Source: Chip Kelly to Tampa Bay

Brad Childress, you can now take the offensive coordinator job with the Browns.

Exciting hire for Tampa, just don't know if it will work.

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This is interesting. It might turn Tampa in a different direction. Here comes speed in the draft.

by Brownie's Year on Jan 22, 2012 11:42 PM EST reply actions

Well, we know who’s going to take Lemichael in the first round

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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 22, 2012 11:47 PM EST reply actions

Immediately thought of James* too.

by Brownie's Year on Jan 23, 2012 12:09 AM EST up reply actions

Read something on the ESPN rumors page that Childress is also under consideration for the Indy job. Though I think the Tressel to Indy stories have more steam going with them.

by OSUMoneyball on Jan 22, 2012 11:59 PM EST reply actions

I guess Irsay interviewed Tressel again today. We’ll know the Colt’s new hire in the next few days.

by Brownie's Year on Jan 23, 2012 12:07 AM EST up reply actions

That’s the third time. QUIT TEASING HIM IRSAY AND SHOW HIM THE WATERBED

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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 23, 2012 12:15 AM EST up reply actions

It wouldn’t bother me either way. I could care less about Tressel.

by Brownie's Year on Jan 23, 2012 1:58 AM EST up reply actions

Colts would be smart to hire Tressel.

I think he would be a better Pro coach than college.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 23, 2012 8:25 AM EST up reply actions

I think Tressel can be a great NFL head coach, but he would need a good OC.

"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."

by Simmsinns on Jan 23, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions

If he hires Bollman he’s done.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 23, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs

I think Tress is a pretty good offensive mind, especially in the “pro-style” game. But he can’t give his OC the kind of…leash? power? that he gave Bollman.

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by rufio on Jan 23, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions

Didn’t Tress call his own plays?

by HenryDawg on Jan 23, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions

I’m not sure. Still, he ran a pretty good pro style offense in college, could potentially fill in some of the gaps in terms of having plays that look alike because you get to run more plays in the NFL, and if he had problems in college it was that he tried to run too much stuff. You see NFL teams run everything.

Bollman ran the show this past year…we all saw how that turned out.

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by rufio on Jan 24, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions

I still like Tressel. So if Indy hires him, I wish him the best and hope he does well.

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by emily522 on Jan 23, 2012 10:08 AM EST up reply actions

And now it seems like Kelly has backed out.

He should pull a Carroll and get out before the ish hits the fan.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 23, 2012 8:01 AM EST reply actions

Is that coming? I thought we were going to see something on Auburn come out soon.

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by rufio on Jan 23, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions

I think the Auburn thing is dead, which is a crock.

I can’t believe Oregon escapes the Lyles saga with no damage. But again, we are talking about the NCAA. Reasoning does not apply.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 23, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

Not smart if he backs out of this opportunity.

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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 23, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions

If he doesn’t think he can make it, I think he’s making the right decision for both parties. You don’t want a head coach who lacks self confidence and is only in it for the money or shelter. Chip may just think that he’s ultimately a college coach and his style, more specifically, his offense might only work in the college system. He did at least give it some thought, and decided it wasn’t for him. Apparently, so much so that it was worth dealing with impending sanctions and a surging USC team in the PAC12.

"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."

by Simmsinns on Jan 23, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions

I think Kelley would be nowhere near as good a pro coach, and that’s not me trying to insult him.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Jan 24, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions

I also heard a rumor about Tressel interviewing with the Raiders?

by RyanBr on Jan 23, 2012 8:02 AM EST reply actions

I heard that too. I think it was on ESPN Radio.

by shep615 on Jan 23, 2012 8:17 AM EST up reply actions

That “source” is conflicting with other “reports.”

The Register-Guard of Eugene, Ore., reported late Sunday night Kelly decided against a move to the NFL after it seemed he was set on leaving.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2012/01/reports-oregons-chip-kelly-to-join-buccaneers/1

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by Simmsinns on Jan 23, 2012 9:07 AM EST reply actions

I read in the AFC North blog that Cam Cameron’s OC contract is set to expire and “there’s no extension on the table” for him. I don’t know if that means the Ravens likely won’t bring him back or not, but I like him for the Browns OC if he doesn’t go back to the Ravens.

by shep615 on Jan 23, 2012 9:32 AM EST reply actions