Chip Kelly wants to be "aligned" with front office with 49ers, does not discuss what wrong in Philadelphia
The big term during Chip Kelly’s introductory news conference as the San Francisco 49ers head coach was “football guy.” It was the way Kelly described himself. It was the way he described his new general manager, Trent Baalke. And Kelly emphasized that he wanted to be “aligned” with the front office in his job after he was fired from the Eagles.
“I want to thank Jeffrey Lurie for giving me the opportunity to coach there,” Kelly told reporters on Wednesday. “I left an organization that had great people, and meant a real lot to me and were really supportive of me, and I love the players I coached there. But when you have the opportunity to do it again, it’s, can you be aligned with the people who are running the organization?”
Kelly went 10-6 in his first two seasons with the Eagles. He was 6-9 when he was fired, and it came in a season when he was given full control of personnel decisions. Lurie said he wanted to hold Kelly accountable and he emphasized that the next Eagles coach needs “emotional intelligence.” Kelly said he spent the past few weeks analyzing what wrong, but he didn’t share what he learned.
“You self-scout after every season,” Kelly said. “I was in the process of that. And really, I don’t think it was a self-scout to me, probably, because I got fired. I look at it more of an autopsy. So, I’m in the middle of the autopsy now, still looking at it. Sent some toxicology reports out, and we’ll see when they come back, I’ll give you a full answer of what went on.”
Kelly also disagreed that there was a problem with the relationship he had with his players. He said he does not follow what’s reported in the news and instead goes on what the players say to him.
“One of the things that struck me when I left Philadelphia was the text messages and calls that I have from the players we had there,” Kelly said. “It really meant a lot to me. I’m not one who looks at what’s reported and what’s not reported. I’m a pretty black and white guy. And when I talk about the relationships I had with the players I had there and the many of them that reached out to me when this went down, I feel very, very comfortable with my relationship with my players.”
Kelly sounded like he was in the Eagles’ front office when he discussed a “collaborative” process in making decisions. Of course, the people with whom he’s collaborating are different. And it includes Baalke and Tom Gamble, both of whom Kelly has described as a “football guy.”
“I wanted to be in a situation where I can just coach,” Kelly said. “I want to just coach football. I’m excited about being with someone like Trent and Tom and the rest of the guys in the personnel department that when I look at this roster, again, three years ago this team was in the Super Bowl. And they have some outstanding players.”
Baalke will have control over the 53-man roster. Kelly had control of the 53-man roster all three years in Philadelphia, and he had control of the 90-man roster in his final season.
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The big term during Chip Kelly’s introductory news conference as the San Francisco 49ers head coach was “football guy.” It was the way Kelly described himself. It was the way he described his new general manager, Trent Baalke. And Kelly emphasized that he wanted to be “aligned” with the front office in his job after he was fired from the Eagles.
“I want to thank Jeffrey Lurie for giving me the opportunity to coach there,” Kelly told reporters on Wednesday. “I left an organization that had great people, and meant a real lot to me and were really supportive of me, and I love the players I coached there. But when you have the opportunity to do it again, it’s, can you be aligned with the people who are running the organization?”
Kelly went 10-6 in his first two seasons with the Eagles. He was 6-9 when he was fired, and it came in a season when he was given full control of personnel decisions. Lurie said he wanted to hold Kelly accountable and he emphasized that the next Eagles coach needs “emotional intelligence.” Kelly said he spent the past few weeks analyzing what wrong, but he didn’t share what he learned.
“You self-scout after every season,” Kelly said. “I was in the process of that. And really, I don’t think it was a self-scout to me, probably, because I got fired. I look at it more of an autopsy. So, I’m in the middle of the autopsy now, still looking at it. Sent some toxicology reports out, and we’ll see when they come back, I’ll give you a full answer of what went on.”
Kelly also disagreed that there was a problem with the relationship he had with his players. He said he does not follow what’s reported in the news and instead goes on what the players say to him.
“One of the things that struck me when I left Philadelphia was the text messages and calls that I have from the players we had there,” Kelly said. “It really meant a lot to me. I’m not one who looks at what’s reported and what’s not reported. I’m a pretty black and white guy. And when I talk about the relationships I had with the players I had there and the many of them that reached out to me when this went down, I feel very, very comfortable with my relationship with my players.”
Kelly sounded like he was in the Eagles’ front office when he discussed a “collaborative” process in making decisions. Of course, the people with whom he’s collaborating are different. And it includes Baalke and Tom Gamble, both of whom Kelly has described as a “football guy.”
“I wanted to be in a situation where I can just coach,” Kelly said. “I want to just coach football. I’m excited about being with someone like Trent and Tom and the rest of the guys in the personnel department that when I look at this roster, again, three years ago this team was in the Super Bowl. And they have some outstanding players.”
Baalke will have control over the 53-man roster. Kelly had control of the 53-man roster all three years in Philadelphia, and he had control of the 90-man roster in his final season.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/s...jaliddaAzIC.99
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