Brian Billick, whom you can see above is just a bundle of laughs, has some issues with the way Chip Kelly does things. You know, like everyone. So when he sat down with Daniel Jeremiah’s “Move the Sticks” podcast, he went off. As transcribed by Jimmy Kempski – transcribers unite, that shit is boring – Billick brought up how he sees Chip’s flaws:

“This thing is a powder keg ready to blow up, because as you guys know, you talk to the players, I’ve done their games, even when they’re 10-6 the last two years, the players aren’t real fond of the way they do business and the way they practice. They feel like they’re being treated like college players. When you’re winning 10 games, you’re not going to rock the boat. But if this continues, much like the players that have gone, we’re going to start hearing the chipping away from within with the players, and unfortunately it’ll be under the ‘anonymous’ tag to begin with. But some of the things, whether it be the way they don’t get a day off or the practice structure, or how they eat, they way they’re micromanaged the way Chip Kelly does it, this was going to be the new way. So this starts to begin to unravel.”

Billick is right. You can’t treat your players like they’re kids. You gotta treat them like they’re adults. They are adults. They know what they’re doing. They can be trusted to act accordingly. The guy who coached Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs obviously knows this.

Am I saying Chip Kelly treating his players like kids is right? No, Billick makes some good points. What I am saying is Brian Billick, no matter how much experience he has, telling another coach how to handle his players, is stupid. I stand by that.