‘Tough Conversations’: Eagles’ Nick Sirianni Holds Closed-Door Meeting

[time2rock]

‘Tough Conversations’: Eagles’ Nick Sirianni Holds Closed-Door Meeting

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• By Mike Greger

• Updated Sep 21, 2021 at 3:12am

Getty:  Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is holding himself accountable for the team's loss in Week 2.

Nick Sirianni has been shaking things up all summer in South Philadelphia. Everything he does has been deliberate, from the colorful t-shirts he wears to the friendly one-on-one competitions he conducts. Most of his unorthodox methods are in the name of fun.

On Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles head coach had a more somber tone following the team’s 17-11 loss. Sirianni closed the doors and had some "tough conversations” with his assistants. Just as they hold the players accountable for their actions, the coaching staff does the same thing. Sunday’s effort was lackluster. It was marred by questionable play-calling and bad decisions, so they talked it out.

"Today it’s a little different schedule today than it is a normal Monday after a game,” Sirianni told reporters. "Today has been more about the coaches holding the coaches accountable, myself holding the coaches accountable, the coordinators holding their coaches accountable. That’s what today has been about.

"It’s just one of our core values is we hold each other accountable. These are not fun days. You come in after a loss and it’s not a fun day. You’ve got to have tough conversations; You’ve got to hold each other accountable and get better from it.”

Revisiting the ‘Philly Un-special’ Play

Sirianni was quick to take the blame for the botched "Philly Special” down near the goal line. The Eagles came away with zero points following a 91-yard completion from Jalen Hurts to Quez Watkins, low-lighted by a gadget play that had Greg Ward play the role of quarterback and Hurts split out as a wide receiver.

Hurts was the only read on the play. And San Francisco snuffed it out immediately.

 

"As far as the receiver pass again, I don’t feel great about that call,” Sirianni said. "That’s a gadget-y call right there. Again, don’t feel great about that call. But, with my experience with wide receiver passes, it’s one and done. We don’t like to give them too many options.”

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Filling Void Left by Brandon Graham

Brandon Graham’s leadership will be missed far more than his play on the field. And that’s saying something considering the 33-year-old ranks fourth all-time in franchise history for sacks. Graham is the pulse of the defense, the turbo-charged engine in the engine room.

Graham said he intends to remain an active part of the club, whether it’s as a cheerleader on the sideline or an encouraging voice in the locker room. He’s not leaving the team just because he can’t suit up. Still, the loss stings and guys are going to have to step up into that leadership role.

Sirianni talked about trying to fill that void during his media availability on Monday.

"When you lose a good player like Brandon Graham, there’s many different roles that – and many different hats that Brandon wears that a lot of us have to be ready to step in and fill the void,” Sirianni said. "That goes from Ryan Kerrigan as far as playing the edge, setting the edge like BG does, rushing the passer like he does.

"Then that’s also like I said with Fletch [Fletcher Cox] taking even a bigger leadership role with the absence of Brandon. It’s not just a one-man show, it’s going to take all of us to replace a good player like him and a good leader.”

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[weko]

1st and goal from the 1, you can run it 4 times. If you don’t score on 4 attempts you do not deserve to win. Coach blew an easy call

[Portyansky]

10 hours ago, time2rock said:

Hurts was the only read on the play. And San Francisco snuffed it out immediately.

That's the same crap ATL tried to do with against us. Ryan had 1 read... Julio. I said it in GDT there should have been another read. Ward was a QB so he is not just "another WR". He actually looked for other options, left side of field literally stood still. I have the same type of play for the flag football team I coach, but give the WR another option, either a TE or WR on an in route from the opposite side. We are 5-6 with that play (WR drop was the only miss) And for the record, I did agree going for it, but the play selected was trash.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

I think one of the things I heard during the last couple of years under Doug was that he didn't do a good enough job of holding his coaches accountable? So hopefully this is Sirianni making sure that he does that early on.