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Chip Kelly Officially “Released” by the Eagles
By Jim Adair
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Why not “fire” him? Why not let him finish out the season? What the hell is going on?
According to a press release just put out by the Eagles, the Chip Kelly era is no more:
Today, Jeffrey Lurie, Chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Eagles, released Head Coach Chip Kelly.
“We appreciate all the contributions that Chip Kelly made and wish him every success going forward,” said Lurie.
Coach Pat Shurmur will be interim head coach for Sunday’s game against the New York Giants.
Ed Marynowitz, vice president of player personnel, was also released. Tom Donahoe, former GM of the Buffalo Bills and director of football operations for the Pittsburgh Steelers and senior football advisor for the Eagles since 2012, will assume the role of senior director of player personnel.
A press conference will be held Wednesday, December 30 at the NovaCare Complex at Noon with Lurie.
Well, that’s one way to avoid appearing on Hard Knocks. This is out of character for Lurie, which makes you wonder if it’s something that Chip requested. We’ll have more as more comes out, probably within minutes.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.