five days later howie roseman was no longer general manager. first day he spoke and he's got to explain some of those front office changes. >> after thinking about it, you know i just thought the best way to align ourselves was to try to, um, do this relatively rationale seamless way with chip. >> there's no question jeffrey lurie was influenced maybe more than influenced by his meetings with chip kelly in those five days in late december and for lurie, there was one key word in those meetings, chip had a vision of exactly how he thought we can get from good to great. and i thought it was a really sound vision that, um, he's a very bright guy. >> all about football. all about wanting to win big. and, um, it made so much sense. >> i'm an owner that tends to absolutely be supportive of a coach and his vision if it's a real sharp and smart vision. >> the vision of the new eagles franchise is not one where howie roseman is involved in personnel decisions. >> having a seamless scouting and coaching enterprise was real really what chip's vision was.

did he push howie roseman out of office? that's ahead in sports. >> so many pressing questions. beasley reece the sports director for us. we'll see in you a bit. what do you think of chip kelly's moves all these new players with the birds? what's going to happen next? connect with us on our facebook page or tweet us at cbs philly and use that hash tag cbs3 chat. >> a lot to talk about there. >>> one local community wants to put your home surveillance cameras into action. we'll tell where you police are asking for home and business owners to help them out. >>> plus her amazing story of survival captivate captived headlines and tonight a father comforts his little girl he's calling his miracle child. >> also on the way tonight we've got important new information about security for the pope's visit to philadelphia. >> kathy? >> dry for now but not for long. some rain will be moving our way way. right now bubbling up in the deep south. we'll talk about that as it moves our way towards the weekend. >> and do you want someone special in your life but you just can't seem to find the ri

. >> 5:22, still ahead eagles fans have wondered why owner jeffrey lurie fire howie roseman as gm, then give the job to chip kelly give almost complete control of the team? well, he finally jeffrey lurie did spoke out on the matter that's coming up next >> tuesday was jeff lurie's ability to speak, first comment since the end of the season, when he said howie roseman was his general manager, but reverse five days later and gave control of personnel to chip kelly. jeffrey lurie said it was all about kelly's vision, and a vision that clearly does not include howie roseman. >> having a seamless starting and coaching enterprize was really what chip's vision was. he thought, you know i think that he felt he could be maximize dollars best with a senior personnel executive that was of his choosing. >> phillies and braves in orlando yesterday, that's ryan howard and that's homerun number three on the spring. comes in the third inning. how about the very next pitch? it is to darren, and it is gone, as well. phils go back-to-back and beat the braves yesterday final score five to three. flyers hos

that would be one howie roseman. okay? who, you know, when this all went down, everybody was so thrilled and, you know, and i'll put myself in the same category, you know what? now we got a football guy in charge, not somebody who work his way up as an intern, or whatnot. boy, he's not looking too bad today, is he? howie roseman? >> let me play definitely's advocate. let me take the unpopular view for just a minute, okay? foles did not like the world -- light the world on fire before he broke his collarbone, all of those critisisms right? bradford was the best player, he won the heist man trophy, then he was the best rookie by far, in a long, long time, won rookie of the year. evidently chip went after him hard sam bradford, because real when he is on, he is healthy, he throws pinpoint passes and works perfectly within chip's offense. so there is the definitely's advocate here. >> that's if he stays healthy. i have a standing rule, the reason why i didn't like the shady deal, is because the lines missed all last year, i kn

. >> reporter: chip kelly spoke on the front officer shakeup and howie roseman remains underground and jeffrey lurie was there until today. but he said in phoenix giving kelly full operation is worth it. because going 10-6 got the birds nowhere. >> it was all my call. i lived through a lot of division championships, a lot of playoff appearances and a lot of final four appearances but our goal is further than that and sometimes i'm influenced by the notion that it's difficult to get from good to great and have you to take serious looks at yourself to try and make that step. >> kelly clearly won the power struggle with roseman and while not all birds fans understand his plan jeffrey lurie does. >> he has a viction of how to get from good to great. >> i thought it was a really sound vision he is a very bright guy, he is all about football all about wanting to win big and it made some much sense. >> baseball now, the season hasn't even begun for the phillies and the bad news pours in don brown may not be ready for opening day. the phils and braves, they go long ball in the third inning rya

five days later howie roseman was not the general manager. so obviously that's the first question jeffrey what happened? >> after thinking about it, you know i just thought the best way to align ourselves was to try to do this relatively relatively rationale seamless way with chip of taking scouting and inter grating it into the every aspect of the operation in terms of making it seamless with on feel performance. >> lurie stretch the final decision was his but -- and there's a lot of buts here, this seems that be little more influence with what chip in in this whole process. >> chip had vision of exactly how he thought we can get from good to great. and i thought it was a really sound vision that he's a very bright guy. he's all about football. he's all about wanting to win big. and it made so much sense. >>> well, so we have the question answered. who made that decision? well the opener has to make it. but who influenced him very heffly? chip kelly influenced it and that's why howie rows man is not the general manager. coming apartment six

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>>> and irony, howie roseman pushed to hire chip kelly and roseman got pushed aside. f it wasn't howie, i think it is much more chip's requirement to have sort of a football guy that he was comfortable with in terms of helping him day-to-day and minute-by-minute. >>> to baseball, the phillies maybe even more short-handed come the start of the season. outfielder don brown with tend tendonitis and may not be ready for opening day. and the phills and braves long ball in the third inning. and ryan howard the solo shot 2-0 phills. next batter, next pitch, going 3 hospital -- 3-5 including the homer and they win. >>> and still to come addressing the flyers's lack of every for the. >>> and the sixer try to end a road losing streak. well, sir. after some serious consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish

that is where former gm howie roseman and his staff come into play. >> i think howie and jay and these guys have done a good job explaining what we are where we are going, as we articulated our plan from player standpoint and vision what we are looking for they have done a great job putting together models how we can do it. we feel very comfortable with where we are. it is march. we have the draft. we have a lot of other opportunities, to add to this football team this isn't the final prod new jersey terms of putting 90 guys together. >> at this point nothing will surprise us, what is chip kelly up to tonight, we will find out i'm sure at some point. walter back to you. >>> expect the unexpect. >>> man's best friend stepped out on the the town tonight in wilmington for a good cause. wearing their best outfits with owners in toe they turnout for delaware humane association's ninth annual muttini mixers. evening includes food silent auction and raffles. proceed support the v h thea's mission all across this is nation. >>> castle is next here on abc. "action news" continues at 6:00 tomorr

that is where howie roseman and his staff come into play. >> howie and jake and those guys have donejob explaining what we have where we are going as we articulated our plan from the player's standpoint and a vision they have done a great job putting together models and how we can do it. we feel very comfortable with where we are. it is march. we still have the draft. we have other opportunities before to add to this football team. this isn't the final prod new jersey terms of putting 90 guys together. >> phillies starter aaron harang scratched from the start with lower back discomfort. lets take a look the at the highlights speaking of being scratch, jeff francoeur is out with oblique issue with the tigers. the his replacement brian bowsevick, that is a tell up. career journey man trying to make a roster. phillies win five-four. the the season starts in just three weeks. >> that means spring is coming. >> can't wait. >> all right, thanks jeff. >>> accu weather forecast is coming up. >>> okay. time for a final check of the accu weather forecast and melissa tells me the word on the st

laurie was asked fit was his idea to move chip kill a head of howie roseman in the chain of command. >> i decided it was important enough to adopt the vision and philosophy of integrating the scouting with the coaching on a daily basis. he felt that he could be maximized best with a senior personnel executive that was of his choosing and, of course, with my approval. i feel that was important to back him on that. >> the owner was also asked about chip's decision to trade the teams all time rushing leader shady mccoy. >> to maximize his power spread offense he always admired the one cut runners and that is what he add mired. you have to let a coach try to bring in a player that fits what owe is all about to maximize what he is trying to accomplish. >>> still a head this morning on "eyewitness news" another recall for blue bell ice cream, the food born illness found in yet another product. >>> but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3. >>> two moan are in the hospital one shot by a philadelphia police officer. authorities tell "eyewitness news" that the suspect pulled a gun d

wolf situations to ab addressed number one was chip's idea or his idea to move the coach ahead of howie rosemann a front office shake up? >> i decided that it was important enough to adopt the vision and philosophy of integrating the scouting with the coaching on a daily basis. he felt he could be maximizeed best with a senior personnel executive that was of his choosing and of course with my approval and i feel that that was important to back him on that. >> number two, what are his thoughts on chip's decision to trade the team's all-time leading rusher shady mccoy? >> to maximize his power spread offense he always admired the one cut runners. and that's, you know, that's what he admired. if -- you got to let a coach try to bring in the players that fit best what he's all about to maximize what he's trying to accomplish. >> just a smart man making sense. temple owls back in action tomorrow night when they host louisiana tech in the quarter finals of the nit. this would be the second matchup this season against the bulldog. the owls won the first meeting by seven. the last time the owls made it

them five days later miraculously howie roseman loses his job as the general manager. this is important. this part coming up. after meeting with chip kelly jeffrey lurie finally now he met with chip kelly today finally spoke about it here at the winter meetings. >>> there was a vision that i wanted to support and um, you know easy to say well you had it going well and you already said you were doing to stick to the status quo that way. but i don't think that's the best way to operate. you learn after the season exactly how you might become better. >> having a seamless scouting and coaching enterprise was really what chip's vision. i'm an owner that tends to absolutely be supportive of a coach and his vision if it's a real sharp and smart vision. >> jeff said it was your call. >> of course. >> was it all your call? >> yeah, it was all my call. >> i live through a lot of division championships. a lot of playoff appearances a lot of final four appearances. but our goal is further than that. you know we want to deliver a super bowl. >>> it wasn't all his call. because chip

here's the coach on the rise to power over howie roseman. >> i didn't go in with a plan saying we need to make all these maneuvers. i just said this is how i think my vision is of how this organization should be but it's mr. lurie's decision on what he wants to do. he came back and said i want to do this, this and this and i want to you concentrate on that that's what i would have done. we tried to maximize everybody's strengths and howie does an unbelievable job from that side and we're just moving in a different direction in earn nel the. >> hockey night in south florida florida. the flyers played host to the blackhawks. chicago hasn't won a regular season game here since 1996. here we go. kimmo timonen back saluting the fans in his return to the center for the first time since he was traded to chicago. no score in the first after a black hawks turnover. matt read to wayne simmons for his team leading 28th goal of the season. now in the second ryan white with the redirection pass cory crawford and the orange and black on top two to nothing. later the captain finally scored his first

mariota, we have chip chat, the eagles coach spoke at the nfl coaches meeting and he addressed howie roseman, that move was made to maximize everybody's strength he said he wants to keep nick foles along with bradford, but the question is bradford his guy for the long run. >> could brad be that guy if he is healthy? >> i hope so but i'm not a predict ter guy. >> i'm not putting a label on anybody. >> he sounds like he is on target i don't know what day he is cleared to be 100% but he is running around right now. >> what about marcus mariota, at the chip kelly press could have been hear what the coach said about his boy tonight at 6:00. >>> there is a reason whyimmo was a fan favorite. he returns to wells fargo this time wearing red and black instead of other and gets to play with his former teammates the last time he will ever take the ice here in philadelphia and is expected to retire after the season after one last chance at the stanley cup. >> i'm looking forward to being here, it's a fun ride and a last chance to say good-bye. >> even if i play 10 or 12 minutes a game, and we win games i

but the owner spoke today at the onners meeting in phoenix and he addressed what happened with howie rosemanause he backs him as gm at the end of the season. >> changed my mind, what we do at the end of season so it's not the greatest idea to talk about the locker room at the end of the game at an away game. we sit down and have meetings and there were some teams that had double digit wins at the end of the season, that is not where our goal is. >> their goal is to go from good to great and that is why he is putting all of his final in chip kelly the coach was testing himself in his first two seasons to see if he could succeed with the team in place. >> look at mccoy, not the style of runner that kelly preferred. >> where are we at where will we maximize chip kelly's vision and system or counter act it in the sense not try to maximize having chip and what he was bringing to the staff and organization. >> baseball jimmy rollins making noise from 3,000 miles away, in a recent interview he now feels free to be out of philadelphia free to be himself because the city is not conducive for a super

here's the the coach on his rise to power, over howie roseman. >> we just tried to maximize everybody's strengths and howie does an unbelievable job on the cap side and financial side and we're just moving in the different direction in the personnel center. >> unaudible. >> i just think we are trying to reassess and we are just trying to find people to put in the right position. >> it is a hockey night in south philadelphia when flyers take on chicago, they will face their former teammate kimmo timonen for the first time. he played eight years here before the trade last month. he was asked to speculate on how flyers fans will react when he takes the ice. >> well... sorry. >> i agree. he was respected here. >> absolutely. >> loved and respected here. >> we will be cheering for him in the news room. >> there we go. >> beasley, thanks very much. >> still to come in the next half an hour a bomb shell from boy band, one direction. >> and then video you have to see to believe where this bus got swallowed by a sink hole and then washed away by raging river. >>> some plans to turn show boat cas

he said howie roseman was his general manager that all charged because of one word. >> chip had a visionexactly how he thought we could get from good to great. and i thought it was a really sound vision that he is a very bright guy, he is all about football, he is all about want to go win big. and it made so much sense. >> jeffrey phillies and braves in orlando florida that was ryan howard with his heard homer this spring. a moon shot. very next pitch is darren rough. solo shot, back-to-back pitches. phillies beat the braves yesterday five to three. coming up later today the flyers host kimmo timonen and help kelly scheduled to speak at the meeting in phoenix. that's sports in a minute. i'm tom sredenschek. >> all you need is vision. >> sixers hope they have a vision for the future. they lost again. this time to the kings in sacramento 107-106. >> that was pretty close though. >> yes still lost. >> true. >> in the final six minutes of the really close game, the kings limited philadelphia to just three points, in six minutes. >> the sixers play tonight in denver. congress has awarded its

lurie said how howie roseman was his general manager, that all changed because of one word. >> chip had a vision of exactly how he thought we could get some good to great. and i thought it was a really sound vision that he is a very bright guy. he is all about football. he is all about want to go win big. and it made so much sense. >> phillies and braves in orlando florida yesterday that's ryan howard with his third homer in the spring, moon shot, very necessary pitch garren rough solo shot, back-to-back pitches. phillies beat the braves yesterday, five to three. coming up later today the flyers says kimmo timonen of the black hacks, chip kelly scheduled to speak at the nfl meetings, that's sports in a minute. >> should be good. chip kelly talking at the meetings out in phoenix today. >> oh, i want to hear what he has to say. >> probably clips tomorrow night or tomorrow morning. is this night or day? >> this is day. >> this morning right thanks. >> boy, great honor for jack nicklaus nice, nice guy. i've met him. >> really, you are the number one stunner. >> thank you. jack nicklaus, 75

general manager howie roseman lost his job. eagles made a lot of moves.hat how it all came about. >> chip had a vision of exactly how he thought we could get from good to great. >> okay. so today it was chip kelly's turn to speak. how persuasive and he's pretty persuasive guy that chip kelly how persuasive was he with the owner to get all these changes to happen? >> we had a meeting at the end of the year every year with mr. lurie he gets my views on thing i get his view on things and he ultimately makes the decision on what he wants to do moving forward. >> chip kelly spent a lot of morning talking philosophy like trading the draft picks that might be necessary to move up and draft oregon quarterback marcus mariota. >> philosophically i want to keep all our draft picks. you build your team threw the draft. if you gut yourself for one year and one guy philosophically i don't think that's the rye thing to do. >> chip sticks to philosophies regardless what the outside world thinks. >> there's exceptions to every philosophy. people used to think the world wa

reporters wanted to necessity about the power struggle between chip kelly and howie roseman. laurie also a addressed whether the eagles would mortgage the future for marcus mariota. >> it is great to mortgage the future for payton manning and in the for ryan lief leave. great for donovan mcnan and not for other. it comes back to people. it is not a system. >> laurie also talk about trading shady mccoy to the bills. he said coach kelly should have a chance toably in players that best fit his vision. >>> flyers are back in action tonight hosting the chicago black hawks at the well. playoffs are a long shot for flyers, of course, they are 11 points out with only eight games left in the regular season. >>> to the sixers now out west in sacramento nerlens noel slamming home two of his 14 points last tonight but kings demarcus cousins had a big game, 33 points, 17 rebound, four steals and four blocked shots. not too shabby. busy night. sixers lose by a .107-106. they play nuggets in denver tonight. >>> temple owls work out yesterday at liacouras center ahead of tonight's nit semi f

lurie broke his silence on the front office shake up that took much of general manager howie roseman's responsibility and handed them over to chip kelly. chip says it was the owner's idea. lurie said he knew howie would accept the change in responsibilities. >> just knowing howie, he is so selfless. he want to be participate and be valuable to us. i cannot go through the ways. strategically dealing with personnel in the nfl, incredibly valuable. >> chip kelly has been very respectful of shady in mccoy in the aftermath of one of the bold trades in eagles history. mr. lurie was more direct. shady doesn't fit chip's system. >> when you are trying to go from good to great you've got to take some gambles. you have to take chances. yes, there is a chance bringing in a running back that doesn't know what we're all about who has a sterling reputation as a player teammate and all that matthews as well will not be as productive as lesean but you have to make that judgment. >> so they finally tracked mr. lurie, they caroled him. >> they finally heard from him good anyone who has complained about

jeffery lurie broke his silence on the front office shake up that took much of general manager howie the roseman's chip kelly. chip says it was the the owner's idea. mr. lurie explains yes made the change. >> chip had a vision how you to get from good to great. this was an improvement on what we had. i think that he felt that he could be maximized best with a senior personnel executive that was of his choosing and, of course, with my a approval. i feel like i was important to back him on that. >> spring training action fightins taking on the braves. ryan howard taking a pitch a little longer in center feel. third home run in the spring. phillies take a two to nothing lead. next batter darren ruf, this within will leave the yard. day when three hits in the game and phillies beat the braves five-three. we will be right back. >>> well, just over 90 minutes left for to you call, a and change the luck of a child. >> we will be here until 8:00 o'clock tonight and phones need to keep ringing it 1.844.977.cbs3. if you have already donated thank you so much. if you have not, now is time to do it. you can c

and that is -- he's got all of the control, as howie roseman has been deposed. the control. people look at his coaching ability, hey, went to playoffs his first year, he is so innovative, they give him credit as a personnel guy. and he is not. >> will sam bradford play for the eagles? >> yes. >> won't trade him? >> no i think he stays. i think he resuscitates him, tries two quarterback, works along. >> so he brings the cla guy along? >> something out of bradford, great, now all the sudden i got my guy, quick release, once upon a time very good. but again, shoulder around both knees. >> he's been injured. >> you know what i feel about this, if that's the case, it is like kissing your sister, you're still kissing berks it is your sister. >> what? >> i think it is like great grandmother. >> oh, my gosh. >> taking a shower in a raincoat. i was so excited about 6:00 last night i thought we had the number ten pick. >> don't, don't, get mar. iota out of your head. >> now i'm nervous. >> oh, completely on edge. >> this better work out. >> everyone saying hey this better