Chip Kelly: Culture Wins... Team Culture will beat scheme ever day....

[sbark]

Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly is huge on culture.
No, he’s not hanging out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We are talking about football culture. He thinks it can decide games.

“Culture wins in football,” he said on the sideline during an Eagles game captured by NFL Films. “Culture will beat scheme every day.”

So when examining some of the moves he has made this offseason and last, view them through a cultural prism.

Kelly got rid of star wide receiver DeSean Jackson last year, and standout running back LeSean McCoy in 2015. The moody Jackson was considered a divisive influence in the locker room. McCoy seemed too concerned with his own stats. He also left a 20 cent tip at a Philadelphia restaurant last year, causing a stir.

Kelly feels you need certain type of guys on your roster, in your locker room, to be successful.

Remember, Kelly hails from New Hampshire. He’s been a long-time admirer of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who is also very big on football culture.

During the draft, most teams have about 150 players they consider on their draft board. According to longtime NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah, now with the NFL Network, the Patriots only consider about 75. They have exacting scouting standards.

The Patriots want hard-working, selfless, smart tough-guys with good character who love football.

Kelly looks at it the same way.

So this explains Kelly’s interest in Tim Tebow, who worked out for the Eagles coach on Monday. Who represents that culture template more than Tebow?

Reportedly, if the Eagles can trade QB Matt Barkley, they will sign Tebow.

Heading up Kelly’s free agent class this year is former Dallas Cowboy running back DeMarco Murray, who is not only a heck of a running back, but a heck of a person, too.

So before suggesting Kelly get his head examined for his some of the personnel moves he’s made, remember, there’s a method to his madness.

 

[JoeKing]

Sounds like egotistical hoopla to me. Good guys like Tebow and Murray may make a cordial locker room but these are system guys. Unless they gel in a working system, their character won't matter. Chip Kelley has blown up the core of the Eagles as we knew it and is building a new animal. I'm curious to see what they become.

 

[Idgit]

I think he knows what he's doing.

 

[basstapp]

Eagles need to do something different - there drafts in the past 5 years have been brutal.

 

[burmafrd]

sounds like bs to me

 

[sbark]

sounds like bs to me

agree........sounds like a way to take pressure off himself ...... when it turns out his scheme doesn't work in the NFL

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

That team will have 0 chemistry this year too many significant moving parts

 

[BAZ]

The whole article is BS, those exacting standards let New England down when they drafted the worst character guy ever. Blows my mind they get a pass for that.

 

[Sasquatch]

I think he knows what he's doing.

I agree. I guess Jason Garrett's mantra of "fight," a spirit which our team exhibited on so many occasions this year, has receded from the memory of some.

 

[muck4doo]

Iggles have a culture of sadness, just like the Lions and Browns.

 

[landroverking]

I think he knows what he's doing.

I think he thinks he knows what he's doing.

 

[jrumann59]

You still need high level talent. If you look NE goers cheap on the WR and RB position, but they reward guys like Gronk and Hernandez, Brady most of their OL most of their front 7

 

[Longboysfan]

“Culture wins in football,” he said on the sideline during an Eagles game captured by NFL Films. “Culture will beat scheme every day.”

The reminds me of the late 80's Cowboy teams. They drafted a certain type of player.
They played in an impressive scheme.
But that does not make up for the lack of great player you may bypass in the process of drafting.

 

[Plankton]

I don't think that what he's saying is wrong, per say. It's a question of how you get there.

The way that a team does its business in terms of preparation, adjustments, and ultimately, scheme, is a by product of the culture that you create with an organization. The biggest key to a culture taking root is buy in from the rank and file, and the team preaching and living by the same message. Garrett is big on speaking about "the process" and "RKGs", and this is an example of an attempt to achieve the culture that Kelly speaks of.

Where this becomes problematic is if the culture is dependent on the players that you being in, or whether the higher ups with the team believe that they can teach and orient anyone who comes through their doors to accept and embrace the culture. It's not as simple as just hitting flush if a player doesn't buy in due to the salary cap, and any draft pick resources used to add the player. Arrogance can definitely cause problems with this point of view.

Look no further than the 1980's Cowboys for proof of this.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I think he knows what he's doing.

He will be a coach that is respected for not letting inmates run the asylum.

He is the warden.

 

[khiladi]

"Culture" or "RKG"... every coach has their own 'coach speak' for basically the same thing...

 

[Longboysfan]

He will be a coach that is respected for not letting inmates run the asylum.

He is the warden.

For the Philadelphia Asslym

 

[Sarge]

It takes good culture AND scheme to be successful, and to place most of your emphasis one one over the other is not particularly wise in my opinion.

 

[Crown Royal]

"Culture" or "RKG"... every coach has their own 'coach speak' for basically the same thing...

Yeah I was going to post that this is basically the same stuff that Garrett says just with different verbiage.

 

[NIBGoldenchild]

IMO, he's going to need a strong draft a month from now to make up for all the changes he's made.