Kelly to OC @ Ohio State

[SPOHAWK]

Interesting per CBS

 

[Hawknight]

Kelly leaves UCLA for coordinator job at Ohio St.

UCLA coach Chip Kelly was named the new offensive coordinator at Ohio State, replacing Bill O'Brien after he left to become Boston College coach.

www.espn.com

 

[therealjohncarlson]

Not bienamy ughh

 

[nanomoz]

That's a relief.

 

[Ozzy]

I'm a loss on who its going to be.

 

[PateratoWilson]

I’m thinking Bieniemy

 

[knownone]

I'm curious to see what Chip gets paid. Ohio State has to buy him out, which can't be cheap. What a weird situation.

This is why Seattle probably should have tried to hold on to Waldron. We might ultimately be scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Bieniemy is not the answer. There's no chance Macdonald wants to bring in a guy who passes the ball 70% of the time.

 

[Maulbert]

Good.

 

[Rat]

Yippie

 

[GemCity]

Man…our OC has got to be coming from SF or KC…

 

[TwistedHusky]

This is so weird. Why move from HC to OC?

 

[GemCity]

This is so weird. Why move from HC to OC?

California sucks!!!

 

[Rat]

California sucks!!!

Lol this is not an upgrade.

 

[ElvisInBlue]

This is so weird. Why move from HC to OC?

Less stress with a reduced role and moving to one of the ‘Haves’ of the College Football hierarchy vs the ‘have not’ that UCLA (and dozens of other programs) will increasingly become.

 

[PhxPhin]

It's not like he was sitting on job security at UCLA and there was a lot of talk that he wasn't really adept at navigating the new landscape, recruiting to the expectation of UCLA and then having the conference shift.

Money was really good though.

I could see him wanting to go into a structured environment with a top level of recruits and showcasing his offense to give one last shot at the NFL, even if it's as an OC

 

[ElvisInBlue]

I'm curious to see what Chip gets paid. Ohio State has to buy him out, which can't be cheap. What a weird situation.

Depends on the wording of the contract, might not apply to a non head coach role.

 

[sc85sis]

It's not like he was sitting on job security at UCLA and there was a lot of talk that he wasn't really adept at navigating the new landscape, recruiting to the expectation of UCLA and then having the conference shift.

Money was really good though.

I could see him wanting to go into a structured environment with a top level of recruits and showcasing his offense to give one last shot at the NFL, even if it's as an OC

This. There were rumors he’d get fired at the end of this past season. Although he didn’t, his seat seemingly was pretty warm. UCLA isn’t known for supporting the football team, and with the portal and NIL in play, it’s harder to get and keep top guys on a team.

 

[UskHawk]

So, no Durde and Chips.