Chip Kelly spoke to the media today, and predictably, he was awesome.

On the heat surrounding Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher

“I think a lot of times you guys are wrong. Seriously. That’s what I really think. And when we start listening to people outside of here, we’re going to be in trouble, then we would be wrong. I think those guys have played really, really well.”

Agree to disagree on Fletcher.

 

What do you tell players about said heat

“Praise and blame is all the same. If you let outside noise affect you, then that means you value their opinion more than you value your own opinion. And if that’s the case, then your life’s going to be [up and down motion] every single day. Someone said something good about me, well I feel good about myself. Someone said something bad about me, I feel crappy about myself. If that’s the way you want to live your life, hang around really good people, because if not, you’re going to have a really tough day.”

And absolutely stay out of our comments.

 

On his message to the team on photo day, which the Eagles did at, of course, a fast pace

“We had to get a good photo, which was first and foremost. We set a record– four minutes and 40 seconds. We got everybody, the entire team, every position group, the coaches and the training group done in four minutes and 40 seconds. Literally. I’m not even joking. It was the most efficient photo I’ve ever seen… we started at 10, I looked at my watch, at 10:04:40 we were done everything, which was awesome.”

“It was tempo. It was as good a tempo… and I would challenge anybody. We got our team photo done, we got individual position coaches and players done and their positions, we got our coaching staff photo done, we got our training staff photo done, in four minutes and 40 seconds. It was awesome. [The photographers] were set. We had to coach the photographers a little bit. One guy thought he was Ansel Adams. We said let’s get this thing taken and let’s go. It’s not going to be hanging the Philadelphia Museum of Art or anything. It’s gonna go in someone’s office somewhere, so let’s just get it done.”

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