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Chip Kelly asked for this.
That's the first point to make when deciphering the issues plaguing the Philadelphia Eagles' head coach and his currently disappointing team. He doesn't have the luxury of pinning this on injuries, bad bounces or a schedule crammed with difficult early-season opponents. Instead, this is all about one man's crusade to build the team he sorely wanted -- and the consequences that come with being so blatantly arrogant.
We actually should mark this down as the moment Kelly officially perched himself atop the hot seat that is so familiar to NFL coaches.
His Eagles now stand at 0-2, largely because their offense stinks, their defense is pedestrian and they appear to be regressing with each passing week. More importantly, they are winless because this is the roster Kelly thought gave him his best chance at winning. He didn't want most of the stars he inherited from his predecessor, Andy Reid, so this junk is what Kelly is presenting to the world today
The latest evidence of this flawed plan was a 20-10 home loss to Dallas. That miserable effort -- along with a season-opening Monday night loss in Atlanta -- has left Kelly defending his offseason moves to a rapidly growing group of skeptics.
"The guys we have are the guys we are playing with for the remainder of the season," he said during his Monday press conference. "It's not about a change thing. It's about putting in a game plan that will be effective against the Jets, and that's really what our focus is on."
link/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...one-to-blame-but-himself-for-eagles-struggles
Chip Kelly asked for this.
That's the first point to make when deciphering the issues plaguing the Philadelphia Eagles' head coach and his currently disappointing team. He doesn't have the luxury of pinning this on injuries, bad bounces or a schedule crammed with difficult early-season opponents. Instead, this is all about one man's crusade to build the team he sorely wanted -- and the consequences that come with being so blatantly arrogant.
We actually should mark this down as the moment Kelly officially perched himself atop the hot seat that is so familiar to NFL coaches.
His Eagles now stand at 0-2, largely because their offense stinks, their defense is pedestrian and they appear to be regressing with each passing week. More importantly, they are winless because this is the roster Kelly thought gave him his best chance at winning. He didn't want most of the stars he inherited from his predecessor, Andy Reid, so this junk is what Kelly is presenting to the world today
The latest evidence of this flawed plan was a 20-10 home loss to Dallas. That miserable effort -- along with a season-opening Monday night loss in Atlanta -- has left Kelly defending his offseason moves to a rapidly growing group of skeptics.
"The guys we have are the guys we are playing with for the remainder of the season," he said during his Monday press conference. "It's not about a change thing. It's about putting in a game plan that will be effective against the Jets, and that's really what our focus is on."
link/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...one-to-blame-but-himself-for-eagles-struggles
