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Chip Kelly's attitude towards demotion is similar to Bill Walsh's

When the San Francisco 49ers had their press conference to introduce Chip Kelly to the media, the new coach emphasized how much he just wanted to coach and not be involved in the roster. Going from the Philadelphia Eagles, an organization where he had considerable personnel power, to the 49ers where Trent Baalke will call the shots, was described as a non-issue by all parties involved.

Where have we seen this before?

The same thing happened to Bill Walsh--on the same team. I caught a glimpse of the Bill Walsh episode of "A Football Life" and there's a scene talking about the 1987 NFC championship game and the decision to bench Joe Montana for Steve Young.