Unique info from the GREAT Les Bowen

[Pete]

I had not heard about this before (Harris/Sedberry stuff). It makes the "communicating with grown men" issues more real. There's more in the piece that references Lurie's last-gasp effort to inspire the team, too.

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If Lurie had already made his decision by Tuesday, this further raises the question about exactly when he began to have misgivings. Though Lurie strongly endorsed Kelly just before the season started - calling Kelly "a builder of a roster, culture builder. He's everything that I think we all thought when we interviewed him, and more" - a source close to the situation said Wednesday that organizational communication was a constant problem during the Kelly era, and that Lurie wanted Kelly to fire James Harris, his chief of staff, after last season.

Players Wednesday painted a picture of Kelly as a distant figure; apparently, he used Harris - who also was dismissed Tuesday, though the Eagles didn't announce it, along with director of player engagement Marcus Sedberry - as an emissary, to avoid speaking with players directly. A source also said there were times when Harris didn't convey things to Kelly that players wanted conveyed - such as their feeling that they were overworked.

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http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20151231_Jeffrey_Lurie_wasn_t_wowed_by_Chip_Kelly_after_all.html#ydwsw2q6Pi56x6Ur.99

[schuylkilli_igg]

Les is just another BS artist who likes to throw shit at the

I had not heard about this before (Harris/Sedberry stuff). It makes the "communicating with grown men" issues more real. There's more in the piece that references Lurie's last-gasp effort to inspire the team, too.

*snip
If Lurie had already made his decision by Tuesday, this further raises the question about exactly when he began to have misgivings. Though Lurie strongly endorsed Kelly just before the season started - calling Kelly "a builder of a roster, culture builder. He's everything that I think we all thought when we interviewed him, and more" - a source close to the situation said Wednesday that organizational communication was a constant problem during the Kelly era, and that Lurie wanted Kelly to fire James Harris, his chief of staff, after last season.

Players Wednesday painted a picture of Kelly as a distant figure; apparently, he used Harris - who also was dismissed Tuesday, though the Eagles didn't announce it, along with director of player engagement Marcus Sedberry - as an emissary, to avoid speaking with players directly. A source also said there were times when Harris didn't convey things to Kelly that players wanted conveyed - such as their feeling that they were overworked.

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http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...2q6Pi56x6Ur.99

wall with the handy "source" crutch.

[slag]

Lurie likes to have collaboration on personnel between an accountant and a lawyer with football coaches who don't want to have their fucking Madden scores input ... great model.