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thee coach has been sacked with one game sll left in e two things are now for sure, the eagles willot be making the ayoffs and the birds will he a new coach in the new year. tuesday night, jim is off and the big story on "acti news" is chip kelly fired. fansere cling f it since the teams re eliminating fm the pyoffs over the weend, but few, if any, aually saw hearing from shocked fans as part of o team coverage on this breaking news, and we are gettingll sorts of reaction. andirst ducis rgers with t tes >> without saying it, owner he made a mistake. that ybe not wh the hiring of chip kelly in the first place, but giving him full pernnel control less than onyear ago. kelly is out, a game short of te seons on the job. his overall recd, 261, not but that does not tell theull story. after making the playoffs in his fir season his teams he

gotten worse. this year has been a disaster. 6-9hus far with losses in five ofhe last seven games. many of those losses, blow-outs. and tn the personnel he parted way wh sever o pro bel player and some players broht in look like busts. and we reached lebacker gram by phone and hwas stned. >> was sprised because i really thought theyas going to give him another, you know, off-sson to pve himlf afr all the stuff that as like the stuff that happed off the field. b, you know, i understand the business. but, you know, i just was kind of shocked. >> a as mentioned, a year ago chip was giv full persoel corol in charge of trades, signing and the entire roster. and he releas or tded

several key players. and owner jeffe lurie was at espn say the time something s >> something probably happened today, that's mypeculaon right now. somethi that happened that drove mr. lurie over the edge sayinwe havto make a chan. >> i think jeffery lurie looked at this and said i don't like to see fans leavi the stadium early. i don't like the team moving in the wrong direion. obviously players unhappy in the locker ro. but the timg i thinks td to t fact it giv the eagles an opporti to go out and interviewomef the assistant coaches li sean mcdertt the offensive coordinate your of the panthers. >> and lurie issued a letter to the fans in pt "i made a and evaluated the facrs kelly involved in r performan as a team. as i watch the season unfold i determin it was time to make a

ang" lurie says that he and others will lead the search for a new head coach. news cfereeorwt noon at theraining facility. jeffery lurie will be tre i am interestedonow if lurie went to players in the last few days kelly and what the awers may be. >>till have to pay the remains p. >> he will unless he gets other head coachg job in the nfl. >> and in philadelphia where lie's decisions scoring extra pots with the eagles' fans. andhad pradelli is tackling tonight.t of the story for us chad? >> he moca. the reactn froma is largely positive. ty like the move and many saw this move comg eventually, b n a week before the season ended. the mood insideas festive.

the eagles' own jeffe lurie laid the hammer firing chip kelly. >> i was shocked, stunned, but i amery eited. it was time. he needo go. >> lurie is a smart guy and he wants to win, so he's not gng to keep the guys who are not producing. >> and how the sne on kelly's acen dulled. arving with his break-neck offense ant fans loved him. in chip we trust the mant. >> and i think every fan wanted the table and he didn't have much to bring to the table and needso go back to college football. >> and listening to fans inhe laware valley, the message is clear. ye, he lthe trust and respect of many of h players, but lost games. >> and i thought he would do somei bi t ner thoug would he fall flat the way they did and there are many fans who believe that chip kelly nded a bit more time to gethe plars

he wanted to runis system. as you guys know, the nfl can stand for "not for long" and chip l hasan -- had three seasons. >> thank you, ch. and le to "action news" porter dann cuellar and this is lightingp the lines for sports talk radioll nig >> it sure was, monica. the sense among the sports fans is they geelly the keys to e kingdom and he sunk the ship, plain and simple. again he tonight few expting the ws tuesd night, and days before the fin game. >> i heard the good news, i w like the best birthday present could i have had. >> t sports world abuzz with rd of chip key's firing and most elatedith the ne. >> ts is everyone rolled up >> and arguably the biggest plelphia sports story of the

yea >>eople were shocked. reached out to a couple of players know from cering the team on aaily basis and they are finding out from one another. they are shocked byhe move. >> some shocked that jeffery in the mapper that he dhe - manr tt he did. >> and i tnk he gave him too much, trusted you andou took theranchise into the toit now. >> and more on luris movto fire kelly. >> and chip started toead the team. and y he guys like per come o, no matter if you don't like the head coach, you have to respect him. >> the epiph on the tombstone it re. chip kelly a,hat does >> faile, it was a big failure. >> where do the eagles go from here? it will be a long, it week. >>t wilbe a rlly lg >> itill be as the search for the new hd cch for t

philadelphia eagles gets and debat by the fans, chewed on, and just beverage that y you -- just about evething u can tnk . and some former eagles took to twitter over chip's surprised tg. and the questns more pleiful the answers not much. and vandevelde released under chip kelly asked his folwers to vote in a poll saying does chip getting fed me t eagles will cl me tomrowr never and "action news" with continuing coverage of chip kelly's firing on air and online. and tune into "action news" morrow at noon briing you jeffery lurie's news conference live on airnd online as well. and eolice say they cap purdue -- captur one of the

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normal gh temperature th me of year. 41 allentow 51 miville. low0s to the south and the poconos sitti at 36 deees. where th saw ice and rain and have yet to put any kind of snow on the slopes. as were loong at satelte and radar, mt of the lower 48 time. and dry at the prest a little bit of action near atlanta, grgia down to the panhandle of florida. weak area of eney worng our way tomorrow, late afternoon and the morning rush, lot of clouds and lingering patchy fog. 42 philadelphi 45 millville. clouds continueo dominate in the afternoon, maybe slashes of sun late morng. and some scatter showers sth and west at 4:00 in the in the mid 50's.m temperatures and torrow evening 8:, t round ofhowe pushes through and it is not until aer midnight tomorw nigh still warm though in the 50's at 2:00 push away.he showers and the chill starts to arrive

r new year's day when the winds move in. and only feeling like the 30's much othe d on friday. the exclusive accuwther sevenaforeca, warm, 56. sun and clouds the last day, 52 degrees. look at this, for the new year frida although it is 46 and feelg like the 30's, i think we'll take the sunshine with that chill. and the sunshine remains in control saturday, sunday, mony, tuesday deste it fairly seasoble wh hhs low toid 40s and lowsround the eezing point. could be a l wor this time of yr and finly the sun king control again. >> that we'll enjoy, thankou so much. nine milesf beaches at e jersey shore getting fresh sand to repairamage from an octer the tab of nrly $16 million.g etorm hit days after the

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ell, we have more on the chip kelly story and it s really the philadelphia sports happening before the end of the year. >> absolely. y knesomething mht hpen at the end of the season,idn't game to go.ouldappen with one no advced warng, just a press release issued by e eagles shortly after 7:00 p.m. sang theagles rea head coach chikelly. the team fired kelly with one game left in the season. would evaate him at the e scene's end. a 26-21 record in three yea but the team pgresvely has gotten wse and worse after the pyoff appearance llowing the 13 season. kelly given full control of

player persoel one year ago. his move, like trading lesean moy for kiko alonso and signing running back demarco worked out. moves have not the eagles' linebker gham a bit surprised but uerstand how the nfl worksnd how it works >> especiallyeing a part of this organition,here we have been winning and it's been a lot of gd seans with the team d traditions of the team, you have to come in right away and that's what the eagles kn. and i understand he had three years and just didn't g it done. lurie relead a statement in part that says "we appreciate all the contributns that chip kelly made and wish h every success going forward." and sal paontonio take a stab at what went ong. >> a lot ever unhappiyness with

chip kelly and easiss with chip keynd h he ran thing in the end he had frids defe him at the novacare facility and that w his undoi. >> i like chip kelly and i think most peopleikehip kelly as a perso kelly was hired he knew this as wl. if you don win y are getting fired. >> the eagles schedule add ns nference at noon tomorrownd jeffery lie will be the.

in additi to kelly, they hired his righhd man, ed rynowz. and oenve cooinator asming duties against the when chip kelly led pctice today he likely had no iaow the day would end. earlier today, before the firing happened, jenkins areed t heat at kellyas facing. i don'thi anylayer on and say this is all his fault. cse he doesn't snap the he is not o there tackling, outut the catchg the ll. there is plenty of bla to go arou when you look at plays that were left out the. dumb penaies, turnove and missed tackles, and missed

opportunities. those are all on the player >> the last few wee i had ayers tl they questioned off-season moves he made. and this teams in his mold, you know. t vion he had. it's going to take several years- >> to ruild it. >> to rebuild it. they might not be good for >> thank you, sir. and "jimmy mmel le" nt a "action news" continu at 4:30 tomorrow. and for ducis a adam, cecy and jim gdner and the entire "action news" team i'm monic malpa. thanks for watching and have a good night tonight. ♪