I Really Like Chip Kelly Sometimes

Ol' Charles Kelly can sure be a redass some of the time -- wait, most of the time actually -- but man he's got some great moments, too.  If anyone knows how to get this sound bite as my phone ringtone, send me an email.

Let's Put A Nice, Little Bow On This Chip Kelly Story, Shall We?

Duck cheerleaders >> Another Chip Kelly pic

Since the news came down that Charles Kelly was indeed staying at Oregon, and not leaving for the Tampa Bay Bucs, I've been paying close attention to the reaction of Duck fans everywhere.  The easiest way to gauge how the fan base is feeling is to listen to the fans that call into the local radio shows.  Oh how I love the local sports talk radio caller guy.

This morning on my way to work, I was listening to some local sports radio shows.  They weren't specifically talking about the whole Chip Kelly saga of the past few days, but they were taking calls on it.  People around here still want to comment on it, that's for sure, so why not? 

A few of the callers were concerned about the potential negative effect this whole thing will have on recruiting, both this year and in the future.  Another caller mentioned how annoyed he was at Kelly for putting the program through a distraction like this. 

One caller said something about how once he found out the Kelly had changed his mind and decided to stay at Oregon, he felt relieved and was excited to have Kelly around for four or five more years.  I admired the guy's optimism and all, but I'm afraid he sounds like he still needs a dose of reality or two.

After The Dust Settles, Chip Kelly Is Still The Coach Of The Oregon Ducks. But How Long Will He Stay in Eugene?

So last night was pretty fun, right?  It was pretty crazy, that's for sure.  For a while there, I was certain that ol' Chippie was gone.  Done deal.  Signed, sealed and delivered.  Right?  Well, no.  Crisis adverted.  Duck fans could stop freaking out, like you know they were.

Like only Charles Kelly can, he ball-faked the sh!t out of all of us, and left us looking foolish like every poor defensive end that has played against Oregon.

But when I woke up this morning, and heard that Charles Kelly had decided to stay at Oregon, I wasn't surprised in the least.  I saw the news scrolling across the bottom line as I was watching SportsCenter this morning and all I could say was "Nice one, Chip.  Nice one."

Would Chip Kelly Be A Good Fit With The Indianapolis Colts?



Yesterday, Isaac and Suke brought up an article written by NFL Network's Michael Lombardi.  It was this article and it's Lombardi pretty much making the case that the Colts should sit down and take a long, hard look at Oregon's Chip Kelly to fill their current coaching void.

After Isaac and Suke got done talking about it, I headed over to NFL.com and read through it myself.  The first thing that jumped out at me was one of the comments at the end of the article.  Someone called Leajones99 wrote that basically, Lombardi's article was nonsense and in regards to Coach Kelly, "we like him here in Eugene, and there's no way he would move out of paradise for Indianapolis."

Excuse me?  Paradise?  Real quick, this isn't going to morph into a "crazy, delusional Duck fan" post (I promise!), but let me say a couple of things.