Chip Kelly Finalizes His Coaching Staff
BREAKING NEWS, Coaching Staff, Eagles, News Friday, February 8th, 2013
With the selection of Billy Davis as his defensive coordinator, new Eagles head coach Chip Kelly has finalized his coaching staff. Kelly will hold a new conference on Monday afternoon at 1:30pm to discuss his staff.
Pat Shurmur (offensive coordinator) This is second time through Philadelphia. Shurmur will be in charge of the passing game and that could hopefully be a smooth transition since the quarterbacks and receivers have been playing it since they put on the Eagles uniforms..
Bill Davis (defensive coordinator) Davis isn’t a pure 3-4 guy like he was advertised. He really employs a 4-3 defense in the under alignment with the backers stacked behind the offensive linemen. It means the Eagles already have the personnel to play the defense. I’m glad Kelly decided to play a defense for which they already have the personnel.
Dave Fipp (special teams coordinator) He was most recently the assistant special teams coach in Miami where they had a special teams unit amongst the beest in the league.
Jeff Stoutland (offensive line) He may be the best hire of all the bunch. Hopefully he can have the Eagles offensive line dominating the way his Crimson Tide crew has done for years.
Greg Austin (assistant offensive line)
Jerry Azzinaro (defensive line/assistant head coach)
Bob Bicknell (wide receivers)
Erik Chinander (assistant defensive line)
Mike Dawson (defensive quality control)
Matt Harper (assistant special teams)
Josh Hingst (strength and conditioning)
Shaun Huls (sports science coordinator)
Bill Lazor (quarterbacks)
John Lovett (defensive backs)
Todd Lyght (assistant defensive backs)
Bill McGovern (outside linebackers)
Rick Minter (inside linebackers)
Justin Peelle (assistant tight ends)
Duce Staley (running backs)
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I really like the O/L, WR, Special Teams/ DL Hires and even Pat Shurmur is a good hire to Coach up the Young AB’s (Whether that’s Fole’s or a new young QB)
I am not so sure about DC Davis and the Secondary Coach from University of Cincinbati who I know little about. Todd Lyght as Asst Secondary Coach is a nice one also..
But as a Fan in this new Chip Kelly Era, I will be optimistic mans support him for he’s the Coach and hopefully the man with the plan
It will be telling on what Players they Release and Draft so we will all know a lot more about his plans here in the next 2-3 months ahead
I believe he cuts the chord with Players that go a ways back with the Andy Reid era (Vick, Patterson, Cole,Herremans, Jordan to name a few)
And looks long and hard at players like Asmo,, Coleman, Celek and build his Roster from there..
Draft weekend and the days following where undrafted Players will be signed will be an interesting time along with Free-Agency
And maybe after all his viewing of Tape and new Coaching Staff Meetings, he may come to the conclusion that he can coach a lot of these mentioned players up and get the best of them.. Time will tell
Since we are talking truths, there is very little enlightenment found on this site, its heavy on emotion, but very light on insight and knowledge. The fact that no one has done a very indepth review of our new coaches is telling. There is no information to be got here. My views are not absolute, some speak on this site with the absoluteness of someone who rested on the seveth day of their creation work. “Lurie has personally wronged me and it is unforgivable…..I have been betrayed…betrayed I tell you.” LOL Your right Steve PE.com might be a better taste for me among other spots, where you can get real information.
Well i am out I’ll be back in another 3 months or so when I am less delusional, for now I will just absorb some deeper Eagle sports writing else where .
Paul you do bring a good degree of knowledge, so theres that.
goodbye, make it 6 months instead
Coming on here criticizing us for not talking positive for the downward spiral that had a 10-6 McDermott firing to an 8-8 Castillo season to a 4-12 Bowles season with Marty staying the whole downward spiral.
You want us to write praising words about all of Chip Kelly’s staff when he won’t give the fans a Clear QB choice or answer if the Eagles are playing a 3-4 or 4-3 D ——–
The Eagles have 2 TE coaches LOL
I’m sorry when did Pat Shurmur or Billy Davis answer a single Eagle question yet —
and another thing we don’t really know who is in charge of the Defense
is it
the Assistant Head Coach – Jerry Azzinaro slash Defensive line coach
———————————or
Defensive Coordinator – Billy Davis
and we don’t know who is charge of game day play calling
Head Coach Chip Kelly
————-or
Offensive Coordinator Pat Shurmur
Don’t let the door hit you in the @$$, you condescending dorkhole! Yes, this site is filled with a lot of p!$$ & vinegar, but there are many knowledgeable fans on here, that bring a good bit of sports knowledge! While you’re gone, stay there!
Another thing, if you want knowledge, read The Encyclopedia Britannica collection A-Z. This is a sports website, where we have a POST COMMENT section, where we give our comments, opinions, & some of us actually investigate, read, have played, coached & taught sports, of all kinds. We ain’t here to give lessons in the differences of the 3-4, 4-3, hybrid 4-3 under alignment, Kelly’s pistol, read option, up tempo offense. We ALL want to know HOW these greedy bastards, are going to make OUR team better, who they’re going to draft, why they hired the failures that they have hired, why it took so long, & why Limp wrist Lurie raised ticket prices, after the 4-12 abortion of a year we just witnessed, all the while pocketing over $23M. WE buy merchandise, seat licenses, tickets, pack the house every game, paid our hard working $$$$ to build his cash cow, & WE are still loyal, after not ever winning a SB, & have come off a stretch, with a POS as a HC, who should have been fired 3 years ago. So I think we have the right to our opinions, worries, & thoughts, no matter how negative YOU think they are! At least ON HERE, you get honesty!
Dcar has spoken and dropped the mic and this subject is closed. Beautiful post DCar. This perfectly describes the passionate Eagle fans.
We may rip each other & disagree with other, but we love our teams, & don’t except failure & people taking us for granted. Other than a minority of the clueless, the delusional, & the blatant racists on here, I believe most of us are knowledgeable, love our teams, want winners, won’t except losing, & aren’t happy just settling with just competing
Whats funny mono is thats not me… i have never spoken like that. All ive said is that im holding off the pom poms but clearly im in support of this team. As far as info…. not much to give right now. You want to know about the kind of d we run? Its going to be heavy on ryans. Im good with that. They need another dt. They need a s.s. i think we will see kendriks shine. Cole may get traded.
I know Stevo, I have read you often an You are pretty right on , as i say most of you are. You guys can allow me a few break downs right. Hell i get frustrated like you guys, this pass season was bleak to say the least. i do enjoy the site but man sometimes….sometimes its like you know something is wrong and having a nagging wife that just won’t stop yapping about it over and over.
Anyway i am a laid back kind of dude so sorry GCOBB you do provide a decent site my bad I am guilty of negative rant myself I guess, just that we haven’t even made it to the new season “and our team sucks, and our Organization is the worst in the league?” Sorry fellas you caught me off guard on that. My apologies to ya.
Eagles0? Come on dude six months..serious what is this the soviet union? LOL I’ m back by Fa’s or the draft my friend, your punishment is way to harsh for my crimes. I exile myself for 3 and you banish me for 6? Yeeks!
What id like to know….. dixon deal done yet? ….. shady come around to the chip hire yet?… vick staying?… what will they do to get good d free agents here?because davis will not be the bait. Whos the first round pic? What do they do with cole? Who stays…. nnamdi or drc? Or neither?
Go paul… throw sh#@ on the wall.
Optics.
I have no idea whether the coaching hires will work out. None of us do.
But right now, the poaching of coaches from the Browns does not inspire confidence. Does not inspire renewal. It just doesn’t look good.
There is no way that there isn’t a huge portion of the fanbase asking a simple question: “Cleveland?”
Of all the up and coming teams (the SFs, the Seas), or the recent successes (the NOs, the NYGs) or the perrenial powers (the pitts, the balts, the NEs)…the eagles decide to go Cleveland.
Right or wrong….its very reasonable to have a fanbase thinking….you chose your OC and DC from the Cleveland Browns?
Again maybe these guys are good coaches. They probably are. But the Optics scream – CLEVELAND!!!! And that can drown out any potential goodwill/excitement that should be surrounding this team at this time.
Now – add Dennis Dixon to this mix? Well, do that and and they’re burning through whatever new capital the Kelly hire garnered pretty damn quickly. He’s Dennis Dixon for chrissakes.
This is why I cannot see a Dennis Dixon signing here. Especially after some of the coaching hires that seem……odd. I don’t know how a Dixon signing could be sold to a fanbase desperate for hope/change. (or to the lovcer room for that matter)
Vinnie, rewrite this post please. The Eagles just re- did Vick’s contract for one year and said he will compete will Foles to be the starter this year. LOL, LOL, oh my goodness this is too funny!!!