It could be simple to neglect that a number of years in the past, Chip Kelly was the pinnacle coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for 3 seasons.
His tenure noticed some average success, however he was finally fired close to the top of the 2015 season, reportedly due to a dispute over how a lot energy he needed over personnel selections.
LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson, two stars on Kelly’s Eagles groups, requested a number of of their former Eagles teammates what they considered Kelly’s tenure there, and none of them held again.
LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson requested their former #Eagles teammates their ideas on Chip Kelly… and none of them had good stuff to say 😳😳
Jason Peters: “bulls**t a** guy man.”
Brandon Graham: “He was very selfish, didn’t want to give up to much power and lead.”
Jeremy… pic.twitter.com/QzmWmC2V26
— uSTADIUM (@uSTADIUM) August 22, 2024
Andy Reid, who’s now the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ head coach, was on the helm of the Eagles from 1999 to 2012, and Kelly was employed to be Reid’s alternative in 2013 after a profitable stint with the College of Oregon.
The Eagles received 10 video games apiece in Kelly’s first two seasons as head coach, and in his first season, they completed first within the NFC East.
However issues began to go bitter afterward, and he was fired earlier than the ultimate recreation of the 2015 common season.
Afterward, Kelly was employed by the San Francisco 49ers, and after they went 2-14 that 12 months, they fired him in early 2017 as a part of sweeping adjustments throughout the group.
In the meantime, Philly employed Doug Pederson to be their head coach for the 2016 season, and the next 12 months, he navigated quarterback Carson Wentz’s season-ending damage to information them to the Tremendous Bowl championship over Tom Brady’s New England Patriots.
Since leaving Philly, Kelly spent the final six seasons as the pinnacle coach on the College of California, Los Angeles, and he’ll now be the offensive coordinator for Ohio State College.
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