Big Balls Glazers - Contacting Chip Kelly Shows Aggression and Innovation
by Sander on Jan 23, 2012 1:00 PM EST
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Oregon fans have a saying: "Big Balls Chip". It refers to Chip Kelly and the humongous testicles he must have for his aggressive, bold decisions in managing games and running a franchise. Kelly is innovative, aggressive and not afraid to try something new. He's exactly the opposite of the coaches the Bucs interviewed before him: experienced coaches who know what works, and stick to it.
That, to me, is encouraging. In life, sports and business I think you need to be aggressive and daring to succeed. Reach for the skies, and all that. That's what the Glazers did in this hire: they swung for the fences and tried to break the mold. They weren't afraid to try something new, something that hadn't been done before, and something that would certainly have been an exciting experiment. They were willing to take a risk to bring a winner to town.
By the way, don't blame this on the 'cheap' Glazers. They offered Chip Kelly $6 million per year to come coach the Bucs. They're not afraid to spend on a coach according to Michael Berk of KGW. The Bucs came very close to signing Kelly, it just didn't happen.
Trying to hire Chip Kelly showed some cojones. It showed some marbles. Just when everyone thought they'd gotten stuck and were trying to do the conservative thing, they found their marbles and started crushing homeruns. Or, well, they would have had Chip Kelly not left them at the altar.
So I say: Big Balls Glazers! Now move on, and show that you still have those marbles with your actual hire.
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Jim Tressel
If Colts Dont We Should .
by RIP SEAN TAYLOR 21 on Jan 23, 2012 1:02 PM EST reply actions
No, no, a thousand times NO
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
by RookTakesYou on Jan 23, 2012 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Just in case the point wasn't clear yet.
No.
by NewLogic on Jan 23, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Let me be the first to say "No!"
Wait, not first?
by fatmosh on Jan 23, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Just in case:
NO
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." - Jerry Rice
by bucnut1 on Jan 23, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
I rec'd every single NO - can we get them all green please?
by aakks on Jan 23, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
same here, but I can't rec my own
by bucfanlostiniowa on Jan 23, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
lol
I looked it said 65 comments..I did not realize is would be 64 saying No
by 69her on Jan 23, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
looks like sweater vest might be the colts new coach
colts fans don’t seem happy about it
by bucfanlostiniowa on Jan 23, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Manning could groom him into a decent coach.
Maybe.
by NewLogic on Jan 23, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If Manning is still there...
I thought MIA would be a nice landing spot… and the rumor mill about that has now started up that very thing from somewhere else.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
That is also a strong possibility...
because of the HCs knowledge of him. Either way, Matt Moore will not be the MIA starting QB next year.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 23, 2012 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
I IN ABSOLUTE AGREEMENT, SAY NO
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
by 4QB on Jan 23, 2012 6:35 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
iM not sure you understood....
HELL no.
by frostphoenix on Jan 23, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Tressel has a better resume
than Chip Kelly, but somehow, someway…Chip Kelly is the “Holy Grail” to the posters of this blog. LMAO! ok…
This is not saying Tressel should be the guy, just laughing at the reaction.
I dont know where the Bucs will turn, but I am going out on a limb and guessing Zimmer.
It is the scumbag factor with Tressel
Who said Chip Kelly was the holy grail? He was 4th or 5th on my list.
Better resume?
He coached at OSU – a football factory. He had tremendous recruiting advantages over almost all of his competition.
Chip Kelly is an innovator and offensive genius. He drove UNH and Oregon to National prominence.
His game might not fly at the pro level – but it certainly would be fun to watch.
Please please please Glazers & Dom, please
Get on a plane to Boise, Idaho NOW and offer Chris Petersen $6 million a year!
Sadly, it also showed...
that even $6 million per season isn’t enough to tab a college coach.
Oh Glazers, you have spun quite a tangled web with your 3 years of “cheap-o” behavior. What a big PR mess you have now on your hands. How to convince a potential HC that you are NOW willing to spend will be a tough sell. Maybe I should have said “Continue to be a tough sell”.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 23, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
I'm very interested in Chris Petersen too
but he just resigned with BSU, I don’t see him even talking to the Bucs.
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." - Jerry Rice
by bucnut1 on Jan 23, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And anything else he wants...
Hell, let him bring that crazy blue field with him if he wants…
by Ray Bucbolt on Jan 23, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I said last night
that I thought the choice of Kelly spoke well to their mindset. I still agree today. No moping, no dwelling, no acting like an emo teenager turned down for a date sitting in their bedroom with the window shades drawn. Let’s get past it and move on to the next candidate.
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
Maybe this means Chud could be in play
by flash_kiley on Jan 23, 2012 1:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Hopefully they stay this aggressive in free agency.
by flash_kiley on Jan 23, 2012 1:17 PM EST via Android app reply actions
I would rather see that...
than continue to chase unconvinceable college coaches to give up their cushy high-paid job to take on this train-wreck of a franchise.
Even IF they ponied up and got their HC of choice, they will STILL have to spend agressively in the F/A market to fill the multitude of holes we currently have. If we fill 3 or 4 starting weaknesses this year AND 3 or 4 next year, we still have to draft well (better than we have since Dom started calling the draft shots) to reach the level of an ever-improving ATL, NO and CAR. The rest will not sit idley by and let us creep up on them. This may well be the premiere division in football in very short order.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 23, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
STAY AGGRESIVE
when were they aggresive? surley not in player free agency,
That sentence began "Even IF..."
Which is not to say that they will, but concieveably IF they did. Not sure that you can just flip the “Cheapskate” switch from don’t spend to spend. They may have to turn both keys at the same time – like on a nuclear armed submarine.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 23, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
This is way more on Dom than the Glazers.
I believe it’s Dom’s responsibility to communicate the vision and direction of the team. If he couldn’t do that, or at least couldn’t do it to the extent to woo Chip Kelly away from a city he had just built a home in, it’s his fault.
Formerly UNFNole
Maybe
Or maybe, Kelly just didn’t want to leave Oregon. It doesn’t need to necessarily be someone’s fault.
yea the guy from boise would be ok
he seems like a good coach
i dont get it
why interview all these other guys if your going to secretly try to hire a quack (no pun)
like kelly, i mean no nfl exp. how many championships has this guy won? im still hoping for
martyball, but i think im SOL
we better
get Marty , Zimmer or Chud and get this done by the end week
Perhaps the interviews we know of are Plan B
Who really knows who else the Glazers and Dom have spoken to or met with?
Get Chud!
Get a deep threat (Desean, Vincent Jackson, Dwayne Bowe)
Draft Claiborne, Mark Barron, LaMichael James
Bring in Carl Nicks, Brent Grimes, D’qwell Jackson in FA.
Go Bucs
by flash_kiley on Jan 23, 2012 1:41 PM EST via Android app reply actions
chud?
who ever heard of chud before cam newton got there, he sure did nothing with their previous 1st round draft pick qb from the previous year
He wasn't in Carolina in 2010
He got Derek Anderson to the Pro Bowl in Cleveland, and has had success wherever he went.
Ha beat me to it Sander.
by flash_kiley on Jan 23, 2012 1:50 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
i just never heard of the guy
and he’s so great how come nobody else is looking at or hiring him. i think we had our
young up and commer in a coach, how about a proven winner that will bring excitement , and perhaps bring free agents
Other teams have interviewed Chudzinski too
Most notably the Rams.
There is no such thing as a ‘proven’ winner. Every hire is a gamble.
maybe yourr right
i dont know much about the guy , but i know he comes off the marty shot coaching tree, so why get a pretegee, when you can get the original
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM SO HE MUST SUCK
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT
Lol you argued with me this morning that pro bowls mean nothing
but D.A. lit it up that year under Chud. Braylon had like 17 TDs and Winslow cracked 1,000 in the same season I believe.
Good luck Rah. Bring us Mo Claiborne and replace Geno, Quincy, and Sean Jones!
Well, when Derek Anderson of all people makes one it's pretty impressive
My point was more that a lack of Pro Bowls doesn’t mean much.
Anyway, that was a pretty special year for Cleveland.
Chud made Derek Anderson a pro bowl quarterback.
And was a great playcaller for Cam this year.
by flash_kiley on Jan 23, 2012 1:49 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
This^^*
Definitely draft Claiborne & LMJ, then Sign Vincent Jackson and a LB Hopefully Tulloch or D’well Jackson
by TerenceJ11 on Jan 23, 2012 2:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
So I say: Blue Balls Glazers, for failure to climax
by bucfanlostiniowa on Jan 23, 2012 1:44 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
now were in real trouble
i can see now that the glazers didnt get their guy in kelly, they’ll rush out and
hire somebody to save face, and it not be the right guy a guy like sherman
How much of Saints success is his and how much is Payton's?
Doesn’t mean he’s a bad candidate, but I have more questions about him.
He called the plays when Payton was injured
And Payton let him call the plays throughout the rest of the season, although Payton’s going to resume those duties next season…
I think bringing in a coach with a effective offensive system is important
I think that would be the biggest reason for the bucs going after kelly like that. With that bring said I think the bucs are going to bring in a coach like that, or a coach that also shares that same vision and is going to bring in a OC with an effective offense
by keysersoze19 on Jan 23, 2012 1:53 PM EST via Android app reply actions
how about
hire marty shot and draft trent richardson?
and dont you think they should hurry up before there are no quality assistants left available
Like I said, at least it proves they're willing to spend on a coach
I hope it extends to the coach’s staff and free agents. We’ll see.
No, Cowher has pretty much siad he has no interest in coaching next year.
by frostphoenix on Jan 23, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Doesn't mean you don't try.
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." - Jerry Rice
i know
i know its a long shot and prob not gunna happen , but marty shots pro record is
200-126-1
he just won the ufl championsship and coach of the year in the ufl , he’s still got it
ok how about chris peterson
his coaching record is 73-6 ? gotta be better then tressel or sherman?
I think Glazernik knows what they're doing
Gary Patterson would be a good HC to go after. The attempt at Kelly makes the Glazers look good, I’ll take a swing&miss on a big ticket coach, rather than settling out of disparity. Make it Happen.
by GoBuxGo on Jan 23, 2012 2:26 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
If they go with the retread
Marty’s the choice, but Sherman probably wouldn’t be that bad, as he could probably attract quality staff and his track record as a NFL coach isn’t bad.
wow such hate for jim tressel
ALL ABOARD THE TRENT RICHARDSON TRAIN!!!
by dcbucsfan on Jan 23, 2012 4:15 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
forget tressel
who cares about tressel i havent even read that he’s being considered for the tampa job,
so now that chip declined whos next?
On the optics
Nothing screams a penchant for innovation like matching ties. Where will this insurgency end- matching bow ties? Sorry for the sarcasm but I see enuchs not guys with big balls. This was a gutsy move, but I can’t imagine a lot of Tampa Bay area fans would agree that these are ballsy guys.
here's a great bucs coaching search article
http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/01/23/12/Bucs-continue-to-fumble-search-for-coach/landing_bucs.html?blockID=651416&feedID=3720 in the end it summises that after being spurrned by such coaches as fischer, phillips and kelly they should save face and hire the best of the bunch willing to take the job and thats marty shotenhiemer
Settling for a HC that averages 10-6 over 20 years is hardly settling...
Rah, now THAT was settling.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 23, 2012 7:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly - who else?
of the remaining candidates, Schottenheimer would be able to assemble the best staff and most likely find his successor as well. That kind of thinking would bring some much needed stability to a franchise that… well, may be lacking in that particular area.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 23, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think Marty is settling.
Of the candidate list originially Marty was #1 on my list. granted I liked the idea of Kelly when that came about, but A: regardless of what anyone thinks of Kelly it isn’t going to happen. B: Marty IMO is more of a gaurentee, Kelly had more upside, but I think Marty is the guy. To me Sherman wouldn’t be bad per say, but at this point right now it seems as if he is being brought in because Miami is showing interest. I know he has been interviewed before, and before anyone had interest. However, it seems a bit too coincidental that as soon a Kelly shuts us down, and Miami shows interest in one of the other candidates he gets brought back in.
by RuudAwakening on Jan 23, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Malcom had balls
Apparently the family jewels weren’t passed on to his children. Was there daughters too? Maybe they got them by mistake.
by ncbucfan on Jan 23, 2012 4:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
martyball to tampa
comeon glazers do the right thing
Pretty sure the sons always made the decisions, it was a common misconception that Malcolm handed the kids the reigns after he got ill.
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT
not that upset about
Chip but we need a guy like Marty or Zimmer, we need a guy that can bring some defense back to Tampa
What does this say about Chud's chances
If they were this serious about hiring Kelly it would seem to portend that they aren’t afraid of hiring someone without extensive NFL experience. They obviously put a high priority on innovative dynamic offense so Chud’s stock would seem to have risen.
on this day in 1996
after being turned down by jimmie johnson and steve spurrier the bucs hired tony dungy
well
maybe we should try and repeat it with Zimmer
can we just end this thing
and play some martyball?
I still want Chud.
I believe he can turn this offense in the good direction. Pair him with a good DC, draft Claiborne, and sign some FA’s like VJack and Tulloch and I think we could compete next year if people can stay healthy.
No matter how much they are hyped, my teams always find a way to disappoint.
Exactly what I want^^^
Also draft LMJ, LB and a TE.
by TerenceJ11 on Jan 23, 2012 5:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Would rather have David Wilson
Over LMJ, but not sure if he’ll be there in the 2nd.
by TerenceJ11 on Jan 23, 2012 5:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
To tell the truth,,
I would rather take LMJ in the 3rd over Wilson in the 2nd. I think we have bigger needs in the 2nd like a LB(even if we sign Tulloch),an olineman, or even a 2nd CB if a good one is there.
No matter how much they are hyped, my teams always find a way to disappoint.
by thedudeofdudes on Jan 23, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
I keep saying this but we should save that pick for the best slipping first round talent
Someone really good will be at that spot.
Yea that works. I still have this slight hope
that Zach Brown will be there at our 2nd round pick. If we could get Claiborne, Brown, and LMJ in the 1st 3 rounds, it would be awesome.
No matter how much they are hyped, my teams always find a way to disappoint.
by thedudeofdudes on Jan 23, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
I'm liking Polk over James, and he might be there in the 3rd
but I’d take James if Polk was gone and be very happy with that draft.
lol
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/nursetpd/PAC%2010/Chip_Kelly_NFL.gif
GO NOLES!!! SCALP EM!
by NOLEFAN1 on Jan 23, 2012 6:06 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
now that is sad,
but funny because its true.
No matter how much they are hyped, my teams always find a way to disappoint.
by thedudeofdudes on Jan 23, 2012 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
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