Ostatehawk
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He also absolutely HATED dealing with boosters. Completely understandable. Imagine how much worse that is today as opposed to ten years ago.
Chip Kelly OC talk again
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The grass is not always greener on the other side applies perfectly for Chip Kelly. He had it great at Oregon, money, Phil Knight/Nike wealth for facilities and more, cool unis to attract talent, a top tier team, etc.., pretty much everything. He never got back to that level of success and recognition again.
RiverDog
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Yeah, we're the only team with an OC position open, so we can take our time. Hopefully that's why JS agreed to interview him as there's no sense of urgency other than to get the staff filled out so they can get to work.
SoulfishHawk
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Make your choice Coach, I'm behind you.
chris98251
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Think Kelly is a smokescreen, John turns every rock over, but Kelly has been available to talk to for weeks.
SoulfishHawk
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Yep, reports and rumors get blown out of proportion, all the time.
The move still doesn't make any financial sense. Unless Seattle is prepared to break the bank on Kelly, there's no way he's leaving UCLA to be an OC. Just matching his recent contract with UCLA would make him far and away the highest-paid coordinator in the league. Does that make any sense? Are we really going to overpay for a guy whose track record calling plays in the NFL is spotty?
SoulfishHawk
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It's all talk, nothing has happened, and nothing probably will. I'll believe it if I see it. Until then, meh.
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I do think that’s a JS trait…smokescreens.
Hawknight
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But that's just a rumor
SoulfishHawk
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Hawknight
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Why Brock & Salk like idea Chip Kelly as Seattle Seahawks OC
With the Seattle Seahawks reportedly talking to UCLA's Chip Kelly about offensive coordinator, Brock and Salk detail why they're intrigued.
sports.mynorthwest.com
RiverDog
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But who's he trying to fool? It's not like it's the draft or free agency where you interview players to make other teams think that we're interested in them. We're the only team left that has an OC opening.
I'm hoping that the interview is just out of courtesy to Kelly, that we're not serious about hiring him.
chris98251
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If you interview guys and they are on the fence or waiting for their team if employed to give them a better offer publicly announcing an interview can get them off the fence.
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I think the way the college game has gone with the transfer portal and money being involved has made it really tough on coaches and they hate it. He's probably made a ton of money and dealing with all that stuff is a nightmare. If he does a great job here maybe he gets another head coaching gig
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Lmao! Valid…forgot we’re the last ones looking for an OC.
Their fantasy stock is sky high right now
A smokescreen for what? We're the only team looking for an OC lol
EDIT: the other oc they might want, derp
Might be trying to leverage another potential OC he's talking to to either hurry up or take less money, I didn't think of it at first either
Seahawk_Dan
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I think it’s more like, if the team has other potential candidates that are holding out or dragging their feet, then Kelly could be a bargaining “Chip”.
