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    Bill Plaschke: Why did UCLA keep Chip Kelly? Martin Jarmond has no good answer.

    LOS ANGELES — Another mediocre UCLA football season sadly devoid of surprises has finally produced one. They didn't fire Coach Chip Kelly. What? Wait! Why not? What on earth is athletic director Martin Jarmond's definition of UCLA football success? "We want to compete at the highest level and graduate student athletes at the highest level, recruit and develop young people that are great ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Dec 01, 2023 5 minutes
    UCLA head coach Chip Kelly reacts to the failure of his Bruins to score against Arizona State from the 1- yard line at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Another mediocre UCLA football season sadly devoid of surprises has finally produced one.

    They didn't fire Coach Chip Kelly.

    What? Wait! Why not?

    What on earth is athletic director Martin Jarmond's definition of UCLA football success?

    "We want to compete at the highest level and graduate student athletes at the highest level, recruit and develop young people that are great representatives of UCLA, that's the goal," Jarmond said. "If you look at our football program, we have great young men in our program, Chip has created a strong and phenomenal culture, it shows when we have so many guys that return and want to go for their masters degrees … the culture is very strong and the young men that come out of UCLA, out of this program, are great representatives, that's important."

    So, yeah, he doesn't

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