The kneejerk decision to cut loose a good coach over one down season is a blunder that will haunt the championship-starved club for years to comePoor decisions are allotment and parcel of teams that contain gone more than half a century without a championship,but Tuesday’s shock dismissal of Chip Kelly is a doozy even for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kelly went 26-21 in the three years since he was handpicked by owner Jeffrey Lurie to rebuild a team that had deteriorated badly in the winter of Andy Reid’s mostly rosy 14-year tenure. Lest we forget the dumpster fire he inherited, the Eagles were losers in 11 of their final 12 games in Reid’s final campaign to finish 4-12 – and only six points from 0-16.
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Source: theguardian.com