The Chris Murray Report: A Public Forum For Sports, Politics, and Culture
By Chris Murray
For The Chris Murray Report and The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
Eagles head coach Chip Kelly will lead the way in making personnel decisions for the Eagles. Photo by Webster Riddick.
PHILADELPHIA—Now that Chip Kelly has assumed control of all the Eagles personnel decisions, the burden on him to win a championship has been increased exponentially.
Now the last time an Eagles head coach had that much control over the players he could bring in, do you remember the results?
Yes, it was four trips to the NFC title game including a Super Bowl appearance, a team that consistently stayed under the salary cap, a bizarre disregard for certain positions on defense and at the receiver position (except for one year with Terrell Owens) , a front-office power struggle, and a city without an NFL championship since 1960.
Under Andy Reid as head coach and head personnel guy…
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