Chip Kelly Fired...

[SnarkShark]

...according to this guy.

 

[BDC99]

Yep. ESPN just tweeted it out.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

CBS has a breaking news alert at the top. ESPN has a statement from the team on its ticker.

 

[BDC99]

In a statement, team Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said, We appreciate all the contributions that Chip Kelly made and wish him every success going forward." Coach Pat Shurmur will be interim head coach for Sundays game against the Giants. VP of player personnel Ed Marynowitz was also released.

 

[SnarkShark]

From the team... "Release" lol.

Eagles Release Head Coach Chip Kelly

 

[BDC99]

Always curious why they can't wait until the offseason. There's only one game left. But I guess it helps get the jump on finding a new guy.

 

[Chef2]

Kelly just googled "Nashville realtors"

 

[micropolitan guy]

A little harder to win when everyone has a billionaire owner and everyone can buy players. He "revolutionized" the NFL, for one half.

 

[Spartan Squad]

You figure there will be some decent jobs opening up at the close of the season, so yeah, maybe they're getting ahead of things. That or the team was itching to get rid of him a while ago but couldn't justify it while they were contention for the division.

 

[dixiehack]

Kelly just googled "Nashville realtors"

It would suit me, as long as he's paired with a real GM (which eliminates both himself and incumbent Ruston Webster.)

 

[LongTimeListener]

In a statement, team Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said, "That ****ing guy."We appreciate all the contributions that Chip Kelly made and wish him every success going forward." Coach Pat Shurmur will be interim head coach for Sundays game against the Giants. VP of player personnel Ed Marynowitz was also released.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Tom Donahue to step in as head of player personnel.

Think Kelly gets another HC job in the NFL right off the bat?
I don't.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Tom Donahue to step in as head of player personnel.

Think Kelly gets another HC job in the NFL right off the bat?
I don't.

I'm trying to think of a coach who was more hated by his troops. Maybe Niedermeyer.

 

[Steak Snabler]

So which college coach gets fired so that school can hire Kelly?

 

[Spartan Squad]

Think Kelly gets another HC job in the NFL right off the bat?
I don't.

The 49ers might pick him up because Baalke and York are that effing stupid.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Kevin Sumlin and Charlie Strong better watch their backs.

 

[LongTimeListener]

And if that Mora-Dolphins talk is true (which I doubt), I'd bet anything Chipper ends up in Westwood.

 

[Steak Snabler]

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Beat me to it, Steak.

 

[MisterCreosote]

So, the story is Lurie wanted to strip him of the GM duties, Chip balked, so Lurie canned him?

In any case, couldn't happen to a nicer team. LOL Eagles.