Fans love redemption stories and tidy solutions. Chip Kelly was recently fired in Las Vegas, and the Ducks need a new offensive coordinator. The natural leap is to ask, could Chip return to Eugene, defy Thomas Wolfe and all logic?
The simple emphatic answer is, no way.
Kelly caught lightning in a bottle as Oregon offensive coordinator in 2007, promoted to head coach in 2009. He lost his first game in embarrassing fashion, 19-7 at Boise State, but went on to claim three straight PAC-10/12 Championships and amass a 46-7 record with a national championship appearance and three Top Five finishes.