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Right name, wrong guy: Eagles fans tweet 'Chip Kelly' after firing (Shutdown Corner)

Related Topics: Chip Kelly, Twitter, December 30

Chip Kelly was on vacation in Hilton Head, S.C. when Chip Kelly was fired. And that's when the messages began. Or should we say, continued.

The man who uses the Twitter handle @chipkelly is John Chipman Kelly, a 41-year old executive at a California start-up company. The man who used to coach the Philadelphia Eagles, Charles Edward "Chip" Kelly, is not on Twitter.

But when the latter was canned Tuesday night after less than three full seasons on the job, the former's mentions on the social media site exploded.

"I got some unbelievable things," Twitter Chip told Philly.