A Good Weekend

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For Lane Kiffin anyways, who must be ecstatic at the news Oregon coach Chip Kelly is close to leaving for Tampa Bay. Aside from the recruiting implications, Kiffin is undoubtedly thrilled that he might not need to prepare for the Ducks' hurry-up offense anymore. Even if a new coach copies it, it will be hard to replicate at Kelly's pace.
When is Phil Knight going to intervene and pull a Hail Mary?


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Bill Author Profile Page said:

Are you saying that Lame Kitten is afraid to compete?

Our 75 Is Better Than Your 85 Author Profile Page said:

Recent reports indicate Chip Kelly changed his mind, and is staying at Oregon...

LAWYER JOHN Author Profile Page said:

This does not sound like a done deal. I bet it falls through.

Trojan Conquest Author Profile Page said:

Still good news. It puts questions in recruits about how long he'll be there. Same thing that was used against Carroll.

Gulag Author Profile Page said:

Word has it Kelley has declined the offer for Tampa Bay

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7492379/chip-kelly-oregon-ducks-passes-tampa-bay-buccaneers-offer-general-manager-says

Chip Kelly turns down Bucs, GM says

ESPN.com news services

Oregon coach Chip Kelly has decided not to take an offer from the Buccaneers to fill their head-coaching vacancy, Tampa Bay's general manager said.

"His heart is with college football and Oregon and he's no longer being considered,'' Mark Dominik said Monday, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Kelly and the Bucs had been deep in the process of finishing a deal Sunday night.

Kelly, who secretly interviewed with the Buccaneers last week, had been intrigued by the challenge of coaching at the highest level and not having to deal with parents and the NCAA oversights that are inherent to coaching in college, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.

While former USC coach Pete Carroll left the Trojans to coach the Seattle Seahawks in January 2010 shortly before an NCAA report for sanctions under Carroll's watch, the source told Schad that Kelly and Oregon were not anticipating heavy sanctions from the NCAA's inquiry into the school's relationship with alleged street agent Willie Lyles.

After firing Raheem Morris the day after the regular season ended, Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer said the team would go through an exhaustive search. Most of the candidates have been older and that's apparently because the Bucs wanted to go in the opposite direction of Morris, who was the league's youngest head coach.

Among the candidates who have or will interview for the position are former head coaches Brad Childress, Marty Schottenheimer and Mike Sherman, current coordinators Rob Chudzinski (Carolina Panthers), Jerry Gray (Tennessee Titans) and Mike Zimmer (Cincinnati Bengals) and Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Tom Clements.

The Buccaneers also were scheduled to interview Joe Philbin but the former Packers offensive coordinator was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their new head coach late last week.

Gulag Author Profile Page said:

Word has it Kelley has declined the offer for Tampa Bay

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7492379/chip-kelly-oregon-ducks-passes-tampa-bay-buccaneers-offer-general-manager-says

Chip Kelly turns down Bucs, GM says

ESPN.com news services

Oregon coach Chip Kelly has decided not to take an offer from the Buccaneers to fill their head-coaching vacancy, Tampa Bay's general manager said.

"His heart is with college football and Oregon and he's no longer being considered,'' Mark Dominik said Monday, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Kelly and the Bucs had been deep in the process of finishing a deal Sunday night.

Kelly, who secretly interviewed with the Buccaneers last week, had been intrigued by the challenge of coaching at the highest level and not having to deal with parents and the NCAA oversights that are inherent to coaching in college, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.

While former USC coach Pete Carroll left the Trojans to coach the Seattle Seahawks in January 2010 shortly before an NCAA report for sanctions under Carroll's watch, the source told Schad that Kelly and Oregon were not anticipating heavy sanctions from the NCAA's inquiry into the school's relationship with alleged street agent Willie Lyles.

After firing Raheem Morris the day after the regular season ended, Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer said the team would go through an exhaustive search. Most of the candidates have been older and that's apparently because the Bucs wanted to go in the opposite direction of Morris, who was the league's youngest head coach.

Among the candidates who have or will interview for the position are former head coaches Brad Childress, Marty Schottenheimer and Mike Sherman, current coordinators Rob Chudzinski (Carolina Panthers), Jerry Gray (Tennessee Titans) and Mike Zimmer (Cincinnati Bengals) and Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Tom Clements.

The Buccaneers also were scheduled to interview Joe Philbin but the former Packers offensive coordinator was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their new head coach late last week.

3rdandlong Author Profile Page said:

Chip Kelly reports that his heart rests in Phil Knight's wallet.

gotroy22 Author Profile Page said:

Pete used to do the same thing every year about this time to get a salary bump from Garrett. It never seemed to hurt our recruiting one bit.

spedjones Author Profile Page said:

Speaking of weekends....can anyone tell me what's wrong with the following quote from the big boy from Washington?:

“I’ve been to USC twice before but this was my first time visiting the Coliseum. It was awesome, they turned the scoreboard on for us and they had our names on the scoreboard, it was really cool.”

spedjones Author Profile Page said:

nobody wants to answer? Are secondary recruiting violations more serious when you're on secret double probation?

marvgoux Author Profile Page said:

Whats the violation?

NOBS Author Profile Page said:

SCOTT. QUIT using "anyways".....it's for ignorant people, you know like SlobDusky.

bushwhite Author Profile Page said:

1. FU*K Oregon

2. Great, now the duck recruits will question if he really wants to be there or will bolt to the NFL

3. He only stayed because he realized it would take him years to build up the talent level at TB and might never happen which would deflate his Hindenburg size ego

4. FU*K Oregon

bushwhite Author Profile Page said:

does anyone have any idea what spedjones is talking about? Not just now, I mean, ever?

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