Originally posted by Rascal:
Originally posted by Willisfn4life:
Chip Kelly every offseason will have options if he wants to return to college. I don't think he leaves this time.
Chip Kelly seems like the type that wants to prove people wrong about him in the NFL and show that he can win in it consistently. Going back to Oregon will no doubt be a safe move for him but I don't see him going backwards in his career just yet.
You think any college will be willing to buy out his 9ers contract other than Oregon with Phil Knight's massive financial backing?
Also, this might not necessarily be up to him. Look, Tomsula had a 5-11 season and noone thought he would get fired and yet Jed York pulled the trigger. What makes you think Jed York wouldn't fire him with a much worse record say at 1-15? Jed York might not even have a choice when the fans' sentiments are this strong.
Not any college, but there's always going to be a couple big college jobs open every year that will be able to buy out Chip's contract, I'm confident in that. Chip will never have a problem going back to college, that much I'm sure. And though it does happen, it seems to be rare that a coach returns to a college team that he left for another school or NFL team ( Bobby Petrino does come to mind as an exception).
I don't think Jed will force him out. If he fired him, that will be the fourth coach in four years. That's an abysmal look for your organization. Three in three is already bad enough. If Chip leaves on his own accord, that's one thing, but no way do I think Jed fires him. I think Baalke will get axed before Chip if Jed fires anybody.
I wouldn't say no one thought Tomsula was getting fired. There were a good amount of posters, myself included, bloggers and media outlets that thought it might happen. I will say at the last minute though in the hours leading up, it seemed most media outlets were reporting he'd be back. I don't think Jed will embarrass himself again after his speech in January and his speech after Chip was hired and fire yet again another coach so soon .
Tbh, I'm not confident that Baalke is going to get fired either this year. York is likely to preach patience and assure everyone that the team has a plan. I think Baalke deserves to be fired, because somebody needs to answer for this downfall but the most likely situation is O'Neill will be fired before anyone, and be this season's scapegoat.
[ Edited by Willisfn4life on Nov 30, 2016 at 5:09 AM ]