Jason Wood
Zoo York
As many of you know, I have banged the drum quite often about how important it is not to judge a head coach hire until we see them in action. Top tier "can't miss" coordinators frequently suck as head coaches whereas the success stories come from all over, including our own Andy Reid (QB coach for a HOF QB not thought to need much positional coaching help) to John Harbaugh (Special Teams assistant). THAT SAID, I do think now that we've seen Chip Kelly's first group of assistant coaches, we CAN say this much...Chip's lack of NFL connections is on full display. This isn't a guy that was, for years, working on an NFL opportunity. What we see is a talented football coach that is accepting the challenge, but basically did not have a who's who of connections in his Rolodex to field a staff. This is an unimpressive staff. Let me be clear, maybe they're all great fits and Kelly is their Bill Belichick making them all seem like brilliant hires. Let's hope that's what happens. But an objective look at the staff, as currently constituted, speaks to a college coach who really took what was available to form his staff. REALLY uninspired hires across the board.