Eagles coach Nick Sirianni explains why he’s always been obnoxious
If you watched the Eagles-Giants game Saturday night, you couldnt help see Nick Sirianni mugging obnoxiously for a sideline TV camera while the Eagles were busy demolishing their division rival.
Made all the post-game highlights, too. And was all over social media.
If youre an Eagles fan, you were probably thinking, Thats my coach! I love that guy!
If youre not? You were probably thinking, Oh man, I freaking HATE that guy.
This is the essence of Nick Sirianni.
Hes easy to like if hes coaching your team, but you can imagine how Giants fans felt Sunday seeing him making faces into the camera while the game was going on.
It was right in my face, Sirianni said with a laugh Wednesday when asked about it. I was juiced, we were up a couple scores and it was like right there. I dont know. Its the first thing that came to my mind. I guess thats who I am.
Sirianni has never said anything more true.
Thats exactly who he is.
Sirianni is that guy youll go to the end of the Earth for if hes on your side but you just want to stomp his face if hes not.
Whether hes screaming at opposing fans in the stands or yelling at a Giants fan on a South Jersey tennis court, hes just not going to hide his emotions. Thats his personality, and hes not going to change anytime soon.
Not surprisingly, hes always been that way.
It doesnt take much of an imagination to picture teenage Nick Sirianni infuriating kids on the opposing baseball or basketball team with his trash talking or enraging fans from the football teams Mt. Union was playing with taunts and insults.
Yeah, you can ask some of the people from the neighboring high schools or the rival colleges, he said. You can ask some John Carroll guys or Baldwin Wallace guys.
My brother married a girl from our rival high school and they have all sorts of family members there and my brother will go to an event at Randolph and hell be like, You know, the people there still dont like you from all the things that you did when you were playing against them?
Of course, part of the reason people dont like Sirianni is because hes good. That drives people crazy.
The Eagles reached the playoffs in his first year, they went 14-3 this year and beat the Giants 38-7 Saturday night and now theyre one home win against the 49ers away from the Super Bowl.
You might have guessed by now that it doesnt bother Sirianni if people outside Philly cant stand him.
I guess what I give to my team and all I care about is our team, he said. And Im not really concerned with what anybody else thinks except for our team and helping make those guys the best football players they can possibly be.
