“To be responsible. To hold each other accountable. My job is to hold everyone accountable,” said Sirianni. “Hold players accountable for what they do on the pitch and coaches accountable, but I also want coaches and players around me to hold me accountable, because we are all in this together. Being responsible is one thing. “
4. Playing smart football
“Being a smart football team – how do we know what to do? Knowing what to do does not require talent, right? So, if we can know what to do in our assignments, our talent can shine. And then also being a football team very smart situational. We have good guys in this building who really care and believe in it, being a smart situational football team. That will be a great message to be a smart football team. “
5. Pleas, pleas, pleas
“What I’m trying to do now, when we hire a (training) team, is to hire great fundamentals teachers, because here’s what I believe: there is a lot of parity in the NFL. That player is very good and this player is really good and this coach called a good move and this coach called a good move and so what’s going on here? This really good player against this really good player and the coaches worked all night and stayed up all night to make sure they had a good plan, well, what’s up? In my opinion, what works are fundamentals and technique ”, said Sirianni. “If I can beat him on the ground, that’s my advantage.”
Sirianni presents himself with authenticity, passion for the game, understanding of the player’s point of view and, ultimately, understanding that he is here to win – and to win big. He will call attacking plays for the first time in his career. Each step along the way is unfamiliar territory for a novice head coach.
“I don’t think there is a manual for that, and that is the common theme, as I looked for old mentors and people I trust,” said Sirianni. “There is no manual for this. Sometimes, there are things in football – OK, we are playing with a Cover 3 team and they do it safely, boom, we have an inventory of about five games and we are going to get to that , this and that. I don’t think there’s a manual for that. I think it will be a lot about these five things I just talked about, but I think it all comes down to it, I know the things I will face will have to start with the connection with people. It’s a business of people … it’s just caring about people and building that relationship with people.
“Even if there is no manual, I think it can be a good start.”
The Nick Sirianni era begins with these five principles, as he runs his Philadelphia Eagles program.