Chip Kelly, the recently fired Philadelphia Eagles head coach, did not hold a press conference to defend his past three seasons as the coach of the Eagles. He made one telephone call…to WIP-FM morning man Angelo Cataldi, off the air, to thank him for being professional and fair. Totally caught off guard, Cataldi was driving in his car when Kelly called. And it was just after the host had completed a four-hour show ripping the man who Philadelphia football fans were pushing to get fired. Cataldi was especially critical of Kelly’s people skills. Cataldi said Kelly could not have been more gracious to him.
“It was the most gracious conversation I could ever remember having with anyone I ever talked about or dealt with in sports in my life,” Cataldi said. “He could not have been nicer. He was very philosophical about what happened to him, very confident of his future, and I couldn’t believe it.”
Read more here at Philly.com where they also have the audio of Cataldi talking about his conversation with Kelly.
