Eagles

Chip Kelly Has “It”

By Kyle Scott

Published: Sep 12th, 2013 · 12:41 PM EDT

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The debate, it seems, quite quickly is moving from can this offense work? to college coaches never succeed in the NFL! We may have already entered the latter (if my exchange with national radio hosts Eytan Shander and John Kincade is any indication). And there’s a good LA Times article on how, in football, some coaches have it and others just talk like they do and why that sort of thing matters when switching from college to the pros or vice versa. Chip Kelly got a great mention:

Some guys have “it” and you know it when you see it.

Chip Kelly had it the first game he coached for Oregon in 2009, a debacle at Boise State that ended with punches and embarrassment. Yet Kelly’s blood pressure never rose as he guided the Ducks from disaster to the Rose Bowl.

You saw it again Monday night when Kelly, in his first game with the Philadelphia Eagles, made theWashington Redskins‘ Mike Shanahan look like the wide-eyed rookie.

Some guys might not have “it” but have a tremendous knack for convincing people they do.

Weis could fall into this category.

I’m just gonna keep blowing Kelly until someone tells me to stop.