re: Looking like Chip Kelly's next gig will be in college

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I just do not get the Chip Kelly love at all.

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I agree. He was obviously a great fit in a very specific situation and time at Oregon. We now know that only translated so well to the pro game. We really don't have any way of knowing how he will translate in another conference and/or area of the country.

I give you, as an example, Mike Price. He did an amazing job at Wash St, and got them all the way to the Rose Bowl and into the national conversation. Think about where that program has been since he left. He was viewed as a solid hire for Bama at the time, but just take a look at where his career has gone since his big fall from grace. He couldn't even cut it in a bad Conference USA.

This doesn't necessarily mean that he is a bad football coach. However, it does mean that his abilities were limited, and that he wasn't good enough to be successful anywhere, anytime. Bill Snyder is another guy who has this "look" about him, but he was REALLY smart. He recognized that he had, and now has again, a great thing going that works where he is. He stuck with that, and will always be remembered as the greatest coach in KSU history. I have my doubts that he could achieve anything close to that elsewhere. Rich Rod is yet another example.

We don't know that Chip Kelly has these kinds of limitations, but I will suspect it unless he proves otherwise.