At some point doesn’t the UO administration have to step in and “influence” Kelly on the decisions he is making regarding the team status of the ever growing number of troubled players? Someone in Eugene has to be the adult.

Crow. Crow. Crow. Crow.

Oregon should hire Ty.

I am all for letting kids be kids, we have all made dumb mistakes in our lives but this is crossing the line. I understand that Chippie Boy wants to take it slow and get all the information before shoving his players under the bus but this is more like hand holding across the street. All he had to do was suspend them from the team until further notice then when it came time reinstate (heck, we all know he is a pro at that…Blount). It was a good stance to keep and no one held ill will toward him for reinstating Blount and he really needs to take the same ideology with these guys. Keeping them around is going to tear the locker room apart, trust me, be there. You need a strong coach to step up and make a decision so that the players do not make their own in the locker room.

If I am a parent I think long and hard before sending my kid to Chippie, but thats just me.

What would be the logic in doing this before Friday. Both guys appear in court that day, and it would provide the most opportune moment to try and provide some clarity in both situations. I don’t understand why you are all so incredulous that he would handle it that way. It’s not like there would be anything significantly different from doing it a few days earlier in the off-season.

Just remember that it’s easier to throw around speculations on the internet and put yourself in a coach’s shoes when you have nothing on the line. It’s easy for everyone to believe twitter rumors, listen to wild bloggers with questionable sources, and get involved in groupthink on team-based message boards, but that doesn’t usually lead to the most logical course of action.

And Gekko Mojo – he’s on the verge of losing control of the program? Really? How would you even begin to know anything like that? Is Urban Meyer on the verge of losing control at Florida? How about Paterno at Penn State? I think you are going just a tad overboard on that one.

Lear – Is that what you call “in control” of your question mark button? I’m not even sure how to answer a question like that. And besides, you or I don’t know what happens behind closed doors and we have no clue what constitutes control of a program. You can pretend to, and you can throw around vague terms like that if you want, but you have to be willing to admit you don’t know a thing about the entirety of the situation.

John – Here’s the thing about suspending them right then – it doesn’t do anything. Let’s take the LaMichael James situation and think about it here. We have a kid who has been accused of something, but convicted of absolutely zero. It is not anywhere close to the season, and we are aware that there will be a conclusion to his legal situation before anything happens on the football field. You can suspend him in some meaningless fashion, but like I said, it has no actual meaning. All you are doing at that point is still waiting for today’s court date to play out so you can make a final decision, right?

I think it’s actual somewhat admirable that Chip Kelly is making a decision based on the most logical course of action rather than what would do more to appease some people in the media and a bunch of guys on message boards and blogs. And I don’t understand what you mean by the “other problems he could have avoided.” Do you mean the problem of having negative articles written about him? And don’t give me the line about how it sends a message to other players, because that is bogus. He can sit down with them and make it very clear how seriously he takes all of this without holding a press conference. Just remember, not everyone is going to operate in the bubble the media would like them to.