From the man himself: Why new 49ers head coach Chip Kelly went to visit Alabama
It’s time to settle the Chip Kelly visit to Alabama discussion once and for all.
But the man himself has now answered the question, according to a report from AL.com’s Michael Casagrande:
“I was home in New Hampshire, and Nick asked me if I would come down just to watch football,” Kelly told reporters in California. “I had nothing to do with them playing Clemson or give them any insight into playing Clemson. You hear things about Nick Saban. The classy maneuver on the Tuesday before the national championship game, to invite me down to Alabama just to spend time with them, him taking 45 minutes out his day to talk to me about his experience in the National Football League and what’s it’s like at Alabama, we all gravitate toward each other.
“We all love the game, have a passion for the game and want to see it played the right way.”
Now the head coach with the San Francisco 49ers, any dreams about Kelly potential talking shop with hopes of landing a job with the Crimson Tide are clearly dead.