He used to be the most celebrated college football coach in America, a play-calling wizard who crafted an offensive design that shocked opponents on the way to 50 points a game, a 46-7 record, three straight conferences titles and phone calls from Erin Andrews.
Yesterday Las Vegas fired offensive coordinator Chip Kelly after a 2-9 start. The Raiders ranked 30th in the NFL in scoring at 15.5 points a game. Fifteen years ago he was Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading the Ducks to a 13-1 mark and the national championship game.
Kelly's rise and fall was accompanied by acerbic press conference quips and quarrels with players who chafed at his sleep-monitoring and task-mastering ways.