chip for leaving the team in shambles. Not a fan of the timing because of the draft and roster situation but farg Chip Kelly.

The two worst things being inherited by the new (old?) front office are the unmovable contracts for DeMarco Murray and Byron Maxwell. Good luck rebuilding around those cap black holes. Nothing can really be done about those situations until 2017.

I think with a new offensive scheme, Murray will be salvageable. He's much better than what we saw this year. Since the Eagles are stuck with him, might as well hope the next GM and coach can get the most out of him because Chip sure as farg didn't.

both are salvagble...its not like either one is super old...murray I agree with....stop running stretch plays and delays with him and he will be fine in a rb tandem with Mathews

maxwell needs to be a 3rd qb so his exposure is minimized and he will work

they both are going to be grossly overpaid but as players I think their negative impact can be eliminated with the right scheming and coaching...neither of which chip could do

[Eagaholic]

Firing Kelly was the least surprising thing the Eagles did this year as well as the best thing they did this year. Since I suppose I have to provide documentation

Billy Davis gotta go.

Only defense is he's been handed a pile of shtein by the smartest man in the room.  I'd like to start by hoping and praying the spineless Jew sells this franchise.   Him and his little rah rah speech in Boston, give us a farging break.

Chip's not going anywhere. I do think there's a chance Davis is shown the door. Of course they could have better talent, but the talent isn't "repeatedly give up 40 points to turd teams" bad.

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if Kelly gets fired. Lurie had talked about a mistake he made with Reid was keeping him around too long, and no matter what Lurie doesn't want Kelly as gm. Lurie could also try to just take away the GM role and cut CK no sack in hopes he walks away and Jeff saves the money he would have owed firing Kelly.

[PhillyPhreak54]

He out-ballsed Chip. Pretty impressive. Hopefully he doesn't screw it up this time.

Going with Howie as GM isn't a good start

[Sgt PSN]

I think (hope) Howie is either a band-aid until a real GM is hired or will be limited in power and will defer to someone else on personnel decisions.

[ice grillin you]

He out-ballsed Chip. Pretty impressive. Hopefully he doesn't screw it up this time.

Going with Howie as GM isn't a good start

still protecting chip til the end...its admirable but sad...this is like the 10th time you've mentioned howie since chip was fired...but not one criticism of chip...hes your new bradford the guy you go after ad nausea instead of chip

howie has only had one draft but im sure hes a ten times better evaluator than chip...that said i would prefer howie smolenski EVERYONE go and start anew....its the perfect time to do that

i cant tell...serious question: did you actually want chip back or are you just unable to criticize him?

[Eagles_Legendz]

I actually probably would've been fine if Chip was back so long as someone competent was directing player personnel.   However that wasn't going to happen at this stage so...

[MDS]

Lurie didn't go into his meeting with Kelly with the intention of firing him, I'm told. More, it was to take his temperature and continue to feel him out and gather information that would lead to his ultimate decision on what to do with his organization in 2016. Obviously, things went sideways and what Kelly had to say didn't mesh with the owner's vision, and Lurie became convinced that for as radical as a Week 17 firing might be perceived, it was time to do it. The fact that Kelly didn't seem inclined to scratch and claw to remain in his perch, sources said, did him no favors as well.

this jives more with my initial thinking

chip told lurie nothing needed to change...billy good, receivers good, talent good, etc. lurie was like what the farg? this guy is out of his mind. combine that with nobody in the novacare liking chip and him being a total dick, the embarrassments at home and national tv, and lurie just said screw it. you gone.

[PhillyPhreak54]

He out-ballsed Chip. Pretty impressive. Hopefully he doesn't screw it up this time.

Going with Howie as GM isn't a good start

still protecting chip til the end...its admirable but sad...this is like the 10th time you've mentioned howie since chip was fired...but not one criticism of chip...hes your new bradford the guy you go after ad nausea instead of chip

howie has only had one draft but im sure hes a ten times better evaluator than chip...that said i would prefer howie smolenski EVERYONE go and start anew....its the perfect time to do that

i cant tell...serious question: did you actually want chip back or are you just unable to criticize him?

You have issues.

How in the farg can you equate my distaste for Howie to some convoluted Chip defense?

Chip's time was up. He hung himself with his awful GM moves and being stubborn to a fault. Amongst other issues.

Find something else to try to work me over about. Although it is funny that you rip me for hating on Bradford and Howie yet you steady blast just about everyone and everything because you're a real fan.

Howie sucks. You IN on him being the GM to get this team right?

[Butchers Bill]

I have fired people before and that description matches some meetings I have had.

Just this past summer I had a guy where the meeting was supposed to be a "coaching" session to see if we could salvage him, but the meeting went south very quickly.  Fired him the next day.  shtein like this happens in the real world every day so not surprised to see it in the NFL.