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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Chip Kelly, the coach, is a very good coach. He went 20-12 in two years with Nick Foles, Mike Vick and Mark Sanchez as his QB. Chip Kelly, the talent evaluator/personnel man, was a clear debacle. He apparently does not want to go back to college and wants an NFL job. So obviously Tennessee is there, but I'd be looking at Cleveland too maybe.
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Once he got his team able to execute his system the league had a tough time figuring out how to stop it, sort of like RG3 and Colin Kaepernick.
After a slow start in 2013 where they went 1-3, likely the time it took for his players to get used to his methods they had a nice run from week 5 of that season until week 14 of last season. They were 18-6. But since that they're 7-12, and have been beat down pretty bad a few times here in the last 7 games.
Maybe Lurie is seeing the trend and wants to step in and stop things before they let it go too far. The NFL always figures out how to adjust to unconventional methods, and it's difficult to continue to innovate new tricks to keep ahead of the curve. Looks like his bet is that he feels Kelly won't be able to adapt and re-innovate a new way to surprise the league, or that his leadership skills just don't work with professional players.