Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to Eagles three sixty on this
Speaker 1: extraordinary Wednesday at the Novicare Complex. I'm Eagles insider Dave Spidero.
Speaker 1: We've got a lot to get to on the show.
Speaker 1: Chairman CEO Jeffrey Laurie meeting the media earlier today discussing
Speaker 1: his decision to release head coach Chip Kelly from his contract.
Speaker 1: That announcement came on Tuesday night, Kelly compiling a twenty
Speaker 1: six and twenty one record with the Eagles in nearly
Speaker 1: three seasons. Of course, the Eagles six and nine and
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen two and five, after reaching the midway point
Speaker 1: of this season at four and four. So we will
Speaker 1: get into what Jeffrey Laurie had to say. We'll also
Speaker 1: go into the locker room to get the player's reaction
Speaker 1: to the news. And they are preparing for the season
Speaker 1: finale on Sunday against the New York Giants. So it
Speaker 1: is really kind of a remarkable day. This has only
Speaker 1: happened once in franchise history, firing a coach with one
Speaker 1: game to go. That happened in nineteen eighty four, the
Speaker 1: Eagles making Mary and Campbell an ex coach, promoting Fred
Speaker 1: Bruney to the interim job. He went out and beat
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings thirty seven thirty five. He was not
Speaker 1: rehired after that win, and then of course Buddy Ryan
Speaker 1: came to town and turned the football fortunes around just
Speaker 1: a little bit. Anyway, Jeffrey Lourie met with the media
Speaker 1: for twenty two minutes, and he was engaging. He was
Speaker 1: fourth right, and he was honest in his assessment of
Speaker 1: what went down in terms of win and losses in
Speaker 1: the Chip Kelly era. He began meeting the media by
Speaker 1: thanking Chip Kelly and saying that he believes that Kelly
Speaker 1: will have a very successful future wherever his next coaching job.
Speaker 1: Maybe I look forward to watching Chip succeed wherever he goes,
Speaker 1: because I think he really will. Really just want to
Speaker 1: publicly thank Chip. Nobody worked harder the last three years
Speaker 1: and a smart guy, and it was a bold decision
Speaker 1: to hire him and had certainly some success, and you know,
Speaker 1: I wish him the very best, as I did yesterday.
Speaker 1: I go back to the original hiring of Chip. It
Speaker 1: was a it was a bold choice. We knew what
Speaker 1: the potential pitfalls were. He was our first choice. It
Speaker 1: was a unanimous decision we all had in the hiring
Speaker 1: process that we should make that bold choice. I thought,
Speaker 1: after you know, fifteen years of going in one direction,
Speaker 1: that there was a reason to do that. And I
Speaker 1: think whenever you make a bold choice, I'd hate to
Speaker 1: ever be risk averse. I don't ever want to operate
Speaker 1: that way. Whether it's acquiring a player or picking a
Speaker 1: head coach or whatever. It's much better to go for
Speaker 1: it than to just, you know, say, Okay, well other
Speaker 1: teams are doing it that way or something like that.
Speaker 1: That's not the way we've ever operated and so I
Speaker 1: think one of the things is when you make a
Speaker 1: bold choice, there's increased risk, and sometimes it just doesn't
Speaker 1: work out when you take risks. There was really no
Speaker 1: choice in terms of maximizing Chip without him having the lever,
Speaker 1: so to speak, of making those decisions. That's that's where
Speaker 1: it was at. I mean, I think you either were
Speaker 1: all in or you should find a new coach in
Speaker 1: terms of the trust, and so the choice was let's
Speaker 1: let's see if that's going to work. And in terms
Speaker 1: of you know, the results, part of that's the reason
Speaker 1: we're here today. Laurie made the move midweek, giving the
Speaker 1: Eagles an opportunity to have some advanced opportunities to contact
Speaker 1: potential candidates for the head coaching job. It is a
Speaker 1: search that he is familiar with, having done it a
Speaker 1: few years ago when the team of Jeffrey Lourie, Don
Speaker 1: Smilensky and Howie Roseman landed Kelly from the University of Oregon.
Speaker 1: So now the Eagles are in the same situation, with
Speaker 1: a few days of advanced time to go. Laurie discusses
Speaker 1: the search for the next Eagles head coach. I'm very
Speaker 1: confident that the search will be done very, very professionally.
Speaker 1: As the last one was. We uncovered several excellent candidates.
Speaker 1: I'm very confident that what we're going to assemble in
Speaker 1: terms of that search will will lead us and our
Speaker 1: fans to a really excellent choice. In terms of what
Speaker 1: we're looking for in a coach, it's several things, and
Speaker 1: it's um number one, A smart strategic thinker. That's that's
Speaker 1: that's a given. You've got to be looking out for
Speaker 1: the short term, mid term and long term interests of
Speaker 1: the franchise. UM looking for somebody who interacts very well
Speaker 1: and communicates clearly with everybody he works with and comes
Speaker 1: in touch with. UM understands the passion of our fans
Speaker 1: and what it's like to coach the Philadelphia Eagles. It's
Speaker 1: a unique and incredibly passionate fan base, UM that just
Speaker 1: wants to win, and you've got to incorporate that in
Speaker 1: your life, in your heart, and you've got to be
Speaker 1: willing to do that. We're going to look at NFL coaches,
Speaker 1: NFL coordinators, college coaches, retired coaches, any any category you
Speaker 1: can come up with, if we think it's the best candidate.
Speaker 1: So UM, No, there will be no change in categories.
Speaker 1: It's it's open to figuring that figuring that out. We're
Speaker 1: looking for the best leader. You know, I've looked carefully
Speaker 1: at coaches around the league and where they come from,
Speaker 1: and I don't think there's any clear evidence of offense
Speaker 1: over defense, defense over offense. It comes down to the
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Speaker 1: it's different than it was a long time ago. But
Speaker 1: I don't treat offense or defense differently. We'll hear more
Speaker 1: about Jeffrey Lorie and what he had to say to
Speaker 1: the media in the show a little later on, But
Speaker 1: next up, on Eagles three sixty, we go inside the
Speaker 1: locker room and talk to the players. It is a
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Speaker 1: We welcome you back to Eagles three sixty. Eagles insider
Speaker 1: Dave Spidero here and as you know, Chip Kelly last season.
Speaker 1: After the twenty fourteen campaign ended with a win over
Speaker 1: the New York Giants, just a couple of days later,
Speaker 1: the Eagles making another stunning announcement they made Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: gave him full control over the personnel department. That meant
Speaker 1: that he was in charge of the ninety man roster,
Speaker 1: not just the fifty three man roster during the season.
Speaker 1: So Kelly made some moves in the offseason that you
Speaker 1: may have heard about, trading Nick Foles in a second
Speaker 1: round draft pick to the Rams in exchange the Eagles
Speaker 1: getting back Sam Bradford, trading the all time leading rusher
Speaker 1: in franchise history Lashawn McCoy to the Buffalo Bills for
Speaker 1: linebacker Kiko Alonso coming off a lost twenty fourteen season
Speaker 1: that he missed with an AHL injury in and the
Speaker 1: Eagles and free agency going big signing DeMarco Murray and
Speaker 1: running back Ryan Matthews at running back and cornerback Byron Maxwell.
Speaker 1: The success has been mixed the Eagles the bottom line
Speaker 1: sixth and nine, and Lorie Today, when he met the media,
Speaker 1: talked a little bit about those successes, the idea of
Speaker 1: the player roster, and why he made this decision middle
Speaker 1: of the week. One of his prime reasons was to
Speaker 1: give the chairman CEO an opportunity to speak to the team.
Speaker 1: In today's world, especially at least the way I like
Speaker 1: to run things, I want to hear from the players.
Speaker 1: I want to engage them and have them understand what
Speaker 1: they felt was lacking. I need to understand, have them
Speaker 1: understand and take accountability, but also at the same time
Speaker 1: be a sponge for what is leadership like In today's
Speaker 1: football world, You're dealing with twenty two to thirty five
Speaker 1: or more age people and people who are elite athletes
Speaker 1: trying to perform at the very peak of their profession
Speaker 1: and what is leadership like in today's world. It's very,
Speaker 1: very different than it was ten, fifteen, twenty years ago,
Speaker 1: and you know, I would like to think that we're
Speaker 1: always going to try to be on the progressive end
Speaker 1: of how to lead. I'm not someone who's hands off,
Speaker 1: and I try to get a sense of players and
Speaker 1: their concerns in the locker room at all times. But
Speaker 1: the kinds of players, whether it's Darren Sproles, DeMarco Murray,
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford, Vinny Curry, you name it, these are players
Speaker 1: that can fit in any system. And it remains to
Speaker 1: be seen if we run a high tempo type of
Speaker 1: offense or not. That I'll be determined by the new
Speaker 1: head coach. But I don't see any players on the
Speaker 1: roster that one would say are only a fit for
Speaker 1: a Chip Kelly team, not at all. So we have
Speaker 1: to increase the talent level and increase the performance level
Speaker 1: of those we have, and uh, you know, that's that's
Speaker 1: the key. It's not a fit system type of situation. Certainly,
Speaker 1: the most notable acquisition in the offseason quarterback Sam Bradford,
Speaker 1: who had missed all but seven games in twenty thirteen,
Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen with a knee injury, and after a
Speaker 1: slow first half of the season and then a concussion
Speaker 1: and shoulder injury, Bradford has really played well the last
Speaker 1: six games, a passer rating of Yearly ninety five. He's
Speaker 1: been a great leader. He's been tough in the pocket,
Speaker 1: He's gotten the ball down the field, He's made some
Speaker 1: plays and had this offense moving in the locker room.
Speaker 1: On Wednesday, the media surrounding Sam Bradford getting a reaction
Speaker 1: to the news that Chip Kelly was no longer his
Speaker 1: head coach. I didn't see it coming. I don't know
Speaker 1: if anyone did. You know. When I got the news
Speaker 1: last night, I was shocked. What do you think led
Speaker 1: to chips demise? You? Um? Yeah, I'm not the one
Speaker 1: who makes those decisions, so you know, it's really hard
Speaker 1: for me to speculate on that. But do you understand
Speaker 1: it all some people have talked about that, his relationship
Speaker 1: with players, his relationship with with with the front office.
Speaker 1: Did you see anything that you think would lead to this? Um? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Like I said, I don't know what his relationship was
Speaker 1: with other people, but I had a great relationship with him.
Speaker 1: You know, he gave me an opportunity, you know, after
Speaker 1: being injured for two years, And I'll forever be grateful
Speaker 1: for that. And you know, it's just it's tough him
Speaker 1: not being weird to get you that you wanted to
Speaker 1: resign here and you're comfortable in Philadelphia now that Chips Gods,
Speaker 1: you still feel that way? Um? I mean, yeah, I
Speaker 1: still enjoy the guys on this team, you know, I
Speaker 1: enjoy the city, have enjoyed my time here, Um, you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: And I think a lot of it depends on who
Speaker 1: they hire as a head coach down you know, what
Speaker 1: type offensive system he wants to run. Sam had much
Speaker 1: accountability do you think the players have? Um, you know,
Speaker 1: a lot. You know, we're the ones out there trying
Speaker 1: to execute the game plan. We're the ones out there,
Speaker 1: um making the plays. So you know, I know for
Speaker 1: me personally, you know, I feel like a lot of
Speaker 1: it is on our Sam, you talked about not wanting
Speaker 1: to have to learn a new offense. Do I say
Speaker 1: that only happened one and way to other people like
Speaker 1: you kind of feel like you can't catch your break
Speaker 1: in this. Um, I don't think you can look at
Speaker 1: it like that, you know, Obviously, I would love to
Speaker 1: be in the same system, and it's only happened once
Speaker 1: in my career. But at this point, you know, whether
Speaker 1: I'm here somewhere else, I'm going to be learning a
Speaker 1: new system. So it's just part of it. The player reaction,
Speaker 1: as you might imagine, was pretty stunning. Most found out
Speaker 1: on Tuesday night via the Internet and then called each
Speaker 1: other and shared the news and shared the reaction. Reported
Speaker 1: to work on Wednesday, trying to focus in on a
Speaker 1: good day of practice. We go back into the locker
Speaker 1: room and talk to a host of players about their thoughts,
Speaker 1: the chip Kelly's out, what happens the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: and what might happen in twenty sixteen and beyond. It's
Speaker 1: just a big of a shock for me, as it
Speaker 1: was for anybody else. But that's the business that we're in,
Speaker 1: and we understand that. I mean, I've been on a
Speaker 1: team with Todd Hailey and he got fired when Kansas
Speaker 1: City when there was three games left in the season,
Speaker 1: so I've been part of this. I understand it's the business.
Speaker 1: This isn't new to me as much as it is
Speaker 1: to some of the other people around, but that's what
Speaker 1: we're in and everybody knows that you have to produce
Speaker 1: and you have to win to keep your job the NFL.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he lost the team. I think a lot
Speaker 1: of guys here have a lot of respect for Chipping
Speaker 1: wish him a lot of moving forward. If we as
Speaker 1: players just didn't play well, I'm speak for myself. You
Speaker 1: had my respect, you know, had my attention, and I
Speaker 1: think the way he opposed the game was second to
Speaker 1: none and it helped a young man like myself approached
Speaker 1: the game. Yeah. Um, you know, I just want to
Speaker 1: go in to positive ruction. Whoever we hire, you know,
Speaker 1: get in April, buy into a system and believe and
Speaker 1: get our guys on board. And uh, you know, I
Speaker 1: think the biggest thing, uh with with if there's any
Speaker 1: prossible team, needs to be communication. Doesn't need to be
Speaker 1: you know, chirping in the locker room and then you know,
Speaker 1: hiding it from him. I think it needs to be
Speaker 1: open communication because I think it's how things will get
Speaker 1: sold where you want to the future of this franchise
Speaker 1: go without ship. I just wanted to see it get
Speaker 1: back you know to what I came into. You know
Speaker 1: what how coach Read was and you know, just let's
Speaker 1: get back to winning period. I just want to get
Speaker 1: back to winning. That's all I care about, and that's
Speaker 1: all that's all should be. The focus is winning. Keep
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to our final segment here on Eagles three sixty.
Speaker 1: Eagles insider Dave spidero with you the Eagles and the
Speaker 1: Giants on Sunday, the season finale a kapper to a
Speaker 1: most disappointing two and fifteen season four the Eagles. You
Speaker 1: think back to the preseason and how good this team looked,
Speaker 1: how many points they scored, the big win over the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers, and now we come to this the
Speaker 1: season finale for the Eagles. A win, of course, gives
Speaker 1: the Eagles second place in the NFC East. A loss
Speaker 1: means the Eagles are in third place in the division.
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