Birds' Kelce: Would Love Reunion with Kelly
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
Birds' Kelce: Would Love Reunion with Kelly
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
Eagles center Jason Kelce played three years for Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, when Kelly coached the Cincinnati Bearcats. Wednesday night, after a league source said the Eagles had interviewed Kelly on Tuesday for their head coaching vacancy, Kelce called Kelly “an outstanding coach who manages his college teams very similarly to NFL organizations.”
“I would be extremely excited to play for him again, and he is a proven winner,” Kelce said.
One pattern from the Eagles’ coaching search doesn’t require Sherlock Holmes to deduce – they really like the college guys. Coming into this week, their two longest interviews were withOregon's Chip Kelly and with Penn State coach Bill O’Brien, who ultimately decided to stay in college. The Birds scheduled an interview last weekend with Syracuse coach Doug Marrone, but he agreed to coach the Bills before they could meet.
Brian Kelly can't get no love from these posters, so bringing here would be disastrous.— Fritz and Alice- While he did s nice job at Notre Dame, he'd be .500 in the SEC at the very best.— Lockyer
- Not if he coached Alabama. — joberzut
- Proven winner.....he lost the big game....that is your definition of a winner? Oh, you are using Reid as the measuring stick, I get it now!— STEPHEN1988
- Another genius with the football IQ of a flea. Dopey, many times the talent on a team trumps how good a coach is. Only one coach in Div 1 wins the National Championship so I guess all the others are worthless? You should really stop commenting on things you know very little about, could make you sound stupid. Oh wait too late — DogBiscuitthedope
- Next up: coaches from other sports. Or maybe those two beach volleyball women could share the job.— loudfast
- ...who cares how many people they interview or if college coaches are using the process to get a raise? What does that matter in the long run? The GM, owner and people making the decision may pick up an idea during the interview...and, maybe they're waiting for their real choice to become available. The day they announce who the new HC is...that's what matters...keep interviewing...— ziggy
- Yeah, how stupid can Kelce be to get injured? He and RG3 should just go sit on the bench and shut up. The nerve of them to get hurt. And yeah, Philly fans would NEVER NEVER NEVER cheer someone getting injured. That has NEVER happened.
Are you daft?— tpizza - Kelly had about 1/3 the talent on Notre Dame that Saban had on Alabama so it only stands to reason that he'd lose 42-14. The guy is a great coach,I don't know why everyone is picking this guy to ridicule.— drbob1
- OK, I'm having problems understanding why interviewing Brian Kelly is a bad thing. You don't know about a guy until you talk to him. And now that the Eagles have talked to him, other NFL teams will spend the time and reach out to him, possibly giving the Eagles some time to get comfortable with their real target. Ever think of that?— beegal99
- They may as well interview Andy Talley while they're at it...— topwonk
- beegal, it isn't. I guess the complainers would rather just have Lurie jump at the first coach they interview rather than take their time and talk to as many qualified coaches as possible. Not sure what the hurry is. Even if they have an asst. coach on a playoff team targeted they can't announce a hiring for maybe 3 more weeks. Can you imagine the angst by then? To me it's comical reading some of these posts. It's like kids just before Christmas. No patience.— tpizza
- nothing against kelce as a player, but-
he has yet to play on a winning nfl football team.— bloodymess - CG25-----stfu once and for all— eaglesondefense
- What a moron convention. Typical mental midgets who look at the one game as a measuring stick of a coaches ability. I guess it doesn’t matter that Alabama is a much better team, don't care who the other coach is. Arizona beat New England in New England. What a terrible coach that Belicheck is. But hey keep making those idiot comments; I’m sure it helps you feel better about your own miserable existence. Dopes— DogBiscuitthedope
