Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeff Lurie didn't hold back when discussing the firing of coach Chip Kelly.
"I wanted to make Chip accountable for everything he wanted to happen, that is what he insisted on," Lurie said. "I in fact remember saying to all of you that there's dangers in that in terms of having two 10-6 seasons in a row and whether making significant changes, you can easily achieve mediocrity. I think it would be a shame not to try but the end result was mediocrity." Lurie said he plans to interview all of the players about what happened.
"I want to engage them and have them understand and what they felt was lacking, I need to understand," Lurie said. "Have them understand and take accountability but also at the same time be a sponge for what is leadership like in today's football world. You're dealing with 22 to 35 or more aged people and people who are elite athletes, trying to perform at the very peak of their profession and there's a lot of issues. And what is leadership like in today's world?
"It's very, very different than it was 10, 15 years ago. I would like to think that we're always gonna try and be on the progressive end of how to lead and that's top-down, but it's also through the head coach and people the head coach surrounds himself with. It's a real opportunity and if I wait until Monday, there would be so much less of that opportunity."
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