How Chip Kelly and Dorian Thompson-Robinson's mutual trust elevated UCLA

EL PASO, Texas — It would have been easy to give up on the young quarterback.

His accuracy was spotty. The ball sometimes slipped out of his hand for no apparent reason. He had a maddening tendency to run backward under pressure.

Maybe, just maybe, there was a better alternative …

It would have been easy to give up on the old coach.

His offense didn't resemble what those jolly green giants ran at Oregon. The roster hemorrhaged one talented player after another. He preached books and ball, but where were all the wins?

Maybe, just maybe, there was a better alternative …

Five years later,