Chip Kelly Takes Eagle Job

Drip · Jan 20, 2013

suburbia said:

DanOregon said:

LongTimeListener said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

If you think Oregon's fans are annoying, you need to move to SEC Country.
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Oregon's are more localized, but on the West Coast they're every bit as annoying, mixed in with the belief that college football began in 1994.
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The problem with Oregon fans is that they really don't have another school within 700 miles to keep them in line. It's easy for them to act like they invented football, that their unis aren't ridiculous, celebrate that the entire school has been turned into a plaything of Phil Knight.
It's like Alabama, Texas or Ohio State, without the tradition to back it up.

To that point, I think Kelly will do fine in Philly with the X and O stuff, whatever he does. I do wonder if he's really ready for the Philly media. It isn't so much the reputation of the Philly media, but the situation in Eugene. He wrapped the Ducks program in a cocoon - closed practices, he cut back on his coach availabilities and overall access to him. And since the Ducks won, nobody complained and simply kept genuflecting at his feet. He's never had press that was anything less than flattering.
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Given that Andy Reid did not have a great reputation with the Philly media, I don't see how Chip Kelly could be any worse.
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That is totally not true. Reid had a pretty good reputation and relationship witht eh media.

Mizzougrad96 · Jan 20, 2013

Drip said:

suburbia said:

DanOregon said:

LongTimeListener said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

If you think Oregon's fans are annoying, you need to move to SEC Country.
Click to expand...

Oregon's are more localized, but on the West Coast they're every bit as annoying, mixed in with the belief that college football began in 1994.
Click to expand...

The problem with Oregon fans is that they really don't have another school within 700 miles to keep them in line. It's easy for them to act like they invented football, that their unis aren't ridiculous, celebrate that the entire school has been turned into a plaything of Phil Knight.
It's like Alabama, Texas or Ohio State, without the tradition to back it up.

To that point, I think Kelly will do fine in Philly with the X and O stuff, whatever he does. I do wonder if he's really ready for the Philly media. It isn't so much the reputation of the Philly media, but the situation in Eugene. He wrapped the Ducks program in a cocoon - closed practices, he cut back on his coach availabilities and overall access to him. And since the Ducks won, nobody complained and simply kept genuflecting at his feet. He's never had press that was anything less than flattering.
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Given that Andy Reid did not have a great reputation with the Philly media, I don't see how Chip Kelly could be any worse.
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That is totally not true. Reid had a pretty good reputation and relationship witht eh media.
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That was definitely the impression I got when I covered stuff there... If that changed in the last two years it wouldn't surprise me...

Drip · Jan 20, 2013

Mizzougrad96 said:

Drip said:

suburbia said:

DanOregon said:

LongTimeListener said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

If you think Oregon's fans are annoying, you need to move to SEC Country.
Click to expand...

Oregon's are more localized, but on the West Coast they're every bit as annoying, mixed in with the belief that college football began in 1994.
Click to expand...

The problem with Oregon fans is that they really don't have another school within 700 miles to keep them in line. It's easy for them to act like they invented football, that their unis aren't ridiculous, celebrate that the entire school has been turned into a plaything of Phil Knight.
It's like Alabama, Texas or Ohio State, without the tradition to back it up.

To that point, I think Kelly will do fine in Philly with the X and O stuff, whatever he does. I do wonder if he's really ready for the Philly media. It isn't so much the reputation of the Philly media, but the situation in Eugene. He wrapped the Ducks program in a cocoon - closed practices, he cut back on his coach availabilities and overall access to him. And since the Ducks won, nobody complained and simply kept genuflecting at his feet. He's never had press that was anything less than flattering.
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Given that Andy Reid did not have a great reputation with the Philly media, I don't see how Chip Kelly could be any worse.
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That is totally not true. Reid had a pretty good reputation and relationship witht eh media.
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That was definitely the impression I got when I covered stuff there... If that changed in the last two years it wouldn't surprise me...
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What gave you that impression and please cite examples.

Mizzougrad96 · Jan 21, 2013

You may have misunderstood me... I was agreeing with you... I thought the media there liked him.

DanOregon · Jan 21, 2013

Tarheel316 said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

It will be interesting to see where Sarkisian is a year from now... I'm guessing it will be either in the NFL or at USC, but he has turned down some pretty high-profile suitors before...
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I'd say USC.
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Given his 26-25 record, I think he'd be happy just to still be employed by Washington. He's not getting $2.5 mil a year for 7-6 seasons and odds are he'll still be looking up at Stanford and Oregon next year.
But then again, USC has a stiffy for underachieving former assistants.

Mizzougrad96 · Jan 21, 2013

DanOregon said:

Tarheel316 said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

It will be interesting to see where Sarkisian is a year from now... I'm guessing it will be either in the NFL or at USC, but he has turned down some pretty high-profile suitors before...
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I'd say USC.
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Given his 26-25 record, I think he'd be happy just to still be employed by Washington. He's not getting $2.5 mil a year for 7-6 seasons and odds are he'll still be looking up at Stanford and Oregon next year.
But then again, USC has a stiffy for underachieving former assistants.
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Considering the mess he inherited, I would hope they'd be pretty happy with the job he's done... I don't know what Willingham was doing up there, but for a guy who was once considered to be a pretty decent coach, he almost looked like he was trying to kill the program. I guess, to be fair, Gilbertson was pretty terrible as well...

I just remember toward the end of Willingham's tenure at UW, he looked like a guy who would rather be anywhere else...

micropolitan guy · Jan 21, 2013

I just remember toward the end of Willingham's tenure at UW, he looked like a guy who would rather be anywhere else...
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I think that's the only time he ever connected with the UDub fan base. They wanted him anywhere else as well. Gilby and Ty always gave Cougar fans hope (even though Sark's performance in this year's Apple Cup was the epitome of Couging It).

Drip · Jan 21, 2013

Mizzougrad96 said:

You may have misunderstood me... I was agreeing with you... I thought the media there liked him.
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I did misunderstand. I just picked up the yellow flag.

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