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Phil Knight (Nike) Interview: Interesting bit on Kelly/Crowton
Posted on 12/7/10 at 9:35 am
Posted on 12/7/10 at 9:35 am
Question was asked how it came to be that Chip Kelly was tapped to become the heir apparent to Belloti as HC at Oregon.
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A: Mike Bellotti figured that out. And it's a little bit of a long story. But Bellotti lost to Utah (in 2005). (Then-Utah head coach) Urban Meyer was running the spread (offense) -- one of the early adopters of the spread. In fact, some people credit him with being the inventor. Bellotti, when he saw that system, said, "We could use some of that. Literally, maybe within a year or two later, he decided to put in a spread. ... He sent (offensive coordinator Gary Crowton) down to work with Urban Meyer. So he went down there and the offensive coordinator for Florida was Dan Mullen, who's now the head coach of Mississippi State -- I told you this was a long story. Anyway, (Mullen's) from New Hampshire. And he says, "The guy who really knows this stuff is Chip Kelly up at the University of New Hampshire." So Crowton, when he came back he had some rough edges to the spread and he started calling Chip Kelly on Sundays saying, "This came up and I didn't quite know what to do with it." And Chip always had an answer. So, when LSU came and picked up Crowton, Bellotti knew he'd been talking to Chip Kelly, so he went to get Chip Kelly.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 9:38 am to Tiger Ryno
Sure would be nice to have Chip...
Posted on 12/7/10 at 9:53 am to RummelTiger
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Sure would be nice to have Chip...
Posted on 12/7/10 at 10:01 am to Dro
Chip sure would be nce to have.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 10:02 am to Duckie
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Chip sure would be nice to have.
Maybe. But it may be worth reserving judgment until after they play Auburn.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 10:49 am to nycajun
LSU is winning is SPITE of Gary Crowton..we have great talent..
Auburn has great talent, Oregon will have trouble against an SEC defense.
CROWTON HAS TO GO
Auburn has great talent, Oregon will have trouble against an SEC defense.
CROWTON HAS TO GO
This post was edited on 12/7/10 at 10:50 am
Posted on 12/7/10 at 10:50 am to Duckie
Nice to have, Chip sure would be
Posted on 12/7/10 at 10:52 am to ztraveler
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Oregon will have trouble against an SEC defense
"defense"
Posted on 12/7/10 at 10:55 am to Tiger Ryno
Pihc evah ot ecin eb dluow erus..
Posted on 12/7/10 at 11:18 am to ztraveler
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Oregon will have trouble against an SEC defense.
Anyways, I can't tell you how glad we were to get rid of Crowton. He was pretty solid his first season at UO, but he just fell flat on his face after that. We became very predictable on offense and it was very frusturating to watch.
This post was edited on 12/7/10 at 11:21 am
Posted on 12/7/10 at 11:19 am to RummelTiger
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Sure would be nice to have Chip...
Posted on 12/7/10 at 11:38 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Crowton is coaching the offense in spite of no QB or head coach
Posted on 12/7/10 at 11:39 am to Tiger Ryno
So Crowton truly doesn't know how to run the spread? Awesome!
Posted on 12/7/10 at 11:40 am to Missile
That Chip fella sure would be a nice get
Posted on 12/7/10 at 11:41 am to Chazz Reinhold
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Crowton is coaching the offense in spite of no QB or head coach
Really? frick you
Posted on 12/7/10 at 12:02 pm to Kid Charlemagne
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it was very frusturating to watch
I feel ya bro!
Posted on 12/7/10 at 12:16 pm to RummelTiger
Nice it would be, mmmm,feel the force i do. If Gary knows Chip, do you think we could get him to invite him down for a OC interview. Les, Gary, and Chip in a meeting. Chip agrees to a job, Les fires Gary, fans happy. Tidy little package.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 12:19 pm to Tiger Ryno
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So Crowton, when he came back he had some rough edges to the spread and he started calling Chip Kelly on Sundays saying, "This came up and I didn't quite know what to do with it."
So Crowton had no clue what he was doing and called Chip? Who is he calling now?
Posted on 12/7/10 at 12:25 pm to Chimlim
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So Crowton had no clue what he was doing and called Chip? Who is he calling now?
No idea, but it sure would be nice to have Chip Kelly here.
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