Chip Kelly on How The Media Made Up Lies About Kaepernick Being a Distraction

Recent Forum Topics › Forums › The Rams Huddle › Chip Kelly on How The Media Made Up Lies About Kaepernick Being a Distraction

Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • June 29, 2017 at 11:00 am #70552
    Avatar photozn
    Moderator

    Chip Kelly on How The Media Made Up Lies About Kaepernick Being a Distraction & Lazy

    http://www.totalprosports.com/2017/06/28/chip-kelly-on-how-the-media-made-up-lies-about-kaepernick-being-a-distraction-lazy/

    Chip Kelly is calling ‘bullsh*t’ on the things that have been said about Colin Kaepernick.

    The former San Francisco 49ers head coach may have only spent one season in the Bay Area, but that was enough to see how genuine Colin Kaepernick was and how much of a hard worker he was. It’s a far cry from the many anonymous people who have stated that Kaepernick’s laziness and being a distraction is the reason he’s out of a job.

    Chip recently joined ESPN’s Adam Schefter on the Know Them From Adam Podcast and went into detail about what type of person Kaepernick was. He dispelled all the rumors about the quarterback’s poor work ethic in the process.

    “Kap was awesome. At the beginning of the year he made his stance on what he believed was right. We recognized and supported his ability to do that. But he never brought that into the locker room. We had a meeting the day after the Green Bay game that he did it in the preseason and he explained to all the players the process and mindset of what he was doing. And there were some players that agreed with him and there were some players that didn’t agree with him.

    After that point we heard from the outside what a distraction it is except those people weren’t in our locker room and Kap never was a distraction and turned it into a circus. He came into work everyday, extremely diligent in terms of his preparation, in terms of his work ethic in the weight room, in terms of his work ethic in the meeting room.

    I really enjoyed Kap, i’ve spoken to him 3 or 4 times since we left San Francisco. I know he’s working out really hard in New York right now. I think he’s a really good person and a really good player. And I really enjoyed coaching him.”

    Chip further went into further detail on Kaepernick’s skill set, noting his high level of play which was hindered last season due to an offseason recovering from several surgeries.

    For those interested the audio is here at 16:40.

    http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?id=19757124

    June 29, 2017 at 11:10 am #70554
    Avatar photowv
    Participant

    Well thats what i thought. I’m glad Kelly got some airtime to verify that.

    I think the folks that didnt like Kap’s politix just ‘assumed’ he was a distraction to the other players. As if NFL players are little snowflakes that can be distracted by one preseason political gesture. I’ve always thought MOST ‘distraction’ memes are lame.

    What kind of professionals are that easily ‘distracted’ ?

    Granted Nittany’s continuous posting on “the conspiracy to keep Amish players out of the NFL” is a distraction. But thats a whole other can of worms and i would never bring something like that up.

    w
    v

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.

Comments are closed.